The Karate Kid (NES) Playthrough
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- A playthrough of LJN's 1987 license-based action game for the NES, The Karate Kid.
The Karate Kid was released at the same time as LJN's other NES movie tie-in from 1987, Jaws ( • Jaws (NES) Playthrough ), making it one of LJN's first releases for the console. The game is largely based on the events of The Karate Kid Part II, released a year prior in theaters, though it also borrows elements from the original 1984 film.
The game begins with Daniel competing in the All Valley Karate Tournament from the end of the first movie in a format that mirrors mid-80s 1v1 fighting games.
After he wins the competition, the focus shifts to the second movie's plot as Daniel heads to Okinawa where he has to fight through waves of Sato's men and defeat Chozen. The third stage sees him fighting through more baddies during a typhoon, and the fourth and final stage takes place in the old ruins where Chozen is holding Kumiko hostage.
You can collect special moves by playing the special bonus stages peppered throughout the platforming stages. The number of crane kicks and drum punches Daniel wins in these side games is determined by how many flies he can catch with chopsticks, how many blocks of ice he can break with his with hand, or how many times he can successfully dodge a swinging hammer.
The game feels like it was inspired by Irem's Kung Fu [Master] ( • Kung Fu (NES) Playthro... ) or Vigilante ( • Vigilante (TG16) Playt... ). The controls are similar: hitting up on the d-pad makes Daniel jump, and while moving, A and B will make him punch and kick. Hitting A or B while standing still triggers the limited use special attacks.
Unfortunately, it doesn't play nearly as well as Irem's classics. The movement is stiff and awkward, the collision detection is unforgiving, and if you get pinned between two enemies, you get juggled back and forth as your lifebar drains.
(Remember that scene from A Night At the Roxbury when the lady gets trapped between the dancing Butabi brothers? It feels just like that. th-cam.com/users/cl...)
The haphazard stage design also leaves a lot to be desired. It's often difficult to figure out what parts of the background can be stood on, and sometimes you'll fall through platforms for no discernable reason. The endlessly respawning enemies like to stand in places where you can't hit them, and random objects constantly fly across the screen to hit you at the worst possible times.
Getting to the end of stages three and four often feel as much a product of luck as they do skill. Sometimes you'll sail through without any issues whatsoever. Other times you'll want to throw the controller after the enemies have bounced you into a pit for the umpteenth time. It's all incredibly inconsistent and more than a bit frustrating.
The graphics are reasonably nice, the music is fine, and I appreciate its attempt to follow the film, but The Karate Kid really isn't much fun to play. I remember borrowing it from a friend as a kid, and while I didn't hate it, it was the sort of game that only got played once I'd exhausted everything else on the shelf. That's pretty much the same way I feel about it now.
Unlike Jaws, Atlus handled the development of The Karate Kid themselves, and their inexperience shows. They eventually earned themselves a reputation for making high quality games, but in 1987, they still had a long way to go.
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The Karate Kid feels like a busted version of Kung Fu. Poor LaRusso just can't catch a break, can he?
I got that same feeling with the similarities to Kung Fu
Like I said with that MLB game that Atlus commissioned for LJN, I wouldn't let even the Karate Kid make me shy away from the former company. After all, they would go on to make some pretty influential and fun JRPGs.
It really does. Even Vigilante on the Sega Master System was better than this.
Yeah this game was disappointing. 😞
A busted version of Kung Fu?! I disagree completely.
“Man who catch fly with chopstick, accomplish anything.”
“Man who beat LJN NES games also accomplish anything.”
- Mr. Miyagi
RIP
I beat this game when I was eight, man
I had it when I was a kid and I beat it.
BRILLIANT comment lol
I had it when I was 7 I remember almost breaking it in half
Two interesting notes:
1. The ice block challenge uses your current health as the power meter. So if you showed up with barely any health(I came in with two bars once), you won't break any blocks, period.
2. If you fail to catch any flies in the chopstick catch challenge, a fly will land on Daniel's nose. Was an amusing moment during a frustrating time.
Bought this game with my own money as a kid. I was so excited. Loved using the NES Max controller for it. Good times.
One of the best games i play!
Good times...
I remember the birds and woods flying with the strong wind at second stage. Watch this make my day better.
As a kid I loved this game . The opening music always got me hyped lol
X2
00:56 it was wonderful song
Yes. A game that you must Keep for your correction.
Can anyone honestly tell me there was anything better than gathering at someone's house on a snow day to play nintendo for hours on end?
