The History of Karate Champ - arcade console documentary
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
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The original fighting game. So much nostalgia. I remember playing this at the skating rink in between chasing girls and eating pizza.
Amazing how we remember where we were when playing these games for the first time
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries That's like all of my memories. So many memories are tied to what game I was playing when something happened. Good and bad ones. Graduated high school - singstar with family. But Kirby, the most lovable little fluff is tied to my aunt dying when I was in 2nd grade.
skating ring or arcade in the mall....such great memories and i remember how with a couple of dollars....i was so so happy
This and Spyhunter with roller skates on. It was tough to use the pedal accelerator.
Double Dragon was very big in South Africa as well in the late 80's , I had no idea data east and technos were linked though
Thanks for the info
Smack. Full point!
Let's take the moment to appreciate how much effort he puts into the content for us!!!
Thank you so much
Agreed!
Agreed as week.
His voice is a soothing ride through nostalgia
I can say thank you too and another candidate for this channel and from the golden age of arcades is Missile Command really an interesting story there may want to give it a Google and UA-cam along with making it as well.
My parents used to drop me off at the arcade with $5. Seemed like I could play forever off that money. This game, Kung Fu Master, and Tron were among my favorites.
Nice.
Kung Fu was awesome
Mine would give me $5 mind you this was in the mid to late 80s and by then $5 was about 40min of play tops. That is until I got extremely good at a few pinball tables and could keep a few of them going for 30min on a a frw quarters. :)
I would get just a couple of dollars which I had to make last for a couple of hours. Those are all classic games by the way
100 percent! Good choices!
Jump kick was my go to finisher move - come at me bro
Bring iiiittt!!!!!
LOL
The arcade version of Karate Champ takes me back. I can still remember kids crowding around it at the roller skating rink that used to be on West Kimberly Rd in Davenport. It was very popular, at least until they later got Double Dragon and then a couple of years later the 4 player TMNT arcade game! Good times!
Completely forgot about that roller rink out West Davenport. I think an antique mall is there now. I went there a couple of times growing up. Skate land in East Moline was a heck of a lot closer which is where I would usually go every Sunday
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries The old roller rink is a church now. The old bowling alley across from Harlans is now an antique mall.
Love this game. My Mom used to run a hotel in Ocean Shores Wa. At night, after the office closed, I would get to play in the arcade. We would preload credits into Karate Champ, Ghost and Goblins, Speed Rumbler and BattleZone. I got real good at Karate Champ. Pretty technical fighting game.
👍
That sounds fantastic LOL
It is rather technical. Definitely not a button masher.
Patman... I loved this game; it was the first I headed for at my local Aladdin's Castle. This is probably because I was also a huge Karate Kid fan. Thanks for this and all your videos.
You and me both :-) thanks
Aladdins castle was in the Cleveland area . Thats where I used to go too 😀👍👍
I remember kids could have their birthday party there. That was one hour of absolute heaven.
I love Karate Champ From Data East and TECHNŌS JAPAN From Japan it's Pretty Sad that Both of the Company's Are Gone But the Arcade Classic Game Will always Be There Forever Thank You PatmanQC!!! 🌟
Oh Yeah PatmanQC I Also Love The Karate Kid Part 1 and 2 Movie too Also Because They're the Best the Best Martial Art Movie's Ever!!!
1:31 ah Yes TECHNŌS JAPAN I Love That Company it Gives a Warm Fuzzy Feeling.
Thanks for being a loyal subscriber :-)
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Anytime PatmanQC Anytime 👍👍
Been a loooong day. Perfect video to unwind and relax with a cold beer.
Edit - I only had the NES version and now I’m on the hunt for an emulator to play the good version.
Thanks a lot, if you've only saddled yourself with the NES version then you should definitely check out the arcade one
Just got that Pandora box they've been advertising for my man cave it's worth the investment bro!
For the arcade version, MAME is the safest bet and is easy to set up with a few tutorials
Funny how we remember exactly where we first saw/played certain arcade games 😁 I first played this as a kid at a hotel indoor pool arcade, along with Q*Bert and Ninja Gaiden. 😍😍
I was terrible at this game lmao
It is funny how certain memories will do that
A PatManQC treat for my Friday!
Thanks a lot :-)
Karate Champ arcade game along with movie actors/MA practitioners Sonny Chiba and Jackie Chan are my reasons why I took martial arts and still doing it till this day. Excellent video review PatmanQC.
Very cool, thank you so much
@BK Beatty Way too soon BK. I met him several years ago which I will cherish forever. Cool guy with a sense of humor.
AWWWW YEAH!!!!!!! I love this game!!! I have played hours of it but never beaten it, it is a true testament of video game skill to those who have. Thank you Patman!
