Games of the 8-, 16- & 32-bit era

Black Belt

Title	Black Belt
First release	1986
Developer	Sega
Publisher	Sega
Platform	Master System
Genres	beat 'em up, post-apocalyptic video game
Also known as	Hokuto no Ken · Fist of the North Star
Players	1–2 players
Co-op	No
ESRB rating	E Everyone
Releases	Master System: 1986-01-01 (PAL), 1986-07-20 (NTSC-J), 1986-11-01 (NTSC-U)
Wikidata ID	Q2626447

Black Belt is a 1986 Master System video game developed by Sega R&D2 and released by Sega of America in the USA on November 1, 1986. The most life-like karate game ever to meet the video screen. It's a post nuclear war setting. And the bad guys seem to be getting the best of things. You use your Black Belt standing to try to restore order to a chaotic world. In each round you must battle an entire enemy corps as well as its leader. And in each round the backgrounds - as well as your opponent's fighting styles - continue to change. Use everything the masters have taught you to stop the violence and restore peace.

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Sources

Wikidata (Q2626447) · last updated 2026-09-27 · CC0

TheGamesDB (2706,48676,96924,102625) · last updated 2026-07-18 · no licence stated · internal use only

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Image credits

Box art (1): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded, NTSC-U release) · © Sega · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

Box art, Screenshots, Logos (4): Source: TheGamesDB (user-uploaded) · © Sega · internal use only. TheGamesDB page

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Videos

Master System Longplay [092] Black Belt

World-of-Longplays · Master System version · longplay · 20:52auto-matched
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BLACK BELT (MASTER SYSTEM - FULL GAME)

Zeusdaz - The Unemulated Retro Game Channel · Master System version · longplay · 30:55auto-matched
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