Kung Fu (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
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- A playthrough of Nintendo's 1985 game for the NES, Kung Fu.
For the full review, compete with screenshot gallery and soundtrack, check out my write-up at www.nintendocomplete.com/kung-fu
Played through one loop each of the 1-player Type A and Type B game modes.
Kung Fu, Irem's classic 1984 arcade title, arrived for the NES launch (alongside Irem's 1983 coin-op 10 Yard Fight) courtesy of Nintendo, compete with black box plastered with pixel art. It's an extremely simplistic, incredibly addictive beat 'em up based on the old Jackie Chan flick (Meals on Wheels) that, despite looking significantly worse in the downgrade to the NES, retains every ounce of its playability in the conversion.
It was followed up by a couple of games - Vigilante (1988 - arcade, SMS, TG16) was a direct sequel, and the Japanese Famicom received its own exclusive sequel (1991- Spartan X 2). There was also a Game Boy exclusive entry in Irem's 1990 Kung Fu Master. There was a sequel developed before Vigilante, but it was shelved. A prototype of it has been found and dumped, but the dumps were never given to the MAME team for incorporation for whatever reason.
Kung Fu, Kung Fu Master, Spartan X - whatever you want to call it, is a great game, and though badly dated now, was a revolutionary step forward for its time.
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Man this takes me back to the good old days when things were simple
Takes you back? I'm still there!
I have a working NES and this cartridge.
@Katakuri you can't get any more nostalgic.
If you told me that playing SMB on the wii or mariomaker wasn't nostalgic, I'd buy that. But to play it on its original system, on a CRT television... is as nostalgic as it gets my friend.
@Katakuri understood.
used to kick ass w this game
yes 🙌🏽 no fucking lockdown no environment goverment
Why did this game seem so much longer as a kid?!?!
Cause we kept losing lol, very hard game
it was harder thats why
Well sticking It in the freezer and all kinds of Tricks to get It going was half the battle lol
I just got this today. The second level is kicking my ass!
@@MasterMayhem78
The third stage boss was the one I always had problems with. I remember using the jump kick on him a lot.
I'll always love this game not just as a fun game, but as a fascinating case study in tightly focused game design. Just two buttons and a d-pad, and yet you can do everything you'd expect to be able to, and all of it serves a purpose.
Crouching and jumping give you alternate attacks in addition to serving as evades and riskier moves like punches and jump kicks give you more points and get you to the extra life faster. Each enemy is recognisable at a glance with a simple, easily-understandable behaviour that adds up to complex semi-random situations.
There's nothing in the game you can really take away without it essentially falling apart. That's something I find fascinating.
What an incredible comment. Completely free of Wikipedia trivia, totally devoid of know-it-all factual data any one of us can get. Nothing but the pure experience and wisdom of having been there and done that. Well done.
Do you remember ELEVATOR? Haha classic
I was just thinking that this would be a great game to teach people new to gaming. Then I scroll down and see this comment. Really well designed game before there were many fun games to model or reflect from. There were a ton of bad games back in the day, ET anyone?
I love each level's top baddies.
1: Stick guy
2: Boomerang guy
3: Fat Black dude in wife beater
4: Medieval wizard
5: Young David Carradine in a vest.
and when they do beat you up, they emit the same laughter---eh, heh, heh, heh, heh!
All it would take is one fat guy on a chair with a revolver and it's game over lol
Can’t believe that was 12 mins I never finished it as a kid 🤣🤣🤷🏽♂️
Same here bro. I can't go anywhere more than level 3.
Legit, level 4 was my max 🤦🏾♂️
Actually it’s only 6 minutes long lol
@@lflagr thats even worse 🤦🏾♂️😫😂
same it was hard when i was a kid 😂
I distinctly remember less ads when I played this as a kid.
This is the EA version
Realty man
😂😂😂
Best game ever. Im 42. Good memories. Simple life.
I remember playing it on Commodore 64, where the joystick only had 1 button. You had to actually press the spacebar to toggle between punches and kicks. Which was like the dumbest thing ever.
Dang, the playthrough made this look easy, when this game is actually very hard.
The longest 12 minutes of my life as a kid.
