My parents used to drop me off at the arcade with $5. Seemed like I could play forever off that money. This game, Kung Fu Master, and Tron were among my favorites.

The original fighting game. So much nostalgia. I remember playing this at the skating rink in between chasing girls and eating pizza.

Love this game. My Mom used to run a hotel in Ocean Shores Wa. At night, after the office closed, I would get to play in the arcade. We would preload credits into Karate Champ, Ghost and Goblins, Speed Rumbler and BattleZone. I got real good at Karate Champ. Pretty technical fighting game.

The arcade version of Karate Champ takes me back. I can still remember kids crowding around it at the roller skating rink that used to be on West Kimberly Rd in Davenport. It was very popular, at least until they later got Double Dragon and then a couple of years later the 4 player TMNT arcade game! Good times!

Jump kick was my go to finisher move - come at me bro

Patman... I loved this game; it was the first I headed for at my local Aladdin's Castle. This is probably because I was also a huge Karate Kid fan. Thanks for this and all your videos.

I love Karate Champ From Data East and TECHNŌS JAPAN From Japan it's Pretty Sad that Both of the Company's Are Gone But the Arcade Classic Game Will always Be There Forever Thank You PatmanQC!!! 🌟

A PatManQC treat for my Friday!

Karate Champ arcade game along with movie actors/MA practitioners Sonny Chiba and Jackie Chan are my reasons why I took martial arts and still doing it till this day. Excellent video review PatmanQC.

Been a loooong day. Perfect video to unwind and relax with a cold beer. Edit - I only had the NES version and now I’m on the hunt for an emulator to play the good version.

I remember both versions of this game in the arcade cabinets, I was unstoppable at it.

I absolutely love this game! A flying jump kick for a full point, followed by a lunging fist punch to the face, would usually be enough to win the first few rounds.

AWWWW YEAH!!!!!!! I love this game!!! I have played hours of it but never beaten it, it is a true testament of video game skill to those who have. Thank you Patman!

That move cancellation you mentioned was a beast for me. I would use it as a faint to fake out my opponents

EPIC classic game! I played the wheels off the Karate Champ machine at our local arcade during the golden era. Thanks for another awesome video my friend, great stuff indeed!

I remember as a kid at the arcade here when there were rumors where you fight the ref as a final boss at the end, though those rumors were pretty much put to rest.

I'm so glad you did a video on this game. This was my first fighting game I ever played too, and I loved it. Absolutely loved it. A year ago, my daughter had her 9th birthday party at a local arcade/pizza place - and they had a handful of modern games and a couple retro - and lo and behold - sitting dusty and ignored in the corner was my beloved Karate Champ! Unfortunately, having not played one in over thirty years, I apparently had forgotten all the moves and got my but kicked almost immediately - but I still loved it. It's one of the first Arcade Cabs I plan to build for my own Man Cave... Thanks again for a great video! Cheers

Man alive!! Great game. I was on holiday in Kissimmee in adulthood. On a rainy day the family headed to downtown Disney. They had a retro arcade..... I was for a few happy hours....I was 14 again. Fantastic. Thoroughly enjoyed your video. Kudos Sir

Keep ‘em coming. One of the best videogame channels out there. I learned a lot from coming here.

Loved this back in the days of my addiction to arcades and fighting games. There was nothing like it along with Kung Fu Master. Loved the double joystick concept which i'd only seen previously on Battlezone. Still love playing it to this day.

PatMan you're a hero for all this awesome content. I've shared your channel with literally everyone i know

Thanks a lot PatmanQC being born in Cuba it was hard for me to catch up with most of this games, wrestling and pieces o lore. Thanks to channels like yours I am relieving those time frames just like if would have lived there. Thank you. I joined to your patreon it's not much what i can do in the mean time but your work deserves all the help we can afford to give.

Dang, Pat! That was savage! You may not have your digits anymore but I'm glad you still have you sharp mind and silver tongue. Keep up the great work!

Funny how we remember exactly where we first saw/played certain arcade games 😁 I first played this as a kid at a hotel indoor pool arcade, along with Q*Bert and Ninja Gaiden. 😍😍 I was terrible at this game lmao

Your videos give me nostalgia overload, Patman! I guess they would be called, "nostalgiasms!" 😁 Also, your positive attitude is infectious. I'm in such a good mood now, I wish I didn't need to long into work in ten minutes. If not, I would watch some more of your videos this morning, then bust out some of my retro games and actually enjoy my day!

June 1st 1984. The very first day I played Karate Champ. Player vs player. I can still tell you all the controls for the various moves. There was an iOS version once, but after paying for it, it has vanished down a memory hole. Love this game and I always will.

Always a treat to see a new video!

I was terrible at Karate Champ, but could play Yie Ar Kung Fu fairly well. Thanks for sharing this with us, Patman~! Your videos are excellent and I look forward to the next.

