When Michael Jordan & Mohammed Ali Fought Goku | Top Fighter 2000 Mk VIII

This is the most INSANE bootleg game I've played yet. Top Fighter 2000 MK VIII is a King of Fighters bootleg which also uses characters from X-men vs. Street Fighter, but that's not the insane bit.
The insane bit is that the two main characters here are Michael Jordan and Mohammed Ali! Yes! You can beat Goku into submission while playing as Michael Jordan and it is glorious!
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[@Pimpeaux]

"We've gotta figure out how to bring back Marvel Vs. Capcom 2!" ~Michael Jordan, 2020

[@st1ka]

Well you just earned yourself a pinned comment.

[@st1ka]

@@rustymixer2886 That would have been amazing!

[@st1ka]

@@rustymixer2886 Oh I know, I mention it in my X-men vs. Street Fighter video, but I can't make a judgement call until it's dumped and I can play it ^^

[@sosvanburito3000]

Goku's sprites and moveset are taken from Dragon Ball Z Super Butoden 3 for SNES. Anyway great video.

[@st1ka]

Thank you! ^^

[@st1ka]

@@rustymixer2886 oof that's a good question. Sadly I can't give a top 10 just yet, I'm still discovering new bootlegs, including ones that were dumped for the first time a few months ago :\

[@TopHatGamingManChannel]

Love the Thumbnail lol!

[@st1ka]

Haha thank you, though I asked Mark Flynn to do this one. He does great work xD

[@TopHatGamingManChannel]

@@st1ka Awesome! Myself and Mark were friends prior to either of us having YT channels.

[@st1ka]

@@TopHatGamingManChannel Oh really? I did not know that. I actually go to him for thumbnails quite often.

[@jocool7370]

I was always proud of my Air Joden shoes.

[@st1ka]

Sadly, they always misspelled his name :P

[@jocool7370]

He himself didn't even notice.

[@st1ka]

@@jocool7370 hehe

[@nozoto]

Where did you buy yours? Chang Yuen, the retailer on the flea market I go to, also sells really good Cuma shoes.

[@afropowa1598]

Honestly, I wish they made their own unique fighting games. Since they did an impressive job with this game, I think they could have done it.

[@st1ka]

Sadly, truly unique bootleg titles are a rarity.

[@noaht2005]

@@st1ka it’s not a bootleg if it’s original.

[@diegocrusius]

this game looks real good imo. The graphics are big, bright, colorful and well animated (though a little bit choppy). About the shoryuken effect: I know for sure you cant be hit while performing the shoryuken on Street Fighter 2. I suspect they did this because your character moves so fast you could have problems with its physics

[@st1ka]

oh, whoops! >.>

[@acerodons6036]

Because OF COURSE it has Goku. Your reaction was mine. I love how you research this.... so many bootleg strats.

[@st1ka]

Hehe thank you! This is a fun series to do

[@PressStartToContinueYT]

Man, I never knew Michael Jordan could kick so much ass. Great video, I had no idea this even existed

[@st1ka]

I love talking about weird and unique games.

[@twodickpete6940]

"I floated like a butterfly and got stung like a bitch" 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

[@st1ka]

hehe :P

[@almaelma11]

Hi Dr St1ka! :3 Great video! This is a bootleg I want to get my hands on now! I think it might be in my 1500 arcade games thingy I got a while back so Ill check that. I also cant get over the Joden edits, friggen hilarious :) Thank you for another wonderful video St1ka!

[@st1ka]

That's what I'm here for ^^

[@fredricorosenfield9976]

1:38. That was cool. I have nothing bad to say about that. I love that giddy music.

[@st1ka]

haha :P

[@dmabbers]

Nicely done! Hope you plan on covering some more Megadrive bootleg fighting games. For example, the infamous VR Fighter vs Taken 2! Or the Lord of the Rings fighting game!

[@st1ka]

Oh there's a ton bootlegs I hope to cover, for the Megadrive and more. And yes, I'd love to cover those games you mentioned too ^^

[@nozoto]

Sorry to ruin your joke, but I think they took the Skateball sound sample from Lucky Glauber. One of his move is called Death Bound in King of Fighters, and that's what I actually hear, haha.

