Black Belt

Black Belt
Japanese Name	北斗の拳
Romaji Name	Hokuto no Ken
Publishers	Sega
Developer	Sega
Programmer	Yuji Naka
Music	Katsuhiro Hayashi
Platforms(s)	Master System
Genre(s)	Beat 'em up
Release Date	JP: July 20, 1986 WW: November 1986

Black Belt originally titled Fist of the North Star (北斗の拳, Hokuto no Ken) is a side-scrolling beat 'em up game for the Master System made by Sega based on the Fist of the North Star series.

In the west, the game was rebranded and removed all references to Fist of the North Star.

Gameplay

The game is composed of six chapters in which players face different enemies depending on the current stage and occasninally a toughter boss opponent. Like in Fist of the North Star the enemies may violently expolode upon defeat. At the end of each stage an ultimate boss is faced, each one weak to a specific attack the player has to figure out.

Plot Summary

The player takes control of Riki (originally Kenshiro) who needs to rescue his girlfreind Kyoko (origianlly Yuria) from his rival Wang (originally Raoh).

Stages

1. Chapter 1 (originally Southern Cross Town)
2. Chapter 2 (originally God's Land)
3. Chapter 3 (originally Devil Reborn)
4. Chapter 4 (originally The Legacy of Cassandra)
5. Chapter 5 (originally The Holy Emperor Cross Mausoleum)
6. Chapter 6 (originally Raoh the King of Fist)

Characters

• Riki (originally Kenshiro)
• Kyoko (originally Yuria)
• Ryu (originally Shin)
• Hawk (originally Colonel)
• Gonata (originally Devil Reborn)
• Oni (originally Toki)
• Rita (originally Souther)
• Wang (originally Raoh)

Gallery

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  Japanese box art

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  English box art

Trivia

• This game is an unlocakable minigame in Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise.

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