Kung Fu (NES) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- A playthrough of Nintendo's 1985 game for the NES, Kung Fu.
For the full review, compete with screenshot gallery and soundtrack, check out my write-up at www.nintendocom...
Played through one loop each of the 1-player Type A and Type B game modes.
Kung Fu, Irem's classic 1984 arcade title, arrived for the NES launch (alongside Irem's 1983 coin-op 10 Yard Fight) courtesy of Nintendo, compete with black box plastered with pixel art. It's an extremely simplistic, incredibly addictive beat 'em up based on the old Jackie Chan flick (Meals on Wheels) that, despite looking significantly worse in the downgrade to the NES, retains every ounce of its playability in the conversion.
It was followed up by a couple of games - Vigilante (1988 - arcade, SMS, TG16) was a direct sequel, and the Japanese Famicom received its own exclusive sequel (1991- Spartan X 2). There was also a Game Boy exclusive entry in Irem's 1990 Kung Fu Master. There was a sequel developed before Vigilante, but it was shelved. A prototype of it has been found and dumped, but the dumps were never given to the MAME team for incorporation for whatever reason.
Kung Fu, Kung Fu Master, Spartan X - whatever you want to call it, is a great game, and though badly dated now, was a revolutionary step forward for its time.
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Man this takes me back to the good old days when things were simple
Takes you back? I'm still there!
I have a working NES and this cartridge.
@Katakuri you can't get any more nostalgic.
If you told me that playing SMB on the wii or mariomaker wasn't nostalgic, I'd buy that. But to play it on its original system, on a CRT television... is as nostalgic as it gets my friend.
@Katakuri understood.
used to kick ass w this game
yes 🙌🏽 no fucking lockdown no environment goverment
"Wah wah wah wah wah wah wah!" that laugh haunted my childhood.
Exactly
That’s what set me off as a kid,even when I think about it still irritates me!!🤬lol
Ha ha ha ha ha hau....
2:12
I remember even my parents would play this when I was young!! It was like a family thing to play this game! It was awesome!
Yes, we all played,my father was really hooked to this game 😂. Now he can't read mobile notifications while he's in a phone call 😅.
Best game ever. Im 42. Good memories. Simple life.
I remember playing it on Commodore 64, where the joystick only had 1 button. You had to actually press the spacebar to toggle between punches and kicks. Which was like the dumbest thing ever.
I’m 45 from Mexico and remember this was the first videogame I played, I did it on a custom made arcade machine located in a grocery store, as you said, good memories
Those original NES games in the black boxes were the best
@@diego20518 1982 here
I love each level's top baddies.
1: Stick guy
2: Boomerang guy
3: Fat Black dude in wife beater
4: Medieval wizard
5: Young David Carradine in a vest.
and when they do beat you up, they emit the same laughter---eh, heh, heh, heh, heh!
All it would take is one fat guy on a chair with a revolver and it's game over lol
😂😂😂😂😂@@chrismill5303
lmao fat black dude in wife beater
I distinctly remember less ads when I played this as a kid.
This is the EA version
Realty man
😂😂😂
The longest 12 minutes of my life as a kid.
Don Gordito It seemed so much longer back then:)
🤣😂very true
so long, and so hard to play. Lol
More like,... I never got to the end! On to Ninja Gaiden, and TMNT.
Por pendejo
Aaah the memories.I still remember playing this game 34 years ago back in 1985.Although at that time a guy who could get past round 1 was a champion and here in this video you are dominating it!
Haha. Love it!
I remember that to 😃.
Those were the best childhood days 👍
Me too 😊
Childhood memory unlocked. As much of a Mario-head as I was as a kid, I absolutely LOVED Kung Fu. Such a trip to see it again.
This game was great. As simple as it as, it still captured my attention and I loved playing it. The
Memories
In my old cassete of 50 games, this game was called spartan.
Spartan X
Spartan X 2 was better
Hell yeah but beatable
Actually, this game should've been called "Spartan X" because some of the things in this game has Greek related
Kung fu máster, it's called in my country.
Why did this game seem so much longer as a kid?!?!
Cause we kept losing lol, very hard game
it was harder thats why
Well sticking It in the freezer and all kinds of Tricks to get It going was half the battle lol
I just got this today. The second level is kicking my ass!
@@Cybo-Man
The third stage boss was the one I always had problems with. I remember using the jump kick on him a lot.
