Kung-Fu Master / Spartan X - Versions Comparison (HD 60 FPS) 

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The NES version is noteworthy because it's one of the only times Nintendo ported another company's game themselves. It's interesting to see that it was the best, most faithful port for 11 years.

2600 version is damn impressive given the horizontal scrolling limitations that the system had.

The nes version is the one i always played and loved

I played the Amstrad CPC version a lot, we got it right after Ghosts’N’Goblins I think. It was really good for a 1986 CPC game, it has almost smooth scrolling ! You didn’t get many conversions that felt as good. Also love how on the Amstrad they installed a lift in the temple for some reason, maybe stairs were too complicated to draw.

The Amstrad-version is more modern in that sense that the hero is moving to the next level by elevator instead of walking up the stairs (9:19)

I still have nightmares about buying the spectrum version

I remember this is my local arcade. My friends and I ended up breaking the joystick. Loved the NES version.

The beat 'em up daddy! This game was so good and addictive, with tight challenge that makes you want to come back for more. My uncle owned a campsite where there were 2 arcade cabinets: the original Space Invaders (the color version) and Kung-Fu Master. I loved both. They were among my first arcade thrills and, as such, they hold a special place in my heart. Now I never bothered about the home versions so far but Famicom and Saturn seem to be the ways to go.

Punches and kicks look satisfying on the MSX. NES version is the only one I've played or knew existed.

To be honest, I'm happy that Kung fu Master made it to the atari 2600!

It's interesting that in the Apple II version they opted to replace the standing kick attack with a bash to the chin with a giant phallus

I actually didn’t know that This Kung Fu game was originally a arcade game, I only knew the NES version existed.

13:40 Kung-Fu Zombies

The NES/Famicom version took the cake for me.

The ZX Spectrum version is some Synthwave fever dream.

One of the All time Classic Favourite games i loved ever since i saw it in the Arcades.

I spent hours playing NES version. Really good game

for zx spectrum I suggest the beautiful unofficial 2018 version! (named "Mister kung fu")

Sin duda la más meritoria la de Nes, con esa fidelidad al arcade tan sólo12 meses después

Looks like the Amstrad CPC got a really good version, instead of a poor Spectrum port (which in itself was poor even for that machine) And the Atari VCS/2600 version looks great considering the hardware.

2600 version was super impressive; I wish Double Dragon was that good!

of all the 8bits its amazing how far ahead and polished the NES version is from 1985. This was when Nintendo was just a Japanese company looking to enter the US market and there were no memory mappers or special chips in the cart. Possibly earliest instance of voice samples in an NES game. It's an amazing game technically and very well polished compared to what else was out there in the period

Great memories of this back in 1985(ish) would have been 9 or 10years old. Tubys fair would come every September for the St leger races. Me and my mates would scrape and scrounge every 10pence we could get old of, we also washed cars in the morning for money for the fair. One weekend afternoon (probably Sunday around 2pm) we went to the fair and they had to us an unknown name game. Kung-Fu master and the first time i saw it it was awesome. Needless to say i put a lot of 10pences in that machine. Me and my mates would pull a scam and tell the guy at the cash counter that we put money into the machine and it never gave us a credit, sometimes it worked, sometimes we got threw out. So at home i first got this on the 2600, then played it on Commodore64. Great times, great memorys and as always - A GREAT VIDEO. Thankyou.

Did you know: the Jackie Chan film 'Wheels on Meals' spawned the Spartan X franchise. In 1984, it was adapted into the early beat 'em up video game Spartan X (released as Kung-Fu Master internationally)

The only version (so far) I've played is the Game Boy one, and it's interesting to see that it's the only one where the player character goes into street brawls instead of dojo fights.

To be fair, the Commodore 64 version of the game honestly had the best hitting sound effects of any version of the game, including the original Spartan X/Kung Fu/Kung Fu Master/Seiken Achoo arcade game...seriously, the sound effects literally sounded like they came from an actual martial arts movie from around that time.

