WAY OF THE EXPLODING FIST Melbourne House 1985 CONTROLS : Keyboard, Kempston --------------------------------------------------------------------- AIM : Become a master of the ancient art of karate and reach the exalted status of Tenth Dan - not an easy task... GAMEPLAY : You can play Fist in either one or two player mode, against the computer or another human player. In one player mode, the objective is as stated above; in two player mode, the winner is determined by whoever scores the most after a set of four bouts. As well as the match points for each strike (represented by the yin-yang symbols), you will get a score value depending on the complexity of a move - hence, a roundhouse will get more points than a simple punch. The execution of the move will affect the match points; a perfectly performed hit will get a full point, while a poorly performed one gets half a point. COMMENTS : "Excellent". RATING : 92% (CRASH #21, October 1985) NOW : One of the more famous Spectrum classics, Fist started a beat-em-up craze which lead to many clones - Barbarian etc. However, Fist itself remains one of the most playable Spectrum beat-em-ups. --------------------------------------------------------------------- MOVES : Without fire button pressed: (Keys) Forward Jump High punch Player One: Player Two: punch \ | / \ | / \ | / Q W E Y U I \ * / \ | / \ | / Walk ----- *O*-----Walk forward A -@- D H -@- K Backwards / * \ / | \ / | \ block / | \ Z X C B N M / | \ / | \ Fire : 1 SPACE Back Crouch Jab Low punch With fire button pressed: Flying High back kick High kick kick \ | / \ | / \ | / \ * / Roundhouse ---- *O* ----- Mid kick About face / * \ / | \ / | \ / | \ Backwards Forward Short jab sweep sweep kick