Tecmo Knight Longplay (Arcade) [QHD]
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Published 2023-12-22
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Developer: Tecmo
Publisher: Tecmo
Year of Release: 1989
Game Review & Impressions
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Also known as Wild Fang, Tecmo Knight is a side-scrolling fighting game created by, as the name implies, Tecmo. The gameplay is based very closely on Shadow Warriors/Ninja Gaiden, which Tecmo released a year or so earlier, but is no where near as entertaining. In fact, the only thing I can say that is really memorable about this is the level of gore - you literally punch heads clean off the enemies, which is rather amusing for the first 10 minutes or so, and the intro is rather shocking for its time.
The player has the ability to transform between a guy mounted on the shoulders of an even bigger guy, who pummels enemies with his oversized ham-like fists, and a mounted on the back of a tiger. The tiger is certainly the more agile of the two modes, and your attack -- a spiked ball on the end of a chain -- has extended reach, but does less damage. Each transformation consumes a number of stars, shown above the character bar in the bottom left of the screen, and must be topped up by collecting the skulls of defeated opponents. The third and final form, a fire-breathing wyvern, can only be activated by collecting a specific power-up dropped by enemies, something that appears so rarely that it might as well have been removed from the game altogether.
Tecmo Knight's worst crime is that it's simply too dull. The combat isn't rewarding and the difficulty too punishing to really recommend this, certainly when compared to Shadow Warriors. The initial novelty of the bestial enemies and gore wear thin before too long, and I doubt anyone will bother to continue beyond their initial credit.
Chapters
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00:00 Attract mode
00:30 Stage 1
04:05 Stage 2
08:20 Stage 3
11:20 Stage 4
15:19 Stage 5
19:37 Final boss & ending
23:38 Bonus: Continue screen
All Comments (21)
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This game always put me in a state of awe as you can really feel like you are in a world filled with terrifying giants. You're only a tiny man riding on a smaller giant.
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This game is so brutal for 1989! How have I never heard of it? 9 Year old me would of been amazed! Ok I still am, will definitely play soon, thanks.
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Holy sh*t! Altered Beast, Golden Axe and Splatter House rolled into one! The intro alone would fool an average gamer into believing this game was made by another company, especially for the time. Tecmo was more associated with sports games. But when you look at Fatal Frame it shouldn't be too unreasonable to make a connection. Can't believe I never heard of this. Thanks for sharing! Edit: An average gamer would make the connection between Tecmo to Ninja Gaiden. I barely had interest in said game so that shows how much I really know and likely why this game went over my head.
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Axe wielding demon jumps out yelling "NO FUTURE!" Merry Christmas!
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I have to admit, punching the heads off of giant demons and collecting their skulls for points is extremely based.
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This is a game that haunted my memories because I could never find any info on it -- and with a name like Tecmo Knight, who could be surprised. Of course, the internet would eventually solve that mystery with videos like this one 👍
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Even the game over screen was killer enough to play this game....
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I remember seeing this game in the arcades somewhere in 1991 and 1992 only, which of course I was so intimidated by both The Continue Screen and The Game Over Screen that depicts The Anamorphic Wolf Character popping out of the screen holding an axe (or hatchet) with words saying: “NO FUTURE!” as if to say “YOU’RE DEAD!!!” also. Which my words were like Nope, Nope! No Thank You To That and avoid it since it is a Nightmare Fuel… However “Street Fighter II” Continue Screen became my worst nightmare since childhood and I’m still intimidated by it even as a full grown person with Autism still…
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Oh man such a classic. Such an intense attract screen — Love this game.
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Wild Fang/Tecmo Knight is one of the hardest arcade games I've played, and I was only able to reach up to level 2. I still like the fact you get to switch between tiger and giant with the occasional dragon once the meter fills up. The game also has a pretty traumatizing game over screen featuring the main protagonist getting eaten by a giant gorilla as scary music plays in the background. 👹🐅🐉
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That game brings so much childhood memories 😊
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Them: Why are you such a try hard? Its so cringe! Me: *riding a bengal tiger and beating an aligator man's head off its body with a flail when I was 7yrs old
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Wow brutal intro
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I was today-years-old when I learned of this game's existence. Wow! It's pretty unique, and I have to admit, I'm a little surprised at how super violent it is. As an aside, I wonder why the giant mount looks so different between his title screen illustration and his actual playable sprite.
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Oh my God finally. For years I was trying to remember the name of this game. A coffee shop near my home as a kid had this. Thank you for the upload.
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I really like obscure games like this one. Haven't played it (yet) but i will definitely enjoy this!
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Temo's answers to Splatter House ...
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My favourite game...long time ago...sometimes only fighters survive...and it's hard to fight monster
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Pretty good game that mixes the taste of double dragon, golden axe and splatter house 🤷🏻♂️
