Kung Fu Fighting (Apr 30, 2001 prototype)
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An early prototype of the unreleased Kung Fu Fighting for the Sony PlayStation 2.
Notes
- Kung Fu Fighting was pitched as a game recreation of 70s martial arts action films, with a target release date in 2002 under the EA Sports label.
- The game binary includes debug symbols.
- The PRES0.PPZ file in the PROMO folder is actually a zip file. Use 7-zip to unpack it to view the game pitch PowerPoint slideshow and videos inside. (Some assets are shown below).
- This game has rendering issues when ran on an emulator (multiple hacks/fixes tested), the game works without issue on original hardware.
- This game works perfectly without problems emulating on PS3 by packaging the ISO in PKG format.
- Pressing the START button while playing advances through the three levels of the game until you reach a screen that says "Coming Soon on PS2".
Development
Game Studio/Game Engine:
Developed by "Rogue Samurai" (a production group at EA Canada)
An "EA BIG" title
Powered by: EAGL (EA Graphics Library)
Built on: 4/29/2001 @ 16:42 (Although the disc/case is labelled as a May 2001 demo)
Earliest File on Disc: 11/15/2000
Developers:
(Found through digging through the files on the disc).
Producer: Kris Hatlelid
Senior Producer / Group Manager @ Electronic Arts (EA)
Jan 1998 – Mar 2002 - 4 years 3 months
"Lead game development teams and concept incubation for many interesting online and console games as well as windows games."
Engine & Scripting: Blaine Hodge
Software Engineer @ Electronic Arts Canada
Jun 1999 – Dec 2002 - 3 years 7 months
"Designed and implemented initial game prototype for an unannounced title.
Designed and implemented core gameplay AI engine: gameplay, input, animation, locomotion, physics, and coordinated group AI/choreography.
Worked closely with animators on gameplay design and to create motion tree."
Animator: Felix Hamaguchi
Associate Character Animator / Lead Animator / Combat Design @ Electronic Arts Canada
Apr 2000 – Jul 2003 - 3 years 4 months
"WCW (unreleased), SSX 3, Kung Fu Fighting (prototype) , FIFA Soccer 2003
• Created hand keyed animations for multiple franchises.
• Planned and directed mocap shoots for WCW, and worked on mocap clean-up for FIFA.
• Designed combat gameplay for WCW and Kung Fu.
• Assembled, managed and trained animators on various projects."
Files on Disc
/PROMO/PRES0.PPZ
As mentioned above, this file is basically a .zip file and can be opened to extract the Powerpoint that the developers used to try and pitch the game, as well as the assets included within it.
/PROMO/README.TXT
Although this file suggests there is a demo build for the PC somewhere out there, it sadly is not included on this disc.
Contents:
Kung Fu Fighting Concept Material 02-April-01
1) The PowerPointIf you don't have power point, you can install a viewer by running ppview97.
Now that you have a method of viewing power point presentations, just run setup,
and choose a location that has at least 80 megs free.
- Bonus Materials::
2) The Demo
You can try and run the PC demo of the one to many fight mechanic.
I recommend a TNT-2 or GForce level video card and a P-600 or higher. You'll
need GL drivers which you probably have if you've played any games on your
computer. If you don't, your video card vendor has them on their website.
You all also need a dual analog joystick, like a Hammerhead or a WingMan Rumblepad.
You use the left analog stick to move and aim blows. A button puches, B button kicks.
Look for the PS2 demo May 8th! <shameless plug>
The demo is located in Demo\kungfu.exe
- Contact::
Producer:
Kris Hatlelid (*EMAIL REDACTED*)
*PHONE NUMBER REDACTED*
Characters
Here is a list of all the characters in the demo, starting with their internal names, then their names as shown in-game, and lastly their names as shown in the intro video.
All of the enemies are listed as "Henchman" in-game, even when playing the Versus Mode with a second player (the second player is automatically selected as "Paul Lee" aka bruce).
| Internal Name | Intro Video Name | In-game Name |
| jones | Damon Jones | Black Belt Jones |
| bruce | Paul Lee | Henchman |
| carlos | Mace Kawaguchi | Henchman |
| charlie | Bad Guy 1 | Henchman |
| jimmy | Bad Guy 2 | Henchman |
| ninja | N/A | Henchman |
| chang | N/A | Henchman |
| wang | N/A | Henchman |
| kwan | N/A | Henchman |
Missing Characters:
There are some characters that are included in the promo assets but are missing from the actual PS2 build.
- Jack Hammer is named on the mock-up of the character selection screen and is shown in one rendered image.
- The promo assets also feature some renders using a different alternate ninja character model.
- An unknown enemy character is shown fighting the main character alongside Jack Hammer and some alternate ninja models.
Jack Hammer
Jack Hammer and an alternate ninja model
Unknown character
Unknown character being attacked by the main character
alternate ninja model 1
alternate ninja model 2
alternate ninja model 3
alternate ninja model 4
In-game Models:
Main Character "Black Belt Jones" (Damon Jones)
Boss #1 "Mace Kawaguchi" aka carlos
Boss #2 "Paul Lee" aka bruce
Henchman - "Bad Guy 1" aka charlie
Henchman - "Bad Guy 2" aka jimmy
Henchman - Ninja
Henchman - Wang
Henchman - Chang
Henchman - Kwan
Promotional Character Renders:
jones 1
jones 2
jones 3
jones 4
bruce 1
bruce 2
carlos 1
carlos 2
jimmy 1
ninja 1
Promo Assets
Game Logo:
Promotional Inserts (images taken from the included Powerpoint):
Promotional Renders:
Black Belt Jones (jones) kicking Paul Lee (bruce)
Black Belt Jones (jones) surrounded by a group of Ninjas (ninja)
Black Belt Jones (jones) kicking Bad Guy 2 (jimmy)
Black Belt Jones (jones) standing over a defeated Mace Kawaguchi (carlos)
Black Belt Jones (jones) beating up a group of enemies
Black Belt Jones (jones) in a stand off with a group of enemies
Black Belt Jones (jones) taking out 2 ninjas at once
Mock up character select screen (edited Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2 character select)
Videos
Video of the included Powerpoint Presentation
Intro Video
Screenshots
Gameplay 1.
Gameplay 2.
Gameplay 3.
Gameplay 4.
Gameplay 5.
Origin
Disc front.
Case insert.
Insert 1.
Insert 2.
Insert 3.
See also
Original release on Archive.org.