What a difference 30 years makes...

Kung Fu Master, here, displaying the martial prowess of a nine year old at his first Karate class. Yes, we're being purposefully cynical, but when it's stood next to Tekken 5 you can't help but marvel at Namco's gorgeously colourful brawler, while ignoring Kung Fu Master like the fat ugly friend at a nightclub. Sorry, 'Fu. You had it. You lost it.

Ben Richardson is a former Staff Writer for Official PlayStation 2 magazine and a former Content Editor of 12DOVE. In the years since Ben left GR, he has worked as a columnist, communications officer, charity coach, and podcast host – but we still look back to his news stories from time to time, they are a window into a different era of video games.