Don Gordito It seemed so much longer back then:)
🤣😂very true
so long, and so hard to play. Lol
More like,... I never got to the end! On to Ninja Gaiden, and TMNT.
Por pendejo
In my old cassete of 50 games, this game was called spartan.
Spartan X
Spartan X 2 was better
Hell yeah but beatable
Actually, this game should've been called "Spartan X" because some of the things in this game has Greek related
Kung fu máster, it's called in my country.
I always loved the sound design in this game. Its great! When I first saw Super Mario Bros. I was blown away. The second game I played on NES was this. I saw what 8bit beat em up style looked like. My first experience of a 'beat the crap out of someone' game. Then I discovered Double Dragon at the arcade. Thank you Kung Fu🤘🌴
The NES version had the sound and music re-arranged by Koji Kondo. This explains why when Thomas was hit with a knife, it sounds like Link getting hit in Zelda II. The bosses laughing when they kill you are the same as Ganon laughing in Zelda II or Bald Bull or Soda Popinski laughing in Punch-Out!!
This game was great. As simple as it as, it still captured my attention and I loved playing it. The
Memories
"Wah wah wah wah wah wah wah!" that laugh haunted my childhood.
Exactly
That’s what set me off as a kid,even when I think about it still irritates me!!🤬lol
Ha ha ha ha ha hau....
2:12
I remember even my parents would play this when I was young!! It was like a family thing to play this game! It was awesome!
Yes, we all played,my father was really hooked to this game 😂. Now he can't read mobile notifications while he's in a phone call 😅.
I often played it with best friend in childhood every Sat.. the sound,the moves, everything bring back sweet friendship and primiary school memory...
The little enemy kid jumping at 11:07 was always my favorite twist. It reminded me of the monkey jumping over another monkey in Stage 2 of Circus Charlie NES game. 😄
Aaah the memories.I still remember playing this game 34 years ago back in 1985.Although at that time a guy who could get past round 1 was a champion and here in this video you are dominating it!
Haha. Love it!
I remember that to 😃.
Those were the best childhood days 👍
Me too 😊
I remember playing this as a kid. Just hitting me now that its only 5 levels 😂😂
I think I got past level 3 only once.
@@22steve5150 WHAT? HOW? I was a kid and getting through all 5 levels without losing any power at all. You must not have been very good at games.
@@Danimal77 show off
@@Danimal77Fake news.. video, or it didn't happen!
It does look easy now. But I was a beast at Nintendo games as a kid and I don’t remember beating this game yet now sure it looks super easy. Depends on age and people saying they beat it at 6 either are lying or just lying to themselves and was prob more like 10 or more.
What an awesome game!
Even today it holds a special place in our hearts...
@@dynastymusou8906 yang
De ouf
I always called the girl "Saliva." The bee stage is pretty easy once you know the pattern - you can run through it without pausing to hit the bees. But that hunchback still gets me to this day.
Lol Salvia Sylvia drippin Saliva.
This game was hard af
No it wasn't. I mastered it when I was 8 years old. Double Dragon was MUCH harder, but even that was easy after a few plays.
True, batman, rush and attack, and this game was a fucking nightmare to play. Anyone wo says otherwise is a big fat liar.
Angoto kelez don't be so dramatic, they were hard but some practice and persistence are enough to beat them, otherwise you just suck
@@tekkenfan01 didn't say it was unbeatable, i said it was hard.
Angoto kelez fair
I just noticed this now that there are only 5 levels . Seemed
much longer when I was a kid.
Man what? This was one of my all time favorite games. I played this when I was a kid until it unfortunately would not play anymore. I would play this game now if I had it.
Takes me back to being 6 years old, thank you for this video and the walk back through memory lane... things were so much easier back then...
So many memories as a kid. The boss fights were so frightening lol.
It’s amazing how hard this game seemed as a kid.
Oh well, Still better than the GTA games on PS2, thats for freaking sure! I was so sick of dying too quickly and failing shit too much and having NPC's not listen to me in GTA 3!
WOW.. I’m 45 & Blessed… Thanks for the Flash Back!!!!!!! Wow
That laugh 🤣it brings so much memories
The little Pygmy guys always jumped and hit me in the head
Tom Tom
If you stand up, he hits your forehead and dies.
