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Shaq Fu | ||||||||||
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear | ||||||||||
Publisher: Electronic Arts | ||||||||||
Developer: Delphine Software | ||||||||||
Sound driver: GEMS | ||||||||||
Genre: Action | ||||||||||
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Shaq Fu is a video game developed by Delphine Software and was released, among other systems, for the Sega Mega Drive and Sega Game Gear. It is a fighting game which stars basketball player Shaquille O'Neal, who has accidentally been transported to "The Second World" and tasked with saving the land from a mythical sorcerer named Sett Ra. Though it is often praised for its fluid animation and vibrant graphics, the game has been the subject of ridicule for its nonsensical plot and bad controls.
The Sega Mega Drive version is notable for including five more playable characters and three new stages (The Lab, The Wasteland, and Yasko Mines) than its Super Nintendo Entertainment System counterpart. Unfortunately the story mode is shorter than in the SNES version, but as a bonus, players can also walk down the stairs past Gargoyle's Peak to fight a blue version of Beast. The Amiga port was based on the Mega Drive port, but features less music and background animation has been removed.
The Sega Game Gear version only has six selectable characters, no tournament mode, and no in-game voices.
Contents
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.
Gameplay
Characters
Basic Moves
- Fast Kick:
- Power Kick:
- Fast Punch:
- Power Punch:
- Blocking: Hold to block high and mid-range attacks, or hold to block low attacks. Blocking Special Attacks will cause a minimal amount of damage to the blocker.
- Shield: Pressing + makes characters create a shield around them. The shield will block projectile attacks, but other attacks will go through.
- Throw: Characters can throw when up close by pressing +.
- Taunt: Press to taunt. Taunting will leave a character open to attack. It doesn't do anything.
- Fury Bar: As a character takes damage, their Fury Bar will charge up. When it is full, the word "FURY" will appear on it and the character will deal slightly more damage for a while.
- Dizzy: If a character is hit multiple times in a row without dealing any damage themselves, they risk being dizzied. When dizzy, a character will be stunned on the ground while stars rotate above them. Recover from a dizzy by pressing buttons rapidly.
Special Moves
Stages
Production credits
Mega Drive version
- 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, Michaël Douaud, Laurent Dreno, Serge Fiedos, Herve Gaerthner, Elie Jamaa, 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
- Testing: Jeff Brown, Ryan Enslow, Chris McCall, Chip Probst, Matt Vella, John Vilandre, Michael Yasko
- Executive Producer: Don Traeger
- Producer: Jim Rushing
- Associate Producer: Greg Suarez
- Product Manager: Lisa Higgins
- Documentation: Valerie Hanscom, Michael Humes
- Package Direction: Nancy Fong
- Package Design: 13th Floor, Dave Parmely
- Stuntmen: Remi Canaple, Patrick Cauderlier, Abi Espanol, Marc Le Loeuff, Dany Rocca, Phil Vitt
- Special Thanks: Leonard Armato, Tim Brengle, John Brooks, Lori Christensen, Jean Charles Meyrignac, Shaquille O'Neal, Management Plus, Sarah Smith, Dennis Tracey
Game Gear version
- Shaq Fu Game Gear Was Converted by: Tiertex Ltd
- Programmers: Donald Campbell, Dave Stead
- Project Management: Dympna Forkin, Thierry Gaerthner
- EA Management Team: Don Traeger, Jim Rushing, Greg Suarez, John Vilandre
- Tiertex Testing: Gary Marshall, Lee Walker
- EA Testing: Anji Mayfield, Heather Meigs
- Original Graphics: Thierry Levastre for Delphine
- Converted by: Kevin Knott at Tiertex
- Music Originated by: Raphael Gesqua
- Game Gear Music and Effects: John Prince
- Special Thanks: Dany Boolauck, Lori Christensen, Paul Cuisset, Anne-Marie Joassim, Shaquille O'Neal, Management Plus, Sarah Smith, Dennis Tracey, Jean Charles Meyrignac
- Product Management: Lisa Higgins
Magazine articles
- Main article: Shaq Fu/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
also published in:
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References
- ↑ Press release: 1994-10-26: SHAQUILLE O'NEAL TO STAR IN FIRST EVER VIDEOGAME
- ↑ ', "November 1994" (; 1994-xx-xx), page 34
- ↑ ', "November 1994" (; 1994-xx-xx), page 132
- ↑ ', "November 1994" (; 1994-xx-xx), page 108
- ↑ File:CVG UK 155.pdf, page 94
- ↑ File:GamesMaster UK 023.pdf, page 50
- ↑ File:Joypad FR 036.pdf, page 118
- ↑ File:MeanMachinesSega24UK.pdf, page 76
- ↑ File:NextGeneration US 01.pdf, page 107
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 203
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 80
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 184
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 94
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 130
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 357
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 170
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 124
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 50
- ↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 4, episode 2" (1994-09-27, 24:00) (+6:54)
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 14
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 118
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 40
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 62
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 28
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 76
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 107
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 156
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 111
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 44
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 22
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 64
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 22
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 10
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 66
- ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 11
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 154
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 92
- ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 63
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