Master System Longplay [092] Black Belt

[@danielnicholson6174]

Ahh Christmas morning 1987 tuning in the tv to finally see this game running, what a magical moment.

[@wilkinsmusicfl4141]

Same here.

[@robertdemon3550]

Glad my parents didn’t get me this game for Christmas when I got my Sega master system.

[@chadh710]

Fond memories of this game from when I was around 7 or 8. I'll never forget the first time I almost beat it.... I was literally a hit away from defeating the final boss, and I wanted my dad to be there to see it but he was outside in the backyard. I went to quickly hit pause, and accidentally hit the power button instead 🤦‍♂️😭 Absolutely devastating for a kid that age 😂

[@malebys9073]

And you thought “Nobody will believe me 😭”

[@JTWarnerJT]

I was right around the same age when i was playing this game. Like 89' or 90'. Its crazy looking back on this game. Like how you remember it and the reality. Lol !! Good times.

[@ebsbatata5847]

😅😅😅😅

[@truthbroadcastingstation101]

Classic! Great memory!

[@rahda80]

I have a similar story basically around the same age..

[@jabroni5249]

Wow..brings back so many memories when my brother and I used to sit in our room and play this game. Ahhh..the 80s..how I missed those times.

[@mickhead77]

so do i...

[@jerrymalonejr.6097]

My brothers and I used to play this game. When one of my older brothers defeated Wang he was upset that he put his fist up like he won the fight😂💯

[@vicariousfan]

Easily one of the most underrrated games of the 8 bit era.

[@mickhead77]

yeah ,probably cuz it sucked

[@awesomebrand6122]

I like the Japanese version better. Cause it's FIST OF THE NORTH STAR :O

[@Koexistence13]

@@mickhead77 this was a card based game not cartridge. For 1986 it does well

[@videogameobsession]

Black Belt was a 128KB rom cartridge, not a card. Most Sega cards were only 32KB. You might be thinking of My Hero.

[@elmagnificodep]

Koexistence13 Wrong! I had this game on the cartridge. I didn't own one card game for the Sega Master System, and I owned this game.

[@imdbtruth]

I loved this game so much as a kid, that it inspired me to achieve a Black Belt in Karate, but I gave it back once they told me Black Belts couldn't actually make people explode into 100 pieces.

[@TeslasTeaParty]

They lied to you! once you get your 3rd Dan that's when you get the ability to explode people with a punch or a kick. If only you'd of stuck it out for another couple of years you could of been the founder of the first real life human jigsaw puzzle... lost opportunities man! 🤷‍♂️

[@thewindthatblows]

​@@TeslasTeaParty Yes, you need to study in the school of Hokuto

[@bigbadboz1]

My favourite game as a kid lmao, so many memories flooding back watching this

[@RickyJSports]

My favorite Mastersystem game of all time!!!

[@goonknox]

Ricky J Sports me too homie

[@riki7426]

My favorite too

[@iamneo1690]

Mine too 👍

[@ruzkbthenon-sider2834]

But my real favorite SMS/M3 game of all time is.... Fist of the North Star.

[@mtgmtg3090]

Alex kidd in miracle world

[@OUTDABOXX1]

This game is ingrained into my memory, such a challenge to beat back then and I would have never guessed it was actually Fist of the North Star. Always loved this one!

[@TeslasTeaParty]

Absolutely loved this game as a kid what always stood out for me was the boss scene music! Still my favourite video games music to this day.

[@ButtiTV]

Quando o 8-Bits atinge a perfeição ! Muitos falam de Sonic e Phantasy Star, mas os melhores jogos de Todos os Tempos do Master System são R-Type e o Black Belt aqui no vídeo. O Jogos de Verão (California Games) e o Out Run também merecem menção honrosa

[@eveclopes6133]

Califórnia Games do Master é mais divertido do que a do mega drive.

[@Marcelo81125]

@@eveclopes6133 really?

[@felipealmeida9139]

The OST for the bosses is so damn good... holy shit

[@GTSJoeG]

The whole soundtrack is. It's so good, I listen to it on its own. 😂

[@Shane-5150]

Every one reading this is cool.

[@MarshallMathersthe7th]

Thanks for the reminder.

[@Erik-vp5bm]

I'm not.

[@flygonbreloom]

Aw, thanks.

[@moesyzslak2939]

Three years late

[@RobBob555]

im not, im an Arsehole,,, ask anyone..

