Karate Champ [Arcade] - 1CC - Difficulty Level: Hard [default]

[@gsueagle04]

One of my favorite arcade games growing up. These kids don’t know what they are missing by not going to arcades! I love the 80s!

[@Punch_Rockgroin]

"Aren't you a little young for full contact?" "Aren't you a little old for video games?"

[@elmachipsfoose]

@@Punch_Rockgroin do you wanna try it again, huh? Yeah!

[@DarkwingDude-f8w]

8:05 Only one will earn the right to take the fair maiden to the IHOP!

[@toqertv]

I'm looking through your videos and man, what an age to grow up in. Every 7-11 or seedy liquor store had at least one, or up to 5 arcade games and a pinball.

[@pez334]

I never knew this game had an ending and this is the first time I’ve seen the bull get beat , nice game!

[@brogoram]

The game that made frank and jackson to brothers

[@Transporter_Not_Statham]

I understood that reference 😁

[@ironhell813]

Yep

[@mambotango73]

Are you Jackson? You look like a Jackson!

[@russianprussian4683]

What the hell is a dim- mak?

[@hellerjon1]

Ok USA

[@alansmithee183]

I think it's pretty cool Ron Jeremy is the judge

[@lee72artis]

Lol

[@elmachipsfoose]

@@alansmithee183 LOL :D

[@j-sin3344]

One of my favorite games along w/ Kung fu champ and Ye ayr kung fu, or something like that...This was street fighter and MK 7 years earlier.

[@vonVile]

I remember playing this game getting to around level 20 by just doing the crouching nut punch. I never knew there was an ending.

[@YounghomieSmith]

I remember seeing this in the movie blood sport

[@ericbass3349]

Technically true, but the version in the film was the original Karate Champ, which was a single-player game, simulating advancement through karate tournaments. The version featured here is the "updated" PvP edition, which I believe is the first martial arts fighter of its kind (i.e., 2-player simultaneous fighting).

[@cmdrdredd]

That would make you Frank Ducks

[@stevenuniverse7180]

Would be interesting to watch this with input display as well. This game was so hard to get good at because the controls were so non-conventional. Great work!

[@ericbass3349]

In the sixth round, it looks like they are fighting on the side of a highway, near a Denny's. I guess the tournament organizers didn't have the same budget as the folks who run the Street Fighter matches.

[@nemysisretrogaming3771]

a bit late for comment since the age of your vid, but.... I see you worked out the double flip for the champ level. for the first three or 4 levels Jump side kick > front flip > back roundhouse will work well. Then for the later levels up to 10th...ish (depending on difficulty setting) instead of back roundhouse the lunge punch works well, unless AI does a lunge punch in which case you can still get away with a back roundhouse. This will help push the high score to over 250,000 points. I used to average around 256,000 back in the day.

[@Kanefires]

I still remember the joystick actions for each move...like 35 years later lol

[@Surfer041]

That's impressive. I could pull off a few, but I've forgotten most of them.

[@chrispeters5780]

OMG me too. I can't believe how watching this video brought back this stuff from my memory after 35 years. Pulling both apart was spinning back kick to the head, my favorite move. Left stick down + right stick to right was leg sweep. Lol. I pumped so many quarters into this game.

[@nightshadebrown7593]

My childhood we use to love this game Yi ah kung-fu Kung fu master ect.

[@tomservo5347]

I remember renting the awful NES port. Part of my childhood was hearing that theme playing entering Wal-Mart with my mom, excited to see what new GI Joes were out.

[@maestrolodahl8681]

That jugde looks beyond pissed off!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@elmachipsfoose]

@@maestrolodahl8681 absolutely! LoL :D

[@draz1556]

The high pitch sound really adds to the game.

[@ScottW967]

I believe this game is part of Arcade Archives on Switch. Looks fun!

[@ThunderFist1978]

It's not the player vs player version, which is what is being played here. It's the original single player version, which only has two locales - a dojo and a tournament, where the rest of the game takes place.

[@scottjulie27]

“You want to see some real fighting, you can see me fight at the Kumite.” 😁

[@elmachipsfoose]

@@scottjulie27 "I"m here too for the Kumite!"

[@lightxtremo7848]

Ryu and Ken Prototypes😊

[@TheCoreyd1086]

I had no idea this game had a ending to it. As a kid I always thought they were saying oh boy instead it was full point

[@mitchelmodine9197]

“My hero deserves the fair?” I only ever saw the women say, “My hero!”

