Jackie Chan & Jet Li Videogames Review (with Corey Danna, Fred Andersson & Mark Shaver)

To continue the Gangster themed week, author Corey Danna, blogger Fred Andersson & HK movie fanatic Mark Shaver all enter the recording studio!

 

Why was Jackie Chan's STUNTMASTER the ultimate experimental PS1 videogame for both gamers and his established fanbase?

 

Why was Jet Li's RISE TO HONOR the ultimate send-up of both his HK and U.S. movies while mixing in some MATRIX and John Woo tropes?

 

Did either game have some neat button combos or did they mainly benefit from word-of-mouth recommends by fans?

 

OTHER SHOW NOTES:

*Mark better details the fighting mechanics, motion capture graphics & what a collector's item the Jackie Chan videogame is

*Mark also shares trivia on how Rise to Honor's Cantonese dialogue was overdubbed and the background on the game's setting

*Mark brings up some other obscure Jackie Chan games (as well as an infamous Bruce Lee game) that showed how licenses for these Action hero icons evolved overtime in the industry and the continual mix of rap music with Kung Fu scenarios in the videogames

*And Corey also brings up other cool Hong Kong trivia & other John Woo/Chou-Yun Fat stories including how he was at the premiere of The Replacement Killers!

 

 

MUSIC USED: 

"Rise to Honor" OST by Raymond Wong and Michael Reagan

 

"Ossuary 2- Turn" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

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"Crowd Hammer" by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

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