IGN:
"Remember Karateka, that old Apple II game about a kung-fu guy who fights to save a princess only to get kicked in the face because he came on too strong? Seriously, that was a real game. It was made by Jordan Mechner, the dude behind Prince of Persia. "
Jamie Laike Tsui of Capsule Computers writes:
"Karateka was Jordan Mechner’s video game debut in 1984, programmed in his dorm room for the old Apple II. Since then, Mechner has been busy with the Prince of Persia series and writing graphic novels and screenplays. He has returned to his first game Karateka with a modern rhythm based remake"
LMAO at this review complaining about the game's 3 dollar price. That's less than a meal at mcdonalds.
Parable's Sam Connolly reviews the PC version of the Karateka reboot! Is it any good?
Oprainfall writes: "It’s relatively simple to finish, but brutally difficult to master. Perhaps it’s too brutal. It is for me, at any rate; the occasional forced game of trial-and-error, as well as a difficult blocking system consistently caused me grief at specific points in the game. It’s also very short, but players who enjoy going for high-scores can squeeze much more enjoyment out of it."
My first ever type of console playing was on a Apple II, then the II c and the II e. I remember this game well. My all time favorite at the time was Aztec. I would carry around these hard floppy disc cases full of games at school. During lunch, you could go into the library computer room and play the games. Not many had home computer's back then ( 1981/82 ). But in 1982, we got the Intellivision system ( still own it ). Then the rest is history from there really.
But yeah, Aztec, Choplifter, Castle Wolfenstein, etc. Loved them all on the green monitor.
I had this for the PC (Tandy 1000 baby!). And it was pretty hard back then. The part where you had to kick the hawks was a bitch. I cant believe I even remember that lol.