The player controls Jackie Chin as you move from left to right, shooting white projectiles at communists. But, in mainland China, a project was being developed to bring the dead Tong Shau Ping (played by the living at the time Deng Xiaoping) back to life as an ultimate weapon. The game takes place in 1997, where communists, un-affectionately nicknamed "a herd of fuckin’ ugly reds" are rushing into Hong Kong after Great Britain handed it over to China. The Hong Kong government calls in Bruce Lee's unspecified relative, Jackie Chin (Jackie Chan) to ”wipe out all 1.2 billion of the red communists”. This game was so bad, James couldn't find a cartridge or picture of a cartridge anywhere, so he had to use an emulator on the internet. The soundtrack is a loop of the first two lines of I Love Beijing Tianamen ("Wǒ ài Běijīng Tiān'ānmén, Tiān'ānmén shàng tàiyáng shēng", which literally translates to "I love Beijing Tianamen, the sun rises above Tianamen"). Most call Hong Kong 97 one of, if not the worst game of all time. Although, Kowloon Kurosawa himself has stated that the game was made purposefully to be horrible, as an insult to the gaming industry. Most people have polarized the game for its strange concept, short and repetitive gameplay, racism against Chinese, and the repulsive game over screen, featuring footage of a real dead body.
The game gained popularity when the Angry Video Game Nerd reviewed it back on March 26, 2015. It involves an unspecified relative of Bruce Lee (Chin) wiping out all of the communists in China. Even though it claims it was developed by HappySoft, the only developer is Japanese programmer, Kowloon Kurosawa. It was originally released in 1995 for the Super Famicom and the Game backup device. Hong Kong 97 is an unlicensed shoot 'em up video game. The Angry Video Game Nerd about Hong Kong 97 WORSE than CrazyBus or Desert Bus. It is known as Hong Kong 97." " Apparently, there is a game worse than Big Rigs.
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