Should be Grampa Kung Fu on the MSX. It's hilarious how slow he walks. Edit: I should have saved my comment for the Speccy version.

It's amazing how many variations of the same game there was back then.

The horror that awaited me upon buying and loading this on my speccy , left a lifetime scar on my sanity. Thankfully somebody has made a new unofficial port called Mister kung fu , which is amazing and would have been a winner back in the day

You're not going to showcase the arranged soundtrack from the "Irem Arcade Classics" versions?

Retrosuta, I'm beginning to desire full game comparisons from you. Do you think you might ever entertain that? Would be a long video, but worth watching

I remember the absolute crushing disappointment i felt when i was a kid, the first time i loaded the spectrum version

The mighty speccy was doomed with the offical port. But God is greater and gave us in 2018 the Mister Kung-Fu, a proper port made by heroes!

I thought the knife was going to hit the lady in the face.

Holy crap. The C64 version was _pretty spot-on._ Surprisingly, the Atari console versions were pretty great, too! Shame about that Spectrum ZX one. If they'd spent half the time on coding the game that they did on the music, it _might_ have been half-way decent. (:

The Gameboy versions are more like Vigilante than Kung Fu.

1-NES, 2-Atari, 3-Amstrad, best of the 80s.

I love this game!

It's amazing that this was even doable on the VCS.

Why is the Gameboy version different? Going to the right, more modern setting and slightly different enemies... strange!

The Atari 7800 looks like the purple guys got made into zombies with their arms out in front.

Commodore 64 still kick asses!

The Adobe flash player version is over the top. Jump kicking the baddies' heads off. I got a kick out of seeing that. Lol

My money's still on the original Nintendo version.... It was just so smooth, plus he got to wear those cool Bruce Lee slippers!

The Speccy version - who programmed that music?! were they ever allowed near a computer again?!

NES, by far, was the best version. IMO, it was even an improvement over the Arcade version due to the many choices in design and creative direction to adapt it to the home console. The sprite design, sound design and virtually all other aspects of the game had this particular creative integrity that the early NES games had over any other during that time. It’s not even close!

Good lord... every time i see anything the Spectrum does, I can;t help but think... man I'm glad I had a Commodore. What a pile of crap.

Man I guess I lucked out having a NES at the time, most of those other ports were really rough.

Was Spartan X 2 for the Famicom ever released for another platform?

Oh my! 0:39 What is holding up the floor on the arcade?

Played this on my cousins c64 back then. The port is slower but I think it retain the gameplay and visuals quite well.

I used to love KM at the arcade, though I never got through 2nd floor :(

I love this arcade game any decent ports of this?

I really prefer the Atari 2600 version

Wow, I had no idea Ronald McDonald featured as the main character in the MSX version!! 6:13

zx spectrum version can just be a demoscene and we'll be happy with it

名作コミック[ファミコンロッキー]では捕らわれのヒロイン、シルビアが真のミスターXというまさかの展開でしたが、主人公の轟勇気のトーマスに倒され、塔から落ちる結末でしたが。

I hope this comes on switch as a remodel.

I like how in the Apple version, the character alone is like 60FPS and when enemies popup the FPS tanks to like 10FPS

1:41 This is when I do the victory dance 🎶🕺💃🎶

0:33: Game Start

My favourite version is the Atari 7800. By far the best version.

It's always fun check how developers dealed with the strong/weak points of any system. My favourite is the NES. It has a nice balance in every aspect. BTW, did you that exists a Ranma ½ themed hack for this version?

This game made my 13 year old son question my sanity..... lol and when I dared him to do better, he tried for over an hour to get past the first level on the apple 2 version....

I really miss a demonstration of the "enemy pile up", or "gang hug" maybe - it's the most advanced thing this game has to offer.

こんなにバージョンあったのか 聖拳アチョーなんて知らなさすぎるｗｗｗ

What happened with the Saturn and PS1 ports? Saturn has the poor MIDI, muffled voice clips, and poorly scaled graphics (Why couldn't they just use black borders? Or given us multiple screen options?) And PS1 has even more muffled voice clips, and excessively repetitive music (due to cutting off one big segment of it)

Guess later today I will rewatch NATRAPS-X series.

