Quote Originally Posted by Nirvana View Post
That game is filled with so many inside jokes between my friends and I. From the hilarious guy "watching" the fight to the random ass vases after each round, I absolutely love that game despite the horribleness. The hit detection was definitely pretty bad. I always jokingly defend it as the most balanced fighting game of all time. After all...you guys are the same character
I want to clarify that while I think that the hit detection is horrible in Karate Champ for the NES, I still enjoy the game a great deal. There is something about landing cheap front kicks or jumping side kicks right after the ref calls "begin" that delights my heart to no end. I don't think I could tolerate a game with hit detection like that being made today, BUT I can make an exception for Karate Champ. The world is a profoundly better place for having Karate Champ on the NES.

The iPod version is, actually, pretty kickass, by the way. I play both that and the NES version.