Kick Master

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title: "Kick Master" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["1992-video-games", "action-games", "fantasy-video-games", "kid-games", "nintendo-entertainment-system-games", "nintendo-entertainment-system-only-games", "north-america-exclusive-video-games", "platformers", "single-player-video-games", "taito-games", "video-games-about-witchcraft", "video-games-developed-in-japan"] description: "1992 video game" topic_path: "geography/japan" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kick_Master" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary 1992 video game ::

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Field	Value
title	Kick Master
image	Nintendo Entertainment System Kick Master cover art.jpg
developer	KID
publisher	Taito
director	Hisayoshi Ichikawa
Motoyuki Inoue
producer	Ken Lobb
designer	Okumura
programmer	Shinobu Yagawa
artist	Kazuhiro Iizuka
Tsutomu Ozawa
composer	Nobuyuki Shioda
Yusuke Takahama
platforms	Nintendo Entertainment System
released
genre	Action, platform
modes	Single-player
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|title = Kick Master |image = Nintendo Entertainment System Kick Master cover art.jpg |developer = KID |publisher = Taito |director = Hisayoshi Ichikawa Motoyuki Inoue |producer = Ken Lobb |designer = Okumura |programmer = Shinobu Yagawa |artist = Kazuhiro Iizuka Tsutomu Ozawa |composer = Nobuyuki Shioda Yusuke Takahama |platforms = Nintendo Entertainment System |released = |genre = Action, platform |modes = Single-player

Kick Master (sometimes KickMaster) is an action game developed by KID and published by Taito for the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1992. The game has some role-play elements, such as leveling up.

Gameplay

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Kick Master resembles early games in the Castlevania series. Enemies are fought using martial arts kicks and magic spells. Defeated enemies drop three items that will either help or hurt the player character Thonolan. When Thonolan gains a level, his maximum MP is increased and new moves are learned.

Plot

The castle of Lowrel is attacked and burned by the monsters and magic of the powerful witch Belzed. In the attack, the King and the Queen are slain and their only child, Princess Silphee, is kidnapped. The king's guards were all killed, except for the knight Macren. He and his younger brother, Thonolan, an aspiring martial artist, take off on a long journey to free the princess. As the fight against Belzed's minions commences, Macren is mortally wounded by a skeleton. With his dying breath, he pleads his brother to use his "great kicking skills" to avenge him.

There are a total of eight destinations that Thonolan must bravely journey through before confronting and defeating Belzed:

If the player manages to complete the game, the evil Belzed is destroyed and Thonolan rescues the princess Silphee. He torches down Belzed's Tower and disappears, never to be heard from again. The player is given an opportunity to try to beat the game again on a higher difficulty level. There are a total of three difficulty levels in this game. Once the third difficulty level is complete, the credits will roll.

Development and release

Reception

|Allgame = |GamePro = 21 / 25 |NP = 13.7 / 20 |rev1 = HonestGamers |rev1Score =

GamePro gave Kick Master a positive review upon the release.

References

References

1. "NES Games". [[Nintendo]].
2. (August 1991). "Pak Watch - A Look Into The Future Of NES Game Paks! - Kick Master". [[Nintendo of America]].
3. ''Kick Master'' instruction booklet (Nintendo Entertainment System, US)
4. Ragan, Jess. (December 10, 2011). "Giving Evil the Boot with Kickmaster - Taito put a fresh spin on Castlevania in this late NES release". [[IGN]].
5. Kalata, Kurt. (February 23, 2014). "KickMaster". Hardcore Gaming 101.
6. Weiss, Brett Alan. (1998). "Kick Master - Review". [[All Media Network]].
7. Music, Boss. (February 1992). "Nintendo ProReview - Kick Master". [[International Data Group.
8. (September 1991). "Features: Kick Master - Vanquish Evil With Martial Arts and Magic". [[Nintendo of America]].
9. Titus, Julian. (May 17, 2013). "Kick Master (NES) review". HonestGamers.

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