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The Way of the Exploding Fist (1985)

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This menacingly-titled beat 'em up was the first in many martial arts titles from Australia's Melbourne House. Sixteen different moves are on offer, ranging from standard kicks to jumps, somersaults and roundhouse kicks.

The move executed each time is defined based on the character's direction, the joystick/keyboard positioning, and on whether the fire button is depressed, in a system which became standard on single-button control systems.

To win each bout you must score 2 Yin-Yangs - a perfectly executed kick/punch scores a full one, whereas a less forceful contact offers half a point - the best moves also offer more points. In the one-player game, you advance through a Dan by winning two successive bouts, and a single win for the opponent means game over. The champion in a two-player duel is decided by points after 4 rounds.

You keep playing on the 10th Dan until you lose.

Released by Melbourne House in 1985.

This version has been modified by moroz to support the NeoGS soundcard.

GS sound card interface:
This is a 4 channel, 8-bit sound board. It has its own Z80 CPU onboard, running at 12MHz and 128Kb of memory (16Kb ROM and 112Kb of RAM). The card is AY-3-8910 compatible and uses a sampling frequency of 37.5KHz.

Download here: https://vtrd.in/gs/FIST1_GS.ZIP

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