Street Fighter II‘s minigames were actually quite fun, even if they just consisted of beating the turd out of various inanimate objects. What would you say if I told you there’s a game — a free one — that took this part of Capcom’s classic beat-em-up and ran with it?
That game is called Karate Master Knock Down Blow and it looks surprisingly awesome. Don’t believe me? Skip to about a minute into the video above. Yes, that’s a guy about to punch a charging bull in the face. Now watch the rest of the clip. There’s plenty more to do, from the traditional board and brick-breaking shenanigans, to Mr Miyagi-style antics like putting out candles with your fists.
Before you ask, yes, there’s straight fighting as well, but I’m not sure how it could, in any way, top the madness of smacking virtual bovines.
The game is definitely a bit on the dusty side, but it’s still being updated, with the most recent changes coming just two days ago. And it looks perfectly fine to me from a visual standpoint. It’s a lightweight 69MB download, though when I went to grab it I was given a download time of one hour, so the file host might not be the fastest. Hopefully, you’ll have better luck.
Karate Master Knock Down Blow [Crian Soft, via IndieGames]
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