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Become a Tiger for the Win!

Master: The kidnapped children are being held at the Ryugadoh. Go save the children trapped inside.
Lee Wong: Yes. Master.
Master: Rescue them from his evil clutches!
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A 1987 side-scrolling platforming arcade game by Capcom (with the US arcade version being published by Romstar).

Tiger Road follows the story of a martial artist named Lee Wong, who must embark on a perilous adventure in order to save the children of his Shaolin temple, who have been kidnapped by the evil warlord Ryuken as the latter plans on brainwashing them into becoming his loyal and faithful soldiers so that he can advance his own personal ambition of world domination.


Tropes:

  • Abnormal Ammo: Late into the game, Lee Wong can collect a scepter which fires flying tiger heads.
  • Age Lift: The PC-Engine game changes Ryuken into an old man.
  • All Monks Know Kung-Fu: Lee Wong is an asskicking Shaolin Monk. Some of the enemies are rogue monks who can fight as well.
  • Bald of Evil: In contrast to Lee, the bosses of the fourth stage, called Broth, have no hair covering the tops of their heads and are two of Ryuken's cronies.
  • Bat Out of Hell: Giant red-and-black bats are an enemy that flocks all over Lee Wong in a few areas.
  • Big Bad: Ryuken is the main antagonist of the game and his goal is to kidnap children and make them into his own soldiers.
  • Chinese Vampire: These creatures appear as enemies as one point.
  • Dual Boss: The boss of the fourth stage, Broth, is a pair of Dual Wielding swordsmen that can stack on top of each other as part of their attacks. The last two sub-bosses you face in the game consists of two men who function as Ryuken's bodyguards.
  • Epic Flail: Lee Wong's base weapon is an axe on a chain. He can also gain a spiked ball.
  • Giant Spider: Another recurring enemy type, arachnids as large as humans who will crawl all over the place in an attempt to overwhelm Lee Wong.
  • The Great Serpent: Giant, fire-breathing snake monsters infests the underground levels.
  • Ki Manipulation: Lee Wong's ultimate attack is Tora Ki Koh, which fires out a tiger-shaped blast of ki. Of course, it's not available at the beginning of the game.
  • Kite Riding: One of the Airborne Mook variety, ninjas riding on kites which assails Lee Wong as he's near a waterfall.
  • Multi-Melee Master: Lee Wong can fight with all kinds of weapons, including his fists, heavy axes, massive spears, flails and morning stars and numerous other weapons.
  • Palette Swap: The last two sub-bosses that you meet before you face off against Ryuken are merely palette swaps of the first boss, Fudo.
  • Poison Mushroom: You regain health from gourds. Some gourds cost you health instead of restoring it; these can be identified by one feature — they're upside-down.
  • Redshirt Army: Done almost to the point of parody. In the intro, some Mooks kidnap the villagers, then a single mook stays behind and slaughters the entire city guard.
  • Sleeves Are for Wimps: Wong Lee has no sleeves and is tasked to fight Ryuken's forces in order to save the children.
  • Tagline: "Become a Tiger for the Win!"
  • Tiger Versus Dragon: The Hot-Blooded monk hero can learn to shoot tiger-shaped fireballs, the Big Bad, Ryuken, shoots dragon-shaped fireballs.
  • Unintentionally Unwinnable: The ZX Spectrum port is so bad that Your Sinclair took the manufacturers to court over selling goods of unmerchantable quality. The judge ordered the software company to release a version with the bug fixed. This was only after Your Sinclair tried to use an infinite lives cheat to complete the game - and found out that, at one point, you either get hit by a bullet or fall down a hole. (Many players got around this by rewriting the code.)
  • You Fool!: One of the two bosses of the fourth stage scream this prior to the fight.


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