Links to the Past: Kung Fu Kid & Great Golf | Segaiden #049

Kung Fu Kid brings us a genuine rarity: A direct sequel to an SG-1000 exclusive game. Sure, we've had spiritual successors (all those "Great" sports games) and direct remakes (a la Wonder Boy and The Ninja), but Kung Fu Kid continues the story of Dragon Wang. Such as any story could be said to exist in a game where you walk and kick infinite guys in an attempt to steal some of Spartan-X's valor. The real question is, why Dragon Wang and not, say, Girl's Garden or Gulkave? Ah well. Equally rare is Great Golf, a rare Master System sports title that deserves the "Great" appellation. A huge improvement over... well, everything that came before it on consoles, really. Great Golf offers an immersive, dynamic viewpoint and offers crisp, intuitive mechanics, advancing the golf game genre over the best available thing on any console market in 1987—which is to say, basically, Nintendo's aging Golf for NES. Production notes: Why watch when you can read? Check out the massive hardcover print editions of NES Works, Super NES Works, and Virtual Boy works, available now at Limited Run Games (https://limitedrungames.com/collectio...! Look forward to SG-1000 Works: Segaiden Vol. I, due July 2023. Video Works is funded via Patreon (  / gamespite  ) — support the show and get access to every episode up to two weeks in advance of its YouTube debut! Plus, exclusive podcasts, eBooks, and more! Master System footage captured from U.S. carts running through a cart adapter on Sega Mark III hardware with FM Sound Unit and RGB bypass modification by iFixRetro. Most arcade and Light Phaser footage captured from MiSTer, with thanks to MiSTerAddOns. Video upscaled to 720 with xRGB Mini Framemeister. RGB cables courtesy of StoneAgeGamer.com and Allie Bellrose.