The Way Of The Exploding Fist on BBC Micro

[@Gold2thGaming]

Used to love this game,i never seen it on bbc micro 👌what blast from the past,that music is ace 👍🏻

[@Tetlee]

@@Gold2thGaming yeah me too, had it on Speccy back in the day, was so playable and brilliant played against your mates. The Beeb version was pretty brilliant, one of those where the devs made an effort.👍

[@retroimportgamer513]

Used to love this on the Speccy Lee, was probably the first 1 on 1 fighter I ever played before Yie Ar Kung Fu, never seen it on the BBC before, certainly looks nice with the extra colour and nice atmospheric tune👍

[@Tetlee]

Me too James, the Speccy port played perfect and I think like you it was my first ever 1 on 1 fighter. Used to play it all the time with my best mate, what a game. The Beeb version was great, was a nice surprise when I discovered it. Love the colours used and like you say the tune is nice too. Cheers James, hope you're well mate.

[@retrosnipe]

I loved Way of the Exploding fist but then Yie Ar Kung Fu blew my mind!!!!!😂

[@retroimportgamer513]

@@retrosnipe yes, Yie Ar Kung Fu was fantastic 👍

[@Tetlee]

@@retrosnipe Yie Ar Kung Fu was brilliant, loved that. Hmm not sure I even have that in my collection, will have to check.

[@marcgoesblindgaming2076]

A game I've never played, Love that oriental themed music, Not too sure about the game but the music alone would keep me playing it 😂

[@Tetlee]

@@marcgoesblindgaming2076 hey would've expected you'd have played this one Marc, you haven't lived 😄 Was a great game, mainly in 2 players but it's still fun for the odd 1 player game now and then🙂

[@KeithBBergman]

The C64 music for this game is one of my favorites. There's a great digitized "AYYY-YAH" scream during the load screen as well, which we used to startle people with their first time over. Great game!

[@Tetlee]

@@KeithBBergman yep the c64 was the best version of this game I believe(as a Spectrum kid it pained me to admit it😆). This version is great though, hey you need a BBC Micro in your war room, or do you already have one?🙂

[@ArttuTheCat]

I remember, when my older brother bought a compilation, FIVE STAR III (tape), for our Commodore 64 back in the late 1980's, THE WAY OF THE EXPLODING FIST was one of the games in that compilation. It even included three of my favorite games: THE TRAP DOOR, URIDIUM and FIRELORD 😺👍🕹️. And as we gave our first try for that game, we were even amazed with the amazing music tracks 🎵🎶 and the beating and screaming sound effects 😺👍🕹️. The graphics on the BBC Micro look more likely the Amstrad CPC version of this game 😹👍🕹️. The music and sound effects 🎵🎶 sound purrfect 😺👍🕹️. Also, you know, how to beat your opponents 😹✊🕹️. A big retrospective like 👍🕹️ from Vantaa, Finland 🇫🇮.

[@Tetlee]

@@ArttuTheCat hey I've never seen the CPC version, will go look that one up now. Cheers for the memories there Arttu, was a brilliant game on all systems I think 😸👌

[@steve36207]

Fairplay Lee buddy this looks very decent, the music is awesome 😀👊

[@Tetlee]

@@steve36207 was a cracking little game Steve buddy, one of the earlier games of it's type but still brilliant 🙂

[@retrotap]

Looks like a great version mate, I enjoyed this on the 64 back in the day - haven't revisited it yet though.

[@Tetlee]

@@retrotap hey I'd love to see you do a vid of the c64 version at some point mate🙂

[@BeanoTubes]

I remember playing Granny's Garden on a BBC at infant school. 👍🏻

[@Tetlee]

@@BeanoTubes ah good old Granny's Garden, I suspect most of us played that at least once at school 😄

[@MechaFenris]

I remember playing this on the C64... it could get frustrating really quickly. :D

[@Tetlee]

@@MechaFenris How did the c64 version compare? I used to own it on the Speccy back in the day which was of course less colourful but no less fun. Mainly played it 2 players back then, good times 🙂

[@GenerationPixel]

I am not familiar with BBC Micro port! Love this game, though. And I mean, I really love it. I still play the Speccy port on the regular and use nine keys on the keyboard because joysticks are for lightweights 😂 The game is perfection, I love how it's about patience and timing rather than button bashing and silly fireballs and stuff. I was a blue bet in karate when I played this so I know what I'm talking about 😉

[@Tetlee]

@@GenerationPixel oh wow keyboard, on Speccy, now that is hardcore 😎 I played the hell outta the Speccy port back in the day, mainly in 2 player which was always brilliant. I bow down to your skills, if ever I get to meet you at a gaming event I'll be sure but to challenge you at this game😁

[@davidretrogamesplayedbadly3533]

Not a version I've ever played, as I've mentioned before, I love the colour pallet on the BBC, the yellows and blues are so distinctive. A great conversion of a classic 8bit fighter.

