Oriental Games

Oriental Games is a video game in the action genre and published by MicroStyle originally released in 1990. It is currently playable on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST.

The Oriental Games offer skilled martial artists the opportunity to test themselves in Kung Fu, Kendo and the relatively brutal Kyo-Kus-Hin-Kai. The games, using 'courage, skill and dexterity' (sic) according to the packaging. It is a series of one-on-one bouts viewed from one side.

Kendo involves the use of a stick as a weapon, while Kung Fu various punches and kicks and Kyo-Kus-Hin-Kai involves headbutts and flying attacks. You can jump over opponents; a quick tap of the fire button spins you around. You have an energy bar with 5 gradually decreasing colored blocks, which goes down when you get hit and increases as time passes without getting hit. Impressive moves earn you merit awards.

In the 16-bit versions, there are 3 skill levels (Novice, Pro and Master), digitized sound and an editor to configure the joystick moves. The 8-bit versions lack these details, but include an additional discipline, sumo, which is played in sequence and not by choice.

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