Editing Kung-Fu Master (video game) (section)

===Ports===
In Japan, the Famicom version sold 1.42 million copies.<ref>{{cite web |title=Japan Platinum Chart Games |url=http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-JPPlatinum.shtml |website=The Magic Box |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080101043949/http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-JPPlatinum.shtml |archive-date=1 January 2008 |url-status=live |access-date=20 November 2018}}</ref> In North America, the NES version titled ''Kung Fu'' was the top-selling video game in the United States during July 1986,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=U.S.A. TOP 10: 7月4日 |magazine=[[Famicom Tsūshin]] |date=18 July 1986 |issue=3 |page=7 |url=https://archive.org/details/bi-weekly-famicom-tsushin-famitsu-no.-3-july-18th-1986-600dpi/Bi-Weekly%20Famicom%20Ts%C5%ABshin%20%28Famitsu%29%20-%20No.%203%20July%2018th%201986%20%28Compressed%29/page/7 |lang=ja}}</ref> and again in September.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=U.S.A. TOP 10: 9月5日 |magazine=[[Famicom Tsūshin]] |issue=7 |date=19 September 1986 |page=7 |url=https://archive.org/details/famitsu7september1986/page/n7 |lang=ja}}</ref> The NES version went on to sell 3.5 million copies worldwide.<ref name="whitepaper">{{cite book |title=CESA Games White Papers |publisher=[[Computer Entertainment Supplier's Association]]}}</ref> In Europe, the Commodore 64 port topped the UK [[Gallup (company)|Gallup]] software sales charts in February 1986,<ref name="PCW">{{cite journal |title=Charts: Top Twenty |journal=[[Popular Computing Weekly]] |date=20 February 1986 |page=43 |url=https://archive.org/details/popular-computing-weekly-1986-02-20/page/n42/mode/1up}}</ref> and went on to become one of the top five best-selling Commodore 64 games of 1986.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Top 50 Games of 1986 |magazine=[[Commodore User]] |date=26 March 1987 |issue=43 (April 1987) |page=12 |url=https://archive.org/details/commodore-user-magazine-43/page/n11}}</ref> The ZX Spectrum version also sold well.<ref name="RG"/>

''Top Score'' reviewed the NES version in early 1987, calling it "a fantastic reproduction of its arcade counterpart" and an action-packed winner.<ref name="Top-Score"/> Tony Takoushi of ''Computer and Video Games'' called it "a near perfect conversion with all the gameplay and levels" intact from the arcade original, praising the gameplay as well as the "solid" graphics and sound.<ref name="CVG75">{{cite magazine |last=Takoushi |first=Tony |title=Reviews: Kung Fu |magazine=[[Computer and Video Games]] |date=15 December 1987 |issue=75 (January 1988) |publisher=[[EMAP]] |location=United Kingdom |pages=134–5 |url=https://archive.org/details/cvg-magazine-075/page/n133/mode/2up}}</ref> In 2017, [[IGN]] ranked the NES port at number 62 on its list of top 100 NES games. They said that, despite being a "dumbed-down port" compared to the arcade original, it was a fun game with rewarding gameplay, challenging boss battles and replay value.<ref name="IGN">{{cite news |title=Top 100 NES Games |url=https://www.ign.com/lists/top-100-nes-games/62 |access-date=12 April 2021 |work=[[IGN]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170629050611/https://www.ign.com/lists/top-100-nes-games/62 |archive-date=2017-06-29}}</ref>

''[[Commodore User]]'' gave the Commodore 64 version a positive review in February 1986.<ref name="CU">{{cite magazine |title=Screen Scene |magazine=[[Commodore User]] |date=26 February 1986 |issue=30 (March 1986) |pages=10–4 |url=https://archive.org/details/commodore-user-magazine-30/page/n9/mode/2up}}</ref> Rick Teverbaugh reviewed the Commodore and Apple versions for ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' in 1986. He called it "a karate game with adventure elements thrown in" and said that it looked better on the Commodore than on the Apple.<ref name="CGW27">{{cite magazine |last=Teverbaugh |first=Rick |title=Sports Scorecard |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |date=April 1986 |issue=27 |location=United States |page=41 |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_27.pdf#page=41}}</ref>