Name that game
Mark McDougall
Japan. They had photos of a "gateway" standing in the middle of the water -
in a bay I think. A remark was made about a C64 game that had the same scene
- possibly a martial arts game, and possibly "part 3"?!?
I never owned a C64 so I have no idea. And it wasn't IK+ (although it did
remind me of the "gateway" just behind the fighters).
Ring any bells for anyone?
TIA
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Robert Roland
<msmc...@no.spam.iinet> wrote:
>They had photos of a "gateway" standing in the middle of the water -
>in a bay I think. A remark was made about a C64 game that had the same scene
>- possibly a martial arts game, and possibly "part 3"?!?
"The Way of the Exploding Fist", perhaps? The gateway is not in the
middle of the water, though.
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RoRo
Ian McCall
Another possibility would be The Last Ninja Part 3, though Fist was the
first thing I thought of too.
Here's a screenshot of the Apple II cover for Last Ninja Part 3 - shows
a gate in water, which the C64 box did not:
<http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/files/LastNinjaThe/CoverScan_Highres/the_last_ninja.jpg>
Cheers,
Ian
Lars Haugseth
>
> I was at friends' place tonight looking at their honeymoon photos from
> Japan. They had photos of a "gateway" standing in the middle of the
> water -
> in a bay I think. A remark was made about a C64 game that had the same
> scene - possibly a martial arts game, and possibly "part 3"?!?
>
> I never owned a C64 so I have no idea. And it wasn't IK+ (although it
> did remind me of the "gateway" just behind the fighters).
>
> Ring any bells for anyone?
They are called Torii: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii
If they mentioned "part 3" it was most likely The Last Ninja 3.
There is also one of these in the opening screen of the game
called simply Ninja:
http://www.gamebase64.com/game.php?id=5231&d=18&h=0
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Lars Haugseth
Lars Haugseth
>
> Japan. They had photos of a "gateway" standing in the middle of the
> water -
> in a bay I think. A remark was made about a C64 game that had the same
> scene - possibly a martial arts game, and possibly "part 3"?!?
>
> I never owned a C64 so I have no idea. And it wasn't IK+ (although it
> did remind me of the "gateway" just behind the fighters).
>
> Ring any bells for anyone?
Such a gatewas is called "torii": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii
Lars Haugseth
>
> Japan. They had photos of a "gateway" standing in the middle of the
> water -
> in a bay I think. A remark was made about a C64 game that had the same
> scene - possibly a martial arts game, and possibly "part 3"?!?
>
> I never owned a C64 so I have no idea. And it wasn't IK+ (although it
> did remind me of the "gateway" just behind the fighters).
>
> Ring any bells for anyone?
Such a gateway is called "torii": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii
Mark McDougall
> If they mentioned "part 3" it was most likely The Last Ninja 3.
> There is also one of these in the opening screen of the game
> called simply Ninja:
>
> http://www.gamebase64.com/game.php?id=5231&d=18&h=0
Nice - thanks for that Ian, Lars!!!
I couldn't find any screenshots on the "walkthough" site for Last Ninja 1,2
or 3 that featured any Torii in the water, so I'm suspecting that the game
in question was actually "Ninja". I also vaguely recall him mentioning the
"opening screen" so that's probably it.
Mark McDougall
> They are called Torii: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii
And the Torii in question is indeed the very 1st example given on the
wikipedia page - The famous "floating" torii at Itsukushima Shrine, a
Ryoubu-style torii.
Rudolf Harras
>> If they mentioned "part 3" it was most likely The Last Ninja 3.
>> There is also one of these in the opening screen of the game
>> called simply Ninja:
>>
>> http://www.gamebase64.com/game.php?id=5231&d=18&h=0
>
>Nice - thanks for that Ian, Lars!!!
And here you have the longplay with real people:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr1WEP12SF8
:-D
Mark McDougall
> And here you have the longplay with real people:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr1WEP12SF8
Ohhhhhhhkay.... ;)
joecommodore
> I was at friends' place tonight looking at their honeymoon photos from
> Japan. They had photos of a "gateway" standing in the middle of the water -
> in a bay I think. A remark was made about a C64 game that had the same scene
> - possibly a martial arts game, and possibly "part 3"?!?
International Karate has a Torii near water
http://jaba.mbnet.fi/retrogaming/content/international-karate-plus
Michael
about multiple games.
I just watch the long play for Last Ninja 3 and it is in the desert. I
looked for some photos
and as you can see IK fits the bill quite nicely. I also found a Last
Ninja box cover with the Torii.
I would think they stated which is the best game and what karate games
do they remember for the 64.
If this was the conversation, Last Ninja 3 would of been the best as
well as IK+ on my list. One
I used to play as well was yie-ar kung fu but I do not remember any
Toriis located in the game.
International Karate: http://files.nintendic.com/wii/wiiware/international-karate/international-karate1097867089-00.gif
Last Ninja: http://image.allmusic.com/00/agg/cov200/drg000/g033/g03304x402x.jpg
Mark McDougall
> International Karate has a Torii near water
> http://jaba.mbnet.fi/retrogaming/content/international-karate-plus
That was my initial guess, as I owned an Amiga myself (and played IK+ quite
a bit). But he was adamant that it wasn't the game in question.