[@djmathmatik]

I use to play this game every day when I had the Sega Mater System as a kid. I played it so much, the threw up off the enemies falling apart when you hit them. I love this game.

[@GHite-vf8wr]

Litterally first game I ever played when I was 6 years old. Good lord this brings back memories.

[@tomcruze7898]

Same lol

[@deskawa]

I love the boss music in this game.

[@stringanime]

In the next FIST OF THE NORTH STAR game, Riki should be an unlock-able outfit. EPIC

[@TheOldKing1998]

This was originally a Fist of the north star game. And to that I have only one thing to say. YOU WA SHOCK.

[@brentcanfield8883]

YOU'RE ALREADY DEAD

[@gtomanga]

NAAANI!?!?

[@billylai6]

I'm still shocked

[@AmandaSantos-xx4vs]

🤕 Slm 🤑

[@AmandaSantos-xx4vs]

sim 🤑💘💯🤘💪👎👹😎

[@ersfjr]

best sound track of master system 8 bits ever!!

[@juglarlocogmail]

This is for psychic world...

[@greenorb29]

Dang Kenshiro/Riki can moonwalk excellently such is the way of Hokuto Shin Ken.

[@Dingus5956]

Until I found this game just now, all I could remember about this was the boss fight song. I’m talking 30 years of the song randomly popping into my head for no reason!

[@glenwise382]

There's always a reason

[@AneudiD78]

If I remember correctly, there's an Easter egg bonus at the ending of the title screen. When you're reading the end story text, before the music ends, you have to continuously hold both the 1+2 buttons while going counterclockwise on the directional pad to unlock the bonus levels. The bonus is that you get to fight all 6 bosses again.

[@MrPeterStevens]

You are correct sir.

[@jrag1000]

Like how Rita cheats with a hidden health bar... Then Wang quits before he’s defeated.

[@sk8n854]

Rita didn't cheat. You just had to get the correct hits on her to do damage.

[@FacelessMachine]

This was my jammmm as a kid! Spent soooo much time playing this.

[@wewillwin24]

My favorite master system game in the action category.. music is so dope, game play is spot on, and exploding dudes.. F yeah

[@alexroyster182]

I remember getting a Sega master system for Christmas 1987. Every friend of mine had a NES and I liked the look and games of the unknown master system. Black belt was the first game I bought with my paper route money and played it every day of 7th grade until I beat it. So much fun having so many cool levels and different boss enemy's at the end of eachlevel. Was a pretty hard game but I got to be real good at it. I remember hearing about the Japan version of this game that was even better!

[@JagofTroy]

I loved this game as a kid but it used to always kick my ass. Glad I finally got to beat it for once.

[@Koexistence13]

The rapid fire punches after defeating the boss plus the outro music are 80's karate/ninja movie epic

[@BlackArroToons]

Black Belt on the Sega Master System was very difficult to complete as a kid. I got to the 2nd to last boss, but was defeated and never managed to get back there. So it's great to finally see the game's ending. Thanks.

[@KenshiroKasumiHNK]

Hokuto no Ken is infinity better.

[@artiegohome]

I shudder to think the hours I spent figuring out the attack pattern for each boss when I was in the 4th and 5th grades. Eventually I got it and was able to beat it. I actually remember beating the last boss for the first time, it was that big a deal to 10 year old me.

[@shenglongisback4688]

TackleberryFife yes it like a lotto win ...im was sooo happy when i won

[@terrypinson612]

There was a extra ending where you fought all of the end bosses with 1 health bar and could finish with a power stance that stayed through the credits,got so frustrated playing this but mastered it to the point I did not take one hit during the entire game many hours practice,loved this game but it looks so dated now but still better than the so called black belt 2 on the mega drive.

[@maxedpeixoto]

Master System foi meu primeiro video game lá em 1996. Amava jogar esse jogo e tbm o Sonic que vinha na memória. Eu chamava esse jogo de "karate". Era dificil demais. Eu e meu primo aprendemos na raça a vencer cada boss. Amei cada minuto que pude jogar ele. Só lembranças maravilhosas.

[@RetroRanter]

loved this when I was a tiny child haha I was also watching fist of the north star and never knew this was a game based on it even with the exploding bad guys 😂

[@RetroRanter]

also Last battle on the megadrive damn these renamed games lol

[@KSchwarz]

Oni was such a pain.

