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| Full title | Yie Ar Kung-Fu |
| Year of release | 1985 |
| Publisher | Imagine Software Ltd (UK) |
| Re-released by | Erbe Software S.A. (Spain) The Hit Squad (UK) |
| Author(s) | Brian Beuken, F. David Thorpe, Martin Galway |
| Tie-in licence | Konami Ltd (UK) (arcade coin-op: Yie Ar Kung-Fu) |
| Machine type | ZX Spectrum 48K/128K |
| Number of players | 1 |
| Controls | Kempston, Interface 2, Redefineable keys |
| Type | Arcade: Solo beat-em-up |
| Message language | English |
| Original publication | Commercial |
| Original price | £7.95 |
| Budget price | £2.99 |
| Availability | Available as both Perfect TZX and non-TZX |
| Protection scheme | Multiple schemes (see individual downloads) |
| Additional info | Appeared on side B of the compilation Chartbusters (Ocean Software Ltd)
Appeared on tape 2, side A of the compilation Grandes Exitos de Konami, Los (Erbe Software S.A.) Appeared on tape 1, side A of the compilation Konami's Arcade Collection (Imagine Software Ltd) Appeared on tape 1, side B of the compilation Konami's Coin-Op Hits (Imagine Software Ltd) Appeared on tape 2, side B of the compilation Magnificent Seven, The (Ocean Software Ltd) Appeared on tape 2, side B of the compilation Stars on the 128K (Ocean Software Ltd) Appeared on side B of covertape MicroHobby issue 192: Tape 12 (MicroHobby) Features Martial Arts Also listed on Wikipedia, Freebase and Lost in Translation |
| Remarks | A 128K version was available exclusively on the Stars on the 128K compilation. |
| Series | This game belongs in the following series:
1. Yie Ar Kung-Fu 2. Yie Ar Kung-Fu 2 |
| Other systems | This title was also advertised for and/or published on the Amstrad CPC, BBC Micro, Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4, MSX and NES |
| Score |
8.24 (63 votes) 
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| Filename | Size | Type | Origin | Code | Barcode | D.L. | Year | Encoding scheme | ||
 | YieArKung-Fu.tzx.zip | 26,402 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Original release | 5013156110139 | 1985 | SpeedLock 1 | |||
|  | YieArKung-Fu128.z80.zip | 44,279 | ((non-TZX) Z80 snapshot image) | 1986 | |||||
|  | YieArKung-Fu48.tap.zip | 26,569 | ((non-TZX) TAP tape image) | 1985 | |||||
| YieArKung-Fu(MediumCase)(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).tzx.zip | 26,061 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | M-40050-1985 | 1985 | Unspecified custom loader | |||
| YieArKung-Fu(TheHitSquad).tzx.zip | 26,439 | (Perfect TZX tape image) | Re-release | SC02 | 5013156410116 | 1989 | SpeedLock 1 |
| Filename | Size | Type | |
 | YieArKung-Fu.gif | 2,282 | (Loading screen) |
| YieArKung-Fu.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| YieArKung-Fu128.gif | 6,504 | (Loading screen) |
| YieArKung-Fu128.scr | 6,912 | (Loading screen dump) |
| YieArKung-Fu.gif | 5,618 | (In-game screen) | |
 | YieArKung-Fu.pdf | 222,818 | (English instructions) |
| YieArKung-Fu.txt | 4,905 | (English instructions) |
| YieArKung-Fu(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).pdf | 115,163 | (Spanish instructions) |
| YieArKung-Fu(OceansMagnificent7).txt | 12,174 | (English instructions) |
| YieArKung-Fu.png | 33,467 | (Game map) |
| YieArKung-Fu.jpg | 123,898 | (Cassette inlay) | |
| YieArKung-Fu(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg | 126,540 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| YieArKung-Fu(TheHitSquad).jpg | 130,417 | (Re-release cassette inlay) | |
| YieArKung-Fu.jpg | 211,764 | (Advertisement) | |
| YieArKung-Fu(ErbeSoftwareS.A.).jpg | 258,590 | (Advertisement) |
| The Tipshop has hints, cheats and/or POKEs for this game! |
| This title is available for sale at The Preservation Team Shop! |
| Title | Author | Year | Platform | Status |
| Yie Ar Kung-Fu | Friends Software | ? | PC/Windows | available |
| 2 player reviews [ View | Write one ] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Computer & Video Games | 8.85 | page 10 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Sinclair Programs | 8.85 | page 11 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 1.86 | page 23 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 2.86 | page 26 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Crash | 2.86 | page 55 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 2.86 | page 45 | (Review) | [full page] |
| ZX Computing | 2.86 | page 11 | (News/Note) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 3.86 | page 19 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 4.86 | page 28 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 5.86 | page 23 | (Letter) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 5.86 | page 26 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 6.86 | page 81 | (Tips) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 2.87 | page 206 | (News/Note - Yie Ar tops charts for 1986) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.87 | page 39 | (Review) | [full page] |
| ACE | 11.89 | page 114 | (Review) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 9.92 | page 29 | (Hack/Poke) | [full page] |
| MicroHobby | 12.85 | page 14 | (Nuevo) | [full page] |
| Magazine | Issue | Type | ||
| Crash | 10.85 | page 97 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 10.85 | page 106 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 10.85 | page 116 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 11.85 | page 2 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.85 | page 156 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 11.85 | page 251 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 11.85 | page 52 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 12.85 | page 69 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 12.85 | page 116 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 1.86 | page 100 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 1.86 | page 133 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 1.86 | page 240 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Computer | 1.86 | page 132 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 1.86 | page 98 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 2.86 | page 112 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 2.86 | page 34 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Popular Computing Weekly | 2.86 | page 140 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 2.86 | page 69 | (Full-page ad) | [full page] |
| Crash | 3.86 | page 26 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 3.86 | page 6 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 3.86 | page 52 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 4.86 | page 120 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 4.86 | page 56 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 5.86 | page 34 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 5.86 | page 6 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 6.86 | page 36 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 7.86 | page 46 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 7.86 | page 4 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 7.86 | page 12 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 8.86 | page 64 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 8.86 | page 8 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 9.86 | page 5 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 9.86 | page 97 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer Gamer | 10.86 | page 90 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 11.86 | page 35 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 11.86 | page 52 | (Advert) | [full page] |
| Computer & Video Games | 7.89 | page 115 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
| Games Machine | 7.89 | page 19 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 7.89 | page 57 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 7.89 | page 48 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 8.89 | page 9 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
| Crash | 10.89 | page 23 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
| Sinclair User | 10.89 | page 69 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
| Your Sinclair | 10.89 | page 66 | (Advert - The Hit Squad advert) | [full page] |
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