Let's Compare ( Kung Fu Master ) REMAKE

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1. Arcade 0:39
2. ZX Spectrum 4:19
3. Apple 2 7:18
4. Amstrad 10:17
5. Atari 2600 13:17
6. Atari 7800 16:16
7. MSX ( Seiken Acho ) 19:15
8. Commodore 64 22:33
9. ZX Spectrum ( Mister Kung Fu ) 25:47
10. Gameboy 28:52
11. Nintendo Entertainment System 31:51
12. Flash ( Kung Fu Remix ) 34:50
13. Windows ( Kung Fu II ) 38:20
Video Description:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kung-Fu...)
Kung-Fu Master is a side-scrolling beat 'em up game produced by Irem as arcade game in 1984 and distributed by Data East in North America. The game was initially released in Japan under the title of Spartan X[a] as a tie-in based on the Jackie Chan film Wheels on Meals (which was also distributed under the name Spartan X in Japan); however, the game has no bearing on the plot of the film outside the names of the main protagonist and his girlfriend, allowing Irem to export the game without the license by simply changing the title.
The players control Thomas, the titular Kung-Fu Master, as he fights his way through the five levels of the Devil's Temple in order to rescue his girlfriend Sylvia from the mysterious crime boss Mr. X. Kung-Fu Master is regarded as the first beat 'em up video game. It had a NES port titled Kung Fu, which sold 3.5 million cartridges. The arcade game also inspired a 1988 French film of the same name.
Gameplay
The player controls Thomas with a four-way joystick and two attack buttons to punch and kick. Unlike more conventional side-scrolling games, the joystick is used not only to crouch, but also to jump. Punches and kicks can be performed from a standing, crouching or jumping position. Punches award more points than kicks and do more damage, but their range is shorter.
Underlings encountered by the player include Grippers, who can grab Thomas and drain his energy until shaken off; Knife Throwers, who can throw at two different heights and must be hit twice; and Tom Toms, short fighters who can either grab Thomas or somersault to strike his head when he is crouching. On even-numbered floors, the player must also deal with falling balls and pots, snakes, poisonous moths, fire-breathing dragons, and exploding confetti balls.
The Devil's Temple has five floors, each ending with a different boss (described as "sons of the devil" at the start of the game). In order to complete a floor, Thomas must connect with enough strikes to completely drain the boss's energy meter; he can then climb the stairs to the next floor. Thomas has a fixed time limit to complete each floor; if time runs out or his meter is completely drained, the player loses one life and must replay the entire floor. Upon completing a floor, the player receives bonus points for remaining time and energy. The boss of the fifth floor is Mr. X, the leader of the gang that kidnapped Sylvia. Once he is defeated, Thomas rescues Sylvia and the game restarts at a higher difficulty level.

[@CP200S]

C64 is definitely the most brutal. Look how Thomas trembles in anger at the beginning and climbs stairs almost breaking each steps with his furious, testosteronic stomps even carrying a serious case of advanced kyphosis on his back.

[@JerryZhani]

the kick sound rules on the c64!

[@yupeeter9411]

Just so you remember. There are two ZX Spectrum versions in this video; a bad one and a really good one. The good one is at 25:46.

[@Martincic2010]

ZX remake 2018.. is great:P

[@Nevers0ft]

Out of all the versions the one that surprised me the most is the Atari 2600... That version is legit.

[@ruraladventurer1884]

It looks great. It looks like it really pushes the capabilities of the 2600 to the limit.

[@danh2134]

The one that surprised me was the gameboy version

[@QunMang]

Had to check that it was an actual release, not a homebrew. Nice.

[@Lumotaku]

My friend got this when they re released the 2600. we played it for hours. it is amazing

[@pauljones-tj5vs]

#me2

[@kristophsams5036]

Gameboy standing there like "Oh wait, there was source material? lmao yeah, we went a whole different way!"

[@SchardtCinematic]

I've noticed watching these compartison videos. Alot of Gameboy CV conversions look like a totally diffrent game.

[@ShantiGilbert]

I didn't knew Freddie Mercury was in the Atari 7800 version!

