<s>
Hong	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
97	I-Application
is	O
an	O
unlicensed	O
shoot	O
'	O
em	O
up	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
HappySoft	B-Application
,	O
a	O
doujin	O
game	O
developer	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Designed	O
by	O
the	O
Japanese	O
game	O
journalist	O
Kowloon	O
Kurosawa	O
,	O
who	O
claims	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
a	O
satire	O
of	O
the	O
video	O
game	O
industry	O
,	O
Hong	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
97	I-Application
was	O
made	O
in	O
two	O
days	O
with	O
the	O
help	O
of	O
his	O
friend	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Facing	O
increased	O
crime	O
rate	O
due	O
to	O
immigration	O
from	O
Mainland	O
China	O
,	O
the	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
government	O
hires	O
Chin	O
,	O
a	O
super-powerful	O
relative	O
of	O
Bruce	B-Application
Lee	I-Application
,	O
to	O
kill	B-Protocol
the	I-Protocol
entire	I-Protocol
population	I-Protocol
of	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Hong	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
97	I-Application
sold	O
around	O
30	O
copies	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
underground	O
bootleg	O
release	O
,	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
since	O
gained	O
a	O
cult	O
following	O
for	O
its	O
notoriously	O
poor	O
quality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
screen	O
contains	O
the	O
superimposed	O
words	O
"	O
Chin	O
IS	O
DEAD	O
!!	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Hong	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
97	I-Application
begins	O
with	O
a	O
short	O
cutscene	O
which	O
places	O
the	O
game	O
around	O
the	O
transfer	O
of	O
sovereignty	O
over	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
in	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
countermeasure	O
,	O
the	O
Hong	O
Kong	O
government	O
(	O
represented	O
in-game	O
by	O
Governor	O
Chris	O
Patten	O
)	O
hires	O
Chin	O
(	O
portrayed	O
by	O
Jackie	O
Chan	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
unspecified	O
relative	O
of	O
Bruce	B-Application
Lee	I-Application
,	O
to	O
"	O
wipe	B-Protocol
out	I-Protocol
"	O
all	O
1.2	O
billion	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
red	O
communists	O
"	O
in	O
China	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
game	O
completed	O
,	O
Kurosawa	O
used	O
a	O
game	B-Device
backup	I-Device
device	I-Device
that	O
could	O
copy	O
Super	B-Application
Famicom	I-Application
games	O
onto	O
floppy	O
disks	O
,	O
which	O
he	O
found	O
whilst	O
wandering	O
through	O
the	O
computer	O
malls	O
of	O
Sham	O
Shui	O
Po	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
game	B-Device
backup	I-Device
devices	I-Device
being	O
illegal	O
in	O
Japan	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Kurosawa	O
could	O
only	O
advertise	O
his	O
game	O
through	O
articles	O
written	O
under	O
pseudonyms	O
for	O
underground	O
gaming	O
magazines	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Eventually	O
,	O
his	O
Facebook	B-Application
account	O
was	O
discovered	O
and	O
was	O
bombarded	O
with	O
questions	O
about	O
the	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
an	O
advertisement	O
in	O
the	O
underground	O
magazine	O
Game	O
Urara	O
for	O
another	O
HappySoft	B-Application
title	O
,	O
The	B-Application
Story	I-Application
of	I-Application
Kamikuishiki	I-Application
Village	I-Application
,	O
Hong	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
97s	I-Application
poor	O
quality	O
is	O
acknowledged	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
advert	O
referring	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
"	O
dreadful	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
incomprehensible	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
retrospective	O
reviews	O
,	O
Hong	B-Application
Kong	I-Application
97	I-Application
was	O
met	O
with	O
overwhelmingly	O
negative	O
reception	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
calling	O
it	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
worst	O
video	O
games	O
ever	O
made	O
.	O
</s>
