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| Full title | Way of the Exploding Fist, The |
| Year of release | 1985 |
| Publisher | Melbourne House (UK) |
| Re-released by | Dro Soft (Spain) EDOS (UK) Erbe Software S.A. (Spain) Jackson Soft (Italy) Ricochet (UK) |
| Author(s) | Beam Software (Gregg Barnett, Greg Holland, Steven Taylor, William Tang) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K |
| Number of players | 2 - simultaneous |
| Controls | Kempston, Interface 2 (left), Interface 2 (right), Cursor, Redefineable keys |
| Type | Arcade: Solo beat-em-up |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £8.95 395 ptas. |
| Budget price | £1.99 |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | None |
| Additional info | Appeared on tape 2, side A of the compilation 20 Chart Busters (Beau-Jolly Ltd)
Appeared on tape 2, side A of the compilation 30 Red Hot Hits (Beau-Jolly Ltd) Appeared on side A of the compilation 40 Principales Vol. 6, Los (Erbe Software S.A.) Appeared on side A of the compilation Five Star Games 3 (Beau-Jolly Ltd) Appeared on tape 1, side A of the compilation Karate Ace (Gremlin Graphics Software Ltd) Appeared on the compilation Super 10, El (Erbe Software S.A.) Participant in the Game of the Year Awards 1985 Features Martial Arts Also listed on Wikipedia and Freebase |
| Remarks | 2nd place in the Game of the Year Awards 1985 - Game of the Year. Winner of the Game of the Year Awards 1985 - Best Sports Game. 2nd place in the Game of the Year Awards 1985 - Best Spectrum Game. |
| Series | This game belongs in the following series:
1. Way of the Exploding Fist, The 2. Fist II: The Legend Continues 3. Exploding Fist + |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64 and Commodore Plus/4 |
| Score |
8.37 (297 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Year | ||
|  | WayOfTheExplodingFistThe.tzx.zip | 28,385 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 9780861616251 | 1985 | ||
|  | WayOfTheExplodingFistThe.tap.zip | 36,895 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | 1985 | ||||
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| | WayOfTheExplodingFistThe(DroSoft).tzx.zip | 28,319 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | 2MT087 | M-3418-1988 | 1988 | |
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| | WayOfTheExplodingFistThe(MediumCase)(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip | 27,542 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | 2900ptas. | 1985 | ||
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| | WayOfTheExplodingFistThe(SmallCase)(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip | 28,500 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | M-33578-1985 | 1985 | ||
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| | WayOfTheExplodingFistThe(Ricochet).tzx.zip | 28,415 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | RS018 | 5012967400453 | 1988 |
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| This title is available for sale at The Preservation Team Shop! |
| Title | Author | Year | Platform | Status |
| Fist PC | sés | 2002 | PC/Windows | alpha - available |
| 5 player reviews [ View | Write one ] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Crash | 7.85 | page 9 | (Preview) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 7.85 | page 11 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 7.85 | page 309 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 7.85 | page 11 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 8.85 | page 64 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 8.85 | page 25 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 8.85 | page 40 | (Feature - First Fist, Then ...) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 9.85 | page 111 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Home Computing Weekly | 9.85 | page 213 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 10.85 | page 74 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.85 | page 12 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 10.85 | page 103 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 10.85 | page 27 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 10.85 | page 17 | (Feature - Fist Fight) | [full page] |
| ZX Computing | 10.85 | page 12 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.85 | page 96 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 12.85 | page 17 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 12.85 | page 23 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Your Spectrum | 12.85 | page 80 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 1.86 | page 19 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 2.86 | page 30 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 2.86 | page 35 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 2.86 | page 76 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 3.86 | page 304 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 8.86 | page 14 | (Feature - The Spectrum Collection - Update) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 6.87 | page 56 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.87 | page 41 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.88 | page 31 | (Review) | [full page] |
| ACE | 5.88 | page 70 | (Feature - Double Trouble (two-player games)) | [full page] |
| YS Smash Tips | 8.88 | page 60 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| Crash | 9.88 | page 88 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 5.90 | page 27 | (Feature - Complete Guide to Beat-em-ups) | [full page] |
| ACE | 3.91 | page 69 | (Feature - The ACE guide to THE GREATEST GAMES of all time (probably)) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.93 | page 16 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 9.85 | page 22 | (Nuevo) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby Especial | 11.85 | page 23 | (Supercincuenta) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby Especial | 12.87 | page 20 | (Informe) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Crash | 6.85 | page 7 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 6.85 | page 9 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 6.85 | page 11 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 6.85 | page 13 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 6.85 | page 105 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 6.85 | page 305 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 8.85 | page 4 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 8.85 | page 100 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 8.85 | page 103 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.85 | page 6 | (CompoEntry) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 9.85 | page 70 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 9.85 | page 20 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.85 | page 27 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.85 | page 120 | (CompoResult) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 12.85 | page 310 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.86 | page 193 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.86 | page 20 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
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