Black Belt

For the Japanese Sega Master System game, see Hokuto no Ken (Master System). For the "Black Belt" console, see History of the Sega Dreamcast/Development.

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Black Belt

System(s): Sega Master System

Publisher: Sega

Developer: Sega R&D 2

Distributor: Ariolasoft (DE), Tec Toy (BR)

Genre: Action^[1]

Number of players: 1-2 (alternating)

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1986-11^[2]		5054
EU	1987-08^[3]		MK-5054-50
DE	19xx	DM 7979	41007
UK	1987-08^[4]^[3]	£19.9519.95^[3]^[5]	MK-5054-50
IT	19xx
AU	1987		5054
BR	19xx
KR	19xx		GB-1005
TW	19xx		G-1303

Black Belt is a beat-'em-up action game developed and published by Sega for the Sega Master System. It is a reworked version of Hokuto no Ken, with different graphics and audio, removing the Hokuto no Ken license in the process and turning it into a martial arts game similar to Irem's 1984 arcade game, Spartan X/Kung-Fu Master.

Story

The martial artist Riki sets out to rescue his girlfriend Kyoko from his rival Wang.

Gameplay

The game is a single-plane beat-'em-up played on left-to-right side-scrolling stages. Riki faces numerous underlings and minibosses before fighting a boss. Boss fights take place in separate, closed arenas with no scrolling and use larger sprites.

Riki is moved with and and crouches with . He jumps with ; jumping from a crouch performs an extra high jump. Riki punches with and kicks with . Punches are faster but kicks have greater reach. Both can be done from a crouching position; kicks (but not punches) can be done from a jump.

Riki has a health bar that diminishes as he takes damage from foes. He loses a life if he loses all of his health. He also loses a life if he runs out of time. The game ends if he loses all of his lives. The player receives an extra life at 100,000 and 300,000 points. Health and time are replenished at the beginning of each stage. A small amount of health is replenished from defeating ten common enemies and a larger amount of health is replenished from defeating a miniboss.

Items

Items occasionally pass overhead and can be collected by performing an extra high jump.

	Strength (力)
	Temporarily makes Riki invulnerable to damage.
	Food
	Restores a portion of Riki's health.

Chapters

	Chapter 1

	Chapter 2

	Chapter 3

	Chapter 4

	Chapter 5
	The weak spot of the boss cycles between the head, chest, waist, and legs.
	Chapter 6
	The final hit on the boss must be a punch.