70’s Kung Fu cinema meets 90’s 2D fighting in Kings of Kung Fu

Fueled by the 1995 release of the Mortal Kombat movie and the low budget, low brow Highlander TV show that ran around the same time, there were a lot of early Millennials who rediscovered the 70’s flood of Kung Fu classics in their quest for more butt kicking. Classics like Bruce Lee’s Enter the Dragon and self-serious cheese fests like Jean Claude van Damme’s Bloodsport became easy go-to for kids looking for a fresh fix.

Looking to recapture the spirit of that obsession is New York based Jae-Lee Productions with their new game, Kings of Kung Fu. A throw back to the 90’s style 2D fighters, Kings of Fung Fu features 14 players and 15 stages as well as controller support and couch-play multiplayer. Each of the 14 characters has a fighting style individual to themselves, though fans of the cinema genre will be able to easily match up a given character to their real world inspirations such as Lee, Chuck Norris and Chia-Hui Liu.

The developer calls the game “a love letter to kung fu cinema firstly and a casual to mid core fighter secondly.”

King of Kung Fu is currently available on Steam for $4.99, a 50% discount which continues until July 2nd.