I find it funny that if you leave the auto generated subtitles on , the msx keeps saying no no no no

I forgot this game existed….

For my own sentimental reasons....the Amstrad cycle 464 will always be my favourite home conversion....it looked great in 1986...the colours so rich...and larger sprites....it still looks great....otherwise its the 7800 version & NES...the arcade of course is king.... The Apple II looks a bad joke...

Había un juego similar en play store que tenias que tocar a la izquierda y derecha donde venian los enemigos eras un pelado samurai algo así, también recuerdo los colores naranja y celeste asociados al juego

I think the spectrum's music is broken?

Pap pap pap lol are those kicks or gun shots??? Lol

Not too many knows this, but you can press down forward punch for fireball

I had the Apple II version, and I thought the player looked a lot like Popeye.

I think it's a great game for the 2600. Funny the boss looks like a Marines drill seargent though. Probably much scarrier than some guy with a sword.

Nes !!! Aunque hubiera deseado alguna version en Pc Engine

8:42 wow it starts with coming through the elevator and goes to next floor by elevator instead of stairway 9:24 anyway, why Rambo is in this game???

In Spectrum kicking the balls 🥎🦶

Jugué el arcade(1984) y el NES (1985).

Atari version was surprisingly awesome, NES is my go to for this classic.

The C64 version of Kung Fu Master along with Popeye are two early arcade ports for the system that could have been done so much better.

The music on the ZX spectrum sounds way more badass.

Let’s Compare Kung Fu Master / Spartan X 1: Arcade (1984) 2: Commodore 64 (1985) 3: NES (Kung Fu) (1985) 4: Apple 2 (1985) 5: Msx (Seiken Achoo) (1985) 6: Playchoice 10 (Kung Fu) (1986) 7: Amstrad Cpc (1986) 8: Zx Spectrum (1986) 9: Atari 2600 (1987) 10: Atari 7800 (1989) 11: Saturn (Irem Arcade Classics) (1996) 12: Playstation (Irem Arcade Classics) (1996) 13: Game Boy (Japan Version) (1990) 14: Game Boy (International Version) (1990)

The original (arcade) version has, technically, the best graphics, but I think the NES version looks better, because the arcade version's Thomas sprite has a goofy look and walking animation. Also, I think the NES version plays better, because it uses a normal method for jumping forward (press diagonally up on the D-pad), whereas the arcade machine, inexplicably, uses a 4-way-restricted joystick, so there are no diagonals, nor does the game even recognize diagonal inputs if you use an 8-way joystick or gamepad with it. Also, I like that the NES version has two different sound effects for punching and kicking, which even the arcade version doesn't have. My only complaint about the NES version is the solid blue wall/background. That seems lazy to me. Even the lowly ZX Spectrum version has some details in the background, i.e., windows, pillars, and wall accents.

La vercion de nes es mi favorita aún la juego en emulador en mi psp

ファミコン版の完成度が高過ぎる・・

Oof, time hasn't been kind to the Speccy version

Speccy version is... hopefully we didn’t get a lazy port from that on the Amstrad for once. The intro music sounds like a speccy rendition of Depeche Mode’s Told You So.