[@brasilballs]

KSchwarz Yup man, he kept dodging and counterattacking every time you tried to attack him, you needed to attack and dodge very fast to get an hit on him

[@joeb2588]

Yes, I remember him being really tough to crack. Even his level with the swooping hawks were tough to dodge with the ninjas attacking.

[@hamboba4434]

Oni was a nightmare, great counter puncher

[@natalironaldo]

You could cheese him by walking back and pressing punch non stop. You'll get hit but hit him as well, and his hp bar would completely deplete before yours

[@blacknoah1]

Hated Oni for a week or two lol

[@julianchrobak-prince1915]

I love how you can still tell it was originally a Hokuto no Ken game from how the enemies all explode on death

[@iceborn7260]

I used to rock this game out as a kid! Love this game!

[@krisflow]

The music is everything

[@kdeezo326]

I remember my Sega Master System came with Hang-On and Safari Hunt built into the console. But this was the first cartridge I ever had for it. A friend gave it to me.

[@KevinStriker]

I love how the reskinned graphics make Spade look like a chef.

[@LittleJacob208]

This game brings back so much memories I remember it took me ages to defeat Rita.

[@DPGCFORLIFE]

I think can possibly say this is where Street Fighter came from. But without a doubt this is one one best games on Sega.

[@KenshiroKasumiHNK]

No, Hokuto no Ken is better.

[@FIXTREME]

Yie Ar Kung Fu is more than likely where Street Fighter came from

[@RobbieBaker-nw3qn]

I agree it's the beginning

[@AloanMoreira1]

4:14 Bruce Lee incarnation right here :D -btw, this is like a Super Data East Kung Fu like game! very nice! never heard of it!

[@mechahalcon]

Man, the memories. I remember being stuck on Oni forever. Back when there was no Internet and you had to struggle to figure that stuff out yourself.

[@darrenclements6028]

Black Belt is ABSOLUTELY AWESOME and STUNNINGLY AMAZING

[@KishorTwist]

One of two games that introduced me to the Master System console, the other being the classic Space Harrier! Damn you Oni at the time, not knowing his cheesy punching trick and the unlimited lives one too!

[@Mackenzie8686LPSwe]

this game marked a great era and became little know along the years but unforgettable by martial arts enthusiasts like me Black Belt is an electronic fighting / action game for Master System 1986, American version of a game based on the Hokuto no Ken manga. In this game the main character, the karate fighter Riki (replacing the protagonist of the original, Kenshiro) should advance in 5 different stages, fighting a gang of bandits and facing at the end of each phase a master. At the end of the game, you challenge the last master, Wang (Raoh), and then you win, save your girlfriend Kyoko (Yuria) who was captured by the bandit gang. For those who played at the time was unforgettable this game that was one of the precursors of "Street Fighter" and "Mortal Kombat." in the middle of the stages were sub-chiefs, who were enemies a little stronger than normal but weaker than bosses, ranging from 1 to 4 per phase. deserves never to be forgotten

[@dafrog491]

One of my most beloved games when i was a kid. beat this so many times.

[@hamboba4434]

I bet you got so good at it you used to beat it without losing a life... I know I did

[@riki7426]

Wish it had more levels though.

[@dafrog491]

@@hamboba4434 no lol. But if i remember correctly i used to do a code where i had infinite lives.

[@triplestar100]

yet more gaming goodness from Team Cubex/LP, this time courtesy of JagOfTroy! Riki: "You...are already..." SEGA U.S. legal excecs: "don'tcha DARE finish that sentence! you want Tetsuo Hara suing our asses left & right?"

[@TANKTREAD]

This was SEGA's answer to Nintendo's "Kung-Fu". I loved playing this game at my friend's house back in the day, considering I had "Kung-Fu", so it was a blast.

[@oxygeninterface]

i've never played this game so which is better in your opinion? kung-fu or black belt?

[@TANKTREAD]

I had no idea that some one commented on on my comment. I thought "Black Belt" as better. "Kung-Fu" was great, but there is no health or invincible items to obtain. I also liked the idea how bigger your character got when you fought the bosses in "Black Belt"

[@douglasfernardoalejorge9086]

Esse foi meu primeiro videogame e Black Belt foi o segundo jogo que eu fiz final na minha vida,eita saudade daquele tempo eu me lembro que quando fechei ele fiquei pulando na rua de alegria

[@markbrowning4334]

I couldn't ever beat Oni. His defense and attack pattern was pretty tight. And as a dumb kid, I never sorted it out. The one playing in this video lays it out pretty clearly.

