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Post by aggroger on Mar 3, 2007 6:48:16 GMT -5
Honestly,I hate Yie Ar Kung Fu and his needlessly frustrating gameplay mechanics.Still,the article was a good read.I have a question,too: did the guys at Konami had a penchant for bald,shirtless guys?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2007 20:01:16 GMT -5
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Post by joshf on Mar 6, 2007 22:35:41 GMT -5
That's because SFII happened. It would be pretty cool if Konami updated the series and gave it modern fighting game mechanics (either 2D or 3D.)
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Post by ReyVGM on Mar 8, 2007 2:03:54 GMT -5
I don't know if this is important, but the Japanese Konami GB Collection series for the game Boy has some really cool boarders if you play the game on the Super Gameboy. It can be easily obtainable with No$gbc or VBA. The European versions don't have the cool borders though, obviously. Konami GB Collection 4 (Japanese Game Boy)
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Post by brianc on Mar 8, 2007 15:37:04 GMT -5
I don't know if this is important, but the Japanese Konami GB Collection series for the game Boy has some really cool boarders if you play the game on the Super Gameboy. It can be easily obtainable with No$gbc or VBA. The European versions don't have the cool borders though, obviously. Konami GB Collection 4 (Japanese Game Boy) That's actually the JP Konami GB Collection 3, though the European version with the same games is Konami GB Collection 4. The fourth JP one has Frogger, Parodius, Quarth, and Track and Field, the same games as the second European Konami GB Collection. www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-6a-77-1-49-en-15-konami%2Bgb%2Bcollection-70-1p4j.html
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Post by Deleted on Mar 11, 2007 13:48:40 GMT -5
Looks like there is Yie Ar Kung-Fu 2 for Thomson TO7-70 ( ) as well. Found it from here.
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Post by zzz on Mar 12, 2007 9:24:00 GMT -5
If anybody can tell me how to emulate that thing I can write a blurb for the port, if needed.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2007 14:49:37 GMT -5
Well, I tried the Thomson port and it suck balls. No music at all, just sound effects. Choppy gameplay. Characters explodes when defeated. A bowl of food is given everytime in third screen of each stage, making boss battles way too easy (except for the final boss, which is impossible to defeat). Need to say more? Oh, and they removed that farting opponent, Po-Chin from the game. Here's some screenshots from the game (up to stage 7): Click!As for the emulator that can run this game, here's the only one I could find, included with necessary TO7-70 System ROM (in order to use the emulator) and Basic 128 ROM (in order to load cassette games, which YAKF2 is): Click!Warning: The emulator is in French only.
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Post by zzz on Mar 12, 2007 17:10:54 GMT -5
Here is the blurb, if it is needed:
"The port for Thomson TO7-70 lacks Po-Chin, and is completely devoid of music. The bowls of food that grant invulnerability are at the beginning of each boss fight every time, which might seem like a good idea, but it takes away too much of the challenge. Gameplay wise, this is as poor as the ZX Spectrum version, with graphics to match. Strangely, characters EXPLODE, Hokuto no Ken style, when they are killed."
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Post by Discoalucard on Mar 12, 2007 23:17:45 GMT -5
Alright, added all of these pics and the blurb about the Thomson game. Man I've never even heard of that thing.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 12, 2007 23:45:08 GMT -5
According to various sources, Thomson computers were made in France, and were only famous there (especially at schools). So no wonder many of us haven't heard anything about them.
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Post by zzz on Mar 13, 2007 12:48:50 GMT -5
There was the Thomson TO7-70 and the Thomson MO5. The reason that almost nobody in America has heard of them is because they have crappy game libraries. I was familiar with both when I wrote this thing, but found no information about the port in all of my research for it.
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Post by brianc on Apr 5, 2007 7:33:29 GMT -5
I have Konami Classics Series: Arcade Hits for the DS now. Very well done collection. The Yie Ar Kung Fu in it is an emulation (or very good port) of the arcade version complete with dip switch options and the digitized sounds from the arcade. As I was trying to say before, it is not based on the GBA version.
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Post by chaoticgood on Apr 12, 2007 6:51:42 GMT -5
I DISTINCTIVELY remember beating the Commodore 64 version of Yie Ar Kung Fu 2, without cheats or trainers, as a kid... So at least in that version the final boss can't be unbeatable. Don't ask how you do it, though, I don't have that good memory. I think there was some very simple and retarded pattern (like against everyone in these games), you had to repeat, which may have had something to do with abusing the edges of the screen... Or not, I don't know why that came to my mind just now, it might not have anything to do with reality ... But I did beat the game. Of course, it's possible the other versions are indeed harder. I definitely also remember I did NOT manage to beat the first game, which was one reason I do remember managind the sequel.
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Post by Bloodreign on Apr 13, 2007 1:25:13 GMT -5
It got to the point I used to be able to consistently make it to Tonfun, that guy for some reason I just can't pass him, he takes off damage off of you at a fast rate, got close once, but he hit me 4 times straight, and I never landed another hit on him with my last 2 lives after. Needless to say I'd hate to see how tough Blues is on te arcade version.
I remember accidently running into this game at a laundromat many years ago, I put in one quarter to kill boredom, after that the game had me hooked.
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