The Karate Kid (NES) Playthrough
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- čas přidán 17. 08. 2022
- A playthrough of LJN's 1987 license-based action game for the NES, The Karate Kid.
The Karate Kid was released at the same time as LJN's other NES movie tie-in from 1987, Jaws ( • Jaws (NES) Playthrough ), making it one of LJN's first releases for the console. The game is largely based on the events of The Karate Kid Part II, released a year prior in theaters, though it also borrows elements from the original 1984 film.
The game begins with Daniel competing in the All Valley Karate Tournament from the end of the first movie in a format that mirrors mid-80s 1v1 fighting games.
After he wins the competition, the focus shifts to the second movie's plot as Daniel heads to Okinawa where he has to fight through waves of Sato's men and defeat Chozen. The third stage sees him fighting through more baddies during a typhoon, and the fourth and final stage takes place in the old ruins where Chozen is holding Kumiko hostage.
You can collect special moves by playing the special bonus stages peppered throughout the platforming stages. The number of crane kicks and drum punches Daniel wins in these side games is determined by how many flies he can catch with chopsticks, how many blocks of ice he can break with his with hand, or how many times he can successfully dodge a swinging hammer.
The game feels like it was inspired by Irem's Kung Fu [Master] ( • Kung Fu (NES) Playthro... ) or Vigilante ( • Vigilante (TG16) Playt... ). The controls are similar: hitting up on the d-pad makes Daniel jump, and while moving, A and B will make him punch and kick. Hitting A or B while standing still triggers the limited use special attacks.
Unfortunately, it doesn't play nearly as well as Irem's classics. The movement is stiff and awkward, the collision detection is unforgiving, and if you get pinned between two enemies, you get juggled back and forth as your lifebar drains.
(Remember that scene from A Night At the Roxbury when the lady gets trapped between the dancing Butabi brothers? It feels just like that. czcams.com/users/clipUgkxHP53JRx6...)
The haphazard stage design also leaves a lot to be desired. It's often difficult to figure out what parts of the background can be stood on, and sometimes you'll fall through platforms for no discernable reason. The endlessly respawning enemies like to stand in places where you can't hit them, and random objects constantly fly across the screen to hit you at the worst possible times.
Getting to the end of stages three and four often feel as much a product of luck as they do skill. Sometimes you'll sail through without any issues whatsoever. Other times you'll want to throw the controller after the enemies have bounced you into a pit for the umpteenth time. It's all incredibly inconsistent and more than a bit frustrating.
The graphics are reasonably nice, the music is fine, and I appreciate its attempt to follow the film, but The Karate Kid really isn't much fun to play. I remember borrowing it from a friend as a kid, and while I didn't hate it, it was the sort of game that only got played once I'd exhausted everything else on the shelf. That's pretty much the same way I feel about it now.
Unlike Jaws, Atlus handled the development of The Karate Kid themselves, and their inexperience shows. They eventually earned themselves a reputation for making high quality games, but in 1987, they still had a long way to go.
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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Ahh yes, the iconic final battle between Daniel and Chozen.... on Mars. I remember that.
“Man who catch fly with chopstick, accomplish anything.”
“Man who beat LJN NES games also accomplish anything.”
- Mr. Miyagi
RIP
I beat this game when I was eight, man
I had it when I was a kid and I beat it.
BRILLIANT comment lol
I'll never forget the scene in "The Karate Kid Part II" during the typhoon when Daniel slaughters every bird in sight! What a great film!
Or fought so many enemies along the way
At least you get to rescue the trapped girl atop the tower at the end, for sure!
AVGN: It's like coming out of a brutal fight, being the winner, but achieving nothing for all your troubles, just a bunch of bloody bruises and broken bones. It's just not worth it. And so began the AVGN's 15-year quest to review all LJN games, which came to an end last Christmas.
As a kid I loved this game . The opening music always got me hyped lol
X2
00:56 it was wonderful song
Yes. A game that you must Keep for your correction.
Two interesting notes:
1. The ice block challenge uses your current health as the power meter. So if you showed up with barely any health(I came in with two bars once), you won't break any blocks, period.
2. If you fail to catch any flies in the chopstick catch challenge, a fly will land on Daniel's nose. Was an amusing moment during a frustrating time.
Classic LJN and enemies tossing themselves into the drink. Never gets old.
LJN is a publisher
@@reenthemonkaS Ok buddy one more time. You have a printing press. I pay you to publish a book. Are you reading it to make sure its good, or are you taking the money and printing the book?
Typhoon level was the end of the game for most of us
I was addicted to this game. I used to wake up early and finish this game before class. Thanks for bringing back those great memories.
One of the best games i play!
Good times...
I remember the birds and woods flying with the strong wind at second stage. Watch this make my day better.
There's a typhoon going on, and Daniel is stopping every 50 feet or so, to play mini games!
Focus Daniel. The flies aren't important right now
The 9ft referee is the spotlight in the tournament, what a monster.
