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Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn
Developer Big Deez Productions
Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn is a 2018 beat 'em up video game developed by Big Deez Productions and published by Mad Dog Games. It is a sequel to Shaq Fu (1994) and it was released for Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One in June 2018. Former professional basketball player Shaquille O'Neal reprises his role from the original as the player character. The game received generally negative reviews… From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
191 reactions from 4 sources (Bluesky, Steam reviews, Lemmy, Mastodon) · newest Nov 3, 2026 · last updated Nov 3, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
76
LovedLoved
68 positive · 22 negative
95% range 66–83%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluesky * | 13 | 16 | 69 |
| Steam reviews | 68 | 22 | 0 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 1 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mostly Positive
113 of 150 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
75% recommend · 67 yes, 22 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 89 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mostly Positive (163 of 207 positive).
Players find the game's humor and absurdity entertaining, especially when bought on sale. [1][2][3] Some reviewers note the gameplay is repetitive and basic, with limited enemy variety. [4][5][6] A few players criticize the game for failing to deliver promised features and feeling like a mobile port. [7][8]
Liked
Representative posts
- [7]
I backed this game in 2014 on Indiegogo and they promised many features that did not make it to the final game, such as local and online multiplayer and more than one playable character. They also failed to deliver on the promise that this was going to be an actual fighting game instead of a beat 'em up, so they sold us the game under false pretenses. So far, all that has materialized is some mundane Barack Obama …
- [1]
I didn't give this much of a chance when it was announced. Like others, I hated Shaq Fu and wondered why in the world they decided to bring it back. But it was available for a dollar so I figured why the hell not. But the game is actually pretty entertaining. Its silly, offensive, funny and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ crazy. If you're sense of humor is slanted toward the dry, dark and offensive side you'll probably enjoy this. The …
- [4]
I can see why the backers are disappointed with the game. However, if you get it cheap for like a dollar like me it is a a pretty decent sidecrolling beat-em up. Lasts about 2-3 hours and there isn't much replayability. Does get pretty repetitive towards the end. Not much variety in the enemy types or Shaq's combat moves and the combat mostly goes something like light attack - light attack - heavy attack -> repeat …
- [5]
Very simple wacky beat 'em up game. Does not take itself seriously and has some funny lines in it. It reminded me of the good old times. Overall the game works, there is nothing game breaking or such. But for 20€ you get only 6 levels and those levels are gone through very fast, unless you play on Hard. This game is legit challenging on hard difficulty but is there a point playing on hard just for sake of extending …
- [2]
The funniest ♥♥♥♥ I have ever played. I'm laughing my ass off from that dialog and the story.
Summarised from 34 of the 184 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
RottenBot@rottenbot · automated account
Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn sits at 76% positive across 90 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
With the exception of the Xbox One version of the game, Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn received "generally unfavorable" reviews according to review aggregator Metacritic. Kellen Beck from Mashable criticized the game's humor for being offensive, repetitive, and reliant on stereotypes. The PlayStation 4 version has an aggregated score of 35/100 on GameRankings.
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 191 · most liked first“What, Bubsy? No, I’m from a different bad game. A bad FIGHTING game.” “No not Shaq Fu!”
neutral · AI labelView post →ERIC SCHMITT: Mr. Smith, did you or did you not, once dress up as a bald African American martial arts master, in full black-face, and bilk millions of American children out of $50 by selling them arguably the worst video game of all time? JACK SMITH: No sir, that was Shaq Fu.
neutral · AI labelView post →Our next addition to the fighting game ranks for Sega Genesis should surprise no one, #30 Shaq Fu While I partially consider this game over hated for being disappointing on release, picking up the controller does its reputation little to no favors.
neutral · AI labelView post →Hopping into the Sega Genesis fighting game rankings, this game beat out Shaq Fu by just a hair, #29 Brutal: Paws of Fury Very much like a martial arts film, these anthropomorphic animal characters decide to duke it out in the Brutal Island Tournament, and the winner claims the Belt Of Heaven
neutral · AI labelView post →Was I wrong to put my trust in #RandomGameSaturday?? 😅 Nah, I kid. Shaq Fu’s got a reputation, of course, but I have a soft spot for it regardless. Its character designs are really neat, and their animation is gorgeously fluid. It’s just not good at being a fighting game…
neutral · AI labelView post →Want to see me beat Game Boy Shaq Fu on hard difficulty in under 10 seconds? Want to see me do it again?