I remember playing this as a kid. Just hitting me now that its only 5 levels 😂😂
I think I got past level 3 only once.
@@22steve5150 WHAT? HOW? I was a kid and getting through all 5 levels without losing any power at all. You must not have been very good at games.
@@Danimal77 show off
@@Danimal77Fake news.. video, or it didn't happen!
It does look easy now. But I was a beast at Nintendo games as a kid and I don’t remember beating this game yet now sure it looks super easy. Depends on age and people saying they beat it at 6 either are lying or just lying to themselves and was prob more like 10 or more.
I often played it with best friend in childhood every Sat.. the sound,the moves, everything bring back sweet friendship and primiary school memory...
Takes me back to being 6 years old, thank you for this video and the walk back through memory lane... things were so much easier back then...
Can’t believe that was 12 mins I never finished it as a kid 🤣🤣🤷🏽♂️
Same here bro. I can't go anywhere more than level 3.
Legit, level 4 was my max 🤦🏾♂️
Actually it’s only 6 minutes long lol
@@lflagr thats even worse 🤦🏾♂️😫😂
same it was hard when i was a kid 😂
I always loved the sound design in this game. Its great! When I first saw Super Mario Bros. I was blown away. The second game I played on NES was this. I saw what 8bit beat em up style looked like. My first experience of a 'beat the crap out of someone' game. Then I discovered Double Dragon at the arcade. Thank you Kung Fu🤘🌴
The NES version had the sound and music re-arranged by Koji Kondo. This explains why when Thomas was hit with a knife, it sounds like Link getting hit in Zelda II. The bosses laughing when they kill you are the same as Ganon laughing in Zelda II or Bald Bull or Soda Popinski laughing in Punch-Out!!
I used to skip school, use my dinner money just to play it at my local arcade. I was the best at the time and will always pull a huge crowd just to watch me finish it. Thanks.
Man what? This was one of my all time favorite games. I played this when I was a kid until it unfortunately would not play anymore. I would play this game now if I had it.
What an awesome game!
Even today it holds a special place in our hearts...
@@dynastymusou8906 yang
De ouf
This was a big part of my child hood
This game is a gem. Just think of how many doors it opened back then. Best yet, it's still fun to play.
It’s amazing how hard this game seemed as a kid.
Oh well, Still better than the GTA games on PS2, thats for freaking sure! I was so sick of dying too quickly and failing shit too much and having NPC's not listen to me in GTA 3!
Dang, the playthrough made this look easy, when this game is actually very hard.
Best Game Ever, Im now 40, Good Memories...
So many memories as a kid. The boss fights were so frightening lol.
I just noticed this now that there are only 5 levels . Seemed
much longer when I was a kid.
This game was hard af
No it wasn't. I mastered it when I was 8 years old. Double Dragon was MUCH harder, but even that was easy after a few plays.
True, batman, rush and attack, and this game was a fucking nightmare to play. Anyone wo says otherwise is a big fat liar.
Angoto kelez don't be so dramatic, they were hard but some practice and persistence are enough to beat them, otherwise you just suck
@@tekkenfan01 didn't say it was unbeatable, i said it was hard.
Angoto kelez fair
I always called the girl "Saliva." The bee stage is pretty easy once you know the pattern - you can run through it without pausing to hit the bees. But that hunchback still gets me to this day.
Lol Salvia Sylvia drippin Saliva.
Wowm...just goosebumbs...we coulndt afford a nitendo back in the day as a kid...so i always played at friends house....same when nintendo 64 came out.....man...this game i played by my italian friend..sebastiano sepp...he n i played this game after school..every day!!!thnx 4 the upload...i forgot this amazing time🤗🤗❤
Anyone else a huge fan of how Mr. X laughs like Soda Popinski?
The game gets harder once you get to the third loop
Yeah, I've played it up to 15 before. The difficulty level does stop increasing after awhile.
+NintendoComplete What's the difference between game a and b?
+Dj LilRico90 B has more enemies. It's quite a bit harder than A.
do you own a 3DS? There is a game you have to play that Capcom never released for the NES, but finally did for the Virtual Console eShop. It's called 'Dark Void Zero', and it's a good game you'd dig. Check it out on Yotube, but it's worth buying, if still for sale.
