Chew Man Fu

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Chew Man Fu (Be Ball in Japan) is an action video game developed by Hudson Soft and published by NEC for the TurboGrafx-16 in 1990. It was re-released on the Wii console's Virtual Console in 2007. It became available in Japan on February 13, 2007, in North America on February 26, 2007, and in Europe on March 2, 2007.

[edit] Story

Chew Man Fu has set a curse to rob the world of fried rice, egg rolls and all its other favourite foods. To stop him the player must work through 50 rounds, clearing them by placing four different coloured balls into the appropriately-coloured hole.

[edit] Gameplay

The gameplay is something of a variant of Pengo, as the single-screen levels are inhabited by enemies, who can be killed by firing one of the balls at them at speed. When it hits an enemy, it will continue moving in the same direction, rebounding off walls if necessary, and pushing you backwards slightly when it comes back to you - but it can be instantaneously brought back under control. Blocks can also be moved at a more casual speed, including round corners. Once a block is placed onto its spot, it can be used again as a weapon. The levels are in a maze style, and parts of this can be opened up. The game also includes a small bonus Kick-Ball game for 2 players, which doubles as practice with the control system.