Jackie Chan Games
Jackie Chan has not only starred in over one hundred films, but I recently discovered that there are actually Jackie Chan games. Yes, Jackie was the basis for several video games. They are listed below:
Around the World in 80 Days is a 2004 video game for the Game Boy Advance based on the movie with the same name starring Jackie Chan. This side scrolling game features digitized characters and graphic, and a password save. It follows almost the same plot as the movie and follows most the locations and events seen in the movie.
The Jackie Chan J-Mat Fitness is a mat serving as a video game requiring a XaviXPORT console to operate. This 2005 game, similar to the later released Nintendo game Wii Fit, is made to make players exercise. The players control Jackie Chan in a variety of modes such as reflex mode, running and exercising (which is played in a similar style to Dance Dance Revolution games).
The Jackie Chan Adventures video game is based upon the Jackie Chan Adventures cartoon. Developed by Atomic Planet and published by Sony, it was released for PlayStation 2 on October 1, 2004 in Europe. It was compatible with the Eyetoy. Jackie, Jade, Uncle, Valmont and Shendu were voiced by their original actors. A Game Boy Advance game, entitled Jackie Chan Adventures: Legend of the Dark Hand, was released in 2001.
Jackie Chan Stuntmaster is a PlayStation game based on the actor and martial artist Jackie Chan. Made by Radical Entertainment, the game sees the player in the shoes of Jackie Chan who must fight his way past numerous villains in different locations across the city of New York.
Jackie Chan’s Action Kung Fu is an action platform video game developed by Now Production and published by Hudson Soft. It was first released for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1990 and for the TurboGrafx-16 in 1991. The plot revolves around Jackie Chan with his sister Josephine being supreme kung fu champs, guarding the country against evil until the Prince of Sorcerers, a green-skinned villain with magical powers attacks Jackie and kidnaps his sister. Jackie embarks on an adventure to stop the Prince of Sorcerers and his minions and save his sister.
Kung-Fu Master, known in Japan as Spartan X (スパルタンX?), is a 1984 beat ‘em up arcade game developed and published in Japan by Irem. It was later published in North America by Data East. The Japanese version was based on the Jackie Chan movie Wheels on Meals, known as Spartan X in Japan, and credited “Paragon Films Ltd., Towa Promotion”, who produced the film upon which it was based. The game is considered by many to be the first beat ‘em up video game, and contains elements of Bruce Lee’s Game of Death.
The Kung-Fu Master Jackie Chan (カンフーマスター ジャッキー・チェン?) is a 1995 fighting arcade game developed and published by Kaneko. It features the Hong Kong celebrity, Jackie Chan, who was also the producer of it, while it also features other actors from some of Jackie Chan’s films. Currently, the arcade game is quite rare.