Akimbo - Kung Fu Hero

Details

Released: 2001
Platform: Windows
Category: Action
Sub category: Side Scrolling Platform
Developer: Iridion Interactive AB
Publisher: Iridion Interactive AB
Price: Free download

Requirements

CPU: Pentium
Operating system: Windows 95
Memory: 32 MB
CD-ROM speed: 4X
DirectX: DirectX 7.0

An homage to a bygone era of computer gaming, Akimbo: Kung Fu Hero is a 2D side-scrolling platform game. Akimbo takes on enemies such as skeletal warriors, rabid rhinos, giant clams, goggle-eyed spiders, and man-eating mosquitoes as he explores a brightly colored, hand-painted 2D world. Your ultimate goal is to free the residents of Turtle Island from Fang, a fire-breathing dragon who has placed the tropical paradise under an evil spell. Akimbo: Kung-Fu Hero is a true throwback to the PC and console games of the eighties. The gameplay is exactly what one would expect of a kung fu platform game: running, jumping, kicking and punching. The music is upbeat and simplistic; the sound effects are exaggerated. True to the platform genre, there are a great many levels to play through on your quest to defeat Fang.

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