Greetings friends!

Ok, my Kung Fu master Story!!!!


I played that game relentlessly in the arcades  

A few times we'd have competitions in the arcades and there would be quite a few people there.  (I hope you don't feel me boasting) Any road I always won.  I stopped playing for years and years until eventually I discovered Mame.  I was disappointed with the emulation as it was impossible to run and jump diagonally.  Mame states this as arcade accurate and you must run for a few seconds before you can.  This is true, but using Mame it is impossible to jump diagonally ever.  I found that using AdvanceMame rectifies this and I set out to get some good scores

I got a good score and checked on Twin Galaxies for the highest score on Kung Fu Master using Mame and mine way exceeded the world record..only snag is that I cannot for the life of me register with them.

I even bought an arcade stick to play more authentically and smashed the world record (on Mame).  I don't class KFM in the same class of difficulty as something like Donkey Kong and the Arcade world record of KFM is way out of my reach but still , would of been nice to of been recognised.  I never made a video, I just know I'm capable of achieving that kind of score with a little practice.  If Twin Galaxies would of registered me (god knows why they didn't) I'd be on the leaderboard

Anyway,
Much love to you all and Merry Christmas

lots of love

Daz

Greetings to one and all in this fantastic community!

Firstly let me begin by saying thanks for having me

I've been popping in and out of here for a while now and love this website.  I felt it was about time I came out of the woodwork and showed my face 

A little about me then if you will....

I'm 37 years young and my name is Darren although everyone calls me Dazzy, I was born and raised in the city of Gloucester and as soon as I was old enough to understand what a video game was I instantly became hooked!

I got into gaming very young, remember Pong? I used to walk into the city a fair few times a week during the school holidays with a friend of mine and we would tour all the computer shops seeing what new games had been released and playing the games that were running in the shops at the time. 

I remember seeing pitstop in a computer shop once and thinking just how incredible it looked.

There was two arcades at the time, housing most of all the latest games,(The Golden Goose, and Spellbound) it was always exciting to walk in and see a crowd around the latest and greatest arcade machines, I was pretty deft at Donkey Kong and Kung Fu Master back in the day , well, I have a story about Kung Fu Master but I'll save that for now

Anyway.. it was one of those things, you just never knew going into the arcades if a new game was going to be in there or not, seemed they updated quite regularly in my city so I wen't regularly and kept my eyes open!

Dragon's Lair was there one day in all it's glory, and as I walked in and my chin hit the floor, I can remember that moment now, It was like nothing else.  I never had the cash to play Dragon's Lair much then but the feeling of excitement and awe really did feel special when I had the chance to have a go. When I wasn't playing it I would normally just enjoy the attract screen and wait for others to play so I could watch them (ofc showing good etiquette as no-one likes to feel smothered or bothered when they play).

Dragon's Lair became quite an obsession for me back then, I would constantly be thinking about it, drawing pictures and walking into town just to be with this game  (i'm a nutter)
One day I wen't in and I was treated to a game of doubles by a guy I had never met before, I still hadn't seen the game completed yet he completed everything without losing a life! it was then he turned round to me and said "Enjoy!" and just left the arcade.  Very soon after I realised that on the uk machines that meant unlimited lives for player 2 YAY!!!

I eventually learnt to "one man" the lair myself and will never forget the first time I completed the game, I was in Weston Super Mare and had a massive crowd watching haha, I was shaking after, those were the days 

Anyway, enough of me ranting, it's just brilliant to be here, tyvm

Dazzy