I was crazy obsessed with this game. Had to have it for my NES and wanted to beat that bull.

The arcade game was also released under the Arcade Archives version on the Nintendo Switch.

Thanks for this video! I remember not really liking this in the arcade, but I definitely enjoyed some of the games it influenced years later!

I remember my local arcade got Karate Champ and Kung Fu Master at the same time. I think those games may have been the beginning of martial arts games being a thing. You're on a roll, bro. Thanks for the vids!

I enjoy double dragon always but i do miss alot of data east 😢 keep making awesome reviews.rock on.

Karate Champ at first revolutionize the fighting game genre and..in 1991 that changes when Street Fighter II Came out and since then..it changed the whole genre forever...I first played the NES Version of the game..and remembered the announcer itself..like my favorite "Begin.." sound voice.. Another Retrotastic Video, Mr. Patman..and It's Great to have everything retro here in your channel..and Wish to see the History of Psycho Soldier and Athena..2 of my all time favorite SNK Arcade Games in 80s..because of my love for Athena Asamiya..one of my favorite video game characters

This was a great video bro 💯 I loved this game and I'm a second degree black belt in karate, this video means alot to me 💪🏽

Well done. I remember the Apple version from my youth. That, along with the games Wavy Navy and Spare Change. Geez, I'm almost 50. I still can't picture elderly people playing video games but I might one.

Awesome,this the one that got me into fighting games for life

Great vid! So good, even the forever-frumpy Karate Champ judge couldn't help but to crack a smile. I know the judge wasn't meant to look surly, just serious. ...Except in the NES version where he just looks depressed. How appropriate.

Love this channel.

Karate Champ was a longtime mainstay at the local convenience store in my neighborhood. I still remember walking there from my school to play it during lunchtime!

great video ! thanks. I used to sneak into the arcade after school, I always wondered how people would learn moves on fighting games.

The arcade version was my first fighting game I've ever played. Loved this as a child.

I remember playing this at a motel in Kansas... some years ago... thanks for the cool upload!

This game brings back memories from when I was a kid. Great video

Love the video!

Yay early again! Thanks PatmanQC

One of my early faves! I still play it on my arcade a few times a year.

Thank you fella...This was one of my favorites but my dad used to hate this game because he thought games were too fast and ate too much money...💯👍🙏

The NES conversion couldn’t have been worse. Great review though and I am already amped for the next “The Conversions” compilation video!

When I first played Karate Champ It was at my favorite pizzeria on 51 Colombia street in the lower east side of Manhattan NYC in 1984. That pizzeria would have 3-4 machines and would switch them every 6 months to a year. When Karate Champ showed up it was the showcase, tons of quarters would be up in reserve and my 8-year-old behind had to push my way to leave a quarter up from the steelworkers who would come for a lunchbreak, gang members, NYPD, Sanitation guys, and Punks, playing this was fun, the two joystick combo was awesome and I liked the way the moves were pulled off. My dad the following year got me in Goju Ryu Karate because of this game, the moves in the game were legit in terms of blocks and punches. The Bull part was inspired by a real bull killing by karate punch by the legendary Kyokushin Karate master Sensei Oyama in the 60s, which was portrayed by his student Sonny Chiba in Karate Bull Killer, or something like that. Call me a sadist but I actually liked the Nes version, I bought it for 19.99 at Crazy Eddies in 1987 on clearance and would play with my cousins when they visited. Great game with awesome memories, again always awesome videos PatmanQC!

This was MY GAME! The dual joy sticks was really cool, so intuitive. And Double Dragon was my favorite game for years!

We had Karate Champ in my high school cafeteria.

Way of the Exploding Fist is still my favorite martial arts fighting game on the C=64. It's like they took Karate Champ gaming to the next level and digitized sound effects as well.

I played the hell out of Karate Champ in the arcade. Great video

Great vid I enjoyed it 😊👍

Everytime my friends tell me I can't have another shot I'm already too drunk I'm gonna tell them I need to knock the piss out of this charging bull!

Damn you roasted yourself to roast the nes version....that's a man dedicated to his craft. Bravo

This was one I saw played at the local convenience store. I would watch the older kids play each other, but never tried it myself.

To me, Karate Champ is in the top 3 arcade games of all time. Loved it to death back in the 80's. Great video! But there were less than 24 different moves (i.e. there are 3 combinations for low kick and 2 for back kick)

Played this allllll the time at the arcade in the 80s! Now I own the cab😃

i have never seen "Renegade" in an arcade but it was one of my favorite games on Nintendo, spent hours and hours playing it. also loved "Karate Champ" and spent hours and hours playing it.

I like how you don't rush and peak very clearly.

Had this at our local conveience store growing up in the 80s was a daily visit for sure

Another classic, had this cabinet in my family's fish and chip shop in the 80s. Today I can play on MAME with 2 sticks on my Logitech controller. Hope to see a series on Sega's Virtua Cop at some point!

