I was at friends' place tonight looking at their honeymoon photos from 
Japan. They had photos of a "gateway" standing in the middle of the water - 
in a bay I think. A remark was made about a C64 game that had the same scene 
- possibly a martial arts game, and possibly "part 3"?!?

I never owned a C64 so I have no idea. And it wasn't IK+ (although it did 
remind me of the "gateway" just behind the fighters).

Ring any bells for anyone?
TIA

Regards,

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On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:30:54 +1100, Mark McDougall
<msmcdoug@no.spam.iinet> wrote:

>They had photos of a "gateway" standing in the middle of the water - 
>in a bay I think. A remark was made about a C64 game that had the same scene 
>- possibly a martial arts game, and possibly "part 3"?!?

"The Way of the Exploding Fist", perhaps? The gateway is not in the
middle of the water, though. 
-- 
RoRo

On 2009-11-14 17:36:39 +0000, Robert Roland <fake@ddress.no> said:

> On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 01:30:54 +1100, Mark McDougall
> <msmcdoug@no.spam.iinet> wrote:
> 
>> They had photos of a "gateway" standing in the middle of the water -
>> in a bay I think. A remark was made about a C64 game that had the same scene
>> - possibly a martial arts game, and possibly "part 3"?!?
> 
> "The Way of the Exploding Fist", perhaps? The gateway is not in the
> middle of the water, though.

Another possibility would be The Last Ninja Part 3, though Fist was the 
first thing I thought of too.

Here's a screenshot of the Apple II cover for Last Ninja Part 3 - shows 
a gate in water, which the C64 box did not:
<http://www.whatisthe2gs.apple2.org.za/files/LastNinjaThe/CoverScan_Highres/the_last_ninja.jpg>


Cheers,
Ian 

* Mark McDougall <msmcdoug@no.spam.iinet> wrote:
> 
> I was at friends' place tonight looking at their honeymoon photos from
> Japan. They had photos of a "gateway" standing in the middle of the
> water - 
> in a bay I think. A remark was made about a C64 game that had the same
> scene - possibly a martial arts game, and possibly "part 3"?!?
>
> I never owned a C64 so I have no idea. And it wasn't IK+ (although it
> did remind me of the "gateway" just behind the fighters).
>
> Ring any bells for anyone?

They are called Torii: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii

If they mentioned "part 3" it was most likely The Last Ninja 3.
There is also one of these in the opening screen of the game
called simply Ninja:

http://www.gamebase64.com/game.php?id=5231&d=18&h=0

-- 
Lars Haugseth

* Mark McDougall <msmcdoug@no.spam.iinet> wrote:
> 
> I was at friends' place tonight looking at their honeymoon photos from
> Japan. They had photos of a "gateway" standing in the middle of the
> water - 
> in a bay I think. A remark was made about a C64 game that had the same
> scene - possibly a martial arts game, and possibly "part 3"?!?
>
> I never owned a C64 so I have no idea. And it wasn't IK+ (although it
> did remind me of the "gateway" just behind the fighters).
>
> Ring any bells for anyone?

Such a gatewas is called "torii": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii

If they mentioned "part 3" it was most likely The Last Ninja 3.
There is also one of these in the opening screen of the game
called simply Ninja:

http://www.gamebase64.com/game.php?id=5231&d=18&h=0

-- 
Lars Haugseth

* Mark McDougall <msmcdoug@no.spam.iinet> wrote:
> 
> I was at friends' place tonight looking at their honeymoon photos from
> Japan. They had photos of a "gateway" standing in the middle of the
> water - 
> in a bay I think. A remark was made about a C64 game that had the same
> scene - possibly a martial arts game, and possibly "part 3"?!?
>
> I never owned a C64 so I have no idea. And it wasn't IK+ (although it
> did remind me of the "gateway" just behind the fighters).
>
> Ring any bells for anyone?

Such a gateway is called "torii": http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii

If they mentioned "part 3" it was most likely The Last Ninja 3.
There is also one of these in the opening screen of the game
called simply Ninja:

http://www.gamebase64.com/game.php?id=5231&d=18&h=0

-- 
Lars Haugseth

Lars Haugseth wrote:

> If they mentioned "part 3" it was most likely The Last Ninja 3.
> There is also one of these in the opening screen of the game
> called simply Ninja:
> 
> http://www.gamebase64.com/game.php?id=5231&d=18&h=0

Nice - thanks for that Ian, Lars!!!

I couldn't find any screenshots on the "walkthough" site for Last Ninja 1,2 
or 3 that featured any Torii in the water, so I'm suspecting that the game 
in question was actually "Ninja". I also vaguely recall him mentioning the 
"opening screen" so that's probably it.

Regards,

-- 
|              Mark McDougall                | "Electrical Engineers do it
|  <http://members.iinet.net.au/~msmcdoug>   |   with less resistance!"

Lars Haugseth wrote:

> They are called Torii: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torii

And the Torii in question is indeed the very 1st example given on the 
wikipedia page - The famous "floating" torii at Itsukushima Shrine, a 
Ryoubu-style torii.

Regards,

-- 
|              Mark McDougall                | "Electrical Engineers do it
|  <http://members.iinet.net.au/~msmcdoug>   |   with less resistance!"

Mark McDougall schrieb:

>> If they mentioned "part 3" it was most likely The Last Ninja 3.
>> There is also one of these in the opening screen of the game
>> called simply Ninja:
>>=20
>> http://www.gamebase64.com/game.php?id=3D5231&d=3D18&h=3D0
>
>Nice - thanks for that Ian, Lars!!!

And here you have the longplay with real people:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Dxr1WEP12SF8

:-D

Rudolf Harras wrote:

> And here you have the longplay with real people:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xr1WEP12SF8

Ohhhhhhhkay.... ;)

Regards,

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|              Mark McDougall                | "Electrical Engineers do it
|  <http://members.iinet.net.au/~msmcdoug>   |   with less resistance!"

On Nov 14, 6:30=A0am, Mark McDougall <msmcd...@no.spam.iinet> wrote:
> I was at friends' place tonight looking at their honeymoon photos from
> Japan. They had photos of a "gateway" standing in the middle of the water=
 -
> in a bay I think. A remark was made about a C64 game that had the same sc=
ene
> - possibly a martial arts game, and possibly "part 3"?!?

International Karate has a Torii near water
http://jaba.mbnet.fi/retrogaming/content/international-karate-plus

Looking into the long plays. I am more wondering if they were talking
about multiple games.
I just watch the long play for Last Ninja 3 and it is in the desert. I
looked for some photos
and as you can see IK fits the bill quite nicely. I also found a Last
Ninja box cover with the Torii.
I would think they stated which is the best game and what karate games
do they remember for the 64.
If this was the conversation, Last Ninja 3 would of been the best as
well as IK+ on my list. One
I used to play as well was yie-ar kung fu but I do not remember any
Toriis located in the game.

International Karate: http://files.nintendic.com/wii/wiiware/international-karate/international-karate1097867089-00.gif

Last Ninja: http://image.allmusic.com/00/agg/cov200/drg000/g033/g03304x402x.jpg

joecommodore wrote:

> International Karate has a Torii near water
> http://jaba.mbnet.fi/retrogaming/content/international-karate-plus

That was my initial guess, as I owned an Amiga myself (and played IK+ quite 
a bit). But he was adamant that it wasn't the game in question.

Regards,

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