That's a Pre-Hogwarts Hagrid right there
Great game back in the day. Really captured the magic of Karate Kid 2. The graphics are what they are. You had to use your imagination back then.
The Karate Kid feels like a busted version of Kung Fu. Poor LaRusso just can't catch a break, can he?
I got that same feeling with the similarities to Kung Fu
Like I said with that MLB game that Atlus commissioned for LJN, I wouldn't let even the Karate Kid make me shy away from the former company. After all, they would go on to make some pretty influential and fun JRPGs.
It really does. Even Vigilante on the Sega Master System was better than this.
Yeah this game was disappointing. 😞
A busted version of Kung Fu?! I disagree completely.
This game is so much nostalgic for me, cose it was the third cartridge that i had in my early like as a kid gamer. First Super Mario, of course, second Ye Ar Kung Fu and Karate Kid was the third. And man, since i used to play it daily, i was quite good on it, even in the minigames. I wasnt only good, i used to play beautifully it. Every pice of background brings me a feel of nostalgia hard to explain.
❤❤❤
The only thing I miss from these Karate Kid NES playthroughs is when Daniel fails to break even one ice block on the Ice Block Break.
I actually enjoyed playing this game. It was decent for the time. Loved the music, how faithful it is to the movies and the graphics. Hated the last level though. Took so many tries.
Wow-- That intro music brings back some seriously deep nostalgic vibes from the late 80s when I was a young boy. Thank you for the memories.
I had this game when I was 7 I remember my mom buying it for me at the supermarket in Boston I was so happy
I wish Cobra Kai would show the flashback where Daniel is being assaulted by an army during a hurricane, and them he stops by the dock and changes his clothes in order to practice his Drum Technique with the hammer blade of doom.
Presumably ending with his wife calling bullshit on the whole thing before reaching for more wine.
I haven’t played this since around 1990. Unfortunately I never completed the game. Brings back so many memories 💙
"Mr. Miyagi, what brings you to the Jiggly Room?"
"Quite honestly, the Jiggly!" 😆
That swinging axe scene was brilliant daniel son you oright
Conquered this game many times
Great game plays very similar to Kung Fu but that typhoon stage is hard as nails!👍🕹🎮
I never completed this game but i never would have dreamt it was 12 mins long💀
The good old 8 bit days
I remember this game. When I would fail the bonus stage i always felt that i needed to be more like daniel san and had to tap into my inner karate power hidden deep inside to overcome the challenge
Cool to see this. Missed this one as a kid. Looks too easy though. Cool to see it now.
What a complete bad ass fighting in a typhoon
oh wow I've never seen this game. I bet this is going to be amazing
I finally beat this game 2 years after its release
I still can’t finish 16 bit Battletoads 30 years after first trying. That hover bike race is insane
Looks like the whole island is after Daniel San…also he’s pretty ruthless towards those poor birds
I love this game!
Ah yes, I remember the scene in Karate Kid Part 2 when Daniel is attacked by birds during the storm
I love the classic movies.
That kick though ❤
Like how they have him dressed in the same clothes as the movie,as you go through the game, be blessed all in Jesus shalom
Nicely done I thought it would be a little longer and a little bit more one-on-one fighting. Like the first challenge
Chozen defeated with the crane kick. Never fails.
Rented this one a few times. ❤️👍😎 cross between Rambo and kung fu.
Ah well, at least we'd get a good Karate Kid(-adjacent) game about 30+ years later :3
I never realized it was LISA SIMPSON who Daniel saved in the typhoon!!!
How *The Karate Kid* (NES) should've been made:
• Make all three games each based on Parts I, II & III.
• Faithfully reenact every scene 8-bit style.
• Have Nariyoshi Miyagi playable in some missions, and as a cheat code.
• Develop it as an Action-Adventure RPG that plays like a cross between *Final Fantasy* (during story-adventure sequences) and *Renegade* (during batter-encounter sequences).
Never played this but it is good timing since I’m 2 weeks, Cobra Kai comes out for Season 5 on Netflix.
It does?!?
@@freddyvidz you didn’t know that dude?! SERIOUSLY?! It has been all over media posts for a few days.
@@xwf1000v3 I’m not on social media
And the upcoming Cobra Kai 2 game.
I HAD KARATE KID BEFORE TOO AND IT WAS FUN TOO
I totally LOVED this game. I used to be so good at it, but these days, not so much. I HATED the Swinging Hammer bonus stage.
TBH, this is one of LJN's best during the NES days. Atlus is definitely a great company given they were responsible for developing this game.
Front kick….got it!
_L-J-N!_
_L-J-N!_
_They're the source of all our pain!_
Bonus points to anybody who get the reference.
The Quarter match opponent should've been either Tommy or Dutch, the semi final match should've been Bobby (despite what went on in the movie) & the final match should've been Johnny Lawrence.
I feel like that would've just made more sense.
