When a player gains an extra life, the word " xiè xiè" (Mandarin for "thank you") is heard. Regardless of the move that defeated them, male characters (save Feedle) always fall unconscious lying on their backs with their legs apart (players flail their feet), and female characters always fall lying on their sides. Moves are thrown at high, middle, and low levels. The player can perform up to 16 different moves, using a combination of buttons and joystick movements while standing, crouching or jumping. The player faces a variety of opponents, each with a unique appearance and fighting style. He also has the greatest jumping ability of all the game's fighters, with the exception of "Blues". On his side is a variety of punch and kick blows reachable by combining the joystick with one of the buttons (punch or kick). Oolong must fight all the martial arts masters given by the game (eleven in the arcade version five to thirteen in the home ports) to win the title of "Grand Master" and honor the memory of his father.
Yie Ar Kung-Fu features a Bruce Lee based kung fu master named Oolong ( Chinese: 烏龍 pinyin: Wūlóng, Japanese: ウーロン Ūron see oolong) (renamed Lee for the MSX and Famicom ports), controlled by the player. It was ported to various home systems, including home computer conversions which were critically and commercially successful, becoming the best-selling home video game of 1986 in the United Kingdom. The game was a commercial success in arcades, becoming the highest-grossing arcade conversion kit of 1985 in the United States while also being successful in Japan and Europe. It also introduced the health meter system to the genre, in contrast to the point-scoring system of Karate Champ. In contrast to the grounded realism of Karate Champ, Yie Ar Kung-Fu moved the genre towards more fantastical, fast-paced action, with various different characters having a variety of special moves and high jumps, establishing the template for subsequent fighting games. The game was inspired by Bruce Lee's Hong Kong martial arts films, with the main player character Oolong modelled after Lee (like Bruceploitation films). Along with Karate Champ (1984), which influenced Yie-Ar Kung Fu, it is one of the games that established the basis for modern fighting games. 'One Two Kung-Fu') is an arcade fighting game originally developed by Konami in 1984, released in Japan in January 1985 and internationally in March 1985. Yie Ar Kung-Fu ( Chinese: 一二功夫 pinyin: yī èr gōngfū lit.