[@gazpaviles7909]

Paralax in the ground. Awesome for an 8 bit mid 80s game.

[@omc8872]

i enjoy in my childhood, now im my 40 music sound like yesterday, what a nostalgic, i travel to past!!

[@DANfan69]

For those wondering who the bosses are supposed to be: Ryu: Shin Hawk: The Colonel Gonta: The Devil (New Sprite) Rita: Souther Wang: Raoh

[@pearljammer364]

DANfan69 2:40 The generic fat guy is Mr. Heart.

[@dangunheadachron1603]

You forgot Oni = Toki

[@Markbell73]

It's been over 35 years since I played this game. I recall such elation finally beating the game.I think it took me like 3 weeks playing to figure out how to beat all those bosses and sub bosses. So hard. And so fun. Then I played the game with my action figures which was even more fun. I recall using Quick Kick and Tomax as my stand ins for Riki. I alternated them. Gi-Joe action figures made such great stand ins so many non Gi-Joe related characters. I even took them apart to make hybrids that looked more like whatever character. Then I got home-economically creative making capes and costumes out of left over cloth and clothes I found lying around the house. Duct tape, electrical tape, and amything else to dress up and costume action figures. The 80's were the best time. And I was realistic about everything. Very often the good guy/guy's didn't win. Sometimes all but one of the good guy's got killed and the bad guy's got away with their crimes. And sometimes the good guy kills too many bsd guy's and becomes evil. And occasionally an evil guy finds his evil baddies went too far and killed Mutt's puppy Junkyard..... And Storm Shadow looks into the distance and realizes "I'm fighting with the wrong people. And decides I must fight Evil Cobra by myself agaisnt all odds to protect animals. I had a good childhood.

[@jrag1000]

Used to get in the zone with some of these great games, anybody remember a master card game called Transbot or Ghost House?

[@arcengal]

Ghost House terrified me as a kid. The flashing lights and Dracula theme was a trip in the early 90s.

[@jrag1000]

@@arcengal lol, yeah it had a cool beat.

[@alejandrososa5146]

I’m in my early 40’s, drinking bourbon past midnight on a work night, searching old SMS clips to take me back to simpler times. Just like Uncle Rico, I’d buy a mail order time machine to take me back, all the way back to 1987. I had my whole life ahead of me. Now to see what Opa-Opa and Space Harrier have been up to…

[@Chickenworm9394]

This was my first game of Sega Master System. It came along with the console

[@aronwright4711]

One of my childhood games right here. I remember this shit being HARD as hell. Classic gaming without a doubt. They need to release a Sega Master System mini IMMEDIATELY.

[@projectpamaphd7042]

I’m now 41 and I still remember playing this as a 6 year old.

[@nevillecortez7418]

Same here!i was 6 or 7 years old.Though game that days! 😅

[@Malachor01]

Back when times were simpler, happier and real. God I miss being a kid.

[@devinc9]

This man's kicks cause others to explode, he must be stopped.

[@suchiuomizu]

Anyone who tries to stop him is already dead.

[@James-oy9no]

Such an awesome game! Great play and sound.. always loved how the enemies exploded!

[@Miaut236]

As a kid I didn't understand why the last boss raised his fist until waaay later upon watching and finding out this is fist of the north star lol.

[@DonTrump-sv1si]

It was such a special thing to make it to the end of the round and see an end boss that youve never seen before. Then you had to spend countless times trying to figure out how to beat them.

[@davidclementsclements2586]

Black Belt is Legendary with Excellent action .💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗💗

[@YN-sj6mu]

Man...a typical 8 bit game. Some childhood memories

[@jaula3512]

I see this, it almost makes me want to cry... what a time we live in... games used to be supplemented by our imagination... today, people complain because the games aren't at 60fps with ray tracing... not to mention this wonderful soundtrack.

[@ciuffoarancione8929]

I played it before knowing it was the western version of hokuto no Ken for Sega mark 3.. And I didnt understand why beaten enemies become pieces, the strange death of bosses, the last one standing with rising one hand.. After a while I watched the anime, red the manga and realized that this game was hokuto no Ken.. Great game..

