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Post by Discoalucard on Feb 27, 2007 1:39:50 GMT -5
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Post by chewy on Feb 27, 2007 11:58:55 GMT -5
Haha! Thanks for the Yie Ar Kung Fu love. I had it on Amstrad CPC 464 when I was about 6. I remember the first time I beat it, I used leg sweeps the whole way. My favourite move was the Johnny Cage-style splits punch. Awesome game. I had Yie Ar Kung Fu II on the otherside of the tape, liked the way it dropped in Noodles for power-ups! Not so much fun as the first, but great nonetheless
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Post by brianc on Feb 27, 2007 12:24:24 GMT -5
The DS hardware is different from the GBA. Videos suggest that the DS Yie Ar Kung Fu will have the voice samples, unlike the GBA one. Check out "Gameplay Movie 2" here to see the DS Yie Ar Kung Fu in action. Here is some info on the upcoming DS collection. It's definitely DS specific and will have some nice features like vertical mode for the vertical oriented games. The preview is misleading about wifi, though. There is no internet play. The "wi-fi" stuff they are talking about in the article are the offline multiplayer and wireless features.
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Post by chewy on Feb 27, 2007 12:35:55 GMT -5
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Post by Dais on Feb 27, 2007 22:54:27 GMT -5
Just because it would be denying my inner nature to not mention it, there's a Yie Ar Kung Fu reference in the Pyuu to Fuku! game for GBA, at the tail-end of the MSX/NES homage section: www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEASGPwXYcc (skip to 2:26) There are four opponents, if I remember correctly. Anyways, nice article. Until a while ago, I was under the impression that Yie Ar wasn't that interesting or important a title, but I've since gained perspective on the matter.
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Post by zzz on Feb 27, 2007 23:47:10 GMT -5
Best t-shirt ever. They state that it is pronounced YEE AR however, rather than YEE ER. ...Yie Ar wasn't that interesting or important a title, but I've since gained perspective on the matter. Yep. Combine Yie Ar Kung-Fu with Karate Champ and the "true" blocking of Urban Champion and the specials and controler motions of both Brian Jack's Uchi Mata and Street Fighter and you have got a conventional modern fighter. Though there are other, arguably major, influences as well. These points are all discussed in a write up I am currently doing. Discoalucard, have you mostly been playing YAKF2 or something? I can deal with the first two games, but YAKF2 is CRAZY difficult. About YAKF in general, these are among my favorite games ever. I would recommend to everybody that they try emulating the first game.
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Post by Gilder on Feb 28, 2007 0:57:56 GMT -5
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Post by brianc on Feb 28, 2007 11:43:09 GMT -5
About YAKF in general, these are among my favorite games ever. I would recommend to everybody that they try emulating the first game. The GBA Konami Arcade pack is very easy to find for cheap and very well done. The upcoming DS pack, which will have games like Gradius and Twinbee as well as Yie Ar, sounds very promising. As for Yie Ar 2 and the MSX version of Yie Ar 1, they are both in the MSX Ultra Pack for Saturn, which has very good emulation/ports (not sure which, but the games run very well). It seems somewhat rarish, but often sells for cheap. www.mcvans.com was selling them for $10 dollars for awhile. I got one while they were still selling, but they don't seem to be selling them anymore.
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Post by splatter on Feb 28, 2007 12:10:24 GMT -5
Hey guys! I enjoyed the article, but you missed a couple ports.
The Famicom/MSX Kung-Fu game was ported to the Game Boy and Game Boy Color as part of Konami GB Collection, which consisted of four cartridges with four games each. The Game Boy versions of the collection were released only in Japan, while the Game Boy Color versions were exclusive to Europe.
Kung-Fu can be found on volume 3 of the Japanese collection and volume 4 of the European one. I don't know why Konami numbered them differently, since the same games are on both versions: Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Antarctic Adventure, Gradius II: The Return of the Hero, and Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 28, 2007 17:54:46 GMT -5
You get an exalt for an awesome article, zzz. ;D
Yie-Ar Kung Fu is one of my more favored games on the Konami Arcade Collection, despite its touchy-as-all-hell hit collision. It does make some battles more frustrating than usual, but it's still a fun game nonetheless.
I'd like to know: Who's harder, Tonfun or Blues? I've heard from many that Tonfun is the most painful and bastardlike opponent in the game, but with some very persistent "ping-pong" jumping, he can be beaten. Blues is smart and doesn't fall for that after you beat his ass around for a bit, and he's worthy of the last fighter in the original arcade game.
