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Console:	Commodore 64
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Year:	1985
RFG ID #:	U-018-S-02540-A
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Developer:	Jordan Mechner
Publisher:	Brøderbund Software
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Genre:	Fighting
Sub-genre:	Martial Arts
Players:	1
Controller:	Joystick or Keyboard
Media Format:	5.25" Floppy Disk

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• Suspenseful, movie-like story.
• Smoothly animated characters.
• Scrolling backgrounds.
• Realistic karate fighting.

Returning home after years of study under a Master of Karate, you find your village burned to the ground. Your friends and family are scattered, your bride-to-be stolen by Akuma, the warlord whose oppressive shadow has darkened your village since before you were born.
Your grief and rage turn to cold determination. You vow never again to submit to the evil warlord. You know you must avenge your village and rescue your beloved Princess Mariko from Akuma's mountain fortress.
Alone, armed only with your knowledge of Karate, you must outfight Akuma's vicious warriors, each one more powerful than the last. Fight on, deep into the heart of the palace, where to rescue Mariko you must confront the cruel Akuma himself in hand-to-hand combat.
Put fear and self-concern behind you. Focus your will on your objective, accepting death as a possibility, and do what you have chosen to do. This is the Way of the Karateka.

Console	Reg.	Type	Title	Publisher	Year	Genre
Commodore 64		S	Karateka	Ariolasoft UK	1985	Fighting
Commodore 64		S	Karateka [Flippy Disk: Commodore / Atari]	Brøderbund Software		Fighting

Console	Reg.	Type	Title	Publisher	Year	Genre
Atari 8-bit Family		S	Karateka [Cartridge Version]	Atari	1989	Fighting
Atari 8-bit Family		S	Karateka [Disk Version]	Broderbund	1985	Fighting

The game was found on the following compilation:

• Brøderbund Games Pack 1: Karateka / The Castles of Doctor Creep

Fighting Stance

• Q – Punch High
• A – Punch Middle
• Z – Punch Low
• W – Kick High
• S – Kick Middle
• Z – Kick Low
• > - Advance
• < - Retreat
• SPACE – Stand Up

• B – Bow
• > - Run Forward
• < - Stop
• SPACE – Get Into Fighting Stance

• RUN/STOP – Pause
• J – Joystick Control
• K – Keyboard Control
• F1 – Restart Game

• Adapted for the Commodore by Robert Cook
• Additional Graphics and Animation by Gene Portwood, Lauren Elliot (Brøderbund Software)
• Original music Composed by Francis Mechner
• Using Brøderbund's 'The Music Shop' by Don Williams