I was 4 years sold
The good ol days
12 hours a day of Nintendo 😢
.. were your parents stoned out of their mind or absent in some way?
@@DOSRetroGamer good question
That music I can recognize it miles away.
Old times. 👍
R.I.P DANNY.
MINE LOVE BEST BROTHER, I'M STILL HOLLOW IN MY SOUL
ONE DAY WE WILL PLAY AGAIN ON GODS HOUSE AND MAKE A LOT OF NOISE. 🥀😘❤🙏🕹🎮
Can feel you man, lost my elder brother now I am all alone
This was one of my favorite games as a kid. Really good controls and movements.
Wow! I loved this game and absolutely forgot it even existed until just now.
I said I was only going to watch this for a moment then found it impossible to stop.
Thank you for the the good childhood memories.
For sure. Yep Thanks man.
The little Pygmy guys always jumped and hit me in the head
Tom Tom
If you stand up, he hits your forehead and dies.
@@ClassicTVMan1981X omg
Finally found this game, when I was a kid I could only get to level 2,my cousin brother went till 4 but I never found about the end. I remember the laughter of the villan each time I used to die. Brings back so many memories man.
Oh man! Talk about a trip to memory lane... I played the HECK out of Kung Fu when I was a kid!
This game was hard af. Pissing me off just thinking about being a kid playing this game
I agree.
Fuck yeah it was hard
I remember the very 1st time I got to the final boss and saw that he fought just like my character but better! 😤😤😤😤😂😂😂😂
Outside of the hunchback wizard and certain levels, it wasn't that hard..
I pulled the joystick off the video game pissed off at this game.Temper,Temper🤫
Greatest console game of all time what so ever !!
So much memories ..
Imagine buy a game nowdays that will last for only 12 minutes 😱
Time changes ... for real ..
Yeah that one was a great one too dear 😊
Kinda changed the gamecommunity pretty great also n the games lasted longer than 12 mins lol
👎🏻
6 minutes actually lol
My best friend and I played this so much back in the day. Good times.
WOW.. I’m 45 & Blessed… Thanks for the Flash Back!!!!!!! Wow
This tune has been in my head for (no hyperbole) literally my entire life.
I remember this game from my childhood. Fun times!
'But their happiness does not continue long' because Sylvia was bad girl (not marriage material)
One might argue that Sylvia being a “bad girl” may, in fact, contribute to immense happiness... 😉
Shut up
She is like Peach, gets kidnapped again immidiately after being rescued
Need play with All lifes to the final Boss
you must finish the game without losing a single life otherwise you will keep saving it forever
That laugh 🤣it brings so much memories
I remember playing this Video Game at a Local Game Shop by inserting a coin , which had a Gaming console with controller.
Im 20 today and missing this 🔥
Boss death sound is the best ever 😂
Yeah I used to laugh at it too much 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂👍
Gaaaaaaaa!!!!
Yes, and it would be heard again in an altered form iin Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! and Zelda II: The Adventure of Link.
I want it as a text tone
Good job bud!! I remember playing this when it first came out when I was a kid and I had the hardest time trying to beat it. The older games are harder to beat than newer games.
The little enemy kid jumping at 11:07 was always my favorite twist. It reminded me of the monkey jumping over another monkey in Stage 2 of Circus Charlie NES game. 😄
Man, I'll never forget the many days staying up all night trying to beat this game as a kid....
I remember getting so pumped every time Id make it to the next stage.
And you made it look too easy. Lol.
Just hope you don’t yell and scream like the I rated Gamer Smith
love this game, played 35 yrs ago
Kungfu 2019 edition; sylvia is a strong independent woman that doesnt need a man to save her. Game over
Whats funny is, back when this game came out the game was like 49.99 which in today's money would be more like 85$For a game that can be beaten in about 6 minutes once you got good at the game, lolCan you imagine if you bought a AAA game today for 85 bucks and you beat the game in 6 minutes!!
th-cam.com/video/4g1odV8eqlk/w-d-xo.html Someone made that edition 10 years ago, and it's quite funny.
Loosing the chick before even trying yeah that's how it goes nowadays
Silvya dies on a overdose of heroin!
Sal 🤣🤣🤣🤣you had me there 4 a min.. . But yes, very sad, these ultra-feminists got life & bullsh*it Phucked uP😳
I remember the time I spent on this as a kid and how accomplished I felt when I beat Mr. X and finished the game. 🤣
It was also annoying that the game never ends. I thought same about the legend of kage. But that game ended after 3 rounds of repeating
I loved this game growing up even though I was never good at it
Did you just finish my whole childhood in 12 minutes?!
