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.
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.
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.
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.
@@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?
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
They were basic arcade graphics for the time. Imagination was needed more with the Pong consoles and their knockoffs, Atari VCS(2600), Intellivision, Vetrex...
I remember this game. When I would fail the bonus stage i always felt that i needed to be more like daniel san and had to tap into my inner karate power hidden deep inside to overcome the challenge
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.
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!
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😂😂
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).
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.
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.
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.
“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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
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?
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
The 9ft referee is the spotlight in the tournament, what a monster.
That's a Pre-Hogwarts Hagrid right there
Bought this game with my own money as a kid. I was so excited. Loved using the NES Max controller for it. Good times.
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.
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?
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.
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 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.
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.
❤❤❤
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.
I haven’t played this since around 1990. Unfortunately I never completed the game. Brings back so many memories 💙
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.
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...
i remember renting this game and passing it that same night!
Good times!
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.
I remember wanting to like this game so bad in my childhood and hating every second of it.
Conquered this game many times
"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!
Great game plays very similar to Kung Fu but that typhoon stage is hard as nails!👍🕹🎮
This game was the Great Value version of Double Dragon 🐉
That swinging axe scene was brilliant daniel son you oright
What a complete bad ass fighting in a typhoon
Cool to see this. Missed this one as a kid. Looks too easy though. Cool to see it now.
This game DEFINITELY needed to be longer and to actually have a plot, I was shocked to learn there were only four levels to this game.
Man, those "The End" endings always bring a tear to my eye.
That flying hammer was a nightmare.
oh wow I've never seen this game. I bet this is going to be amazing
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 game was so fun as a kid. Good memories
I love the classic movies.
The song at beginning still always the best no matter how bad the game was
I miss my childhood this was the best
Rented this one a few times. ❤️👍😎 cross between Rambo and kung fu.
Looks like the whole island is after Daniel San…also he’s pretty ruthless towards those poor birds
Ah yes, I remember the scene in Karate Kid Part 2 when Daniel is attacked by birds during the storm
Nicely done I thought it would be a little longer and a little bit more one-on-one fighting. Like the first challenge
I like how you basically run around Okinawa kicking everyone in the face or balls. It has been forever since I played this.
I love this game!
This one takes me back. I've actually beaten it, but I could never understand how to do the bonus stages
I remember this game. When I would fail the bonus stage i always felt that i needed to be more like daniel san and had to tap into my inner karate power hidden deep inside to overcome the challenge
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.
Chozen defeated with the crane kick. Never fails.
I remember this like it was yesterday! I also defeated the game but not as good as-in this video but I totally remember miyagi speaking at the end.
That kick though ❤
Rocks that roll uphill and downhill..
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
Daniel got them knife boots
Ah well, at least we'd get a good Karate Kid(-adjacent) game about 30+ years later :3
I never realized it was LISA SIMPSON who Daniel saved in the typhoon!!!
This was actually one of LJN's better games on the NES👍
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.
I HAD KARATE KID BEFORE TOO AND IT WAS FUN TOO
Tournament rounds are very reminiscent of the arcade game Karate Champ!
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.
8 Bit Music sounds more intense than the movies soundtrack itself… which had moments of extreme intensity! 😂
I love the old school idea of a "map" 😂
Bring back memories
This is much harder than it looks
Is the bonus stage music supposed to be the song from the ice breaking scene? lol
That ref was huge!
The good old days 👍
Man the memories 💙
I never got passed the tournament screen didn’t know there was more
I enjoy most nintendo games
Daniel- San? Lol😂
Very underrated game.
One of the hardest Nintendo games ever.
This game drove me crazy
Boot to the head, boot to the head.
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!
I Love classic Nintendo
The first sign of trouble was that LJN text on title screen.
Ah yes Chozen with the power to clone himself.
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😂😂
I see why 80s and 90s kids prefered to play outside
_L-J-N!_
_L-J-N!_
_They're the source of all our pain!_
Bonus points to anybody who get the reference.
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.
Front kick….got it!
i forgot about the deleted scenes in karate kid 2 when danial-san went to mars
kicking butt... and taking names.
playing this game you'll find out: one minute its easy as hell. the next second its the toughest game ever made! 🤣
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.
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).
This game was straight up like the game Kung Fu!
oh, beginner ruck!
What were they thinking?
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.
The Movie Is Now The The Video Game For Your Nintendo Entertainment System!
THE KARATE KID!
From LJN!
Took me from 87 to 89 to do what this guy just did in 12 minutes 😁