> Don Thibert and RColtrane sent us dumps of 2 previously undumped Karate Champ board > sets. The first is a "Player Vs Player" version of the game that shows alternate > dialog with "MY HERO DESERVES THE FAIR" instead of "My Hero", thought to be an early > version of the game. The second board set displays the dialog balloon in red with a > boat below it. This is a version which likely came inbetween the early one mentioned > above and the final "My Hero" version. > >
for 'MY HERO DESERVES THE FAIR' I'm more inclined to think bootleg / hack of the Japanese version intended for a different market. We've seen a number of games with that kind of ugly 'mspaint' scribble art (West Story for example)