Shao-Lin's Road (known in the US arcade version as Kicker, also known in Japan as Shourinji-e no Michi, or "Road to the Shaolin Temple") is a martial arts beat-'em-up platformer developed and released by Konami for arcades in March 1985 (in Japan) and April 1985 (worldwide.
Similar in theme to Konami's earlier arcade game Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Shao-Lin's Road has players maneuvering their martial artist around the screen and using their kung fu to beat their opponent into submission. Unlike Yie Ar Kung-Fu, which uses an early form of fighting game mechanics in a one-on-one scenario, Shao-Lin's Road features a multi-tiered open arena with freedom of movement (making it a progenitor to the platformer-fighting game genre) and has players fighting both boss characters and their numerous henchmen.
Shao-Lin's Road (known in the US arcade version as Kicker, also known in Japan as Shourinji-e no Michi, or "Road to the Shaolin Temple") is a martial arts beat-'em-up platformer developed and...
read more » Close window Shao-Lin's Road (known in the US arcade version as Kicker, also known in Japan as Shourinji-e no Michi, or "Road to the Shaolin Temple") is a martial arts beat-'em-up platformer developed and released by Konami for arcades in March 1985 (in Japan) and April 1985 (worldwide.
Similar in theme to Konami's earlier arcade game Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Shao-Lin's Road has players maneuvering their martial artist around the screen and using their kung fu to beat their opponent into submission. Unlike Yie Ar Kung-Fu, which uses an early form of fighting game mechanics in a one-on-one scenario, Shao-Lin's Road features a multi-tiered open arena with freedom of movement (making it a progenitor to the platformer-fighting game genre) and has players fighting both boss characters and their numerous henchmen.
