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August 29, 2023

The Making of Karateka

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The Making of Karateka
10.0
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Based on 7 Reviews
87
Release date
August 29, 2023
Developer
Digital Eclipse
Publisher
Digital Eclipse
Genre
Action
Platform
PC
Web-site
Official Steam

Summary

Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner was a college student when he created one of the biggest-selling games of 1984: Karateka. Now, in a new interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse, the story of how a teenager with an Apple II created one of the most groundbreaking, influential games of all time.

THE ORIGIN STORY OF A LEGENDARY GAME CREATOR

Discover how Karateka was made through an exhaustive archive of design documents, playable prototypes, and all-new video features. Like walking through a museum, you can explore the interactive timelines at your own pace.

PLAY THE ACCLAIMED ORIGINALS

Enjoy pixel-perfect versions of the original Karateka games and a variety of never-before-seen early prototypes, with rich quality-of-life features like save anywhere, rewind, chapter select, and director's commentary.

TWO REMASTERED GAMES

Karateka Remastered is an all-new version of the original game featuring cutting-room-floor content, commentary, achievements, and more. Deathbounce: Rebounded is a fast and frantic twin-stick shooter based on Jordan's unpublished prototype.

A GROUNDBREAKING MASTERPIECE

Discover how Karateka became one of the first games to include cinematic scenes, a moving original soundtrack, rotoscoped animation, and a Hollywood-style love story, influencing the decades of games that followed.

The Making of Karateka System Requirements

🤏 Minimum Requirements

OS:
Windows 10
CPU:
Intel i3 @ 3.0GHz or AMD equivalent.
RAM:
8 GB RAM
GPU:
ATI Radeon HD 4800 Series, Nvidia GeForce 8800GT or greater

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Gaming Nexus Gaming Nexus
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Everything you wanted to know about Karateka, but was afraid to ask, is here. Digital Eclipse has done it again. The bonus reimagined games are cool too. Go save the girl, and shoot down some alien bats. If this is the first in the series, I'm ready to get kicked in the face, multiple times.
October 5, 2023
GameCritics GameCritics
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It’s a bold strategy to focus on the documentary aspect of a game or series, specifically the features normally used as bonus materials in many game compilations. However, due to the nature of the subject matter, this is an excellent blend of movie and game, much like the topic of the documentary. The collection is packed with hours of video footage, images, documentation, a gushing fan letter from John Romero of DOOM fame, correspondence, early art, and even early prototypes of Mechner’s original versions of Karateka, as well as fully playable versions of other games Mechner developed, but never was able to publish. This is easily one of the best and most complete historical documentaries of a videogame, ever, and should be held up as an example for future collections.
September 24, 2023
Meristation Meristation
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The Making of Karateka is pure preservation of video game history made with enviable affection. A true wonder for enthusiasts of the video game industry at an unbeatable price.
September 20, 2023

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