[@joshuawhite497]

This game was so much better than NES Kung Fu. Much more game play, better music, more challenging, better graphics, and the boss levels were much more engaging and fun. Go Sega on this black belt game!

[@imdbtruth]

I used to play this game when I was like 6-8yo... The furthest I ever got was the Rita Boss at the end of stage 5, around the 18:00 mark of this video... I tried so hard to beat this game, but I never knew until now how close I came... This was a really tough game for a little kid.

[@Cezinha476]

I've played this game when I was about 10. It was so magical and I had a lot of fun at this time...

[@ItaloDiscogs]

this is "hokuto no ken" for europe,this versión is a remake.

[@kujasama45]

Not a remake, just a game without the license for not paying

[@KenshiroKasumiHNK]

Fuck SEGA for this blame!!

[@Texy88]

My understanding is that Western games distributors at the time believed that the anime-style graphics and settings would not have sold well in the West compared to in Japan. Even _Renegade_ is just a reskinned version of a Japanese beat-’em-up, and on the SNES in America in 1993 the Japanese one-on-one fighting game _Ranma 1/2_ was reskinned and retitled _Street Combat_ .

[@hrodcovers]

That game was awesome. I used to played

[@DivaDiamondDavenportMahogany]

I really like how the enemies break appart after they take a damage hit.

[@PauloMazzini]

Esse fez parte da minha infância !!! Top 👏👏👏👏👏

[@patrickvan6038]

One of the best songs ever for a boss fight

[@vosnumber1]

this and choplifter are the only games i remember playing. my grandma had one in the 80's.

[@88DreadGT]

He made all of the boss fights harder than they had to be but that Oni fight was brilliant! There is a boss rush easter egg at the end of this game.

[@marllonvalenca1661]

I feel a litle nostalgic watching that gameplay and listening to that sound.

[@vhsparadise780]

"I have to save Julia from the rival karate school" - Ben

[@igvangodoy]

I cried of nostalgia.

[@thehumbleone1983]

So much memories of playing it when I first got it as my third game every weekend having a great time awesome game

[@Skorpius2]

My bros and me played this game for years trying to beat it. Took awhile but enjoyed this game immensely as kids. I think we still have it somewhere. I am surprised no one has tried to make a sequel since it was purely inspired by the 70s/80s kung fu movies. I am sure the game Sifu could be considered an updated version of this.

[@coonus1]

Love it when i kick a mofo and they break into pieces 😂

[@ultramag0343]

I loved this game as a kid. Wish they would re issue it or reboot it

[@matthewmckean8771]

Imagine punching someone so hard they just explode!!! Man I loved this game as a kid.........as a matter of fact I still have it and play it once in a while.

[@toasteee252]

This game was way better than what was on Nintendo

[@pixelgoat7317]

I love how the bad guys look less like menacing street thugs and more like fussy, power-walking grandpas waddling over to their grandkids to slap them upside the head for touching their tv remotes. "Oooooh, I'm gonna getcha!"

[@goisborges]

Bro, the feelings that this brings me are indescribable. Whole s***!

[@AQuestionofCharacter]

Even back then I was like "This seems suspiciously like something else."

[@TortureBot]

Great nostalgic look at this old Master System favorite. I LOVED this game when I was in my mid teens. Barely remember it ending that way although I do remember I had defeated the game.

[@brcpimenta]

This game is awesome.

[@AudreyDeV-v7e]

Que de bons souvenirs, ça semble être hier, merci

[@AjedrettoTV]

Excellent game for 1986 Master System and Amiga marked the edge till 16 bits.

[@BloodiedFearr]

My first two games were on the Sega Cards. This was my first Cartridge game. I still play it regularly 👍

[@thetruth1862]

I had this game mastered when I was 8 years old great memories

[@spectreman2532]

This era was magical in my life.

[@rumenak3974]

Yes yes... bring back those days

[@Sandlot1992]

I never play it or any other games for the Sega Master System before once my cousin Cory had a copy of this, and now I recently traded in at Mckay's!

[@kanasas2]

The boss fights made this game for me

[@lecapitaine1017]

Riki is one of Ryuken's failed students from before the nukes hit and the same one from the Kunio-kun series. This is canon to me now.

[@AneudiD78]

My technique for beating "Ryu" the first boss, was jump kick, followed by an immediate punch. That wore him off to defeating him quicker. It was all about the points & not getting hit.