I had the NES/Famicom version in a pirate cartridge of 52 games when I was younger! (Probably, the inspiration behind the infamous Action 52...) The game I had was known to me as Spartan X, the Japanese version. I haven't heard about such other ports, and, thanks to emulation, I've gotten to know the original arcade and some of the other 8-bit ports. I'm going to talk about what I felt about them, as well as the surprising 32-bit remakes. Commodore 64 / C64 (1985): Why so slow!? Probably, for the time of release, it was reasonable. The programming still feels respectable, but kind of slow in cramming everything... NES / Famicom (Kung Fu) (1985): Still a favorite of mine! Even when lacking details of the setting, which makes it kind of bland graphically, you can see that Nintendo had a serious respect towards the speed of the game and, also, advancing in putting digitized voices different from the arcade, with incredible clarity! A wise port, considering all the limitations of the system for the time, and still ahead in technical effort. (The Arcade PlayChoice-10 version is the same game, and, so, my words are all the same.) Apple II (1985): Considering the age and limitations of the system as well as the time of the release, it's kind of reasonable, but still a poor effort for the system. Not that good. MSX (Seiken Achoo) (1985): I don't know if there's a direct connection, but it seems to be an improved version of the Apple II port. The scrolling feels OK, but the real highlight is the design of the characters. Amstrad CPC (1986): The programming knows that the best thing about the Amstrad CPC is its color pallete, and, so, the recreation of the setting in the graphics is the highlight, as well as its scrolling. Sad that it misses so much about the sound. ZX Spectrum (1986): The horror. The nightmare. It feels SO WRONG!!! U.S. Gold imprint of puke! The only compliment I can give, though, is the effort of making a soundtrack that, despite being quite different from the original melody, feels intriguing considering the deficiencies of its 48k memory and a chip that wasn't specifically thought for music composition. The melody of glitching noises feels to be reminiscent of Jean-Michel Jarre, or basically plagiarized from him. Atari 2600 / VCS (1987): It was programmed by Activision in the second life of the old system and it shows. The technical prowess is pretty clear. It feels like a direct response to the NES version. The speed is pretty impressive! Atari 7800 (1989): It's graphically even more impressive, the setting and design feels top-notch, but... the sound is the very same of the 2600!! The problem of the 7800 is its same sound chip of the 2600, which facilitates very much the retrocompatibility of the system. It kills the advancement. However, it's forgivable because the game doesn't demand that much in terms of sound. But, what is excelling on 2600 feels to be not that much for the 7800. At the end, 7800 version is just an enhanced 2600's. Sega Saturn (Irem Arcade Classics) (1996): Of course, this system can do even more, but Irem (the original publisher) has chosen the strategy of making an (almost) perfect arcade port, being part of a collection. The resolution is in a square, kinda different from the original arcade, being kinda weird to see at the first sight. Sony PlayStation / PSX (Irem Arcade Classics) (1996): Also part of a collection of Arcade classics, it feels slightly faster than the Saturn; however there's something weird happening with the music of the stage! The harmonic progression instead of being I - IV - I - V - IV - I in a loop, it's going only I - IV - I! WHY!!!!???? The Game Boy version is a thing apart and it's definetely a brilliant remake. It marries the original arcade with the Vigilante's urban setting, with an addition of platforming elements. It feels like a different beast but, at the end, it's still "Kung Fu Master".

Arcade and NES!

I like the Atari 2600 / VCS and the Atari 7800.

I Wonder that the Saturn and psx is Not 1:1 to Arcade. Colors are different and the Sound is Not so clear.

Kung Fu Master was one of my favorite games to play in the arcade - and at home on the NES as "Kung Fu". As Teacher of The Art of Guitar Kung Fu, I enjoy the "parallel" of the oriental theme music combined with a 12 bar blues chord progression. The composer must have been aware that both the "Mongolian" scale and Pentatonic Major scale are One and the same. Any guitarists or aspiring guitarists out there? You can learn ALL POSSIBLE 2048 scales and modes on the guitar (or just a few - it's up to you!). "Guitar Totality" information here: www.mesenbergmethod.com/ Or, check out my Art of Guitar Kung Fu class - You might get a "kick" out of it! skl.sh/3bwJ1Sb 🌎✌🎶

Hmm. Those would of been good games for I rated Gamer or AVGN to review

The ZX Spectrum version is painful all around, to look at and to hear. I find it hard to believe they couldn't do better considering even the 2600 version looks better (tho given it's on a 1-button controller I imagine it plays like crap, but at least they tried). The 7800 version has me wishing they used the POKEY chip given it sounds exactly like the 2600 version and the NES version will always be a classic in it's own right

The spectrum version is shocking and the sound well a noise.amstrad versions with no music is still 100 per cent improvement over the spectrum .

Atari 2600 Very good