@@ClassicTVMan1981X omg
Anyone else a huge fan of how Mr. X laughs like Soda Popinski?
The game gets harder once you get to the third loop
Yeah, I've played it up to 15 before. The difficulty level does stop increasing after awhile.
+NintendoComplete What's the difference between game a and b?
+Dj LilRico90 B has more enemies. It's quite a bit harder than A.
do you own a 3DS? There is a game you have to play that Capcom never released for the NES, but finally did for the Virtual Console eShop. It's called 'Dark Void Zero', and it's a good game you'd dig. Check it out on Yotube, but it's worth buying, if still for sale.
Wowm...just goosebumbs...we coulndt afford a nitendo back in the day as a kid...so i always played at friends house....same when nintendo 64 came out.....man...this game i played by my italian friend..sebastiano sepp...he n i played this game after school..every day!!!thnx 4 the upload...i forgot this amazing time🤗🤗❤
Man nice video bring back those childhood video game memories.
That music I can recognize it miles away.
Old times. 👍
R.I.P DANNY.
MINE LOVE BEST BROTHER, I'M STILL HOLLOW IN MY SOUL
ONE DAY WE WILL PLAY AGAIN ON GODS HOUSE AND MAKE A LOT OF NOISE. 🥀😘❤🙏🕹🎮
Can feel you man, lost my elder brother now I am all alone
These are the games I grew up with and my mind was blown by the graphics nowadays I hear people bitch about texture and not being able to see every blade of grass.... just enjoy the game!
Could not agree more
I agree
Strongly agree
Same here man... these kids have no idea...
@@chillz44divorcingyoustalke93 shut up dude don't even start
This tune has been in my head for (no hyperbole) literally my entire life.
Wow! I loved this game and absolutely forgot it even existed until just now.
This game is a gem. Just think of how many doors it opened back then. Best yet, it's still fun to play.
I was 4 years sold
The good ol days
12 hours a day of Nintendo 😢
.. were your parents stoned out of their mind or absent in some way?
@@DOSRetroGamer good question
This was one of my favorite games as a kid. Really good controls and movements.
My best friend and I played this so much back in the day. Good times.
This was a big part of my child hood
I used to skip school, use my dinner money just to play it at my local arcade. I was the best at the time and will always pull a huge crowd just to watch me finish it. Thanks.
I remember this game from my childhood. Fun times!
Man this brings back memories
Thank you for the the good childhood memories.
For sure. Yep Thanks man.
My first ever Videogame experience. Man, i'm getting old ;-)
Same here man . Christmas 87 was awesome
This brings me back so many memories!
😁Thanks for upload this 🙏🏼. It's bringing back the memories
I said I was only going to watch this for a moment then found it impossible to stop.
This game was hard af. Pissing me off just thinking about being a kid playing this game
I agree.
Fuck yeah it was hard
I remember the very 1st time I got to the final boss and saw that he fought just like my character but better! 😤😤😤😤😂😂😂😂
Outside of the hunchback wizard and certain levels, it wasn't that hard..
I pulled the joystick off the video game pissed off at this game.Temper,Temper🤫
Thanks for uploading my favourite game
love this game, played 35 yrs ago
Greatest console game of all time what so ever !!
So much memories ..
Imagine buy a game nowdays that will last for only 12 minutes 😱
Time changes ... for real ..
Yeah that one was a great one too dear 😊
Kinda changed the gamecommunity pretty great also n the games lasted longer than 12 mins lol
👎🏻
6 minutes actually lol
Boss death sound is the best ever 😂
Yeah I used to laugh at it too much 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍
Gaaaaaaaa!!!!
Yes, and it would be heard again in an altered form iin Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.
I want it as a text tone
I remember the time I spent on this as a kid and how accomplished I felt when I beat Mr. X and finished the game. 🤣
It was also annoying that the game never ends. I thought same about the legend of kage. But that game ended after 3 rounds of repeating
Oh man! Talk about a trip to memory lane... I played the HECK out of Kung Fu when I was a kid!
