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Duel of the games 6! Exploding Fist vs IK

JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
edited November 2007 in Games
It's a great idea this "duel of the games" series. Here another one:

The way of the Exploding Fist vs International Karate.

What dou you think?
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  • chop983chop983
    edited November 2007
    Fist all the way, errm.:eek:
  • Ian HamiltonIan Hamilton
    edited November 2007
    The Way Of The Exploding Fist, naturally. However, if you had put it up against Sai Combat, it would have been a far tougher choice. :)

    Necros.
  • Bluce_ReeBluce_Ree
    edited November 2007
    Fist is much much better.

    IK+ is boring and the subgame with the balls becomes a massive chore. also after a while you stop ranking up.
  • zxspecticlezxspecticle
    edited November 2007
    Fist was great but this is one occasion that we'll have to admit the C64 version was better!

    I'd have never admitted it at the time however.
  • mermanmerman
    edited November 2007
    In Spectrum terms, Fist is the better game.

    If we're talking in general, then IK+ is the best karate game.
  • KleptoKlepto
    edited November 2007
    Bluce_Ree wrote: »
    Fist is much much better.

    IK+ is boring and the subgame with the balls becomes a massive chore. also after a while you stop ranking up.

    I could be wrong here. But isn't IK+ the one with the subgame with balls? The game referred to in this poll is just International Karate. Did this game have balls?! I only really became familiar with IK+ on the Amiga. Which by the way was awesome. Anyway, it's all sounds like a load of balls to me anyway...
  • [FOAD]Iron[FOAD]Iron
    edited November 2007
    Bluce_Ree wrote: »
    Fist is much much better.

    IK+ is boring and the subgame with the balls becomes a massive chore. also after a while you stop ranking up.

    Good on the Amiga, mind.
  • sirclive1sirclive1
    edited November 2007
    Fist by a mile (and released a lot sooner than ik+)
  • RickardRickard
    edited November 2007
    Exploding Fist! So early, and still with such great graphics and SOUND! On the 48k. Great!
  • Ragged_SapperRagged_Sapper
    edited November 2007
    voted for fist,but i did like the way on ik+ you could make the opponents trousers fall down to get a slight advantage
  • rich_chandlerrich_chandler
    edited November 2007
    Fist was awesome.
    I wanna tell you a story 'bout a woman I know...
  • KleptoKlepto
    edited November 2007
    Ok, I am confused here. So is "International Karate" the same game as IK+? I thought International Karate was an older game and didn't have the subgame with the balls. I would have a play of each but I am at work. I used to play IK+ on the Amiga and it had the flying balls and the exploding bombs subgames.
  • NickHNickH
    edited November 2007
    Short-term, IK+ is the better game. But, as the sub-game just gets in the way of things once you've played it for ages, then Fist is the better game.
  • NickHNickH
    edited November 2007
    Klepto wrote: »
    Ok, I am confused here. So is "International Karate" the same game as IK+?

    Two different games. For a start, IK+ had *three* on-screen fighters.
  • KleptoKlepto
    edited November 2007
    I think the game we are meant to be comparing Fist to in this thread is just International Karate not IK+. I think most people here didn't realize that.
  • NickHNickH
    edited November 2007
    Klepto wrote: »
    I think the game we are meant to be comparing Fist to in this thread is just International Karate not IK+. I think most people here didn't realize that.

    D'oh... god knows why I read it as Fist vs IK+....
  • NickHNickH
    edited November 2007
    zxspecticle wrote: »
    Fist was great but this is one occasion that we'll have to admit the C64 version was better!

    Why? What are we missing?
  • Matt_BMatt_B
    edited November 2007
    NickH wrote: »
    Why? What are we missing?

    There doesn't seem to be sub-standard about the gameplay of the Spectrum version. The C64 version has a better soundtrack and more colourful (but blockier) graphics perhaps, but that seems to be about the extent of it.
  • KleptoKlepto
    edited November 2007
    NickH wrote: »
    D'oh... god knows why I read it as Fist vs IK+....

    Maybe it's because IK+ is a lot better than International Karate?
  • zxspecticlezxspecticle
    edited November 2007
    NickH wrote: »
    Why? What are we missing?

    Wasn?t there an extra move and a bonus section in the C64 version? - I might be thinking of another game.

    I just remember playing with my mates C64 version and definitely feeling that my Spectrum version was slightly inferior.
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