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{{Short description|1990 video game}}
{{Refimprove|date=October 2025}}
{{Infobox video game
|title=Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu
|image=Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu Coverart.png
|caption=North American NES box art
|developer=[[Now Production]]
|publisher=[[Hudson Soft]]
|composer=Masakatsu Maekawa
|designer=
|platforms=[[NES]], [[TurboGrafx-16]]
|released='''NES''' {{vgrelease|NA|December 1990|JP|January 25, 1991|EU|1991}} '''TurboGrafx-16''' {{vgrelease|JP|January 18, 1991|NA|1992}}
|genre=[[Action game|Action]], [[platform game|platform]]
|modes=[[Single-player]]
}}

{{nihongo|'''''Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu'''''|ジャッキー・チェン|Jakkī Chen|Jackie Chan}} is an [[action game|action]]-[[platform video game]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Jackie Chan, une icône du jeu de combat |url=https://www.gamekult.com/emission/jackie-chan-une-icone-du-jeu-de-combat-3050804317.html |website=Game Kult |accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref> developed by [[Now Production]] and published by [[Hudson Soft]]. It was released for the [[Nintendo Entertainment System]] in 1990 and for the [[TurboGrafx-16]] in 1991.

==Gameplay==
The player controls [[Jackie Chan]], the well-known [[martial arts]] stunt master,<ref>{{cite web |title=EL HIT DE AYER: JACKIE CHAN'S ACTION KUNG-FU |url=https://es.ign.com/el-hit-de-ayer/107347/feature/el-hit-de-ayer-jackie-chans-action-kung-fu |website=IGN Español |date=23 August 2016 |accessdate=12 August 2018}}</ref> and brawls against many enemies during his quest to save his sister. The game is played through five levels (each with a [[Boss (video games)|boss]] at the end).

Throughout the game, the player would encounter [[frog]]s that carry [[power-up]]s or rice [[Bowl (vessel)|bowls]] (which are items in the game that restore health), but the frogs would have to be hit in order for the item to be obtained. Power-ups can allow the player to do a special type of attack over a limited number of times (although the player is only able to carry one power-up). Jackie is also able to charge a special beam-like attack, although it can only be used up to five times. Most of the enemies that the player defeats will drop green orbs, but enemies killed by beam attacks will not drop any orbs. If the player collects 30 orbs, life will be replenished (as well as the 5 charged shots).

If the player dies, all of the orbs and power-ups are lost and must be gained again. The player only has 1 life in the game, but may [[continue (video gaming)|continue]] up to five times initially. Extra continues may be earned through bonus stages throughout the game, which are levels triggered by bells in the levels which transport Jackie to the bonus stages, each of which have a 30-second time limit and usually involve jumping on clouds or hitting statues to earn points. At the end of 30 seconds, those points are tallied and may also be used to buy extra lives and special attacks.

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==Reception==
{{Video game reviews
| GamePro = NES: 23/25<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://retrocdn.net/images/9/90/GamePro_US_017.pdf#page=122 |title=Nintendo ProView: ''Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu'' |last=Normal |first=Abby |magazine=[[GamePro]] |date=December 1990 |page=120}}</ref>
}}
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==External links==
*{{moby game|id=/jackie-chans-action-kung-fu|name=''Jackie Chan's Action Kung Fu''}}

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[[Category:1990 video games]]
[[Category:1991 video games]]
[[Category:Hudson Soft games]]
[[Category:Jackie Chan video games]]
[[Category:Martial arts video games]]
[[Category:Nintendo Entertainment System games]]
[[Category:Now Production games]]
[[Category:Platformers]]
[[Category:Single-player video games]]
[[Category:TurboGrafx-16 games]]
[[Category:Video games developed in Japan]]