[@GamingHistorySource]

HA HA HA HA HA !!! I thought the same thing !

[@budkin]

This game holds a special place in my heart. Good stuff.

[@Wallyworld30]

The NES version was impressive back in the day. I was 8 years old and I didn't notice that every bad guy looked identical. It was set up to play on a Kmart kiosk and I never looked at my Colecovision the same after that. 2 years later I finally got my own NES for Christmas of 87. I had the pack in SMB/DH and Double Dragon. I have 2 younger brothers and we played the vs mode of double dragon so much you would have thought we had SF2. Years later SF2 of course was the most played game in the house. We wore out the shoulder buttons on so many snes pads but damn it was worth it.

[@bagingospringo4396]

Hey my nickname is moose lol! I remember playing kung fu, batman, and mario 2 the most but yea, the memories are def alive I'm a collector and I occasionally bust out the old consoles

[@Glitch-Gremlin]

I was born in 1982, so i played the NES and SNES until my early Teens, then it was Playstation 1 ALL THE WAY. but i look back on a lot of the NES and SNES games very fondly too. especially Ninja Gaiden, Batman, any of the Nintendo franchises like Mario or Zelda.. but it just all felt so different once i got into JRPGs like Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy.. and then got a Playstation. though i played the living HELL out of Resident Evil, Silent Hill, Castlevania SOTN, Tenchu, TWISTED METAL 2! oh god i adored and still do adore Twisted metal 2!

[@Darxide23]

5:00 "This is unplayable" So a typical Spectrum game?

[@suchiuomizu]

Every time I see that on the version list, I can only think "why?".

[@Risingson2]

@@suchiuomizu honest, there are some really good spectrum games, but the licenced ones were usually a bloody mess

[@rogerkint3684]

If only those sprites were... "fast as lightning".

[@sohousama]

Gaming History Source is back!? Yay, Some of my favorite videos!

[@celinesenden4142]

👍🏻😊

[@YuukoEnjoyer]

Its good to see you upload again !

[@johnsimon8457]

I remember begging my parents to get me this game for the 2600 but it was $25 and many 2600 games were in the bargain bin for $5 and $10 I suppose I’d be disappointed it wasn’t identical to the NES but it looks REALLY good for a 2600 game, like the double dragon port level of good

[@sacend1]

it did look good i was impressed

[@Blackadder75]

I was around 8 or 10 years old when this was a hit in the arcade machines. But we didn't have those in my region, so I only encountered them on summer holidays, when we would go to France or Spain. And I could only watch other kids play because I was not good enough to get past stage 1 and I was not spending all my pocket money on it. But I liked watching it.

[@miked4377]

one of my favorite games of all time!! used to play the arcade version at a 7/11 in houston texas 1984......some of the best years of my life....

[@wacojohnnydean1777]

Htown in the house!!! 👍

[@miked4377]

@@wacojohnnydean1777 word up..

[@Hwi1son]

Been playing this game forever. Had no idea there were so many ports.

[@mrbedford]

This is a video I wasn't expecting

[@toriarm82]

The version of A2600 is amazing!! The best game of 2600 probably

[@daishi5571]

I don't know if I would call it the best game of the 2600. But certainly amazing considering the age of the hardware.

[@randmiller88]

Pitfall II, sucka.

[@handsomebrick]

​@@randmiller88 My favorite is Adventure, HERO is a better made game though, Montezuma's Revenge is really great in ways too.

[@rosselliswilkinson]

I own both Hero and Kung Fu Master on the 2600,easily 2 of the best of the system

[@robertojaketti7370]

Missile Command is best 2600 game for me. I even prefer it above arcade version.

[@paulspencer6477]

I like how Thomas goes up to the next floor in a lift in the Amstrad version but uses the stairs in the others. Maybe he got tired after some of the crappy conversions...

[@thejake267]

I've never seen those remix/remake with added stuff before. They look awesome

[@trocoloco]

I've played it in 8 bits computers and the best is the 2018 Remake for speccy hands down.

[@milanbaros2005]

Jesus, even looking at the OG arcade game reminds of the smell of sweat in the arcades. Happy days,lol.