[@st1ka]

Oh I know they took it from KOF 94, but the audio is so deformed xD

[@RetroView]

Lifa was another brand name for Famiclones in Russia, not Megadrive. Megadrive was sold as just megadrive (100% clone with all brand names) or 16-bit (without any sega logo or name, but same shape as md1).

[@st1ka]

Ah whoops, my bad. Thank you for the correction ^^

[@alex_kopilov]

I had this cartridge in Russia in the end 2001. It was one of my first cartridges and at that time I had no idea about such games as King of Fighters, Fatal Fury and many others. And yes - it was rather good in terms of gameplay and music. Not an UMK3 or Wrestlemania: the Arcade Game but it was still worth to play.

[@linkflamesaber2462]

Imagine being in the playground and you told your friends about the game with Michael Jordan fighting Goku and no one believed you.

[@st1ka]

Haha right? Not gonna lie though, I'd like to own a physical copy of this

[@linkflamesaber2462]

@@st1ka Nono, same here! If I were telling someone about this, I'd like evidence. But maybe you can find out who owned the store before to maybe purchase the game?

[@st1ka]

@@linkflamesaber2462It's possible. I assume these were all sold in Russia. Maybe one day I'll buy a repro on etsy xD

[@noaht2005]

How have I never heard of this? Reminds me of that Street Heroes 2 NES game with TMNT, Mario, Sonic and Goku

[@st1ka]

Haha I've actually talked about that game too in my street fighter bootlegs video

[@noaht2005]

@@st1ka i saw it in this video. I just think It’s funny

[@st1ka]

@@noaht2005 oh xD

[@mobsterpoodle1781]

Mohammed Ali's stage is Cammy's stage from Super Street Fighter 2 with the flags from Mai's stage from Fatal Fury 2. What a cobbling :D The unused boxing stage on the back of the box is Axel Hawk's stage, also from Fatal Fury 2. Since this is supposed to be Ali's stage, there is a likelihood that in an early stage of development, Ali was supposed to be an edit of Axel Hawk since he is also a boxer.

[@st1ka]

Haha wow I didn't even notice that. Thank you so much for the insight

[@kirbygivens8223]

It took a bootleg and a reskinning of their sprites for Lucky Glauber and Heavy D to finally get some respect.

[@st1ka]

Hey, I always liked Lucky Glauber

[@316whatupz]

Shaq Fu is punching the air right now 😂🤣

[@st1ka]

haha!

[@freddfuchsftg5676]

Great video St1ka! Enjoyed it quite well. I actually am going to look for the ROM. Great addition to the collection. Btw, from Street Fighter II Turbo and beyond, shoryuken has brief invincibility upon start up. So you can actually dodge projectiles if you time your shoryuken. I do that alot on Capcom vs SNK 2 with Ken. I'm impressed this bootleg has this mechanic.

[@st1ka]

Oh! I did not know. I guess I'm still stuck in the original game :P

[@strain42]

I'm getting major Charles Barkley: Shut Up and Jam: Gaiden vibes from this, and I legitimately can't tell which game took itself more seriously XD

[@st1ka]

Oh I get the feeling this game took itself seriously, which works in its favor lol

[@jbmaru]

This games looks great, it's like Capcom vs. SNK vs. Marvel vs. Toriyama vs. Real Guys. I'm truly impressed by the sprites. The backgrounds don't look bad either.

[@st1ka]

So far, it's the best bootleg I've reviewed here.

[@jamesragsdale3069]

Dear sir, you have access to some truly bizarre bootlegs.

[@st1ka]

There is a whole world out there. Trust me, I haven't even begun to scratch the surface.

[@BlackBiggot]

Digging this channel bro 👍

[@st1ka]

Thank you! ^^

[@oldfan4049]

5:00 - Ooohhh, there were MORE. There were also clones of NES/Famicom made by Subor, Kenga and Simba (or Simba’s), and god knows how many clones of MD/Genesis here, haha)) You've only scratched the surface ^____^

[@TheGenroo]

I seriously wish st1ka would say "Put it in H!" like Crazy Vaclav in The Simpsons.

[@st1ka]

Consider it done!

[@wadestoss3325]

I just noticed that intro music is the airship music from FF6. Also I finally played this and can confirm its really good lol Like seriously its better than MK2.