'But their happiness does not continue long' because Sylvia was bad girl (not marriage material)
One might argue that Sylvia being a “bad girl” may, in fact, contribute to immense happiness... 😉
Shut up
She is like Peach, gets kidnapped again immidiately after being rescued
Need play with All lifes to the final Boss
you must finish the game without losing a single life otherwise you will keep saving it forever
Oh the memories
Thanks for showing the end, which I didn't see before
Im 20 today and missing this 🔥
I bet this game was inspired by The Game of Death..
route51 yes
You’re right
Should Bruce Lee be in this game?
It's actually based off the Jackie Chan movie called Wheels on Meals. Thomas and Sylvia are even the main characters in both of them.
Thanks for uploading it.
Man, I'll never forget the many days staying up all night trying to beat this game as a kid....
I remember getting so pumped every time Id make it to the next stage.
And you made it look too easy. Lol.
Just hope you don’t yell and scream like the I rated Gamer Smith
This game was awesome back then, great memories.
I loved this game growing up even though I was never good at it
I used to love this game as a kid. It took a lot of practice to get this good at it, but I never did figure out that you could kill the dragons with upright kicks. I tried ducking and punching, which did nothing, so I assumed they were invincible.
Never can beat second boss.
Insane sound fx, so much memories
1 of my fave games from childhood 👌
Good job bud!! I remember playing this when it first came out when I was a kid and I had the hardest time trying to beat it. The older games are harder to beat than newer games.
Kungfu 2019 edition; sylvia is a strong independent woman that doesnt need a man to save her. Game over
Whats funny is, back when this game came out the game was like 49.99 which in today's money would be more like 85$For a game that can be beaten in about 6 minutes once you got good at the game, lolCan you imagine if you bought a AAA game today for 85 bucks and you beat the game in 6 minutes!!
czcams.com/video/4g1odV8eqlk/video.html Someone made that edition 10 years ago, and it's quite funny.
Loosing the chick before even trying yeah that's how it goes nowadays
Silvya dies on a overdose of heroin!
Sal 🤣🤣🤣🤣you had me there 4 a min.. . But yes, very sad, these ultra-feminists got life & bullsh*it Phucked uP😳
That snap kick to the face.Priceless
Brings back my childhood memories 😁
I remember playing this game in the arcade as a kid. I know when his health gets really low, he starts glowing. I was all excited running back home telling my mom that I made the video game character get the glow just like in the movie The Last Dragon 😂😂😂😂 didn't know at the time it was because his health was low.
I remember slamming my controller on the ground cause this was so hard and only to know now that it is 5 easy levels 🤦🏽♂️
Right
It was so hard I agree
It's hard for us even today.
Did you just finish my whole childhood in 12 minutes?!
Oh man nostalgia! This is the one game I liked almost as much as Super mario Bros. Love it.
I missed this classic game
One of the first games that was bought for me and one of the first beat'em ups. Hmm,...Mr. X from here should join forces with Mr. X from Streets of Rage.
That villain laugh is CLASSIC!!! lmfao!!!
Brings back great memories.
Joguei muito esse "Game"
Ótimas lembranças da minha adolescência!🇧🇷👍🏻
This had everything you needed to know about Kung Fu as a kid. haha
Amazing, I miss my childhood. Everything was amazing..
Just got this game again in box I loved this as a Kid!!
This needs to come out for Switch E shop
¡Un súper juego!... ¡Todo un clásico!... 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Loved this game , great share thanks brings back memories 👍
So many memories.
The graphics and sound effects😁😅Oh I miss those days
Definitely
For the first time in my life, Mr. X was finally revealed through the help of a Speedrunner. Thanks for making it possible. As a kid back in the old days, I can only imagine Mr. X. Because I can't pass the boss level where you just need to hit the head.
So many memories!
At that time theres no memory card so if we loose have to start from beginning. Thanks for bring this good old memories ..
And I've always thought this gane was hard when i played at a young age
That laugh tho 😂😂
Absolutely loved this as a kid 👍🏻
You are legend.. bro🙏 I didn't complete entire game in my childhood
In case any of you don't know, I figured out if you crouch and spam the kick attack, the final boss can't hurt you and it takes like 10 seconds to finish him off
Doesn't always work. Sometimes he'll hit you with a jump kick.
"But their happiness does not continue long" :V
Bet Silvia was the leader of this evil childhood game
wow, i loved this game
This was my favourite game of all time