Over 40 years ago I use to watch my older brother mesmerized, playing this game in the arcade at the Presidio Army Base in San Francisco while our parents shopped in the PX. He was really good at it. What he could do with just 1 quarter. He would offer to let me play but I would just get killed so I didn’t accept often. It was more fun watching him kick ass. This really brought back memories of good times
I was looking for a French movie with Jane Birkin and Charlotte Gainsbourg but I obviously took the wrong turn somewhere and ended up in a penny arcade in 1984! 🙈
Played this game endlessly at the corner shop when I lived in Northcliff, Johannesburg back in 1986. 20 cents a game and such fun - loved the old arcade games. I have a knock off version of this on my iPhone bought from the Apple Store called ‘Mister Kung Fu’. It’s decent but can’t replace the old lollipop joystick and buttons you could smash!
I remember working at London Gatwick airport when I first left school in 1985. This game was there and gauntlet. The sound takes me right back to the mid 80s
4:09 He GETS it! So many people would approach him, kneel down and kick kick kick, but getting that running jump kick (Wo-yah) in first, did damage, then kneel down and PUNCH PUNCH PUNCH, because punches did more damage than kicks!
I was born in Seattle in 1973, where I grew up. Japanese-American. Male. I was in 6th grade, and watched older guys play this game. Even to this day, I can't STAND the noise when you get hit by a 2nd or 4th floor object! So loud! I thought the first floor guy looked like a mad school principal! My favorite to defeat was the third floor guy: Running jump kick (Wo-yah!!), kneel down, PUNCH PUNCH PUNCH (not kick kick kick, because punches did MUCH more damage to the 3rd floor foe), and knock him out!!