[@Tetlee]

@@davidretrogamesplayedbadly3533 me too Dave, the colour pallet looks so good, vibrant and crisp. Always loved the Speccy port, this one is excellent. How you're doing well mate👍

[@Pjvenom1985]

Looks a fun title, well played finally taking down that 1st Dan boyo. The 2nd Dan was clearly out for revenge haha.🕹👊🍀

[@Tetlee]

@@Pjvenom1985 haha yeah the 2nd Dan certainly put me back in my box 😄 Cheers Patrick, great game this one👍

[@retrosnipe]

I used to love this, although it was definitely not on the BBC. I am pretty sure it will have been on the Spectrum that I played this. You certainly have a greater array of moves than I did when I was 8!!!!!!

[@Tetlee]

@@retrosnipe yeah it was the Speccy version I had back in the day, was pretty great aswell. Me and my best mate played that to death. Haha I've got all the moves but not the best at using them😁

[@BazzaHSpeccymad]

Never knew this version existed until I bought a beeb and it was on the built in sd card. It's very surprising and a great version....shame about only having the one background but that doesn't break it at all. Great video. Beeb has some fantastic games. Try (if you haven't already that is) daredevil Dennis and nifty lifty (which also has a zx spectrum version)

[@stylus_sheath]

It use interrupts to create horizontal bands with 4 colors instead of 8 (so using color shift for drawing or hiding code)

[@Tetlee]

@@stylus_sheath hey I wouldn't have noticed but can see it now, interesting. Thanks for watching and leaving a comment👍

[@Marathon_Gaming]

It looks fun and very familiar, there was a few kung - fu / karate games like these wasn’t there . The yellow on blue would give me a headache after a while loll

[@Tetlee]

@@Marathon_Gaming haha I love the yellow/blue colour scheme😁 There there were quite a few, Yie Ar Kung Fu, International Karate and then IK+ and more aswell but they were the best of them. There were a couple of Beeb exclusive titles that were absolutely brutal so sod playing them😆

[@Marathon_Gaming]

Music is really catchy

[@Tetlee]

@@Marathon_Gaming it is isn't it. Perhaps not ideal if you want to become a master and sit playing it for hours on end though😆

[@RetroEdUK]

Looks like a fun version Lee. I was getting into the music too 😀

[@Tetlee]

@@RetroEdUK hehe it's pretty catchy but you wouldn't want to listen to that tune for hours on end😁 Brilliant version though, tons of fun👍

[@SEGAZombie]

Loved way of the exploding on the speccy bitd and I would always argue with my mate who had it on the c64 what was the best version lol I never knew this came out on the BBC micro looks like it runs really fast and smooth I need to check this out now

[@Tetlee]

@@SEGAZombie yeah me and my best mate played the Speccy version a ton, was absolutely brilliant in 2 players wasn't it? The Beeb version is fantastic , absolutely love the colour scheme and music is nice too. Definitely recommend giving it a go mate, main reason I moved on the Next version as prefer this tbh.

[@allanmailer4540]

I was weirdly just playing this the other night, it was the C64 version and was loaded old school from tape. I've played the Beeb version too and it's actually quite good. Exploding fist was pretty much the standard until International Karate on the Atari and C64 came along and nicked the crown. There's actually a nice little Karate game for the Atari machines called 'Chop Suey', The backgrounds aren't great but the character animation is smooth and it runs like shit off a shovel.

[@Tetlee]

Chop Suey😂😂😂 what a great name. Shame I don't have an sd card solution for the Atari800. Will look up a video for that one in a min. Yeah this was great in its day, still alot of fun to play even in single player, 2 players was the best! Cheers Allan.

[@Classicgamer73]

You played ok there Lee, loved this on my Spectrum, do like the colours, seems a bit faster than the speccy version too mate, I like it! 😊, oh and I've just subbed ya again for my PC channel 👍

[@Tetlee]

@@Classicgamer73 took me a bit too figure out who this was but being a secondary pc channel it must be Paul? Haha, will sub back buddy. Class game this and the Speccy port was great👍

[@Classicgamer73]

@@Tetlee Yeah mate, sorry I should've explained a bit better 🤣 Just getting the new channel going slowly Lee, got a few vids up there if you want to have a look 😊 thanks for the sub pal 👍

[@Tetlee]

@@Classicgamer73 didn't take much narrowing down as I you said you were doing a PC focussed channel. Will have a ganders later😉

[@Classicgamer73]

@Tetlee Cheers Lee 😊

[@nerdygeezer78]

This version looks pretty good

[@Tetlee]

Brilliant version Lee buddy, no idea if it is also on Electron, worth checking.

[@rusty8ucket]

Never seen this port before bud And I must say impressed- good tunes as well . Any thoughts if the acorn will have success running it ?

[@Tetlee]

@@rusty8ucket cheers Russ buddy, yeah looks plays and sounds great this one. I have a feeling it was for Electron aswell so worth a try mate👍

[@rusty8ucket]

@@Tetlee worth a look bud Have you ever done “ my favourite gaming “ bud - video in your favourite gaming collection? Have good weekend bud

[@RetroClaire]

I don't remember this one. Pretty sure we had some karate games but this doesn't look familiar. Such an annoying tune 😅

[@Tetlee]

@@RetroClaire haha you might've preferred the Speccy port then as there was no music in that one😁 Was a great game, think all the ports were brilliant in their own right🙂