Karateka
Karateka is a 1984 beat'em up video game by Jordan Mechner, and was his first game created while attending Yale University. It was originally programmed for the Apple II, and was later ported to several other home computers and early gaming consoles. The game was published in North America by Brøderbund, and in Europe by Ariolasoft. The player controls an unnamed protagonist who is attempting to rescue his love interest, the Princess Mariko, from Akuma's castle fortress. The game exhibits a combination of a side-scrolling platform and fighting game elements. The player uses punches and kicks to defeat Akuma and his guards and make his way deeper into the fortress. The game, as with most at the time of development, lacked checkpoints or the ability to save the game, making it a challenge to complete in a single sitting. Karateka has been well-received, particularly for its realistic animations used for the game's characters. The game was considered a breakthrough success for Mechner, and would eventually ...
Details
- IGDB 6.8
- Release date
- 31 Dec 1984
- Genres
Fighting Hack and slash/Beat 'em up
- Developers
- Platforms
Amstrad CPC Linux Apple II Atari 7800 Atari 8-bit Atari ST/STE Commodore C64/128/MAX DOS Nintendo iOS MSX PC-9800 Series ZX Spectrum - Series
- Platforms
Amstrad CPC — 31 Dec 1990 Android — 16 May 2013 Apple II — 31 Dec 1984 Atari 7800 — 31 Dec 1987 Atari 8-bit — 31 Dec 1985 Atari ST/STE — 31 Dec 1988 Commodore C64/128/MAX — 31 Dec 1985 DOS — 31 Dec 1986 Family Computer — 5 Dec 1985 iOS — 3 May 2013 MSX — 31 Dec 1990 PC-9800 Series — 1 Nov 1988 ZX Spectrum — 31 Dec 1990
- Game modes
Single player
- Perspectives
Side view
- Alternative titles
Каратека Каратист Karateka Classic
