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The Amiga version contains the same content as the Genesis version (it keeps the text "Licensed by Sega Enterprises, LTD" left over from that version on the title screen), though the backgrounds have no animation.
They also praised the "ultra sharp" controls and impressive digitized graphics.
They reviewed the Genesis version as superior to the SNES version due to its additional characters and improved controls, and concluded that the game is "fun once you get used to the small, fast sprites".
As Next Generation reviewed the Genesis version, "Shaq Fu includes everything a good fighting game needs, with the exception of good fighting".
The article stated that it was "not possible to come up with a worse idea than this".
The same year, Electronic Gaming Monthly ranked it number 10 on their "Top 10 Worst Games of All Time".
In response to the negative feedback to the game, Levi Buchanan from IGN stated it was undeserved as a result of collective exaggerations.
They also praised the "ultra sharp" controls and impressive digitized graphics.
In contrast to their positive reactions to the SNES and Genesis versions, GamePro panned the Game Boy release, saying it dumbs down the gameplay, loses so much graphical detail that the characters are unrecognizable, and makes the music far too pervasive.
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