Yie Ar Kung-Fu 2, piss-poor C64 sequel to a classic.

ZEUSDAZ · 06 May 2022, 19:02

Such a great prequel, not such a good C64 sequel ?
Finally it has made It's way into the vault of shitness thanks to Requester and youtuber "Nelli", enjoy the review! ?

Yie Ar Kung-Fu 2 "Shit Game Time" Review: [ Show youtube player ]

This past Tuesday's edition of Shit Game Time, Aspar GP Master (C64): [ Show youtube player ]

Anubis · 06 May 2022, 19:25

turrican3 · 06 May 2022, 22:00

I had it on the msx and it was a good game.
Don't know if it still good on the c64.

Adropac2 · 06 May 2022, 22:47

I couldn't honestly say given my memory could be a little hazy but I do remember liking it it once. Weather or not I played it long enough to know is always the question though. Quite polished though

This seems to indicate it's not broken at least in terms of controls

[ Show youtube player ]

HardyTC · 11 May 2022, 21:43

I remember this game, as a kid I played it on my brother's C64 on some bootleg tape cassette, I never beat the second boss. Haha.

Seiya · 12 May 2022, 12:50

The C64 version is damn difficult, but any other aspect of this game is very good. This game, sorry, it is not shit game. Maybe could be it from difficult point of view, but i played also at any other version and it is a very difficult game.

DanScott · 12 May 2022, 13:55

The coder of this dropped dead of a heart attack a few years ago in my friends kitchen one morning!

Anubis · 12 May 2022, 15:01

This a joke or a fact?

DanScott · 12 May 2022, 18:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by Anubis

This a joke or a fact?

It's a fact!

Tigerskunk · 13 May 2022, 08:25

Quote:

Originally Posted by DanScott

The coder of this dropped dead of a heart attack a few years ago in my friends kitchen one morning!

Woah. Crazy shit. Must have felt horrible back then. What was his name?

I was kind of disappointed by the game since I was huge fan of the arcade original, but I still bought it and played it a lot.

The music is amazing, and coding wise it's very well done, imo.
It's just not a good game.

It's a sequel to the weird NES version of YAKF, which deviates a lot from the arcade original already. Which explains why this game is so different to the first YAKF on the C64.

Anyway, I still kind of liked it back in the day. The biggest pro it had going for it were the enemies, which had some very interesting designs, imo.

The huge problem of the game is its lame game play and non intuitive control scheme.

Would almost love to take the game's assets, and create a good 8-Bit-Fighter with it.

d4rk3lf · 13 May 2022, 10:01

Same as many guys above, I also remember this game, and I also didn't thought back then it was that bad.

Sure, original YAKF was way better, and more fun to play, bu t this one, even it's not worthy successor, was still not a bad game.

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06 May 2022, 19:25	#2
Anubis Retro Gamer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Underworld Age: 51 Posts: 4,058

06 May 2022, 22:00	#3
turrican3 Moon 1969 = amiga 1985 Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: belgium Age: 48 Posts: 3,913	I had it on the msx and it was a good game. Don't know if it still good on the c64.

06 May 2022, 22:47	#4
Adropac2 Zone Friend Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Kent Age: 51 Posts: 1,056	I couldn't honestly say given my memory could be a little hazy but I do remember liking it it once. Weather or not I played it long enough to know is always the question though. Quite polished though This seems to indicate it's not broken at least in terms of controls [ Show youtube player ]

11 May 2022, 21:43	#5
HardyTC Registered User Join Date: May 2022 Location: Worksop Posts: 11	I remember this game, as a kid I played it on my brother's C64 on some bootleg tape cassette, I never beat the second boss. Haha.

12 May 2022, 12:50	#6
Seiya Registered User Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: Italy Posts: 2,342	The C64 version is damn difficult, but any other aspect of this game is very good. This game, sorry, it is not shit game. Maybe could be it from difficult point of view, but i played also at any other version and it is a very difficult game.

12 May 2022, 13:55	#7
DanScott Lemon. / Core Design Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Tier 5 Posts: 1,211	The coder of this dropped dead of a heart attack a few years ago in my friends kitchen one morning!

12 May 2022, 15:01	#8
Anubis Retro Gamer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Underworld Age: 51 Posts: 4,058	This a joke or a fact?

13 May 2022, 10:01	#11
d4rk3lf Registered User Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Novi Sad, Serbia Posts: 1,645	Same as many guys above, I also remember this game, and I also didn't thought back then it was that bad. Sure, original YAKF was way better, and more fun to play, bu t this one, even it's not worthy successor, was still not a bad game.

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