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The Making of Karateka

98% positive of 121 Steam reviews

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Released
2023
Steam Deck
Playable
Platforms
Steam

Made by Digital Eclipse. Published by Digital Eclipse, Atari.

About the game

Play the history. Go behind the scenes of Jordan Mechner's landmark game Karateka in this interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse, with archival materials, video features, and more. Experience pixel-perfect versions of this legendary game, with all-new features.

Tagged by players

  • 2D Fighter
  • Cinematic
  • 1980s
  • 2D Platformer
  • Historical
  • Old School
  • Action
  • Combat
  • Pixel Graphics
  • Linear
  • Story Rich

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What players say

  • Recommended
    Huge recommendation for this game. If you are in the Venn Diagram of "Video Game Fan", "Documentary Fan", and "General History" fan, then this game is brilliant. All of the Gold Master Series games are worth a buy as they can give a perfect blend of the medium's exploration about the medium itself. In film, you passively watch a documentary, in writing, you read an exploration of the subject, but in gaming, you can…

    7 h played when written. 1 found it helpful.

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  • Not recommended
    There's a lot of relatively uninteresting documents. Instead of the detailed mail exchanges between Mechner and Broderbund, I would appreciate some in-depth look on the source code of Karateka. I appreciate the analysis of the music.

    10 h played when written, mostly on Steam Deck. 2 found it helpful.

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