[@Mr.Atari2600]

13:17 for Atari 2600, the graphics & gameplay looks pretty good for such an old system.

[@damirko06]

I had that one back then 😊 hard as f**k

[@duilhotri]

Esse foi minha infancia

[@noorfortune9186]

From all my years playing the NES version ,i never knew the history of this game.

[@intheshadow1200]

A very great coin op classic ! This game is a tribute to Bruce Lee's Game of Death , his unfinished final movie . The typical floor by floor , fighting the greatest Martial art specialists.....! The guy launching knives looks like Bolo Yeung in pixels.......and the third floor boss , is similar to the fierceblind strange giant Abdul Karim Jabar ..... watch the director cut version 💪 , availaible on KZbin , not released in theatres from that 70's period !

[@BerserkerKong02]

The Japanese version of this game is called Spartan X, which is the Japanese name of the Jackie Chan movie Wheels on Meals, his character was named Thomas in this movie and he and his cousin's love interest was named Sylvia. But other than the names, this game had nothing to do with the movie.

[@peachflavored]

The Flash version uses music from the bonus stage of Battletoads in Battlemaniacs on the SNES and apparently from TMNT IV as well. xD

[@juancaovando9396]

Como me hace acordar mi niñes , pasaba hora jugando estos jueguitos , cuando me daban plata cada sonido , me trae recuerdos

[@zachadams4310]

Thanks for sticking with the C-64 version til boss 3! I got that version when I asked for the NES, and was like "oh, this is just as good" right up until I saw the Giant boss.

[@AkatsukiBK]

I lost it when he showed up

[@lurkerrekrul]

They took the easy way out by just expanding the sprite. That was one of the built in functions on the C64, just toggle a couple registers and the C64 would instantly expand that sprite vertically and/or horizontally by doubling all the pixels. It was the lazy way to make larger enemies.

[@sampa8378]

The most underrated classic game.

[@BlaineC1972]

After 10 days in my feed I finally clicked it.

[@lurkerrekrul]

While watching the Windows port, especially when he's fighting the bosses, the sound effect for his kicks makes me think of the Zuni Fetish Doll from the movie Trilogy of Terror. :)

[@johnsimon8457]

The NES game is some launch era Famicom quality. I wonder how close could one get to the arcade version on an NES with mappers, 128k of rom and modern knowledge and tools

[@moisesdanielalvarado5578]

I have played this game before and it was fun being able to rescue the girl

[@ebacalobato]

There's a Irem Classic colection on Sega Saturn, that contains this game, With a remastered soundtrack option. That version should be in this vídeo, in my opinion

[@GamingHistorySource]

I didn't have it at the time. :(

[@benjiroberts4434]

No matter which version you play getting past floor 3 feels like you graduated Harvard med at the top of your class

[@stevenwhuntva]

Fightin' the good fight.

[@901aerol]

It's a shame the 7800 has what looks like zombies in it. Looks really good otherwise.

[@dududu5189]

Just ahead of it's time. Zombies are everywhere in games now!

[@sourekpetr]

I see. Now I get it, that the speccy version was unplayable (in comparison with others), but back then I tried hard :-)

[@GenericUser379]

I want to say that the GameBoy version is a completely different game

[@damirko06]

The windows version looks like alot of fun 😊

[@ninjamaster3453]

Remember how the boxes of the ports of the games used the best version of graphics to sell the game. Amiga for c64 for example. ZX and amstrad buyers must've been constantly disappointed.

[@dartsma464]

The Amstrad that sometimes better graphics than the Amiga?

[@Risingson2]

As for the spectrum you only fell once or twice. But again the quality of the Spectrum ports was a bloody lottery. Myst: History in the Making has my favourite port in the Spectrum and I cannot still understand why that is the case.

[@jasonvieira2823]

The MSX version is way faster than what you guys put there in the video

[@SONICBOOM1889]

1:22 those noises made me laugh my balls off

[@theodorehsu5023]

Did you look at the Saturn and PS1 versions in the “Irem Arcade Classics”? They never made it to the US, but they had good soundtracks.