[@st1ka]

Oh lol I didn't even notice that theme was from Final Fantasy 6, but yeah the gameplay itself is amazing

[@Asobitech]

Thumbs up for St1ka saying "Hi Everybody!" like Dr Nick.

[@st1ka]

hehe ^^

[@AllardRT]

Oh, thank God, the SNES intro was just a nightmare I had once.

[@st1ka]

Aww, you don't like the SNES intro? I actually have a few intro variants.

[@AllardRT]

@@st1ka Just kidding, bro, it's actually really good, as is the Mega Drive intro. Just keepin' the Great 16-Bit Console Rivalry alive, is all.

[@gamechronicles5366]

This game has the most glorious title I've ever seen.

[@st1ka]

Right?!

[@bloodandgorekid]

Ryo has a flame kick and multi-punch moves. I've seen the computer do them, but I can't figure out how. Do you know the input to do them? Thank you.

[@st1ka]

Sorry. It's been too long since I've played this so I can't remember the moves :\

[@necrozach]

Love seeing dbz butoden get some rep for a change. At least model wise.

[@st1ka]

Hehe 😎

[@lochinvarsloan7870]

Great video, as always! By the way, I think the Goku sprites might be ripped [at least partially] from Street Fighter II's M. Bison. The scissors-kick attack and leg sweeps look almost identical, and the lower half of the sprite looks pretty much like a palette swap of Bison's outfit. Not sure if there's any truth in that or not, but it's a thought.

[@st1ka]

Some people pointed to me that it came from a specific SNES DBZ game that I hadn't heard of. I'll have to check both out when I can.

[@mikeethegamerguy3057]

@@st1ka Hello, Dr. St1ka..This is a Very Great video for me as a big fan of bootleg fighting games..and I also check out that Goku's Sprite is taken directly from the SNES Bootleg Fighting game called "Dragon Ball Z Final Bout"..it is a bootleg port of Dragon Ball Final Bout for PlayStation

[@st1ka]

@@mikeethegamerguy3057 oooh thank you for the info ^^

[@mikeethegamerguy3057]

@@st1ka You're Welcome 😊👍

[@barry-allenthe-flash8396]

I laughed so hard at _*Magic Happens_ * (^-^) That's one just for the people who turn subtitles on, lol Man, even though I have heard of this before thanks to the VGJunk blog, I am _LOVING_ your coverage of obscure bootleg fighting games from the retro days, man. There's just so much entertainment to be mined from some of these things! Heck, just trying to explain/figure out where assets came from is a fun thing to talk about (^-^)

[@st1ka]

Indeed, these videos are super fun to do! :D

[@Klaus_Schwab_777]

Btw Idea for merch ,t-shirts with word Joden)

[@st1ka]

Hah, that's a pretty good idea actually

[@daddydrax9798]

Actually, the i-frames on shoryuken are intentional and are in the official street fighter games.

[@adryandavis2835]

I’d always liked lucky Glauber’s play styles in kof

[@st1ka]

Lucky Glauber is pretty awesome. Heavy D though I have some trouble getting accostumed to.

[@greensun1334]

Wow, I never saw so much color dithering in a Genesis game... 6:30 - the flags in the background are from Mai Shiranui's stage in Fatal Fury 2/FF Special, just in different colors. Well, this game is a real mish-mash...😅

[@st1ka]

haha I never noticed that

[@greensun1334]

​​@@st1kaand the walls/castle in the same stage are from Super Street Fighter 2, Cammy's stage! 😂

[@gameboy8425]

I wanna see Vegetablegeta fight against Akooma

[@st1ka]

My money's on Joden though!

[@RAMCARTGAMER]

Hi St1ka, Top Hat Sent me here! +1 sub 😉

[@st1ka]

Thank you! I hope you'll my content ^^

[@adryandavis2835]

Goku's sprite in this game is a remade version of his genesis sprite from that game

[@st1ka]

aaaah thank you

[@Enigma2K99]

isn't Joden just saying Death Bound?

[@st1ka]

Is he? All I hear is Skate Ball xD

[@KasumiKenshirou]

@@st1ka I would assume it was taken from a voice sample that said "basketball", but the beginning is clipped off, so you're just left with "'sket ball"

[@st1ka]

@@KasumiKenshirou It's possible. The sound clips were heavily edited and distorted.

