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The mother of all battles: One on One vs Kung-Fu Master ;-)

JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
edited November 2007 in Games
And now, two of the worst Spectrum games ever...

... ONE ON ONE and KUNG-FU MASTER !!! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Which do you think is the worst?

For me, it's very difficult to choose one... I can't :-D
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  • psj3809psj3809
    edited November 2007
    Havent played one on one but Kung Fu Master was very very disappointing to me. In our local town at the bowling alley this was the ONE arcade game back in the 80's in town ! Spent tons on that machine, so when Kung Fu Master was coming out on the Speccy i had to buy it. Talk about disappointing, totally gutted as i sooooo wanted it to be good and try as i might to try to like it it was just terrible. One of the worst arcade conversions for the Speccy along with Jackal, Jailbreak and Nemesis.
  • JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
    edited November 2007
    psj3809 wrote: »
    One of the worst arcade conversions for the Speccy along with Jackal, Jailbreak and Nemesis.

    Bad conversions... it deserves a new thread
  • SokurahSokurah
    Well, Retro Gamer Magazine doesn't agree (issue 140. March 2015). @-)

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    My games for the Spectrum: Dingo, The Speccies, The Speccies 2, Vallation, SQIJ.
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  • dm_boozefreekdm_boozefreek
    Is that a wind up? It's gotta be? :))
    Every night is curry night!
  • JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
    edited March 2017
    'The game looks and feels very similar to the arcade original...'

    Is it 1st april today?
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  • SokurahSokurah
    JuanF. Ramirez wrote: »
    'The game looks and feels very similar to the arcade original...'

    Is it 1st april today?
    It IS.
    ...it's just coming around a bit early this time. ;)

    Website: Tardis Remakes / Mostly remakes of Arcade and ZX Spectrum games.
    My games for the Spectrum: Dingo, The Speccies, The Speccies 2, Vallation, SQIJ.
    Twitter: Sokurah
  • JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
    edited March 2017
    This guy was the author of the review. It explains it all...

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  • WhenIWasCruelWhenIWasCruel
    "U.S. Gold paid for a good review".

    Great duel between One On One and Kung Fu Master.

    One On One is at least vaguely playable.
    1987 ZX reviews
  • RobeeeJayRobeeeJay
    edited March 2017
    Sokurah wrote: »
    Well, Retro Gamer Magazine doesn't agree (issue 140. March 2015). @-)

    I loved the arcade game as a kid (I still do, although now I can at least loop the levels once) and I remember being totally shocked how bad this was.

    Time to boot it up again and see if this was just expecting too much or not...


    OMG it's still terrible!!!11!11!one!one11oneeleven


    Does anybody know anyone at Retro Gamer that can find out who wrote that and ask them to explain it? Were they not born when Kung Fu Master came out and wrote the above based entirely on the screenshots?? The only thing I can think of is their words were written for the C64 version, which actually has music that sounds like the arcade (rather than whatever it is the Speccy version is supposed to sound like) and graphics which are a tiny bit squashed.

    Actually now the more I think about it, the more likely that seems.
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  • Alessandro GrussuAlessandro Grussu
    At least Kung.Fu Master is somehow reminiscent of the coin-op. A mediocre conversion surely, but there is much, much worse around in my opinion (Jackal and Nemesis are OK, and pure gold when confronted with the likes of the horrors linked there).

    One On One is just crud.
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  • NickNick
    Kung Fu Master on the is at least more playable than One On One, but then I could just favour KFM as I managed to get further on the Spectrum version than the arcade original.
  • NickNick
    That post was meant to start "Kung Fu Master on the Spectrum".
  • ivanb303ivanb303
    I remember playing One on One on a friend's C64 and having a a great time mind you it was a loooong time ago. Hence I remember being excited about getting it on the Spectrum. Boy was I disappointed!
  • JuanF. RamirezJuanF. Ramirez
    ivanb303 wrote: »
    I remember playing One on One on a friend's C64 and having a a great time mind you it was a loooong time ago. Hence I remember being excited about getting it on the Spectrum. Boy was I disappointed!

    EXACTLY the same here. Playing this game for the first time on the Spectrum was one of the most dissapointing things about speccy it happened to me.

  • RetrobrothersRetrobrothers
    Kung Fu Master on the Speccy was a massive pile of dreck. Inexcusable really.
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