Absolutely, thanks for watching
You needed to use the combination that cheesed you all the way to the last level > from memory something like ^ ^ , ^ v , > >
11:26 Why is Willem Dafoe on the box of Karate Champ??? :D
I enjoy double dragon always but i do miss alot of data east 😢 keep making awesome reviews.rock on.
Thank you my friend
I remember both versions of this game in the arcade cabinets, I was unstoppable at it.
I absolutely love this game! A flying jump kick for a full point, followed by a lunging fist punch to the face, would usually be enough to win the first few rounds.
I always enjoyed it as well
Wouldn't it be neat if there was an adaptation of Karate Champ, keeping the moves and twin-sticks, but as a side-scolling beatem up with bosses? Maybe someday my dream will come true, or I can get an AI to do it.
I remember as a kid at the arcade here when there were rumors where you fight the ref as a final boss at the end, though those rumors were pretty much put to rest.
I was going to post the same! I was in fourth grade at the time and the bigger kids told me you fight the judge at the end. I got as far as the third level after it flips around and just assumed the game goes on forever, as the double speed mode was insane and took about a half hour for me to get to. Only in the days of UA-cam did I find out there is an end. Boss fight would have been cool especially in those days.
EPIC classic game! I played the wheels off the Karate Champ machine at our local arcade during the golden era. Thanks for another awesome video my friend, great stuff indeed!
Absolutely, thanks for watching
I have the NES version of this game and I love it. But it was the only version that I have experienced.
aahh but you didnt show us the arcade unit in action!! Like when they played it in the movie
bloodsport.
Everytime my friends tell me I can't have another shot I'm already too drunk I'm gonna tell them I need to knock the piss out of this charging bull!
LOL, glad I could help :-)
Loved this back in the days of my addiction to arcades and fighting games. There was nothing like it along with Kung Fu Master. Loved the double joystick concept which i'd only seen previously on Battlezone.
Still love playing it to this day.
+BRYAN BELSHAW
Do you mind if I ask how you play it now, like what kind of control scheme you use?
We had Karate Champ in my high school cafeteria.
Of course this is the fighting game that got me loving Fighting Games when i was younger 😊😄😆🤣👍.
I remember as a kid never understanding how this game worked and not liking it.
The arcade game was also released under the Arcade Archives version on the Nintendo Switch.
Thanks for the info
With International Karate on Wii.
Karate Champ
Back in the day before fireballs were legal.
LOL good call
I legit loved the NES version as a kid. Yeah looking back it was mega janky but it was satisfying when you would actually do what you intended.
This game was crazy good with two joysticks.
Yes it was
I was crazy obsessed with this game. Had to have it for my NES and wanted to beat that bull.
LOL, you and me both
I can't beat the bull . He mows me down every time and it's funny
Yay early again! Thanks PatmanQC
Absolutely, thanks for watching
Karate Champ is an classic 80's arcade game that I will play it and I will not play the nes version. 😀👍🎮
Really need the 2 joysticks
It's a lot of fun :-)
@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries ok.😀👍🎮
Would you sometime do a documentary on the history of Urban Champion?
1:01 You know more about this game than you let on. 😏
LOL, no comment :-)
That move cancellation you mentioned was a beast for me. I would use it as a faint to fake out my opponents
If u like this kind of stuff u can come see me fight at the kumite....u really needed the manual next to you when u played the NES version. I do remember hiding it behind my math book in grade school....ahhh algebra
LOL, fantastic
Played it, didn't like it. I played lots of fighting games, sparred in real life, and never understood the allure of this game nor real Shotokan "karate".
Young, dumb and full of gum lol. This style of video is hard to find for me and is a fresh breath every time. I still request an episode on sub terrania and/or the history of that unique genre. Good job as always sir.
Thanks :-) I'll see what I can dig up. Thanks
Can you do a video on the history of galaga, all the ports and tips/tricks? It's my favorite game and I'm surprised you only did a short video of the atari version.
Yes it's on my to do list but there honestly just isn't a whole lot of history on the game.
I coulda sworn I had this on my Atari 800xl back in the 80’s but I guess I’m confusing it with world karate championship.
Yes, and I didn't know world karate championship even came out for the 800 until researching this video. I had no idea
Thank you for the video. I use to have hours of fun on this game when arcades were arcades and not ticket spitting machines. Knocking out Bulls, breaking boards and the evade. 😂
Damn you roasted yourself to roast the nes version....that's a man dedicated to his craft. Bravo
LOL, thanks
When I was a kid, I always thought that this game had the funniest looking referee.
