<s>
The	B-Application
Way	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Exploding	I-Application
Fist	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1985	O
fighting	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
Japanese	O
martial	O
arts	O
developed	O
by	O
Beam	O
Software	O
,	O
by	O
a	O
team	O
consisting	O
of	O
Gregg	O
Barnett	O
,	O
Bruce	O
Bayley	O
,	O
Neil	O
Brennan	O
and	O
David	O
Johnston	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
developed	O
on	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
and	O
published	O
in	O
May	O
1985	O
by	O
Melbourne	O
House	O
,	O
ports	O
were	O
made	O
for	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
,	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
,	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
,	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
and	O
Commodore	B-Operating_System
16	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
various	O
backgrounds	O
that	O
change	O
as	O
the	O
player	O
progresses	O
through	O
the	O
levels	O
:	O
inside	O
a	O
dojo	O
,	O
an	O
outdoor	O
field	O
with	O
snowy	O
mountains	O
and	O
volcanoes	O
,	O
a	O
Buddha	O
statue	O
,	O
or	O
some	O
pagodas	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
part	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
one-on-one	O
karate	B-Application
matches	O
,	O
all	O
overseen	O
by	O
a	O
wise	O
old	O
expert	O
who	O
appears	O
in	O
the	O
background	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
system	O
of	O
scoring	O
,	O
known	O
as	O
shobu	O
nihon	O
kumite	O
,	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
real	O
life	O
in	O
many	O
traditional	O
styles	O
of	O
karate	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
bonus	O
round	O
mirrors	O
the	O
feats	O
of	O
Mas	O
Oyama	O
,	O
a	O
karate	B-Application
expert	O
who	O
purportedly	O
killed	O
bulls	O
with	O
a	O
single	O
strike	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
bonus	O
round	O
was	O
not	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
and	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
early	O
Commodore	O
64	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Before	O
creating	O
The	B-Application
Way	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Exploding	I-Application
Fist	I-Application
,	O
designer	O
Gregg	O
Barnett	O
converted	O
The	B-Application
Hobbit	I-Application
and	O
Sherlock	B-Application
,	O
two	O
adventures	O
from	O
Beam	O
Software	O
,	O
to	O
the	O
Commodore	O
64	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
games	O
to	O
borrow	O
heavily	O
from	O
the	O
Data	O
East	O
arcade	O
game	O
Karate	B-Device
Champ	I-Device
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
the	O
previous	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Karate	B-Application
champion	O
Jeoffrey	O
Thompson	O
was	O
signed	O
to	O
promote	O
the	O
game	O
but	O
was	O
not	O
sufficiently	O
well	O
known	O
to	O
have	O
the	O
game	O
named	O
after	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Way	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Exploding	I-Application
Fist	I-Application
topped	O
the	O
UK	O
software	O
sales	O
charts	O
for	O
two	O
months	O
,	O
in	O
September	O
and	O
October	O
1985	O
,	O
until	O
it	O
was	O
replaced	O
by	O
Monty	B-Device
on	I-Device
the	I-Device
Run	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	B-Application
Way	I-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Exploding	I-Application
Fist	I-Application
became	O
the	O
best-selling	O
computer	B-Application
game	I-Application
of	I-Application
1985	I-Application
in	O
the	O
UK	O
,	O
and	O
sold	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
500,000	O
copies	O
in	O
Europe	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
version	O
was	O
placed	O
at	O
number	O
67	O
on	O
the	O
"	O
Your	O
Sinclair	O
official	O
top	O
100	O
"	O
list	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
were	O
three	O
sequels	O
:	O
Fist	O
II	O
:	O
The	O
Legend	O
Continues	O
(	O
1986	O
)	O
and	O
Fist	O
II	O
:	O
The	O
Tournament	O
(	O
1987	O
)	O
and	O
Exploding	B-Application
Fist	I-Application
+	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Exploding	B-Application
Fist	I-Application
+	O
,	O
on	O
the	O
other	O
hand	O
,	O
returns	O
to	O
the	O
style	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
combat	O
with	O
three	O
characters	O
,	O
an	O
idea	O
followed	O
from	O
International	B-Application
Karate	I-Application
+	I-Application
,	O
though	O
in	O
this	O
case	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
for	O
players	O
to	O
control	O
the	O
three	O
characters	O
simultaneously	O
.	O
</s>