Ahh yes, the iconic final battle between Daniel and Chozen.... on Mars. I remember that.
Chozen in the tv show is awsome
with 70 other guys
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha
I'll never forget the scene in "The Karate Kid Part II" during the typhoon when Daniel slaughters every bird in sight! What a great film!
Or fought so many enemies along the way
At least you get to rescue the trapped girl atop the tower at the end, for sure!
It'll be in the special editions
Why do you think it is called the " crane kick"? Wasnt because he looked posed like a crane, it was because daniel was a bird kicker!
My mom and grandmother were queens of buying me and my cousins horrid NES games but I don’t even remember this one. Seen the movie 32 billion times but never had this.
Wow-- That intro music brings back some seriously deep nostalgic vibes from the late 80s when I was a young boy. Thank you for the memories.
I was addicted to this game. I used to wake up early and finish this game before class. Thanks for bringing back those great memories.
I actually enjoyed playing this game. It was decent for the time. Loved the music, how faithful it is to the movies and the graphics. Hated the last level though. Took so many tries.
There's a typhoon going on, and Daniel is stopping every 50 feet or so, to play mini games!
Focus Daniel. The flies aren't important right now
I remember wanting to like this game so bad in my childhood and hating every second of it.
I wish Cobra Kai would show the flashback where Daniel is being assaulted by an army during a hurricane, and them he stops by the dock and changes his clothes in order to practice his Drum Technique with the hammer blade of doom.
Presumably ending with his wife calling bullshit on the whole thing before reaching for more wine.
In the 1980s and 1990s, purchasing a new Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) or Super Nintendo Entertainment System (SNES) game was a unique and memorable experience. The physical game box, still wrapped in its original packaging, held a tangible sense of excitement and anticipation. This tactile experience, now largely replaced by digital downloads, is fondly remembered by many gamers.
Agreed 100%
If you're not AI, you're one really weird dude. Nobody on planet Earth talks like that RoboDrone😊
We also had no clue if the game was good or not as the majority of the games sucked.
@dominicpaul1 The fact that you find people with an expanded vocabulary weird says a lot about you.
My dad used to take me to rent a new game every week from video 99 or blockbuster I miss those days
This game was one of my fav back then too
The 9ft referee is the spotlight in the tournament, what a monster.
That's a Pre-Hogwarts Hagrid right there
This game gets too hard for the playthrough of exactly 12 minutes: and 09 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!
That flying hammer was a nightmare.
I like how you basically run around Okinawa kicking everyone in the face or balls. It has been forever since I played this.
The only thing I miss from these Karate Kid NES playthroughs is when Daniel fails to break even one ice block on the Ice Block Break.
Typhoon level was the end of the game for most of us
Yeah, in the movie, Daniel never had backwards-flying birds and debris constantly hitting him in the face.
This game was the Great Value version of Double Dragon 🐉
AVGN: It's like coming out of a brutal fight, being the winner, but achieving nothing for all your troubles, just a bunch of bloody bruises and broken bones. It's just not worth it. And so began the AVGN's 15-year quest to review all LJN games, which came to an end last Christmas.
I totally LOVED this game. I used to be so good at it, but these days, not so much. I HATED the Swinging Hammer bonus stage.
TBH, this is one of LJN's best during the NES days. Atlus is definitely a great company given they were responsible for developing this game.
Looks like the whole island is after Daniel San…also he’s pretty ruthless towards those poor birds
a poor ending for a hard game
Classic LJN and enemies tossing themselves into the drink. Never gets old.
LJN is a publisher
@@reenthemonkaS Ok buddy one more time. You have a printing press. I pay you to publish a book. Are you reading it to make sure its good, or are you taking the money and printing the book?
Rented this one a few times. ❤️👍😎 cross between Rambo and kung fu.
Bring back memories
LJN is the worst Company For video games
their game was hard to play
You must watch Angry video game nerd too
@@forshootsandgigglesGen-Xers already knew LJN sucked since the 80's. AVGN only relayed a known fact to the kiddies who weren't born yet.
Laughing Joking Numnuts
Akklaim was awful too
Gotta love how it's called *_"Karate Kid"_* but it's _clearly_ based on the 2nd movie. I mean, it starts of at the karate tournament (just like the movie), then you're in Okinawa (just like the movie) and you fight the final boss at a bon odori festival (Just. Like. The movie!).
Isn't the catching flies with chopsticks from the first movie though? Plus the fighting in the tournament was from the first movie
@@danielmoore8695 yes. Stage 1 is based on the epilogue of Karate Kid 1. Of course the game skips when Mr. Miyagi humiliates Kreese and teaches Daniel a crucial lesson - "For a person with no forgiveness in his heart, living is a far worse punishment than death".