Yes they were a bit odd
Excellent video great job I play this as a kid in the arcade but never end it Cool Can we get the history of yar king fu or street fighter
This game angered me so much...when you got further into the game you could pull off a triple backflip, swan axe kick preying mantis death move that would rip off your opponents face and get only a 1/2 point then the computer could do a little tiny ground kick that barely touches your pinky toe and you fall down and the computer gets a full point...I was a very angry kid....
LOL, I agree it wasn't very fair at times
This is a little similar but I remember circa 1994 my friend playing Mortal Kombat at an arcade at Seaside Heights New Jersey and it's difficulty level must have been jacked up because he got his ass kicked right away round one game over I don't even remember if he even got one hit in. He was so angry he punched the screen 😆
Played this allllll the time at the arcade in the 80s!
Now I own the cab😃
Excellent, I would love to own one
I had this on Commodore 64
So did I, it was very good
Keep ‘em coming. One of the best videogame channels out there. I learned a lot from coming here.
Thanks a lot, I appreciate that
2:45 Uh, we got that game too under the name Renegade jsyk. Always recommend people go play the arcade KC game rather than NES port since it's a dual-stick game and was never translated to one stick properly. Remember playing it at the laundromat and found the unique controls hard to wrap my head around but the atmosphere and humor was definitely appealing.
OMFG My Arcade/EVERCADE used the NES port, the gall and stupidity of that. X( Nothing to approximate twin-stick on NES huh, Smash TV on NES begs to differ. ^_^ Somebody really needs to redo the NES KC port since it is rubbish.
Was just watching an Atari Legend video about IK+ and most of the games similar to KC turned out a lot better because they were designed around one joystick more. I kind of get what NES-KC was going for using a shift trigger system but perhaps one button was easier than two. Thanks for showing the iOS-KC since I wondered how that turned out. ;)
Karate Champ at first revolutionize the fighting game genre and..in 1991 that changes when Street Fighter II Came out and since then..it changed the whole genre forever...I first played the NES Version of the game..and remembered the announcer itself..like my favorite "Begin.." sound voice.. Another Retrotastic Video, Mr. Patman..and It's Great to have everything retro here in your channel..and Wish to see the History of Psycho Soldier and Athena..2 of my all time favorite SNK Arcade Games in 80s..because of my love for Athena Asamiya..one of my favorite video game characters
Well done. I remember the Apple version from my youth. That, along with the games Wavy Navy and Spare Change. Geez, I'm almost 50. I still can't picture elderly people playing video games but I might one.
I was terrible at Karate Champ, but could play Yie Ar Kung Fu fairly well.
Thanks for sharing this with us, Patman~!
Your videos are excellent and I look forward to the next.
June 1st 1984. The very first day I played Karate Champ. Player vs player. I can still tell you all the controls for the various moves. There was an iOS version once, but after paying for it, it has vanished down a memory hole. Love this game and I always will.
Me all video: You gotta mention Bloodsport.... cmon, where's bloodsport?!?
*mentions it being in Bloodsport*
Me: *so happy* (presses like button)
Awesome
I really loved this game on arcade but sadly i never owned the c64 version, I wasn't aware of its existence at the time, good old times when your only source of informations about games were your friends (we hadn't a vg magazine till 1987)
This came must of really been fun in the 80's , ppl say Street fighter copied it but let's be real this is a realistic martial arts game Street fighter was fantasy martial arts and it was the first of it's kind that game like Fatal fury and Mortal kombat followed , at the time Street fighter 2 came out in 91 there was nothing like it but u got to respect the fun and the happy feeling this gave u in the 80's.I'm sure it inspired Karateka and Kung fu master etc.It still has a very simple but happy 80's feeling looking at it away from modern day life complications .
I used to play the original version at Ziggy's Arcade every chance I got. I started taking Judo classes with some friends on my hockey team because of this game, I got my orange belt after 2 years and quit.
I prefer version 2 with the girl, as for 1 vs 1 C64 karate games.. Way Of The Exploding Fist!!
Whole Point !!
The NES version is so abysmal that I can't even bring myself to check out the other versions... That's the worst part of first impressions: You only get one.
Don't get me wrong, I hated the joystick movements. I could not grasp hold of that for some reason. lol So I just enjoyed watching people play it
I don't remember the NES version being too terrible. The controls took some getting use too. The thing I remember most is the opening song was awesome. It was the first time video game music actually caught my attention. I would just turn on the game and let it play the song in a loop while I did homework.
Arent you a little old for video games
yes
Karate Champ was a longtime mainstay at the local convenience store in my neighborhood. I still remember walking there from my school to play it during lunchtime!