[@IneedmoresubsOnline]

21:14 When there is an Extra Floor called the 6th Floor

[@sylvainster30]

One of my favourite games in the arcade (Robocop is my ultimate fav) but the nes version i played sooooooo much! 👊🏼 ✌🏼😎👍🏼

[@SoUtHMeMpHis]

Robocop vs Terminator was my favorite as well as Gunsmoke!

[@daquarlow]

Alot of these are good tho

[@moisesdanielalvarado5578]

Being the hero is always a good thing never be the villain

[@CelentAle]

Best Commodore 64, nice conversion for only 64K! 💪

[@shaolin1derpalm]

I grew up on that one

[@MultiScooter68]

The Atari 2600 version is very IMPRESSIVE. A LOT more playable than the godawful Speccy version. I would even put it above the Apple and Amstrad versions. Arcade NES Commodore 64 Atari 7800 Atari 2600 Gameboy MSX Apple 2 ZX Spectrum

[@handsomebrick]

The Spectrum version is prime kusoge material.

[@stephenkendall9581]

The Sega Saturn Spartan x is the Closest Arcade Version. But you have to get the Japanese Version of the Sega Saturn or one that’s been Modified. Fantastic Version. Love Playing it as my Arcade Machine gave up the Ghost of Thomas.

[@marios15CL]

La primera vez que Vi Kung Fu Máster fuen el Atari 2600 y luego en una consola clonica con su nombre Spartan X (Basada en la película de Jackie Chan Wheels on Meals). Y después jugué su versión Arcade en en el emulador MAME. Saludos.

[@ridiculous_gaming]

It is amazing that the Windows remake Kung Fu Master II came out in 2009, but it does not hold a candle to the original. It's best sometimes to leave something alone. Until now, I did not know a Atari 7800 version was released, but the best version regarding the controls and touch is the Nintendo version if the arcade version is not available...such a fantastic game.

[@adamkane7513]

The Windows *Kung Fu II* was a free indie game. A professional studio could do something bigger & better.

[@ridiculous_gaming]

@@adamkane7513 Fair enough.

[@MichaelSouhoka]

Best clones: NES and Windows.

[@dunnono00]

25:40 lol that was a surprise.

[@LaVeyCharkusVeros]

19:36 - If you focus your attention only on Thomas in the MSX version, it gives the illusion as if there was an audience in the foreground looking at the scene as if they were in a theater.

[@treyjohnson82]

I remember the Thomas voice being a lower register

[@MrAtg3]

Epic music for Game Boy version 29:37

[@ouackstrax7356]

How did I not realize this wasn't a NES only title?

[@blatow]

It's a real shame about the Spectrum version. I bought it after playing the arcade version. But it was just so slow. The spectrum was capable of so much better. Probably lazy programming. But then, this was before programmers learned how to get the most out of it.

[@HipsterBlackMetalOfficial]

there is technically an SNES bootleg port. It was featured on a Korean multicart. But the rom doesn't work on emulators.

[@paulbrown638]

Music on that Spectrum version sounds like a bad outtake from an 80s Jean-Michel Jarre album.

[@tundeuk]

The windows version at the end 😂😂 What the hell is the chubby homie saying?? 😂😂

[@arvizturotukorfurogep6235]

Im am pretty sure the slowness of the MSX version because it's played on PAL speed but was intended for NTSC speed.

[@arvizturotukorfurogep6235]

Also the Commodore 64 version is made in NTSC region.

[@ricardoespinillo8732]

Si abre jugado a este video en los 80s que hermosos recuerdos ❤️😂👋

[@QunMang]

Playback speed at 1.25 or 1.5 necessary for some of these ports (just imagine they were overclocked and actually run at the new speed).

[@400hpGTO]

I beat this on the c64. What a pain in the ass!

[@wolfprime]

I put so many quarters into this game!

[@destroyerofheroes]

Kimbo Slice as the 2nd floor boss on Windows version.

[@Accelluter]

Welcome back, Commander^^ So... Kung Fu Master 2, isn't Spartan X 2?

[@chaton51]

I ve played this on my amstrad

[@noneofyourbusiness4616]

You should compare these to the '80s French art house film "Kung Fu Master" which was about an adult woman who falls in love with a boy who is obsessed with the arcade version of the game.