I haven’t played this since around 1990. Unfortunately I never completed the game. Brings back so many memories 💙
Man I remember trying to play this as a 8yr old with my 6yr old cousin damn game kept freezing because it was hot so we put it in the freezer good times😂😂
Man the memories 💙
The good old days 👍
This game is so much nostalgic for me, cose it was the third cartridge that i had in my early like as a kid gamer. First Super Mario, of course, second Ye Ar Kung Fu and Karate Kid was the third. And man, since i used to play it daily, i was quite good on it, even in the minigames. I wasnt only good, i used to play beautifully it. Every pice of background brings me a feel of nostalgia hard to explain.
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playing this game you'll find out: one minute its easy as hell. the next second its the toughest game ever made! 🤣
Woof, this is a real bad one. It was among the first games I ever rented, I beat it the night I brought it home, and it never got rented again. You're 100% correct about progress being based on the luck of the draw (or where and how enemies regenerate). I was only vaguely aware of the movie through the osmosis of pop culture, but I guess that's all you really needed to understand each and every one of the elements is takes from it. Kung Fu is a timeless classic that is every bit as fun today as it was when it was brand new. This is a waste!
The first sign of trouble was that LJN text on title screen.
Music recycled from nightmare oes, or the other way around.
Very underrated game.
My favorite part in this game is the final fight with Chozen.
When he appears from the right, get Daniel to jump towards him, while mashing the punch button. If Chozen falls off the stage, just re-position Daniel to do it again on Chozen when he returns (and with his health fully restored).
You can do this over and over again, causing plenty of D's to appear. Not to mention this being your chance to emulate Jotaro's iconic move:
*ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORA, ORAAAAA!*
Do not compare me with this trashy game
I had this game when I was 7 I remember my mom buying it for me at the supermarket in Boston I was so happy
Great game back in the day. Really captured the magic of Karate Kid 2. The graphics are what they are. You had to use your imagination back then.
They were basic arcade graphics for the time.
Imagination was needed more with the Pong consoles and their knockoffs, Atari VCS(2600), Intellivision, Vetrex...
Ah yes Chozen with the power to clone himself.
This game was straight up like the game Kung Fu!
Great game plays very similar to Kung Fu but that typhoon stage is hard as nails!👍🕹🎮
"Daniel-San" Huh, I always thought from the movies he was saying Daniel-Son. But searched it and it is actually San=Mr.
_L-J-N!_
_L-J-N!_
_They're the source of all our pain!_
Bonus points to anybody who get the reference.
oh, beginner ruck!
"Mr. Miyagi, what brings you to the Jiggly Room?"
"Quite honestly, the Jiggly!" 😆
Ah, I see you're a man of culture, as well! 👍
@@MusicInMe754 Yessir. Al Bundy for President!
i forgot about the deleted scenes in karate kid 2 when danial-san went to mars
What a horrible game...I hated it as a kid and watching this it still looks bad. Lol You killed it though 👏 💯
I finally beat this game 2 years after its release
I still can’t finish 16 bit Battletoads 30 years after first trying. That hover bike race is insane
This is much harder than it looks
imagine spending 50$ for a game that takes 12 minutes to beat
Conquered this game many times
Nicely done I thought it would be a little longer and a little bit more one-on-one fighting. Like the first challenge
Cool to see this. Missed this one as a kid. Looks too easy though. Cool to see it now.
oh wow I've never seen this game. I bet this is going to be amazing
He’s getting hit constantly but barely taking damage. ??????
The Quarter match opponent should've been either Tommy or Dutch, the semi final match should've been Bobby (despite what went on in the movie) & the final match should've been Johnny Lawrence.
I feel like that would've just made more sense.
I've played this game via an emulator years ago & I bought a used NES last month & I found a used copy of this game yesterday, which I played last night before going to bed.
I got pretty close to the end of level 4, but got knocked into a pit & got a game over.
I found 2/3 of the mini games simple enough, despite failing.
If you guessed that the hammer mini game was the hardest for me...
You are correct.
Imagine if this game would've been based on the original 1984 movie & then came this game, but called The Karate Kid II & then they made a game based on The Karate Kid III for at least the NES & then finally, a Next Karate Kid video game for Super Nintendo & Sega Genesis & maybe even NES as well.
