Wanted: Karate Champ Player vs Player BOOTLEG!

How about contacting the guy that posted the original YouTube video?

I've posted a comment on his video right after seeing it for the 1st time, no response. The video was made in 2013 and his channel seems to be abandoned. No luck there :/
 
As a fellow KC fan, I'm cheering you on to find these. I'd love to see a semi-extinct bootleg come back to life. (Every time I see this thread bumped, I think maybe there is hope!) Good luck.
 
As a fellow KC fan, I'm cheering you on to find these. I'd love to see a semi-extinct bootleg come back to life. (Every time I see this thread bumped, I think maybe there is hope!) Good luck.

Thanks andrewb! I wish I knew (at least) how the bootleg board looks like. It would allow me to recognize it by just looking at PCB pictures. When you depend on sellers having to hook up the board and playing the game through the 1st match to check if its one version or another, the hunt becomes very difficult. But I will find it ;)
 
TODAY I've found a Karate Champ Player vs Player video on Youtube made in 2013 that is the bootleg version I'm looking for for a loooong time. As you can see in the screenshots below, the little girl says "My Hero Deserves The Fair" instead of the regular "My Hero" with a red heart included:

If someone here happens to have this board, I want it badly!! PM me ASAP :D

Free bump and link to the You Tube clip.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z4CHkxEecFk
 
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Hey, C'mon! There are tons of KC boards out there! One must be the one I'm looking for... :p
 
I may have it but unfortunately, it's not working. could be the wire since it was hacked up. trying to revive it now I have a pic of the board on another thread :)
 
I may have it but unfortunately, it's not working. could be the wire since it was hacked up. trying to revive it now I have a pic of the board on another thread :)

Oh man, that would be great!!! Good luck on reviving this board, I need it badly :D

Please post here the results when you are finished. Thanks!
 
I will sure dump it for MAME, I love this project since the very beginning :)
Okay I was able to get the board to work :) is there any way that I can see if this is the version you're looking for without necessarily playing through the game? This board came in a Dig Dug cabinet. I know this is a bootleg compared it to legit boards. I could maybe get the player to start but there's no way I can play through the game since I don't have 4 controllers. I would also be happy to dump it as well. It wouldn't be the first game that I had dumped.
 
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Okay I was able to get the board to work :) is there any way that I can see if this is the version you're looking for without necessarily playing through the game? This board came in a Dig Dug cabinet. I know this is a bootleg compared it to legit boards. I could maybe get the player to start but there's no way I can play through the game since I don't have 4 controllers. I would also be happy to dump it as well. It wouldn't be the first game that I had dumped.

That's great. You actually would need 2 controllers only since you will not use player 2. But unfortunately, the only way to see if it has the alternate dialog is playing (and winning) at least the 1st match. It's the only difference between this version and the original, all the rest of the game is identical.
 
That's great. You actually would need 2 controllers only since you will not use player 2. But unfortunately, the only way to see if it has the alternate dialog is playing (and winning) at least the 1st match. It's the only difference between this version and the original, all the rest of the game is identical.
Okay I was able to very crudely get my Kc Bootleg to wire and coin up. Unfortunately, I think mine board may not be the one you're looking for.
The good news is I think I have an easy solution for anyone out there who is trying to test their board. First you of course have to have the edge connector pinout for Data East classic or get a converter . Next what I did was simply coin up and start two players. Since I was unable to get the controllers to work all I did was let the time run out. The computer then defaulted allowing the Red player to win.( I did this a few times and it seems to just go at random between the white and red player when nobody scores points) That's when the girl came out and said "My Hero." I don't know if it makes a difference that it was the two players simply just waiting out the clock vs being in one player mode, maybe the one player mode will have her say something different, but I doubt it at this point. This should make it a lot easier for anyone testing their boards so you don't necessarily have to wire up two to four controllers.
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I think I may have this board. I was looking at this post someone previously mentioned (https://forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=282000) and I have this board in my possession from a warehouse raid I just did (https://forums.arcade-museum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=149003&d=1374367318). I also have a Karate Master Marquee and Bezel that I pulled off the game and the four joysticks. If you are still looking send me a PM, having a friend see if he can dump the ROMs to positively ID this board.
 
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