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gave the arcade game a positive review, stating it was "a pretty good game" with "loads" of enemies, "crunchingly realistic" sound effects, "beautifully detailed" sprite graphics and "really smooth" movement animation. They later described the ZX Spectrum version as a "pretty standard beat 'em up"
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against them. If players get hurt while holding nunchuku, they become unarmed. There are five stages in order of appearance: a street, a junkyard, the
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479:80% (Master System)
329:An arcade sequel to
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262:beat 'em up
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215:March 1988
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392:U.S. Gold
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273:Data East
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104:U.S. Gold
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