: Players control "Chin"—a relative of Bruce Lee portrayed by an unlicensed image of Jackie Chan—tasked by the Hong Kong government to wipe out all 1.2 billion "red communists".
Developed in just one week by Japanese journalist Yoshihisa "Kowloon" Kurosawa, Hong Kong 97 was never intended to be a masterpiece. Kurosawa’s goal was to create the worst game possible as a mockery of the highly regulated video game industry dominated by giants like Nintendo and Sega. hong kong 97 magazine updated
: Because unlicensed Super Famicom games were illegal in Japan, the game was sold via mail order on floppy disks. These were intended for use with "Magicom" backup devices, which allowed users to play copied or homebrew games. : Players control "Chin"—a relative of Bruce Lee
: Due to its niche distribution, only about 30 physical copies were ever sold. Magazine Coverage and the Mystery of "Game Urara" : Because unlicensed Super Famicom games were illegal
: Kurosawa enlisted a friend from Enix to program the game over two days, utilizing a base engine from a previous project.