[@2dola]

What a lucky dip of a game, I love it.

[@st1ka]

Oh this game is SO worth playing.

[@conradojavier7547]

They could have use a Bret Hart Sprite from Wrestlemania The Arcade Game.

[@greensun1334]

Interesting bootleg. At least they knew how to use the Genesis' soundchip. From the technical aspect, it sounds good (just the music, the SFX are worse). The game is even avaible on cartridge, I saw a used one in a gaming shop in Austria.

[@st1ka]

If I saw it for sale I'd buy it

[@greensun1334]

@@st1ka I should have. Seems like it's rare.

[@st1ka]

@greensun1334 yeah, bootlegs are hard to find, sadly

[@greensun1334]

@@st1ka I had no clou. Back then I just thought what's that for a weird shaped Megadrive cartridge...

[@SylveonTrapito]

One question after seenig the video. "do you like Eternal Champions?"

[@st1ka]

Heh... not particularly no >.>

[@SylveonTrapito]

@@st1ka lol

[@st1ka]

@@SylveonTrapito haha

[@Froban]

You're certainly riding that bootleg train. Looking forward to what Asia has to offer. XD

[@st1ka]

I'm really enjoying this series! :D

[@wadestoss3325]

Cool video! They easily could have made Geese the boss and just doubled his damage given and halved his damage taken.

[@st1ka]

Hah very true

[@InternetTAB]

dr nick? ehhh, you sound more like Malkovich from Malkovich's Gaming Guilty Pleasures! thanks for your work though!

[@st1ka]

Glad you liked it! ^^

[@navigatorofnone]

The title is very hilarious. 😂😂😂

[@st1ka]

The game even more so! :P

[@navigatorofnone]

@@st1ka 😂😂

[@luismartins3785]

Excelent !

[@st1ka]

Glad you enjoyed it ^^

[@StreetwizeJJ2]

I'm pretty sure that a DP going through projectiles is a thing. It wasn't uncommon back then for DPs other than light to have invincibility until the apex to ensure it working as an anti-air. Interesting content, but I do hope you practice (or have practiced) reading from a script. It's easy for people to sound monotone or repetitive if simply reading from a script. My videos are unscripted though I do have a list of what general points I want to cover (which has its own drawbacks as I may forget a small thing or two). The best advice I can give is to pretend that you're talking to someone. If you want to inform, imagine an audience. If you're mad or annoyed, someone you don't like. If you want to be casual, just think about a good friend. I did this a lot when I was younger to help practice putting my thoughts into words; something I struggled a lot with back then. It takes a good bit of practice, but it helps with more than just making videos. If you want more help, here are a few links to get started: seanwes.com/podcastdude/050-how-to-sound-natural-when-reading-a-script/ www.reddit.com/r/youtubers/comments/60ckbg/question_how_do_i_read_from_a_script_without/

[@popixel]

Lol I was about to say that music is from Brave Battle Saga. (Which I rather enjoyed by the way).

[@st1ka]

Oh it was a fun game. Definitely one of the better bootlegs and a rare instance of a bootleg that actually has good music.

[@JonGallon]

I noticed that your narration is not in sync with your lips, did your video got issues during rendering? 🤔

[@st1ka]

Ah I've had some trouble with this lately. Hope to fix it when I get a better camera.

[@colonelsandwich641]

SKATEBALL

[@st1ka]

That's me when I need to cheese my way to victory, just spamming Skateball

[@lilexistentialcrisis2197]

You also sound like Jimmy from Southpark

[@peachflavored]

Still better than Virtua Fighter on Mega Drive! And I swear Joden says “epá”. 🤣

[@st1ka]

haha!

[@SOBBLESALLOVERTHEPLACE]

This is better endgame

[@st1ka]

Haha yep

[@thebotbuilder]

This game is like the best and worst type of fan fiction

[@st1ka]

Pretty much, yes! :P

[@TheRealJPhillips]

Nice

[@st1ka]

Glad you enjoyed it! :D

[@Dead-Pool3_II_Sij6]

so I just binged "The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest" and wonder if you were suggested it to watch for the video games it has?

