NES kung fu looping

[NESfiend | 1,515]

I have been on a mission to beat kung fu game b. Finally did it and the second run seemed harder, but I dont know if that is just my mind playing tricks on me. If it does get harder, how many loops have people been able to do? 

[Webhead123 | 687]

I made an attempt through Kung Fu a year or two ago. I unfortunately didn't record any of it but I seem to recall making it to about the 4th loop. If I remember correctly, the difficulty did seem to ramp up in subtle ways, like weaker enemies being replaced with tougher ones.

[mbd39 | 2,029]

I reached something like the fifth or sixth loop in A mode when I rolled the score for the first time recently. The game gets a lot harder in later loops. For example, the knife throwers are faster, there are more enemies, the Magician and Mr. X fights get tougher, and the moth patterns get much more difficult.

B mode starts pretty hard though.

Edited December 24, 2020 by mbd39

[NESfiend | 1,515]

19 hours ago, mbd39 said:

I reached something like the fifth or sixth loop in A mode when I rolled the score for the first time recently.

B mode starts pretty hard though.

I remember playing through it at least 2 or 3 times on mode A as a kid wondering if youd eventually get to an ending. I barely beat B. Finished with zero lives and died on floor 2 with around 200k on loop 2. Want to keep working on B, but now you have me wondering if I could roll the score on A...

Edited December 25, 2020 by NESfiend

[mbd39 | 2,029]

6 minutes ago, NESfiend said:

I remember playing through it at least 2 or 3 times on mode A as a kid wondering if youd eventually get to an ending. I barely beat B. Finished with zero lives and died on floor 2 with around 200k on loop 2. Want to keep working on B, but now you have me wondering if I could roll the score on A...

 

If you're trying to roll the score, remember the 12th hugger bonus. If you jump kick the 12th enemy and he's a hugger, you get 5k.

The second stage is the most lucrative for point pressing because the dragons and exploding disco balls are worth a lot of points.

 

 

 

Edited December 25, 2020 by mbd39

[mideast | 144]

I've only beaten Game A but I remember reading on GameFaqs that the dragon icon keeping track of completions glitches out after a while:

When you beat the game the first time, it will display a 1 beside the level,
and when you beat it AGAIN, it goes to 2 and so on. But, strange things
begin to happen when you really get rocking. Take a look at what's displayed
the higher you go in the chart.


Levels 1-9: 1-9
Game Beaten 10th time: A
Game Beaten 11th time: Fireball with a X through it
Game Beaten 12th time: C
Game Beaten 13th time: D
Game Beaten 14th time: E
Game Beaten 15th time: F
Game Beaten 16th time: G
Game Beaten 17th time: H
Game Beaten 18th time: I
Game Beaten 19th time: .
Game Beaten 20th time: -
Game Beaten 21st time: L
Game Beaten 22nd time: M
Game Beaten 23rd time: N
Game Beaten 24th time: O
Game Beaten 25th time: P
Game Beaten 26th time: Red Foot, belongs to White Faced version of Thomas?
Game Beaten 27th time: R
Game Beaten 28th time: S
Game Beaten 29th time: T
Game Beaten 30th time: U
Game Beaten 31st time: V
Game Beaten 32nd time: [/] Bottom Right = Red, Top Left = White
Game Beaten 33rd time: [/] Top Left = Red, Bottom Right = White
Game Beaten 34th time: Y
Game Beaten 35th time: [\] Bottom Left = Red, Top Right = White
Game Beaten 36th time: Graph with White Line on top, 2 Rows of White Bar, 1 Blue
Bar to the top and one Red Bar [Black Background]
Game Beaten 37th time: Checkmark which looks like someone is grabbing the lower
base from the Right hand side [White Background]
Game Beaten 38th time: Looks like a drumstick upper left and a thumbs up in the
Lower Right [White Background]
Game Beaten 39th time: [] 1/5th of bottom = Red Bar [White Background]
Game Beaten 40th time: [] 2nd 1/5th = Red Bar going Vertical [White Background]
Game Beaten 41st time: [] 1/5th of bottom & 1/5th of Top = Red Bar [White
Background]
Game Beaten 42nd time: [] 1/5th of bottom = White Bar [Light Blue Background]
Game Beaten 43rd time: [] About 1/5th level from the bottom, a thin black line
goes Horizontally
Game Beaten 44th time: [] 1/10th of the bottom = Red Bar [White Background]
Game Beaten 45th time: [] Flat @ design in Red [White Background]
Game Beaten 46th time: [] Reverse Flat @ design in Red [White Background]
Game Beaten 47th time: [/] Top Left = Light Blue, Bottom Right = Black
Game Beaten 48th time: Light blue background, bottom area of the square is a
small part of a white face with black hair 
Game Beaten 49th time: Face, White face version of Thomas. Prior game's pic of
hair and face matches up with this one
Game Beaten 50th time: Lower body of the above picture. Hand raised in standard
position of readiness for Kung-Fu
Game Beaten 51st time: Bottom Right corner is Thomas's foot, Red Pants, White
Skin and his black sandal on a White platform
Game Beaten 52nd time: Bottom Left corner is a quarter of the head of Thomas's
black hair
Game Beaten 53rd time: Ear and Shoulder of the White faced version of Thomas.
Red Gi, Black Shirt
Game Beaten 54th time: Left side Torso area of the White faced version of Thomas
Game Beaten 54th time: Left side Rear area of the White faced version of Thomas
Game Beaten 55th time: Bottom Right corner is Thomas's foot, Red Pants, White
Skin and his black sandal on a White platform
Game Beaten 56th time: Face, White face version of Thomas. You see his one eye
and nose
Game Beaten 57th time: Left chest area of the White face version of Thomas.

