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''Bruce Lee'' is a classic platform game, originally released in 1984 by Datasoft for the Atari 8-bit computers and the Commodore 64, later ported to various other platforms. It stars (unsurprisingly) Creator/BruceLee himself, who must find "infinite wealth and the secret of immortality" in the fortress of a powerful wizard--who, as you've probably guessed, doesn't take kindly to such visitors. The fortress is ripe with typical platform game hazards such as spikes, electric arcs and exploding bushes. However, Bruce must also contend with two enemies, who keep respawning no matter how many times they're vanquished: a nameless black ninja, and a hulking sumo warrior named Yamo.

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''Bruce Lee'' is a classic platform game, originally released in 1984 by Datasoft for the Atari 8-bit computers and the Commodore 64, later ported to various other platforms. It stars (unsurprisingly) ([[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin unsurprisingly]]) Creator/BruceLee himself, who must find "infinite wealth and the secret of immortality" in the fortress of a powerful wizard--who, as you've probably guessed, doesn't take kindly to such visitors. The fortress is ripe with typical platform game hazards such as spikes, electric arcs and exploding bushes. However, Bruce must also contend with two enemies, who keep respawning no matter how many times they're vanquished: a nameless black ninja, and a hulking sumo warrior named Yamo.
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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Yamo the sumo warrior has green skin, and is explicitly referred to as "Green Yamo" in the original Atari manual.

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* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Yamo the sumo warrior has green skin, skin (except in the UsefulNotes/ZXSpectrum version), and is explicitly referred to as "Green Yamo" in the original Atari manual.
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''Bruce Lee'' is a classic platform game, originally released in 1984 by Datasoft for the Atari 8-bit computers and the Commodore 64, later ported to various other platforms. It stars (unsurprisingly) Creator/BruceLee himself, who must find "infinite wealth and the secret of immortality" in the fortress of a powerful wizard--who, as you've probably guessed, doesn't take kindly to such visitors. The fortress is ripe with typical platform game hazards such as spikes, electric arcs and exploding bushes. However, Bruce must also contend with two enemies, who keep respawning no matter how many times they're vanquished: a nameless black ninja, and a hulking sumo warrior named Yamo.

Apart from a hotseat two-player mode, there's also a mode in which one of the players controls Yamo and fights against Bruce Lee.
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!!This game contains the following tropes:
* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Yamo the sumo warrior has green skin, and is explicitly referred to as "Green Yamo" in the original Atari manual.
* BackgroundBoss: The wizard is a giant of a man who sits in the background and fires projectiles at Bruce.
* GoombaStomp: You can land on top of an enemy to deal them damage. However, they can do the same to you.
* MacGuffin: Bruce supposedly enters the fortress in search of the "infinite wealth and the secret of immortality".
* {{Ninja}}: One of the two mooks is a ninja in black garb.
* PlayerNudge: After a hard-to-notice passage opens in one of the starting screens, the statue nearby begins moving its mouth, drawing the player's attention.
* ProtagonistTitle
* SetAMookToKillAMook: Yamo and the ninja can end up accidentally damaging each other with their blows.
* SpikesOfDoom: As typical in platform games, touching the spikes means instant death.
* SumoWrestling: Yamo. Don't expect him to use actual wrestling techniques, though.
* WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter: The ninja fights with a bokken, according to the manual.
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