Ah well, at least we'd get a good Karate Kid(-adjacent) game about 30+ years later :3
Never played this but it is good timing since I’m 2 weeks, Cobra Kai comes out for Season 5 on Netflix.
It does?!?
@@freddyvidz you didn’t know that dude?! SERIOUSLY?! It has been all over media posts for a few days.
@@xwf1000v3 I’m not on social media
And the upcoming Cobra Kai 2 game.
The song at beginning still always the best no matter how bad the game was
I never realized it was LISA SIMPSON who Daniel saved in the typhoon!!!
Like how they have him dressed in the same clothes as the movie,as you go through the game, be blessed all in Jesus shalom
Is the bonus stage music supposed to be the song from the ice breaking scene? lol
I love this game!
Hes been playing this since 1985.
Ah yes, I remember the scene in Karate Kid Part 2 when Daniel is attacked by birds during the storm
Used to play this. Kirby adventures. RBI baseball. (Black cartridge) final fantasy 1. Robocop. Star tropics. Super mario 3. This racing game with red car I can't think of. Yes all rare games. Played at my grandma's house late 90s. Sad part of my story is I sold all these games and now I see their worth and it sucks
i remember renting this game and passing it that same night!
Good times!
12 Minutes of entertainment. Games like this were the ones that were a waste of $50 "Buying" and also a waste of $3 to "Rent" them.
How *The Karate Kid* (NES) should've been made:
• Make all three games each based on Parts I, II & III.
• Faithfully reenact every scene 8-bit style.
• Have Nariyoshi Miyagi playable in some missions, and as a cheat code.
• Develop it as an Action-Adventure RPG that plays like a cross between *Final Fantasy* (during story-adventure sequences) and *Renegade* (during batter-encounter sequences).
ATLUS developed this game and they’ve been owned by SEGA since 2013, is that about right?
PUT EM IN A BODY BAG😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
8 Bit Music sounds more intense than the movies soundtrack itself… which had moments of extreme intensity! 😂
Daniel got them knife boots
I Love classic Nintendo
I enjoy most nintendo games
its 1991-1992. you're in 3rd or 4th grade. you come home from school. its friday. you have a sleep over planned with your best friend. yall pick up your friend from friend's house. your mom takes yall to the cheaper game rental place called video+. you rent karate kid on NES for a dollar. you go home, eat dinner and play KK until you pass out. the next morning mom takes you to the neighborhood country club called curitan's. yall swim all day and look at girls in their bikinis. you dont know yet how much women are a pain in the ass yet. mom picks yall up around 2 or 3pm, you go get godfather's pizza. you go home, bathe, eat pizza and play KK while listening to the new alice in chains until you pass out. life will never get better than this weekend.
There's something so endearing and relaxing about that 8-BIT music, however, this game looks WAAAAAAY too easy.
Chozen wasn't that easy in the movie at all, that did not qualify as a boss battle to me.
THE KARATE KID RATED PG
THE KARATE KID RATED PG
@@anandguruji83 off away
Thanks
Im convinced that for every World of Warcraft kid that tried to shove his controller YOU KNOW WHERE out of anger...theres 2 from Karate Kid.
I’ll always remember this series because I had a “Mandela Effect” where I remember the ending where him and his girlfriend in part 2 are running and get shot and die. They were running from the “bad guys” and they are holding hands and die together. And as the movie ends the camera pans away upwards…. Any answers???
Daniel- San? Lol😂
One I never saw this when I was a kid. Damn. And people ragging on it know it said 1987 right? Has way more in it then kung fu that I played. Though ya obviously similar it was the 80s!! Lol
AVGN: well, let me be honest with you about this one, oh boy! I hate this game!
Also AVGN: *_"This game is ASS!"_*
@@Dorian_Scott Lol 😂
This one takes me back. I've actually beaten it, but I could never understand how to do the bonus stages
I watched Cobra Kai...which means as Daniel is doing this nonsense, Johnny was hooking up with Diora Baird. Johnny wins
I love the classic movies.
It's crazy how much time I spent on these stupid games, when you see now that there's about 10 minutes of actual content when you play it through.
I beat this game once about 30 years ago and never played it since. This has got to be the hardest game I've ever beaten.
Just watching it again years later brings back all that stress.
All you have to do to "win" is spam the crane kick over and over.
I go to the NES SNES GBA Buy Buff Bay Portland Jamaica 🇯🇲 😊 go playing game.
Jimmy
I was 6 yrs old when this came out. I swear i thought it was the coolest shyt ever....Maybe jusr because it was the game to one of my favorite movies.