I remember begging my parents for this game and once I had it I finished it in 10 minutes. I was so angry because how expensive it was at that time. This is when
I discover what a scam was. I cried so much that day. Lesson learned the hard way for a kid
Get real. A lot of people never even beat this game. The ten minute thing would be after investing a decent amount of time into the game to even bother learning it. Especially back in the day.
I remember playing this game in the arcade as a kid. I know when his health gets really low, he starts glowing. I was all excited running back home telling my mom that I made the video game character get the glow just like in the movie The Last Dragon 😂😂😂😂 didn't know at the time it was because his health was low.
For the first time in my life, Mr. X was finally revealed through the help of a Speedrunner. Thanks for making it possible. As a kid back in the old days, I can only imagine Mr. X. Because I can't pass the boss level where you just need to hit the head.
I used to love this game as a kid. It took a lot of practice to get this good at it, but I never did figure out that you could kill the dragons with upright kicks. I tried ducking and punching, which did nothing, so I assumed they were invincible.
Just found out this was actually a Jackie Chan movie tie in, makes this game much better
Can't believe I searched for nes games and found the game which I wanted in the thumbnail. Thanks
Oh the memories
I remember slamming my controller on the ground cause this was so hard and only to know now that it is 5 easy levels 🤦🏽♂️
Right
It was so hard I agree
It's hard for us even today.
One of the first games that was bought for me and one of the first beat'em ups. Hmm,...Mr. X from here should join forces with Mr. X from Streets of Rage.
As a person born early 80s I was into video games early my days because of my cousins at least 7+ years older such memories video games N Acade late 80s to 90s
What a great time this was in my life, nothing but family always around, house was always filled with cousins. Miss those days
In case any of you don't know, I figured out if you crouch and spam the kick attack, the final boss can't hurt you and it takes like 10 seconds to finish him off
Doesn't always work. Sometimes he'll hit you with a jump kick.
This needs to come out for Switch E shop
I bet this game was inspired by The Game of Death..
route51 yes
You’re right
Should Bruce Lee be in this game?
It's actually based off the Jackie Chan movie called Wheels on Meals. Thomas and Sylvia are even the main characters in both of them.
No kidding.
@@mikeycourington2011 Nope. Game Of Death
The happiest memory I had when I was 4 years old after my parents separated.
Oh man nostalgia! This is the one game I liked almost as much as Super mario Bros. Love it.
"But their happiness does not continue long" :V
Bet Silvia was the leader of this evil childhood game
Joguei muito esse "Game"
Ótimas lembranças da minha adolescência!🇧🇷👍🏻
4:23 best laugh EVER
Time to reboot this. An adventure martial arts game would be awesome.
This was the best!!!! Way better than any of the Double Dragon games!!!!!!
And I've always thought this gane was hard when i played at a young age
Thanks for uploading it.
That laugh tho 😂😂
Brings back great memories.
I still have this in my living room...
¡Un súper juego!... ¡Todo un clásico!... 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Man....I remember going to Kohl's Department store to buy this game.
But their happiness does not continue long .. huh??
Stephen Stroud - yeah Silvia goes back to Mr. X
@rob. g This is the most amazing summary! There should be prizes for this sort of thing... 🏆🏅
Or Sylvia is the girlfriend of 1 of the 5 bosses!!! It's probably a meet and greet, hug her and be on his way!
Nostalgia at its finest…I need this game back in my life 😂💯
Amazing, I miss my childhood. Everything was amazing..
I really hate those 3rd level Kids 🤣🤣
Kids??? All this time I thought they were midgets!
3:52 just look how much damaged for just one hit, thats why its a hard game for a kid
I think this game name is
" a joww a joww a joww a joww"
all my whole life
At that time theres no memory card so if we loose have to start from beginning. Thanks for bring this good old memories ..
This was named Spartan on my 8 bit video game. Loved playing nintendo games, school days were so simple and tension free.
Who watching in may 2019
2019 I'm going to beat Kung Fu
Nah. You're probably not.
懐かしいです。！！ファミコンで、よくやりました。！！
This was my favourite game of all time
This game was awesome back then, great memories.