I was never able to get very far in YAKF2 for the MSX. I think that bastard with the flying mask always topped me. Thanks for revealing the opponents past that. The final boss sounds worse than that dickhole at the end of Shinobi for the PS2. >_<
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Post by Discoalucard on Feb 28, 2007 23:17:59 GMT -5
The only way I made it past the 2nd boss in YAFK2 was by hacking the ROM. Even then I couldn't beat the last boss, and THAT was with the lightning bolts passing right through me. Damn bastard just kept transporting, so I gave up.
Anyway, I added stuff about the Gameboy versions. I have the MSX Saturn collection but I completely forgot both games were on there. Thanks!
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Post by zzz on Feb 28, 2007 23:52:58 GMT -5
The GBA Konami Arcade pack is very easy to find for cheap and very well done. The upcoming DS pack, which will have games like Gradius and Twinbee as well as Yie Ar, sounds very promising. As for Yie Ar 2 and the MSX version of Yie Ar 1, they are both in the MSX Ultra Pack for Saturn, which has very good emulation/ports (not sure which, but the games run very well). It seems somewhat rarish, but often sells for cheap. www.mcvans.com was selling them for $10 dollars for awhile. I got one while they were still selling, but they don't seem to be selling them anymore. I did not mean "don't buy the thing". I meant "try before you buy". The original is a hell of a game, which is why I recommended it specificaly. As far as the MSX compilation, I had seen a site on the internet that said that was just shmups, so I did not even bother to look into that. Hey guys! I enjoyed the article, but you missed a couple ports. The Famicom/MSX Kung-Fu game was ported to the Game Boy and Game Boy Color as part of Konami GB Collection, which consisted of four cartridges with four games each. The Game Boy versions of the collection were released only in Japan, while the Game Boy Color versions were exclusive to Europe. Kung-Fu can be found on volume 3 of the Japanese collection and volume 4 of the European one. I don't know why Konami numbered them differently, since the same games are on both versions: Yie Ar Kung-Fu, Antarctic Adventure, Gradius II: The Return of the Hero, and Castlevania II: Belmont's Revenge. The only way I made it past the 2nd boss in YAFK2 was by hacking the ROM. Even then I couldn't beat the last boss, and THAT was with the lightning bolts passing right through me. Damn bastard just kept transporting, so I gave up. Anyway, I added stuff about the Gameboy versions. I have the MSX Saturn collection but I completely forgot both games were on there. Thanks! Haha! I did something similiar. I have the Gameboy port, but forgot it was part of that. The thing should probably say "Gameboy/Gameboy Color", as it was released to both. I agree with your comments about the Gameboy port and would have said more or less the same thing. About that last boss in YAKF 2, that guy has wicked SNK boss syndrome. He might be the most difficult boss in a fighter ever. I'd like to know: Who's harder, Tonfun or Blues? I've heard from many that Tonfun is the most painful and bastardlike opponent in the game, but with some very persistent "ping-pong" jumping, he can be beaten. Blues is smart and doesn't fall for that after you beat his ass around for a bit, and he's worthy of the last fighter in the original arcade game. Blues is more difficult. Without question.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2007 19:29:14 GMT -5
Nice article! I remember Yie Ar Kung-Fu games mostly from MSX versions, but have also tried other ones not so long ago. Good games. Here, I've found couple of mistakes in the article: * YAKF2: The first two screenshots are missing "(MSX)" from their captions. * YAKF2 Screenshot Comparisons: The screenshot from the MSX game is accidently captioned "Arcade" * It seems like not all versions of YAKF1 (Arcade) and YAKF2 are presented on screenshot comparisons.
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Post by Sac (a.k.a Icaras) on Mar 2, 2007 6:45:18 GMT -5
I used to play this game on the Commodore 64 all the time when I was a kid.
With the auto fire function on the joystick I had, I was able to beat all the oppoents and play though the game enough times that I reset that score counter, heh.
The enemy that always gave me the most trouble was fan. I really hated her!
I also used to find it funny how when fighting Bo, he was able to trap you in a position that looked like he was repeated smashing you in the groin.
Hmmmm....I should down a SID music file of the C64 version's music now...
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Post by Discoalucard on Mar 2, 2007 10:01:09 GMT -5
I fixed up the labels, but I've never messed with any of the emulators for the other versions of YAKF, hence no screenshots. If anyone wants to submit, I'll put them up.
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