To quote Robin that time Batman took him to the taco stand in Vatican City: "HOLY GUACAMOLE!" I forgot this game existed, but watching the video I remember I used to love playing it at my local 7-11 all one summer long... loved the "complexity" of the moves you could do and the challenges.

I used to play the original version at Ziggy's Arcade every chance I got. I started taking Judo classes with some friends on my hockey team because of this game, I got my orange belt after 2 years and quit.

I remember as a kid never understanding how this game worked and not liking it.

I wasn’t ready for 6:33. LOL!

When I was a kid, I always thought that this game had the funniest looking referee.

Of course this is the fighting game that got me loving Fighting Games when i was younger 😊😄😆🤣👍.

Awesome video buddy

This game was crazy good with two joysticks.

I grew up in the late 70's, I was in the seventh grade in 1978...so I was around when the 80's dawned and video games was getting ready to blow up. Spent a lot of afternoons at the arcade playing Space Invaders...still don't know where I got all them quarters.

Young, dumb and full of gum lol. This style of video is hard to find for me and is a fresh breath every time. I still request an episode on sub terrania and/or the history of that unique genre. Good job as always sir.

As a kid I thought the master was holding up a red or white pie in Karate Champ player vs player. Now I can see he is clearly holding up a fan.

thank you for this legacy game it spawned a whole generation of arcade fighters street fighter virtua fighter etc

One of my favourite 80's arcade games. Used to play it in the leisure centre Falkirk Scotland

Wouldn't it be neat if there was an adaptation of Karate Champ, keeping the moves and twin-sticks, but as a side-scolling beatem up with bosses? Maybe someday my dream will come true, or I can get an AI to do it.

I have the NES version of this game and I love it. But it was the only version that I have experienced.

Karate Champ was the first game I ever got for the NES when I was 6 years old. I looked through the very thin instruction manual numerous times trying to figure out what I was doing wrong and where the hell that bull was I saw on the back of the box.

Karate Champ Back in the day before fireballs were legal.

I got the NES game for Christmas, and played the heck out of it with my older brother. The winner was always random, because neither of us knew how to control the characters! It isn’t a good game, but as a kid, you had to play what you got!

Wow, Warrior. I recall playing that at the gold mine at Almeda Mall.

This And Yie Ar kung fu were 2 favorites of mine back in the day.

I think I still remember how to do some moves. I have to double check to make sure I have my latest phone number right on a form but I think I can still pull off a front flip followed with a back kick combo lol.

I threw a few coins in this game growing up. It was kinda hard as a kid because of that animation holding requirement. A legendary game no doubt.

The duel joy sticks is what made this game!! I loved this game so much!! But playing it on home consoles was definitely not the same without the duel joy sticks

Karate champ was my favorite games as a kid.

Let's take the moment to appreciate how much effort he puts into the content for us!!!

Love this game . Could you do Tag Team Wrestling by Namco/Data East sometime .

I remember I was playing at a neighbor's house when my brother walked by saying that a local pizza place got a new karate game (Karate Champ, of course). I joined him and walked the quarter mile to the pizza place, not realizing 'til we got there that I was barefoot. I also had no money on me. But I went in anyhow; the place was packed, and there was a good wait for a turn to play, but I thoroughly enjoyed just watching the game. My brother gave me a quarter to play against him, and I lost almost immediately. But a great time nonetheless!

great cameo appearance in the movie blood sport.

Can you do a video on the history of galaga, all the ports and tips/tricks? It's my favorite game and I'm surprised you only did a short video of the atari version.

Loved this in the arcade! It was as tough as Cobra Kai though! I eventually got okay at it, but never expert.

Would you sometime do a documentary on the history of Urban Champion?

My first venture into home computing 1 on 1 fighting was Way of the Exploding Fist that looks near identical to World Karate Championship ( is that International Karate ? ). Karate champ always looked odd to me with the 2 joysticks and was a rare thing in the UK arcades and I did play it but Yie ar Kung Fu,Double Dragon and Kung Fu Master seemed to be a more common sight. I KNEW you would put that Bloodsport clip in soon as I saw the game title🤣🤣

Hey Patman wats up wit u? I used to hate this damn game on the NES!! But with a limited library I didn't have much choice..it just controls so bad its unplayable!! Still good memories of it and only wanting to see the different backgrounds! Good video as usual buddy!!💯👍🏽💎

I really loved this game on arcade but sadly i never owned the c64 version, I wasn't aware of its existence at the time, good old times when your only source of informations about games were your friends (we hadn't a vg magazine till 1987)

Karate Champ is an classic 80's arcade game that I will play it and I will not play the nes version. 😀👍🎮

That super imposed image of the Afro Patman on Daniel San :D Worthy of a montage of Joe Esposito