neutral · AI labelView post →shaq doing weird ass Ai shit about desperately being down bad for marilyn monroe who is long dead but also signing up for kash "beastiality is a-okay" patel's FBI on top of having long been an actual cop is, my before and after when i think about whether or not i can still enjoy Shaq Fu as a game
neutral · AI labelView post →Something is being lost. Swapping games with friends. The ability to sell (and get back some of your money) if you fell for the hype of Shaq-Fu. Passing a game on to a younger cousin. Owning the things that make me happy. I knew it was coming but I am still very sad. (3/3)
neutral · AI labelView post →Checked the Shaq Fu wiki (lol) and I have now realized that I made a very, VERY erroneous assumption when I sat down to play that game. I really assumed the opposite of this would be true due to, you know, licensor approval and all
neutral · AI labelView post →Athletes being in fighting games is dumb as hell. DJs also. who the hell was that dumbass in MK11. If you want DJs in a fighting game then bring back Def Jam FFNY. If you want athletes in a fighting game play Shaq Fu.
neutral · AI labelView post →I took a look at the Genesis version of *Shaq Fu* game and found a previously-unreported cheat code that lets you instantly win (or lose) matches. Enabling it involves altering sound options, entering a button sequence, and disconnecting one of the controllers. 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →This game makes you FEEL like a Chinese Orphan
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Game Gear version of Shaq Fu was made by a different developer, but it has the same cheat mode that’s in the Genesis and SNES versions. It stayed hidden for three decades, but now it’s finally come to light. 32bits.substack.com/p/under-the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →How bad is Shaq-Fu really? Will no one defend this uh... "unique" game!?
neutral · AI labelView post →Shaq is my favourite chinese man after John Cena
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game isn't good, but it isn't bad either. For $19.99 it is not worth it. It feels like a game that you'd play on one of those arcade machines in the movie theater for a few quarters but with some graphical improvements to account for when it was released. The humor is a bright spot, Shaq is a funny guy and I think his sense of humor really comes out in the game. But, the gameplay isn't nearly compelling enough - it's good that the game isn't too long because it would become absolutely…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hot Take: Shaq Fu was good it's not a mechanically interesting fighting game and the controls are atrocious, but it was still fun to play, the animations were really good, it had a cool story mode and good music (genesis music >>>> snes music tho) and a really cool cast of characters
positive · AI labelView post →Courtesy of our ai overlords: | Title | Year | System / Console | |-------|------|------------------| | Custer’s Revenge | 1982 | Atari 2600 | | Pac-Man (Atari 2600) | 1982 | Atari 2600 | | E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial | 1982 | Atari 2600 | | Cassette 50 | 1983 | Various 8-bit home computers | | Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde | 1988 | NES | | Action 52 | 1992 | NES | | Night Trap | 1992 | Sega CD | | Plumbers Don't Wear Ties | 1993 | MS-DOS / 3DO | | Zelda (CD-i trilogy) | 1993–94 | Philips CD-i | |…
neutral · AI labelView post →Do you remember where you bought your consoles from? Gameboy Adv SP: got crappy old guitar from neighbor's junk pile, traded it for an SP that my cousin found on the ground Genesis: secondhand store with only a copy of Shaq Fu and the 7up game Xbox: grandma's gift but it had to stay at her house
neutral · AI labelView post →What an awesome game, I feel like the original game is much much better than this game. 10/5 will never play again.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Like there's this goofy meme about Shaq Fu being "the worst Super Nintendo game" but, like, fam, it is not even CLOSE. It's not even in the same LEAGUE as the games I just mentioned. Shaq Fu is a very, very *weird* game, and it's funny that it exists, and it is indeed a bad game, but worst? NOOOOO
neutral · AI labelView post →Today’s Black Video Game Character: Voodoo (Shaq-Fu)
neutral · AI labelView post →Shaq Fu despite being a terrible game at least it is more creative then those games with ai art being made today I would gladly take a thousand Shaq Fus over that bullshit because someone actually drew the art in that game
positive · AI labelView post →Hey, today's #10MoG is up! Since I accidentally released it at Midnight instead of Noon, YOU all get to enjoy it a little earlier too lol. It's Shaq Fu on Game Gear, and it's truly, one of the games. #fgc #fgcsky www.youtube.com/watch?v=W-YW...
