Yie Ar Kung-Fu/Controls

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Arcade controls[edit]

Control panel[edit]

YAKF cpanel.png
  • Joystick: Use to control your player. Press up to jump and down to crouch. You may only jump left if you are on the right half of the screen, and only jump right if you are standing in the left half. The direction you press when the punch or kick button is held determines which attack you perform.
  • Punch: Press this button along with a direction To perform a punching attack. Pressing the punch button alone does nothing.
  • Kick: Press this button along with a direction To perform a kicking attack. Pressing the kick button alone does nothing.
  • 1 or 2 Players: Push these buttons to begin a one or two player game.

Punch attacks[edit]

In order to perform a punch attack, you must

  • hold the punch button down and move the joystick in one of eight directions.
  • or hold a direction that doesn't make you jump and press the punch button.

These are the actions that you will perform, assuming you are facing right. The motions are reversed if you are facing left.

YAKF Punch Up.png
Arcade-Stick-Up.png
YAKF Punch Upback.png YAKF Punch Upforward.png
Arcade-Stick-UL.png Arcade-Stick-UR.png
YAKF Punch Back.png YAKF Punch Forward.png
Arcade-Stick-Left.png Arcade-Stick-Right.png
YAKF Punch Downback.png YAKF Punch Downforward.png
Arcade-Stick-DL.png Arcade-Stick-DR.png
YAKF Punch Down.png
Arcade-Stick-Down.png

Kick attacks[edit]

In order to perform a kick attack, you must

  • hold the kick button down and move the joystick in one of eight directions
  • or hold a direction that doesn't make you jump and press the kick button.

These are the actions that you will perform, assuming you are facing right. The motions are reversed if you are facing left.

YAKF Kick Up.png
Arcade-Stick-Up.png
YAKF Kick Upback.png YAKF Kick Upforward.png
Arcade-Stick-UL.png Arcade-Stick-UR.png
YAKF Kick Back.png YAKF Kick Forward.png
Arcade-Stick-Left.png Arcade-Stick-Right.png
YAKF Kick Downback.png YAKF Kick Downforward.png
Arcade-Stick-DL.png Arcade-Stick-DR.png
YAKF Kick Down.png
Arcade-Stick-Down.png

NES and Famicom controls[edit]

The controls for the Famicom and MSX are greatly simplified. There are only 6 distinct moves.

  • Neutral dpad: Use to control your player. Press up to jump and down to crouch. You may jump in any direction regardless of your position. If you jump into the wall you will simply bounce off of it. You do not need to have a direction held down in order to attack like you do in the arcade.
YAKF NES Punch.png
  • A button: Press this button alone to perform a basic punch attack.
YAKF NES Crouchpunch.png
  • Down dpad+A button: Press A along with down to perform a crouching punch attack.
YAKF NES Kick.png
  • B button: Press this button alone to perform a basic kick attack.
YAKF NES Crouchkick.png
  • Down dpad+B button: Press B along with down to perform a crouching kick attack.
YAKF NES Highkick.png
  • Left dpad+B button or Right dpad+A button: Hold left or right while pressing kick to perform a high kick attack.
YAKF NES Jumpkick.png
  • Up dpad+B button: Jump in to the air and press B any time before you land to perform a jumping kick attack.

Commodore 64 Controls[edit]

The Commodore version reproduces 10 of the moves from the arcade version, mostly the kicks when holding the fire button:

YAKF Kick Up.png
Arcade-Stick-Up.png
YAKF Punch Forward.png YAKF Kick Upforward.png
Arcade-Stick-UL.png Arcade-Stick-UR.png
YAKF Kick Back.png YAKF C64 Kick Forward.png
Arcade-Stick-Left.png Arcade-Stick-Right.png
YAKF Kick Downback.png YAKF Kick Downforward.png
Arcade-Stick-DL.png Arcade-Stick-DR.png
YAKF Kick Down.png
Arcade-Stick-Down.png

The last two punches are made when the fire button is not pressed:

  • Arcade-Stick-DL.pngYAKF Punch Upforward.png
  • Arcade-Stick-DR.pngYAKF Punch Back.png