Arcade Longplay [082] Karnovs Revenge - Fighters History Dynamite

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• Arcade
• MAME
• NeoGeo
• CPS
• game
• video
• walkthrough
• speedrun
• longplay
• Karnov
• Revenge
• Fighter
• History
• Dynamite

[MHMemeDoubleYourFun]

@ghidorahlaptop 1984 Karate Champ + 1985 Yie Ar Kung-Fu + Brian Jacks Uchi Mata = SF1

SF1 + Galactic Warriors arcade + a touch of Street Smart = SFII

It isn't a 'direct copy' (as Capcom argued), but a tribute to Capcom's masterpiece - a congratulatory rendition of a genre that was perfected by SFII, yet omnipresent since the heyday of Yie Ar Kung Fu. It was really low of Capcom to try to claim the entire genre as their own - and try to sponge poor old Data East for a few notes in the process.

[MHMemeDoubleYourFun]

@ZeoSilver Actually, most gamers outside of Japan don't look deep enough to see some originality inside these fighting games. For the Fighter's History series, it was the first to feature a special visitor from another game, which is Karnov (before SNK added Ryo Sakazaki to Fatal Fury Special, and Akuma in X-Men: CotA). It also featured a weak point system and some characters that correctly speak their native languages.

[TheBlackStar999]

@timhomer2009 MATLOCKKKKK!!!!

[MHMemeDoubleYourFun]

@Boonehams This was even before Ryo Sakazaki appeared in Fatal Fury Special (who gave the idea of the KOF franchise) and Gouki / Akuma appeared in X-MEN: Children of the Atom (who gave the idea of the X VS. Capcom franchise).

[MHMemeDoubleYourFun]

@muesproductions Find the instruction booklet and read its plot pages.

[MHMemeDoubleYourFun]

@AJ15ist Being innovative isn't always necessary, it's mainly enjoyable quality that matters. Data East had to develop their titles as damn good as possible.

Data East actually filed for bankruptcy because of the world economy, the same cause of the bankruptcies of Toaplan (scattered into splinter companies), Technos Japan (resurrected as Million Co. Ltd.), SNK (resurrected as Playmore then renamed SNK Playmore), ADK (merged into SNK Playmore), Video System, TAD, Kaneko, SETA, UPL and Cing.

[MHMemeDoubleYourFun]

@SonnyAMan It wasn't a failure, it was an out-and-out success, despite the court controversy.

Data East was wanting to do the same kind of thing Namco did with Tekken in competing against Virtua Fighter.

[Lyg0philia]

@MHMemeDoubleYourFun This is what I've been trying to tell some of these fanboys/girls for quite some time. Unfortuately, they can't be reasoned with.

[chistophersaylor]

I like how the zebras are just chilling there with the lion.

[MHMemeDoubleYourFun]

@ThaStylec There's already some Ken and Chun-Li look-alikes in pre-Street Fighter II fighting games.

[MHMemeDoubleYourFun]

@MasterO2 They are similar, because they were created by the same person, who also created Irem's Moon Patrol and Kung-Fu Master arcades, the first Street Fighter, the Neo-Geo MVS and AES, some late-80s SNK titles and early Neo-Geo titles, and founded Dimps who developed The Rumble Fish 1 and 2 for Sammy.

Saying Ryo Sakazaki is a rip-off of Ryu is like saying that Mickey Mouse is a rip-off of Oswald the Lucky Rabbit.