Subscribe to the TouchArcade YouTube channel Before there was Street Fighter before there was Tekken, there was one arcade fighter to rule them all.... KARATE CHAMP! The original arcade fighter from Data East that spawned a thousand imitators! The very first fighting game and to many the game that embodies what a fighter should be. * 16 May iTunes Advert Screens from game in review. More than a blast from the past and a must-have for your fighting game / retro collection, Karate Champ is unique for it's use of TWO STICKS NO BUTTONS and VERTICAL screen. This not only makes it unique among the fighting game fraternity but perfectly suited to the iPhone from a control viewpoint. This is no button masher, it's about skillfully executing perfectly timed karate moves against ever more challenging opponents in your quest to become the one true Karate Champ! Rebuilt from the ground up from the team that bought you the highly acclaimed 'Cobra Command' and upcoming 'Frogman', Karate Champ is a beloved retro classic without peer, and is coming this April courtesy of Data East and Revolutionary Concepts. Feature include: - Dual Stick Control (no D-Pad or buttons). - Virtual arcade cabinet surround (no thumbs covering the action) - Vertical orientation - 1 Player vs CPU over 12 environments - 2 Player Mode via Bluetooth and WIFI !! - all the bonus rounds - all the classic 80's sounds - Various New User Settings Super large Character Option Customise the arcade unit facia Old school scanlines on/off - and much much more. Gameplay Video and hands-on coming to TA soon!
Niiiiiiice! Optional scanlines and arcade face! Great stuff! And the controls with the picture of the sticks = genius! I hope they move around realistically, that would be the icing on the cake! Thanks for the heads up! EDIT: Full play of the japanese version: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU5OO4q8lSg
Fantastic! I loved the original when it came out. If you can get the controls right, and the price is reasonable, I would buy this.
Hey Guys. Quick response to your questions... - Joysticks do indeed move - ETA? Definately April, barring a disaster. Of course it's always in the hands of the jobs. - Price and controls. We're confident both will impress Keep em comin
Full Point! I'll be first in line to grab this I'm glad to hear that all the bonus rounds will be included, especially the bull-killing one. What is "super large character option"? "Various new user settings" sounds promising. Can you elaborate? Does it happen to include the dipswitch options from the arcade original? It would be fun to include cocktail mode. You say indicate it's a rewrite. Are the AI and game mechanics based strictly on the original code? Will it include a mode with higher resolution art or new sounds?
some answers... Good questions While I can't go into tooo much detail just yet, here's some answers to the above. 1. Option to enlarge characters to be bigger on-screen. 2. No 3. Sorry I didnt quite catch that 4. As close to as possible. 5. No. (retro ftw )
Err I'm not sure where we even begin with that comment. Maybe it does if you were really really constipated.
hehe I figured Actually Karate Champ (the original and iPhone versions) does allow 1 hit knock-downs. The game is played on the basis of rounds of karate (ala Karate Kid) where you score either a half point or full point depending on the move chosen and timing with which you execute. Two full points required to win a round, win 2 rounds to continue on to the next opponent. Sounds easy but it aint You could argue you need more skill than some other fighting games slash button mashers. Anyway it'll be at a price that hopefully everyone can experience this classic. Hope this helps explain a bit.
hm... i'll just stick to jump ultimate stars (in my opinion the greatest portable fighting game EVAR)
I guess he's never watched a Karate match. Or any martial arts tourney. But even more than that... who doesn't know Karate Champ, for Christ's sake?
Classic karate: one strike, one kill. In some respects, the lack of a health bar makes matches more intense. After each round, depending on the quality and type of strike that was landed, the winning player is awarded either a "half point" or "full point." First player to reach 2 full points takes the match. Between crouching, blocking, summersaulting, there's quite a bit of depth to the game. You can even feint by stopping an attack before your limb is fully extended. 7:36: in video: player kills the bull!
well, i know one shot kills are cool and all and in some games, that works (like karate fighter for example) but i just think that in one on one fighters, it wouldnt work. BUT i havent played the game yet so i wouldnt know
