Published , by Greg Burke
Published , by Greg Burke
On this episode of Shack's Arcade Corner, we are taking a look back at Karate Champ. One of the first classic arcade fighting games, Karate Champ hit U.S. arcades in 1984. The game was developed by Technos Japan and published by Data East. The arcade cabinet didn't feature any buttons for gameplay interactions, and instead challenged users to control their characters with two joysticks. The left joystick controlled movement while the right joystick controlled the moveset. There were actually seventeen unique moves that players could execute in the games, which was pretty impressive for such an old school arcade game. Karate Champ also featured some very interesting minigames that challenged players in between rounds. The game was ported to NES in 1986 as well as some home computers. The folks at Arcade1Up will be releasing a Karate Champ cabinet later this year, in case you are looking to get back into the retro 1v1 fighting game action.
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