I've played this game via an emulator years ago & I bought a used NES last month & I found a used copy of this game yesterday, which I played last night before going to bed.
I got pretty close to the end of level 4, but got knocked into a pit & got a game over.
I found 2/3 of the mini games simple enough, despite failing.
If you guessed that the hammer mini game was the hardest for me...
You are correct.
Imagine if this game would've been based on the original 1984 movie & then came this game, but called The Karate Kid II & then they made a game based on The Karate Kid III for at least the NES & then finally, a Next Karate Kid video game for Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis & maybe even NES as well.
Is the bonus stage music supposed to be the song from the ice breaking scene? lol
Gotta love how it's called *_"Karate Kid"_* but it's _clearly_ based on the 2nd movie. I mean, it starts of at the karate tournament (just like the movie), then you're in Okinawa (just like the movie) and you fight the final boss at a bon odori festival (Just. Like. The movie!).
Isn't the catching flies with chopsticks from the first movie though? Plus the fighting in the tournament was from the first movie
@@danielmoore8695 yes. Stage 1 is based on the epilogue of Karate Kid 1. Of course the game skips when Mr. Miyagi humiliates Kreese and teaches Daniel a crucial lesson - "For a person with no forgiveness in his heart, living is a far worse punishment than death".
This game gets too hard for the playthrough of exactly 12 minutes: and 09 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!
Used to play this. Kirby adventures. RBI baseball. (Black cartridge) final fantasy 1. Robocop. Star tropics. Super mario 3. This racing game with red car I can't think of. Yes all rare games. Played at my grandma's house late 90s. Sad part of my story is I sold all these games and now I see their worth and it sucks
Very cool
This is much harder than it looks
What an epic game🥋🎮✌
Woof, this is a real bad one. It was among the first games I ever rented, I beat it the night I brought it home, and it never got rented again. You're 100% correct about progress being based on the luck of the draw (or where and how enemies regenerate). I was only vaguely aware of the movie through the osmosis of pop culture, but I guess that's all you really needed to understand each and every one of the elements is takes from it. Kung Fu is a timeless classic that is every bit as fun today as it was when it was brand new. This is a waste!
playing this game you'll find out: one minute its easy as hell. the next second its the toughest game ever made! 🤣
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THE KARATE KID RATED PG
THE KARATE KID RATED PG
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Good analysis, except one mistake…it preceded Vigilante.
oh, beginner ruck!
PUT EM IN A BODY BAG😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The wink
All you have to do to "win" is spam the crane kick over and over.
imagine spending 50$ for a game that takes 12 minutes to beat
He’s getting hit constantly but barely taking damage. ??????
I loved this as a kid. One of the easiest games I beat.
Fun fact, some music in this game was later reused in an obscure Famicom text adventure game playing in an even more obscure easter egg.
I remember my dad buying me this game at the flea market. I actually enjoyed the game until the last stage, that's when it angered me.
Nes games are so hard fr
ATLUS developed this game and they’ve been owned by SEGA since 2013, is that about right?
This is the same platform as Rambo for NES
My favorite part in this game is the final fight with Chozen.
When he appears from the right, get Daniel to jump towards him, while mashing the punch button. If Chozen falls off the stage, just re-position Daniel to do it again on Chozen when he returns (and with his health fully restored).
You can do this over and over again, causing plenty of D's to appear. Not to mention this being your chance to emulate Jotaro's iconic move:
*ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORAAAAA!*
Do not compare me with this trashy game
The only game Atlus is too scared to remake
Debio tener mas niveles creo que se quedo corto este juego.
Brill
😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢😢 one from others paradis heavens games in my childhood ago😢😢😢😢😢 am sad am so sorry god however anything 😢
What a horrible game...I hated it as a kid and watching this it still looks bad. Lol You killed it though 👏 💯
After the first two films were big box office Hits they NES games wanted to a KK game
Não sabia que eu quase tinha zerado esse lixo 😂
Love miagi
So this game is short and easy?
Short and HARD
Cobra kai S5 9/9!
YTPBR KID KARATEKA: O JOGO
I go to the NES SNES GBA Buy Buff Bay Portland Jamaica 🇯🇲 😊 go playing game.
Me Play
I got over 202800 points
What an awful game. Lots of memories playing it and getting frustrated. I love how all the bosses are so so easy yet getting to the bosses with the stupid pits and things gets really old and annoying.
Right? lol
Not sure if I ever played this one... looks pretty bad!
this game was terrible at i was 12 health detection was horrible(you bounce like a pinball when you get hit) it ripoff kung fu badly I only got past the typoon level once
AVGN: well, let me be honest with you about this one, oh boy! I hate this game!
Also AVGN: *_"This game is ASS!"_*
@@Dorian_Scott Lol 😂
unfortunate game
Ljn laughing joking numbnuts
Ljn los jocosos niñatos
Qué porquería de juego
Worst game ever