Shaq Fu
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| Shaq Fu |
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| System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Game Gear, Game Boy, Super Nintendo, Commodore Amiga |
| Publisher: Electronic Arts |
| Developer: Delphine Software |
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.
Contents
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.
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.
Characters
 Height: 5'11 Weight: 456 Age: 170 Origin: 2nd World
Auroch pulls out a boomerang from behind his back and tosses across the screen. He cannot move until the boomerang either hits his opponent, or reaches its farthest distance, and then returns.
Auroch pulls out a giant spiked ball and chain, then lashes out with it twice straight ahead. |
 Height: 6'10 Weight: 410 Age: Eternal Origin: Unknown
Beast spits out a large, close-ranged puff of flame.
Beast spits out a fireball projectile that travels across the screen.
Beast roars and the screen flashes, which will hit the opponent from any place on the screen.
Beast roars. No damage, but an alternate taunt. |
 Height: 6'4 Weight: 357 Age: 42 Origin: Bio Corp
Colonel extends his arm, which opens up to reveal a gun. He then shoots rapidly across the screen.
Colonel punches twice straight forward with extending arms.
Colonel launches a small missile out of his back, which homes in on his opponent. |
 Height: 6'1 Weight: 205 Age: 30 Origin: USA
Diesel dashes forward very quickly and uppercuts his opponent up close.
Diesel throws a volley of energy-charged punches in front of him at various angles.
Diesel throws a small dagger projectile across the screen. |
 Height: 5'3 Weight: 123 Age: 23 Origin: Cimotha
Kaori slashes with her arms and sends a spiralling wave projectile across the screen.
Kaori spins into a cyclone and moves forward. Holding
Kaori tosses a ball of energy at the ground a short ways in front of her, which creates an explosion.
Kaori vanishes in a puff of smoke, then appears over her opponent and drops onto them with a kick. |
 Height: 5'4 Weight: 118 Age: 500 Origin: Far East
Leotsu launches a ball of energy from his Bo across the screen.
Leotsu pulls out his Bo, then takes a quick jab forward with it.
Leotsu pulls out his Bo and the screen flashes, damaging his opponent from any location. |
 Height: 5'7 Weight: 165 Age: Unknown Origin: Unknown
Mephis raises his hands into the air, then a second later the screen will flash and a lightning bolt will hit his opponent from any place on the screen.
Mephis tosses a snapping dragon head made of electricity across the screen.
Mephis spins and tosses some powder into the air in front of him. |
 Height: 4'6 Weight: 77 Age: 12 Origin: Far East
Nezu tosses a slow fireball forward. If it touches the opponent, it will make them unable to move for a bit.
Nezu tosses a ball of energy at the ground, which remains there until the opponent steps on it, at which point it explodes. Nezu may only have one Eno Blast onscreen at a time.
Nezu lays an Eno Blast on the ground and backflips twice. After he's finished his backflips, the Eno Blast will explode.
Nezu tosses a fireball projectile across the screen. |
 Height: 5'11 Weight: 210 Age: 38 Origin: 2nd World
Rajah pulls out both his scimitars and smacks them together in front of him causing the screen to flash.
Rajah spins his scimitars and plants them into the ground, sending a wave projectile along the ground.
Rajah pulls out both his scimitars and attaches them handle-to-handle, then tosses them across the screen. |
 Height: 6'10 Weight: 212 Age: 3000 Origin: Unknown
Sett strikes forward with his arms, and extends a bunch of mummy wrapping for longer range.
Sett quickly dashes straight across the screen to ram his opponent.
Sett blasts an energy bolt projectile across the screen. |
 Height: 7'1 Weight: 301 Age: 22 Origin: USA
Shaq performs a high flaming roundhouse kick.
Shaq tosses a spinning blade projectile across the screen. |
 Height: 5'8 Weight: 143 Age: 27 Origin: Haiti
Voodoo raises her hand and conjures an eagle onto it, which she tosses across the screen.
Voodoo pulls out a doll of her opponent and a knife as well. Pressing any attack button will make her stab the opponent and damage them from anywhere on the screen.
Voodoo slams the ground with both hands and damages any opponent standing on it. |
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
Mega Drive
US cover
US cart
EU cover
EU cart
Game Gear
US cover
US cart
