At the same time, the deceased Tong Shau Ping [sic] is resurrected by a secret project conducted by the Chinese government as an "ultimate weapon".

Hong Kong 97 sold around 30 copies due to its underground bootleg release, and it has since gained a cult following for its notoriously poor quality.

When shot, the enemies explode in mushroom clouds, leaving behind a flashing corpse and items for instant death or temporary invincibility.

After thirty enemies have been defeated by the player, the final boss, the "ultimate weapon" Tong Shau Ping[b] appears.

in English and grammatically incorrect Chinese "陳死亡" (pinyin: Chén sǐ wáng)[c] over a still graphic image of a corpse dated to 1992.

As a countermeasure, the Hong Kong government (represented in-game by Governor Chris Patten) hires Chin (portrayed by Jackie Chan), an unspecified relative of Bruce Lee, to "wipe out" all 1.2 billion of the "red communists" in China.

[6] In January 2018, Kowloon Kurosawa finally broke his silence on the development of the game to the South China Morning Post.

Kurosawa took the music, an audio clip from "I Love Beijing Tiananmen", from a second-hand LaserDisc he got in Shanghai Street, and the main character sprite, depicting Jackie Chan, was taken from a movie poster of Wheels on Meals, a 1984 Hong Kong martial arts film.

[10] In retrospective reviews, Hong Kong 97 was met with overwhelmingly negative reception, with many calling it one of the worst video games ever made.