<s>
is	O
a	O
1991	B-Application
beat	B-Application
'	I-Application
em	I-Application
up	I-Application
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Tamtex	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Irem	O
exclusively	O
in	O
Japan	O
for	O
the	O
Family	O
Computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
Irem	O
's	O
1984	B-Application
coin-operated	O
video	O
game	O
Spartan	B-Application
X	I-Application
(	O
released	O
internationally	O
by	O
Data	O
East	O
under	O
the	O
title	O
of	O
Kung-Fu	B-Application
Master	I-Application
)	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Family	O
Computer	O
by	O
Nintendo	O
in	O
1985	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
turn	O
,	O
Spartan	B-Application
X	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
a	O
tie-in	O
to	O
the	O
1984	B-Application
Jackie	O
Chan	O
film	O
Wheels	O
on	O
Meals	O
(	O
released	O
as	O
Spartan	B-Application
X	I-Application
in	O
Japan	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
planned	O
to	O
be	O
released	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
as	O
Kung	B-Application
Fu	I-Application
II	O
in	O
the	O
fall	O
of	O
1991	B-Application
,	O
but	O
ended	O
up	O
not	O
being	O
released	O
there	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spartan	B-Application
X	I-Application
2	I-Application
did	O
not	O
receive	O
a	O
North	O
American	O
release	O
until	O
2016	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
included	O
as	O
a	O
built-in	O
title	O
for	O
the	O
Retro-Bit	O
Generations	O
retro	O
video	B-Device
game	I-Device
console	I-Device
under	O
the	O
name	O
Kung-Fu	B-Application
Master	I-Application
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Johnny	O
Thomas	O
,	O
a	O
man	O
who	O
lost	O
his	O
mother	O
and	O
sister	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
his	O
father	O
being	O
used	O
as	O
an	O
experiment	O
for	O
a	O
new	O
kind	O
of	O
drug	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
only	O
man	O
who	O
opposes	O
the	O
drug	O
syndicates	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
control	O
of	O
Johnny	O
Thomas	O
,	O
an	O
undercover	O
investigator	O
tasked	O
with	O
fighting	O
a	O
drug	O
syndicate	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Whereas	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
was	O
set	O
entirely	O
in	O
a	O
five-story	O
pagoda	B-Application
,	O
the	O
stages	O
of	O
Spartan	B-Application
X	I-Application
2	I-Application
consist	O
of	O
different	O
locations	O
which	O
include	O
a	O
train	O
,	O
a	O
warehouse	O
,	O
a	O
boat	O
,	O
an	O
airplane	O
,	O
a	O
mansion	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
drug	O
plant	O
.	O
</s>
