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Never realised that Jeremy C. Smith died after his successes. As you say, who knows what he would have gone on to do...? Life is strange.

Fighting games and arcade conversions were big trends of 1986. Imagine's version of Konami's Yie Ar Kung-Fu was both, and ended up the UK's best selling game of the year. www.superchartisland.com/yie-ar-kung-fu

Melbourne House followed up The Way of the Exploding Fist with an ambitious 3D wrestling game. It was a bit complex for its own good, but still reached #1 for a week. www.superchartisland.com/rockn-wrestle

The lead designers of the arcade and NES versions of Kung-Fu Master went on to design Street Fighter and Super Mario Bros. respectively. Their C64 counterpart never made another game. www.superchartisland.com/kung-fu-master