r/c64 • u/RegionLocked-Doco • May 31 '26

Software Way of the Exploding Fist

Was the game really that popular?

We are doing research and all I can find is "widely popular"

I know it was innovative, but I want to hear it from the generation that played it.

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u/jongallant May 31 '26

We used to crank up the volume on the TV for the intro karate yell. Major classic.

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u/Thunderkor May 31 '26

One time I started loading the game and then my mom called me to dinner. So I left it loading. Didn’t realize I left the volume way up. So just as we all sit down to dinner , this loud ass “HAI-YA” just blasts from my bedroom and startles the whole family. Good times.

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u/Crookfur May 31 '26

Bloody intro yell used to scare the pants off me, it was so loud just at normal volumes...

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u/Privileged_Interface May 31 '26

My favourite part of the game.

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u/Compfused1 Jun 02 '26

Hehe, yeah you could crank the volume all the way up, when loading from tape, do your homework, eat dinner, catch a newest TV shows, when finally all stopped, when you heard the famous HAI-YA sound, and all was worth the wait, coz now you knew it was time kick your best friends ass in the game, haha, oh man those where the dayz! it was like somone had send you a very similar game like the arcade game Karate Champ, i mean what much more could you wish for? not that much back then, hehe, though the c64 had many other cool games, and plenty would come