Quote Originally Posted by treismac View Post
I just received the Famicom cartridge (tape/whatever) version of Yie Ar Kung Fu through eBay. I use to love both the arcade version and the Commodore 64 version. Owning the C64 version, that was the definitive version for me, and, quite honestly, the Famicom/NES version just does not compare. The super high jumping is neutered, the colorful backgrounds are traded for a drab black dojo, the NES version has half of the amount of bosses, and, perhaps worst of all, the glorious Commodore 64 music chip isn't cranking out the tunes!!! So as not to completely bash the Famicom version, they did add a bonus stage on the Famicom version and the character design could easily be argued to be graphically superior. Still, it is not enough. The feeling just ain't right.
Regarding this.

Yeah. Yie Ar Kung Fu is a classic, no doubt, but it's one of those sad stories of never got a great home version until we reached an era where the arcade rom was easily ported.

BOTH the C64 and NES/Famicom versions of the game are pretty dreadful re-imaginings. There's even a sequel on the C64 which expands the universe of weapon wielding opponents but even that is lackluster.

I think the earliest home version that was any good was in the Saturn/PS1 era where it showed up on a few Konami arcade collections.