[@st1ka]

Oh, I haven't watched that show in ages. Does it have any videogames?

[@Dead-Pool3_II_Sij6]

@@st1ka the games are in the form of VR called "Quest World", which ranges from just a game they play for fun to using game assets to save the day/world. heck there is a episode where it turns out it has a time travel function in case of a world ending threat. honestly its like the ultimate dev kit for making anything in the virtual space that honestly would make for some great irl games. there are also some mission based segments to at the end of some episodes

[@st1ka]

@@Dead-Pool3_II_Sij6 Oh wow! I completely forgot about the VR segments. I remember now! They were made in early CGI

[@Dead-Pool3_II_Sij6]

@@st1ka indeed, though oddly enough there are like two or three episodes where they went with drawn likely to save budget on CGI back then. granted the CGI is a bit dated now but it does hold up story wise

[@st1ka]

@@Dead-Pool3_II_Sij6 I remember it being great and I have to admit, my favorite episodes were the ones without the CGI

[@sirkeithv1112]

😂

[@st1ka]

Hope you enjoyed it! xD

[@toastrave7820]

i own a boxed copy of this

[@st1ka]

Jealous. I want a boxed copy

[@tiberiusbrain]

Audio is out of sync man, youre hurting my brain

[@st1ka]

Sorry about that. I hope to buy a camera soon-ish and hopefully fix this issue once and for all

[@tiberiusbrain]

@@st1ka just this video its apparent, when you are in picture speaking. But nice channel, man. Learning a lot about your region of gaming and fun videos. Glad you did the collab with top hat gaming man

[@st1ka]

@@tiberiusbrain Glad you liked it! I'll try to be time the audio and video better next time ^^

[@tiberiusbrain]

@@st1ka seriously, dont worry. Ive seen a -lot- more as you could see with the comments. Steep curve of quality you have climbed sir and i am glad i subscribed. Thanks for a nice evening of your game reviews and stories. Suggestion perhaps for games to try: Mr domino, ps1 (idk, puzzlegame i think) Intelligent qube, ps1 (puzzlegame, it was on the demo disc, ive had the rom on my phone too since my galaxy s1, very playable) Dune 1, sega cd, dos (mix of adventure and rts) But keep it up, man! Thnx for the videos 😊

[@st1ka]

​@@tiberiusbrain Oh those are some nice reccomendations. I also think you'll be happy to know I already did a video on Dune 1 last August ^^

[@AllardRT]

A small correction: Lifa was actually an NES clone as well. We had loads of prominent Famiclones alongside Dendy - Subor, Lifa, Kenga, Ufo (yes, really), et cetera. The Mega Drive clones were mostly sold under the Mega Drive name, though there WERE some renamed geniclones as well, such as Bitman or Magistr Drive.

[@st1ka]

Sadly this was one of those moments where I was so sure of what I was writting that I didn't even bother to fact check. Sorry about that D:

[@AllardRT]

@@st1ka Eh, don't sweat it, it's easy to get mixed up in all these bootlegs. If you're interested in the state of affairs of Russian gaming in the 90s, I suggest checking out The Grey Elephant's Curse if you haven't seen it yet.

[@st1ka]

@@AllardRT oh, my knowledge mostly come from Kinamania :P

[@Klaus_Schwab_777]

Btw Joden)

[@st1ka]

Oh I loved making all those "Joden" edits.

[@Klaus_Schwab_777]

And Lifa was nes clone too🤔but I have Dendy Junior😂Yeah and I have Mk bootleg cartridge .Btw thx for video.

[@st1ka]

Oh damn! So which one was the Sega clone? D:

[@Klaus_Schwab_777]

@@st1ka We have Sega Mega Drive ,then later we have other shity clones with strange names and they look like ps one and e.t.c. I have Sega mega drive real one,but cartridges was from chine,except snes they sell real licensed cartridges and they have really high price.So in general Sega rule in Russia on 16 bit market.Sorry for my bad english.

[@juanmartinez-tg7fw]

The control was weird but responsive, fun to play...

[@st1ka]

It has some issues, but I would still take it over something like Eternal Champions.

[@elbarto6668]

Nice

[@st1ka]

Glad you enjoyed it! :D