neutral · AI labelView post →The Poem of Wind and Trees was created by Keiko Takemiya, who also created Toward the Terra, the film of which had a theme song by Da Capo, who had a song on the soundtrack of Metalder, which was adapted into VR Troopers, which had a game for the Sega Genesis, a console Shaq-Fu was on.
neutral · AI labelView post →Sadly, Barkley Shut and Jam 2 was disqualified to make the fight for top spot more dramatic. The closest is Shaq Fu being declared the worst game concept ever by Seanbaby in the same issue.
neutral · AI labelView post →I'm going to step up and defend the indefensible: Shaq Fu! Now, it isn't what you'd call a "good" fighting game... but it's got some cool character designs and top-notch sprite animations. As you'd expect: Delphine also made Flashback and Another World! Here's a quick demo showing off some moves...
positive · AI labelView post →Top 1000 on RetroAchievements bay-bee!!! ... the game that put me over rank 1000 was Shaq-Fu for the Game Boy
neutral · AI labelView post →Shaq Fu is a 2D fighting game starring Shaquille O'Neal as the playable character, as he travels to a different dimension to save a young boy from the antagonist Sett Ra. By inputting a hidden sequence, players can perform finisher moves against the characters.
neutral · AI labelView post →#JustBeatIt @polykillpodcast.bsky.social No. 019 Shaq Fu (SNES). I like the SNES version a lot less (a rarity for me!). The game moves slower and a such is more difficult. Also, the colors are more washed out and the text is fuzzy. It's playable, but the MD version is the one to play.
neutral · AI labelView post →The funniest ♥♥♥♥ I have ever played. I'm laughing my ass off from that dialog and the story.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I didn't give this much of a chance when it was announced. Like others, I hated Shaq Fu and wondered why in the world they decided to bring it back. But it was available for a dollar so I figured why the hell not. But the game is actually pretty entertaining. Its silly, offensive, funny and ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ crazy. If you're sense of humor is slanted toward the dry, dark and offensive side you'll probably enjoy this. The animated cutscenes are fun to watch too. Yeah a couple of memes are outdated, and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Live with SNESMania Game 478: Shaq Fu! (This'll be great), followed by finishing up Case 3 and starting Case 4 of Ace Attorney: Investigations! twitch.tv/spikevegeta
neutral · AI labelView post →The Shaq Fu video game, goddamn, what a waste of effort
negative · AI labelView post →In case you missed it: The startmenu crew talked over the 2015 Game Awards, featuring fans booing Konami, Shaq Fu, a whole lot of Go90 ads and a shockingly sentimental tribute to the late great Satoru Iwata. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymT6...
neutral · AI labelView post →Solid 3d graphics, cringe worthy comedy, endless hordes of enemy clones, and Shaq. What more could you ask for? Nobody's comparing this to a big budget product. It's arcady. Its just a mindless game for when you want to twiddle your thumbs. Nothing technically wrong with this game at all.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I backed this game in 2014 on Indiegogo and they promised many features that did not make it to the final game, such as local and online multiplayer and more than one playable character. They also failed to deliver on the promise that this was going to be an actual fighting game instead of a beat 'em up, so they sold us the game under false pretenses. So far, all that has materialized is some mundane Barack Obama DLC campaign which isn't even viewable on Steam. Regarding the game, it's a…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Kinda bummed they left out Shaq Fu vs Street Fighter: The Movie: The Game, but I guess they had licensing issues
neutral · AI labelView post →NGL I legit enjoy Shaq Fu. It is not a great game, but is solid by the standard* of the time. And sooooooo silly. *That being the standard of “every tournament fighter game that wasn’t Street Fighter II or Mortal Kombat”
positive · AI labelView post →We all know that Shaq Fu is the greatest video game of all time. The question is, what do we as a society do with this information?
