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Shaq Fu

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, Game Boy, Super Nintendo, Commodore Amiga
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer: Delphine Software
ESRB VRC ELSPA

Shaq Fu is a fighting video game developed by Delphine Software for the Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, Game Boy, Super Nintendo and Commodore Amiga. It is a fighting game, starring basketball player Shaquille O'Neal as a playable character. Though it is often praised for its smooth graphics, the game has been the subject of ridicule for its nonsensical plot and bad controls. The Genesis version of Shaq Fu had exclusives that the Super NES version didn't have. This included 5 more characters, 3 new stages (The Lab, The Wasteland, and Yasko Mines), and North/South Gate accessibility without a cheat code. Nezu was also playable. Unfortunately the story mode was made shorter than the SNES counterpart. As a bonus, players can also walk down the stairs past Gargoyle's Peak and press start to fight a blue version of Beast. The Amiga port was based on the Genesis port, but had less music and background animation removed. The Game Gear version only has 6 selectable characters, no tournament mode, and no voices.

Gameplay

Story

Long ago and far away, in a place called The Second World, there ruled the heartless sorcerer Sett Ra. His hunger for power still gnawed at him even though his dominance over the Second World was unchallenged; he longed to extend his grasp to the fair First World, Earth.

Sett Ra's Plan was simple. He would destroy the Pharaoh of Egypt and usurp his throne. He created a perfect assassin from his own shadow who would serve him without question. This shadow became beast, the mightiest and most loyal of all Sett Ra's minions. Beast destroyed the Pharaoh, and the disguised Sett Ra soon sat upon his throne.

However, the Pharaoh son Ahmet was not deceived. He brazenly confronted the powerful sorcerer, threatening to reveal him. Sett Ra escaped from the palace to the Great Desert, where his grandfather, Leotsu the Wise, dwelt as a monk and hermit. Leotsu and Ahmet united with a coven of powerful wizards from the lands beyond Egypt, and their combined power was able to send Sett Ra back to the Second World, comatose and imprisoned within a rune-encrusted pyramid. He slumbered for a millennium, bound by the wrappings of a mummy. Beast roamed the Second World, dedicated to finding and releasing his dread master. Successful at last, Beast and Sett Ra vow to wreak havoc on those who stopped them before.They have gathered a battalion of formidable fighters to further this end.

To regain his full strength and to end his exile from the First World, Sett Ra must perform an ancient ritual upon a descendant of Ahmet. Beast has now returned from Earth with the child Nezu, a child in whose veins the royal blood runs pure. All is ready for the final cataclysmic battle-only the Chosen One can stop Sett Ra now. One who possesses strength, spirituality, courage, agility, intelligence, and unsurpassed skill in the martial arts. Where will the world find such a one? Only Shaq knows.

Gallery (Mega Drive Version)

Overworld map
The Forest
Yasko Mines
North Gate
The Wasteland
Vagabond Temple
Gargoyle's Peak
Catwalk Falls
The Lab
South Gate
Dragon's Pass
Tombstone Island

Technical Information

ROM Size: 3,072 KB (Genesis) 512 KB (Game Gear)
Sound Engine: GEMS
Graphics: Unknown

Credits

Project Manager: Paul Cuisset
Design Lead: Paul Cuisset
Lead Programmer: Thierry Gaerthner
Programmer: Arnaud Carre
Lead Graphic Artist: Thierry Levastre
Graphic Artist: Valerie Amghar, Stephane Aussel, Michele Bacque, Thierry bansront, Gregory Beal, Eric Caron, Michael Douaut, Laurent Dreno, Serge Fiedos, Herve Gaerthner, Elie Jomaa, Frederic Michel, Christophe Moyne, Olivier Nicolas, Fabrice tete, Cecile Thomas, Jean-Marc Timert, Paul Tumelaire, Roman Vaidis
Music: Raphael Gesqua
Assistant Producers: Jeff Brown, William Schmitt, John Vilandre
Executive Projecers: Don Traeger
Producer: Jim Rushing
Associate Producer: Greg Suarez
Documentation: Valerie Hanscom, Michael Humes
Stuntmen: Remi Canaple, Patrick Cauderl Ier, Abi Espanol, Marc Le Loeuff, Dany Rocca, Phil Vitt

Physical Scans

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