Black Belt (Sega Master System)

Black Belt
Also known as: Hokuto no Ken (JP) Developer: Sega Publishers: Sega (JP/US/EU), Tec Toy (BR) Platform: Sega Master System Released in JP: July 20, 1986 Released in US: 1986 Released in EU: 1986 Released in BR: 1986 This game has a hidden level select. This game has regional differences.

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The Master System Hokuto no Ken is an adaptation of the manga. Due to said manga being relatively unknown outside of Japan at this point, the international release changed the main character to a generic martial artist with superpowers.

Level Select

At the title screen, press Up, Down, Left, Right, Up+Left, Up+Right, Down+Right, Down+Left, Down, Down, Down, Down, Down, Down, Down, Up, Up+Right, Up+Right on Controller 2. The level select will appear to the right of the title. Note that the code is quite difficult to enter: the diagonals must be pressed very precisely, and there's only a small window of time to enter the code.

Alternately, use Pro Action Replay (PAR) code 00DB6B12.

List of values and their corresponding levels:

Value	Level
0	Chapter 1
1	Chapter 1 Boss
2	Chapter 2
3	Chapter 2 Boss
4	Chapter 3
5	Chapter 3 Boss
6	Chapter 4
7	Chapter 4 Boss
8	Chapter 5
9	Chapter 5 Boss
A	Chapter 6

(Source: SMS Power!)

Regional Differences

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Title Screen

Both title screens are animated, but the Hokuto no Ken one has lightning flashing in the background whereas the Black Belt one just color-cycles the logo.

Hokuto no Ken	Black Belt

Music

Both games have different music for some scenes.

Track	Hokuto no Ken	Black Belt
Title
Stage BGM
Boss