List of Fist of the North Star video games
The following is a list of video games based on the manga "Fist of the North Star". Since , many video games based on the "Hokuto no Ken" franchise have been released for the Japanese market, including coin-operated arcade games and computer software. The majority of these games were released only in Japan, with the exceptions of "Fist of the North Star" for the Nintendo Entertainment System by Taxan Soft in , "Fist of the North Star: 10 Big Brawls for the King of Universe" for the Game Boy by Electro Brain in , and the "" series by Koei Tecmo, which started in . The arcade games "Fighting Mania" by Konami and the "Fist of the North Star" fighting game by Sega, also received international distribution. Additionally, the Sega games "Black Belt" for the Master System and "Last Battle" for the Genesis, were originally released as "Hokuto no Ken" video games in Japan before they were stripped of the license and rebranded for the international market.
Fist of the North Star
"Hokuto no Ken" premiered in Japan in "Weekly Shōnen Jump" in Issue 41 on September 13, 1983 and was serialized 
weekly until Issue 35 of 1988, lasting 245 chapters. The original collected volumes or "tankōbon" of "Hokuto no Ken" were published under Shueisha's "Jump Comics" imprint and spans 27 volumes. During the 1990s, Shueisha reprinted "Hokuto no Ken" in 15 hardcover "aizōban" editions, as well as 15 corresponding economy-sized "bunko" editions. A 14-volume "Kanzenban" edition was published by Shogakukan in 2006 under the "Big Comics Selection" imprint, featuring the original water-colored artwork from the "Weekly Shōnen Jump" serialization. It has also been released in 27 digital e-book editions.