I remember winning so many games against the CPU by flipping over him then doing a reverse jump kick sort of thing.
When I first played Karate Champ It was at my favorite pizzeria on 51 Colombia street in the lower east side of Manhattan NYC in 1984. That pizzeria would have 3-4 machines and would switch them every 6 months to a year. When Karate Champ showed up it was the showcase, tons of quarters would be up in reserve and my 8-year-old behind had to push my way to leave a quarter up from the steelworkers who would come for a lunchbreak, gang members, NYPD, Sanitation guys, and Punks, playing this was fun, the two joystick combo was awesome and I liked the way the moves were pulled off. My dad the following year got me in Goju Ryu Karate because of this game, the moves in the game were legit in terms of blocks and punches. The Bull part was inspired by a real bull killing by karate punch by the legendary Kyokushin Karate master Sensei Oyama in the 60s, which was portrayed by his student Sonny Chiba in Karate Bull Killer, or something like that. Call me a sadist but I actually liked the Nes version, I bought it for 19.99 at Crazy Eddies in 1987 on clearance and would play with my cousins when they visited. Great game with awesome memories, again always awesome videos PatmanQC!
Thank you fella...This was one of my favorites but my dad used to hate this game because he thought games were too fast and ate too much money...💯👍🙏
I don't remember the NES version being that hard to control. The animation was definitely a step down though
I think I still remember how to do some moves. I have to double check to make sure I have my latest phone number right on a form but I think I can still pull off a front flip followed with a back kick combo lol.
I remember Domme, I put my quarter in and it ordered me to kneel and worship it's joystick. Then it demanded another quarter.
wait wait wait, Minky Monkey is a rip off of Donkey Kong Jr? More like the reverse, Donkey Kong Jr is a rip-off of Minky Monkey.
Love this game . Could you do Tag Team Wrestling by Namco/Data East sometime .
This was one I saw played at the local convenience store. I would watch the older kids play each other, but never tried it myself.
I just am trying to figure out the exact version they played in the JCVD Bloodsport. Its japan... but i cant find that blue background they played on.
I seen the arcade machine back in the days but never played it. My older brother brought the nes game as his second game and that was bad. None of my friends or his friends would offer to trade their games for that.
I never grew up with Karate Champ but it's ripoff IK+ which is awesome. 😊
I remember my local arcade got Karate Champ and Kung Fu Master at the same time. I think those games may have been the beginning of martial arts games being a thing. You're on a roll, bro. Thanks for the vids!
Please do videos on Ai Ar Kung Fu & Street Fighter 1, people rarely talk about SF 1
I stole "dance aerobics " for nes from sears when I was a kid, I couldn't play it because I didn't have the power pad.
Only good thing about this game is that it was in bloodsport. Other than that, this game is a pos. Especially the nes version.
Frank dux became a 2 time champ by beating karate champ and the kumite.
I was just about to say Bloodsport led me here
LOL
That super imposed image of the Afro Patman on Daniel San :D Worthy of a montage of Joe Esposito
What's the story behind you losing fingers? How many do you have now?
Hamster released this on Arcade Archives on Nintendo Switch a few months ago.
I see Aladdin's Castle mentioned often... SpacePort anyone?
Man alive!! Great game. I was on holiday in Kissimmee in adulthood. On a rainy day the family headed to downtown Disney. They had a retro arcade..... I was for a few happy hours....I was 14 again. Fantastic.
Thoroughly enjoyed your video. Kudos Sir
This game blew my mind in the arcade. One of the first games I got for my 64. Thanks, glad you enjoyed it
Epyx world karate championship had alot of differences,one being it had way bigger sideburns🤣
This And Yie Ar kung fu were 2 favorites of mine back in the day.
You missed mentioning Karate Master 2 knock down blows.
Awesome,this the one that got me into fighting games for life
Way of the Exploding Fist is still my favorite martial arts fighting game on the C=64. It's like they took Karate Champ gaming to the next level and digitized sound effects as well.
Great vid! So good, even the forever-frumpy Karate Champ judge couldn't help but to crack a smile.
I know the judge wasn't meant to look surly, just serious. ...Except in the NES version where he just looks depressed. How appropriate.
LOL, thanks. Comment of the day
Loved the various incarnations of this game until I found out you just had to crouch/reverse punch to get through each level lol
what is karate style, is it kyokushin karate or shotokan karate in karate champ
If it wasn't for games like Karate Champ, we wouldn't be having games like Street Fighter, King of Fighters, Tekken, Mortal Kombat, Virtual Fighter and others. Great memories playing the arcade game and NES version of Karate Champ with my friends even though the NES version wasn't good.
It was definitely the one that revolutionized the one on one fighter