Edited December 25, 2020 by mideast

[NESfiend | 1,515]

2 hours ago, mbd39 said:

 

If you're trying to roll the score, remember the 12th hugger bonus. If you jump kick the 12th enemy and he's a hugger, you get 5k.

The second stage is the most lucrative for point pressing because the dragons and exploding disco balls are worth a lot of points.

 

 

 

I learned about the hugger a few days ago and Im using it on the first level and usually on 2 or 3 as well, but no more to be conservative. 

Im killing the dragons at 2k a piece but too afraid to go for the disco balls. I had never used jump kick on this game and its still somewhat hit or miss

Edit: is there a way to get the 12k with the short enemies?

Edited December 25, 2020 by NESfiend

[Link | 2,732]

Definitely seems harder as I advance, but I haven’t done any real analysis. Could just be fatigue. Kung Fu is one of my favorites but I have only made it to the beginning of loop 3. 

I trust @mbd39 as he’s a good and observant player.

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

It seems like the difficulty peaks around the 4th loop. I think the farthest I've gotten was loop 8 or 9.

[NESfiend | 1,515]

On 12/25/2020 at 2:26 AM, Link said:

Definitely seems harder as I advance, but I haven’t done any real analysis. Could just be fatigue. Kung Fu is one of my favorites but I have only made it to the beginning of loop 3. 

I trust @mbd39 as he’s a good and observant player.

Yes, it definitely gets harder. I am having trouble getting through loop 2. The level 3 and 4 bosses get much harder. Havent made it to the last guy yet. Scoring well if I could get good enough to progress well. 

[rdrunner | 422]

Never tried B mode, but I've gone pretty far through A.  It think the difficulty completely maxes out in loop 6.  I remember a big spike when you reach loop 4 and then things get a little faster from there, especially the moths.

Edited December 29, 2020 by rdrunner

[NESfiend | 1,515]

Got to loop 4 and cleared the halfway point on rolling the score. Im sure Im still a lifetime away, but its starting to feel possible. @mbd39, what loop were you on when you rolled it?

Edited January 1, 2021 by NESfiend

[mbd39 | 2,029]

56 minutes ago, NESfiend said:

Got to loop 4 and cleared the halfway point on rolling the score. Im sure Im still a lifetime away, but its starting to feel possible. @mbd39, what loop were you on when you rolled it?

I think it was loop 5 or 6 but it's been a while.

EDIT: I found an old post of mine where I mentioned rolling the score. Looks like it was loop 5 after all.

"I rolled the score in Kung Fu , guys! Finally! By some miracle I reached the fifth loop and got around 25k after flipping the score."

 

Edited January 1, 2021 by mbd39

[Bearcat-Doug | 5,105]

49 minutes ago, NESfiend said:

Got to loop 4 and cleared the halfway point on rolling the score. Im sure Im still a lifetime away, but its starting to feel possible. @mbd39, what loop were you on when you rolled it?

I can usually hit a million points late in the fourth loop on a good run. It seems like I could get between 250-300k points per loop.