positive · AI labelView post →This game surprised me. It was actually quite fun. Also, I'm someone who thinks Shaquille O'Neal is NOT FUNNY, but the game's humor amused me and had me chuckling throughout. This is definitely only for those looking for a quick playthrough and a single player beat 'em up experience. Steam says I spent three hours on this, though I feel like it was a little longer. In any case, it was the right duration for the game. It doesn't overstay its welcome. The GOOD Really nice graphics. Nice detail…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Sure, the game is quite short but the action, comedy and simple gameplay makes it extremely fun to play. Would recommend. Especially if you played the Shaq game back in the day!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I can see why the backers are disappointed with the game. However, if you get it cheap for like a dollar like me it is a a pretty decent sidecrolling beat-em up. Lasts about 2-3 hours and there isn't much replayability. Does get pretty repetitive towards the end. Not much variety in the enemy types or Shaq's combat moves and the combat mostly goes something like light attack - light attack - heavy attack -> repeat for the rest of the game. One thing the game does really well is humor though.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn is a free mobile app that's been dumped on Steam as if it was a real PC game (it's not)... it's a cash grab from greedy mobile devs, attempting to scam PC gamers into paying money for a free mobile app. This mobile app is a crowdfunded effort from Russian developers featuring the voice and likeness of Shaquille O'Neal but none of the quality... I guess a lot of sports celebrities aren't afraid to put their name in bad places for a paycheck. This is a great example of…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Bought on sale for $1.49, definitely worth it. Loads of childish humor, beat up a Temu Trump robot, play as Shaq in a mech suit. This is nothing like the original but a good time none the less. If it's cheap, good for a laugh. Looks really good and surprisingly good brawler, very basic. Wouldn't call it a kids game but if your kids watch PG-13 movies, i'd say it's fine. Wasn't the nostalgia trip I thought it would be but still a good time.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A new year of RA Roulette is upon us! This week, the following 3 games have achievements that earn you a point each: 1. Kung Fu (NES) 2. Shaq-Fu (SNES) 3. ~Homebrew~ Wordyl (Game Boy) Earn 52 points for the badge! Current badge art not final. retroachievements.org/event/200
neutral · AI labelView post →Which four fighting games mattered the most to YOU growing up? Tekken 2 (PS1) Shaq Fu (Sega Genesis -I realize now that this game sucked but I played the shit out of it) Street Fighter 2 (SNES) Bloody Roar (PS1)
negative · AI labelView post →Game 16 completed! Shaq Fu: A Legend Reborn. Definitely the oddest game I've played in recent history, but it was fun. Only a couple of small gripes but overall a fun experience and glad I finally gave it a try.
positive · AI labelView post →Hidden Gem full of laughs and fun original music. Bonus for actually having Shaq on board for this as I didn't originally think that was the case.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If Metal Gear Solid was an SNES game. Psycho Mantis: You like Castlevania don't you and errr..........Shaq Fu? *Dies*
neutral · AI labelView post →I would say unless any single person has their own branded video game about them it doesn’t count. Like I’m talking Shaq-Fu as opposed to the Beastie Boys being a hidden NBA Jam character, etc.
neutral · AI labelView post →It's a decent 2.5-3hr comedy relief, get It on sale.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of the best games ever made, buy it, buy it,
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Shaq Fu is a 2D fighting game starring Shaquille O'Neal as the playable character, as he travels to a different dimension to save a young boy from the antagonist Sett Ra. By inputting a hidden sequence, players can perform finisher moves against the characters.
neutral · AI labelView post →Unrelated. I have no other choice, but here you have it. The second image has a modernized version of the tram, its rear and smiling Lilly in the tram if you zoom in a little. She has as much to do with transport as Shaq has to do with kung fu (I'm talking Shaq Fu, an actual game).
neutral · AI labelView post →Didn't get anything from thrift stores today but I stopped by the game store and got a few games: -Shaq Fu (Genesis) -Castlevania II: Simon's Quest (NES) -Qix Neo (PS1)
neutral · AI labelView post →XBAND relies on game-specific patches that were preserved before all the batteries went dead, but a lot of those are broken, not optimized for the current connection method (tunneling the phone line via a PC or pi), or lost. In theory you could add any SNES/Gen game. I'll pay $15 for Shaq Fu.
neutral · AI labelView post →When I was doing the research, it started off as, 'why Shaq Fu is the worst fighting game ever made' Well, as you can see there are worse. This is why we do research! 😂
negative · AI labelView post →Which 4 Fighting Games matter the most to YOU growing up? 1. Rise of the Robots 2. Ballz 3D 3. Star Wars Masters of Teras Kasi 4. Shaq Fu, specifically for the Game Gear 🤣 🤣
negative · AI labelView post →The world needs a new Shaq Fu game
positive · AI labelView post →
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