[@unclebugspayton]

31:53 the best

[@finite934]

how hard can it be to port this to an arcade perfect version onto modern platforms? I liked the Atari 7900 version the best, as it was the most authentic. But it's not enough to have the music and SFX and roughly similar graphics; for me it was the snap and speed of the kicks and the distinction between head/body/leg blows that made it fun in the arcades.

[@travisbickle5584]

Played this to death on the 2600.

[@WWammyy]

The gameboy one was worth a play but it was kinda short

[@GlenTindal]

The Windows version is fire!!

[@chongtak]

ZX Spectrum was a pain to watch.

[@MrJWTH]

Was this remade to add new versions or was the original taken down?

[@GamingHistorySource]

Both. :)

[@theannoyedmrfloyd3998]

The Spectrum version is a "why did they bother" version. The crApple ][ version is slightly better than it but with no sound effects. What the crApple had against it was no sprites. The Atari 2600 has technical merit given the limitations of the hardware.

[@arvizturotukorfurogep6235]

Both machines are handicapped with sound because it requires the full attention of the CPU to use internal their beeper, and while making sound, they cannot do anything else (not to mention all the graphics rendering was the CPU's burden aswell). Interesting that the two versions of the game went the two polar opposite approach. The Apple II devs rooted out everything that could interfere with the gameplay. The ZX devs tried to do everything all at once, music, soundeffects, scrolling complex backgrounds, and gameplay. That means it had to update the graphics, control the enemies, read the input, in that few millisecond when the sound was shut off!

[@super.merienda]

Why in any gameplay do they punch? The punch is an indispensable and super effective movement to facilitate confrontations at close range.

[@michael22971]

this Game My alt times THX

[@m.mproductions2461]

The ZXspectrum Could have easily been turned into a techno remix

[@KenMasters.]

The Game Boy version should’ve called "Kung Fu Zero".

[@streets_of_Paulo]

0:08 someone send the link to this song

[@acidorr32]

La mejor version la de arcade,por ser la mas dificil,porque se podia colocar el arcade en modo dificil,lo hacian con el proposito de que el jugador gastara muchas mas monedas,los enemigos parecian vampiros,pues si te dejabas tocar te chupaban mucha energia

[@mikemarks1834]

The arcade and the NES version was the best the other ones I’d rather play with myself lol

[@frenchyroastify]

I'm holding till the Unreal Engine 5 version is out.

[@daishi5571]

I have said it before the Atari VCS/2600 version is great considering the hardware.

[@psistis80]

That game boy port looks more like vigilante and the miniona looks like the russian dancers from tetris.

[@shaolin1derpalm]

Watching the player fail so bad on the c64 version was killing me

[@GamingHistorySource]

Wasn't easy. The timing is different than the others.

[@joanmadden8820]

The game was loosely based on 1984 Jackie Chan and Lola Forner's Wheels on Meals (Thomas and Silvia)1988 French film Kung Fu Master, and Bruce Lee's final film The Game of Death in 1972. The Devils Temple Mostly the villains even Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in the movie was the giant on the 3rd Floor in the game I played the NES classic in the past and Kung Fu 2 and the orginial arcade online, but I have seen two of the movies but not the French one

[@jessragan6714]

These fan made versions are some cracked out crap. Beheadings? MEGA MAN?!

[@InessaMaxinova]

37:57 Excuse me WTF XD

[@kevinyagami2612]

Is a fangame XD

[@adamhenry6793]

NES is the nicest!

[@DrBIeed]

All due respect I feel sorry for the ZX Spectrum kids. LoL Edit: I guess whatever that later version is isn’t too bad.

[@AeroSoloOne]

31:52 Nintendo Entertainment System

[@VonOzbourne]

Flash remake has the hadouken Mega Man to a remixed Ninja Turtles track?

[@virgboogie]

Atari 2600 popping like balloons!

[@BD90..]

Nes port is the best

[@Richter_val82]

This game reminds me a lot to Bruce Lee's Game of Death

[@DanielBMS]

Odd how it got attached to Wheels On Meals