[@josemiguel666]

that was awesome, you are a master for this game!

[@dmd733]

That sure brought back some memories!

[@mrmotown313]

Listening to this video of karate champ reminds me of that one scene where Jean-Claude Van Damme was playing it with the guy who plays Ray Jackson in the movie bloodsport!

[@humbertorosadasilvasilva9560]

Como eu gostava de jogar. Lembrei da minha infância.

[@iiiDartsiii]

30 years later i still don't understand how the hit detection works in this game.

[@maestro-zq8gu]

Same haha but more like 40 years for me.

[@nickelarcade6934]

But I just have one question… aren’t you a little old fer video games?

[@elmachipsfoose]

Aren't you a little young for full contact?

[@nickelarcade6934]

@@elmachipsfoose😂 classic

[@antarcticpenguin1151]

nobody is too old to be playing games

[@ironhell813]

It’s a reference

[@trevormarshall8553]

Bloodsport, I'm loving it!

[@rmalmeida1976]

The strat I used to use at the local Chuck E Cheese was a back flip into a front flip into a front middle kick. Got me to the moon stage and sometimes beyond. Loved cheesing that machine. So much fun for only one token.

[@bobgomez9481]

As much as I played this game when it was new, I never got the stage with the Denny's restaurant in the background @08:29

[@ectofabiano2099]

blood sport in the air

[@GardevoirBoy]

I guess there is an ending to this game. So this Karate Champ is pretty much Survival Mode. You got to get through the entire game without continuing.

[@RadicalRev16]

You like this kinda fighting huh? You wanna see some real fighting... you should see me fight at the Kumite!

[@elmachipsfoose]

@@RadicalRev16 I'm here too for the Kumite!

[@RadicalRev16]

@@elmachipsfoose are you a little young for full contact?

[@elmachipsfoose]

@@RadicalRev16 aren't you a little old for videogames?

[@RadicalRev16]

@elmachipsfoose you wanna go at it again huh!

[@elmachipsfoose]

@@RadicalRev16 Yeah!

[@frankwhite2301]

Bloodsport ❤

[@JohnPates]

I never knew that game actually had an end.

[@olubode]

I am in shambles myself. I thought it just looped.

[@Itshowtime7223]

That roundhouse slap 😂🤣👍

[@greglight4608]

Loved this game back in the day !!!

[@avg8056]

I always thought the referee looked like John Oates. Lol

[@joshphillips1526]

The soundtrack of my childhood

[@jweezy5490]

I remember this game, I loved it, it spawned street fighter 2 which is the benchmark

[@DeliRevv]

Looks like someone gets all the chicks 😂

[@makalister2924]

The big white dragon game

[@hcronos]

Bring back some memories

[@GameNotOver_Jordani]

Like. Muy buena la partida. Enhorabuena.

[@danchoo5173]

1988년 중학생때 했던기억이 그리운시절

[@jorgedominguez8082]

Esa jugada me la enseño un amigo Para ganar todo el juego finales de los 80's

[@chazzw5388]

Street fightet 1's great great great greats grandfather!!! 🤣🤣🤣

[@VEGITAS4]

My hero deserves the fair

[@gendoruwo6322]

My hero is a pedo.

[@mitchelmodine9197]

Round 6 fighting down the street from Burger King.

[@gendoruwo6322]

then gets run over by a bull

[@whatareyoulookingat908]

Well done!

[@김병진-p6p]

GOOD !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BRABO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[@elmachipsfoose]

@@김병진-p6p Thanks! Muchas Gracias!!

[@2linepass1]

One of my favorites.

[@always_trust_all_scientists]

Im not good at the game, but i love this game! Please anyone in december 2024, karate champ is onoine on fightcade!! Im hoping to raise awarness that karate champ is on fightcade now! I would love to see someonkine matches! In fact imho this game is oerfect for fightcade!

[@Metalman200xdamnit]

The NES version was damn near unplayable.

[@PrimevalDemon]

Wow I've always known of this as I'm sure most do as little more just the germ which began the archetype known as the fighting game genre but wow this is way more interesting than I ever thought. Way more to it. I like it

[@任任-j5v]

Ryu vs Ken

[@khadia316]

the VS version is too hard of original KARATE CHAMP

[@jacksona2]

Are same the single player game on the two player version is harder?

[@khadia316]

@@jacksona2 yes

[@alimohammedabd]

Is there 2 different arcade versions of this game? Cos the one I have on switch is different.

[@elmachipsfoose]

Yes, there are 3 different versions actually. This is the oldest one.

[@alimohammedabd]

@@elmachipsfoose that is the one I remember in the arcades back in the 80's. But the one I have could be the Japanese one.

[@hermanthetosser4219]

Is this the game i've seen in bloodsport?

[@elmachipsfoose]

Not exactly the same. This is the 2 player version while the movie has a "modified" single player version.

[@jaysmith2858]

I was wondering the same thing. Bloodsport was on TV a couple of days ago.

[@juniorbarbosa4609]

Eu jogava muinto esse jogo no Arcade

[@tims4502]

Why does the referee look so unhappy? Turn that frown upside down

[@leroyvisiongames2294]

He has RBF

[@patricksnavely5850]

I think that's a mustache

[@billy6427]

This looks painful 😅

[@DJMarcosArenas]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 thanks.

[@stavroskaz]

this one is with 2 joystics?

[@elmachipsfoose]

Yes

[@Phishkisses]

What is " The Fair" and why does he deserve it?

[@samellis3169]

If I had to guess, I would say that it is a bad job of interpretation. I believe that it was supposed to read "The hero deserves the (beautiful) girl."

[@elmachipsfoose]

@@samellis3169 I agree with @samellis3169, he deserves to relax with the beautiful lady after he wins the fight (if you know what I mean...).

[@otaviousmckenzie9297]

Where can I find this game I tried to find this on the Nintendo switch

[@thesnyderman1977]

Arcade Archives!

[@greenhotel7445]

I think the switch Karate Champ is the Japanese version. I was going to get it but I noticed some stuff was different from the one I use to play as a kid

[@scottjulie27]

Mame.

[@y2flu]

Why do all the girls look like they're 12 years old

[@ironhell813]

It’s japan

[@juniorbarbosa4609]

Zerei esse jogo no fliperama

[@haroldfinch8481]

What is your deal with that third bull? Do better.

[@elmachipsfoose]

The contact point at the head of the 1st and 3rd Bull changes, making it harder to hit.

[@haroldfinch8481]

@@elmachipsfoose I was totally joking. You’re a boss. Thanks for the video reminded me of my childhood.

[@pasha2136]

On 3rd bull timing is different

[@DanielSong39]

Not sure how this game became so popular, the gameplay does not look smooth

[@elmachipsfoose]

@@DanielSong39 you say it today, but back in the day, this game was unique.

[@bobgomez9481]

@@elmachipsfoose - exactly, you had to be there...

[@PrimevalDemon]

😅

[@GG-du8os]

이런게임을 돈내고 재밌게 했다는게 현타온다 ㅋ 사이버서라도 여자가 땀닦아주면 뻑이 갔었지 ㅜㅜ

[@elmachipsfoose]

LOL🤣

[@GuillermoRojasMartinez]

👌👍👍👍😁😊🤟

[@rafaeloliveira308]

👊🏽

[@윤창식-v7s]

오락실에 게임 이름을 태권도로 적어놔서 태권도인줄 알고 있었네. 버튼 없이 조이스틱 두개로 조종하는 유일한 게임이지.

[@bobgomez9481]

You mean besides Robotron and other games controlled with two joysticks and no buttons...

[@always_trust_all_scientists]

Yess robotron was before karate champ!! ​@@bobgomez9481

[@always_trust_all_scientists]

Karate champ is on fightcade guys!! Let's see some online fights!!

[@andrefelicidade4386]

Gostava muito

[@silviocesar318]

Jogo do karatê cabeção kkkkkkkkk

[@CaptainHarris-ip2kg]

Even when I got good at this game I still didn't like it much. Martial arts' sparring is more than just Shotokan karate.

[@thedarthflagger]

Uhghin

[@123TauruZ321]

Looks bad.

[@RavenHawkes]

For a game that is....holy carp 40 years old as of this year, this was probably the most detailed for it's time.

[@aquaman52]

Animation is actually pretty good considering the year

[@123TauruZ321]

@@RavenHawkes It still looks bad, i mean the gameplay.

[@123TauruZ321]

@@aquaman52 I mean the gameplay.

[@bobgomez9481]

@@123TauruZ321 - you obviously were not alive in 1983...

[@waltersa5135]

😂😅😅🤣

[@guybuddyman838]

You were super cheap with jumping back kick.␀

[@hcronos]

Bring back some memories