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]]> By: Pedro Carnaval http://jordanmechner.com/karateka/#comment-35708 Pedro Carnaval Wed, 14 Sep 2011 17:34:42 +0000 http://localhost/jordanmechner/wp/?page_id=62#comment-35708 Este jogo para mim é mágico. Lembro bem de suas cores fortes e história cativante para a época. Ficava babando na vitrine das lojas que o colocavam como propaganda para vender apple ii. Ter ele em casa era um sonho de consumo. Até hoje, de vez em quando, jogo via emuladores. Foi o início de tudo. Muito obrigado. Este jogo para mim é mágico. Lembro bem de suas cores fortes e história cativante para a época. Ficava babando na vitrine das lojas que o colocavam como propaganda para vender apple ii. Ter ele em casa era um sonho de consumo. Até hoje, de vez em quando, jogo via emuladores. Foi o início de tudo. Muito obrigado.

]]> By: Benny http://jordanmechner.com/karateka/#comment-31908 Benny Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:58:16 +0000 http://localhost/jordanmechner/wp/?page_id=62#comment-31908 thank u JM for making this game ! karateka will always be a good memory. i absolutely love everything about this game. i even built a fan page on facebook a while ago after i couldn't find an official one. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Karateka/19682837187 now that i visited this site, i saw there's an official karateka page, i am more than willing to hand over my page (which has more likes than the official page) to it's rightful owner. plz contact me thank u JM for making this game !
karateka will always be a good memory. i absolutely love everything about this game.
i even built a fan page on facebook a while ago after i couldn’t find an official one.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Karateka/19682837187
now that i visited this site, i saw there’s an official karateka page, i am more than willing to hand over my page (which has more likes than the official page) to it’s rightful owner.
plz contact me

]]> By: Steven L http://jordanmechner.com/karateka/#comment-27643 Steven L Wed, 20 Jul 2011 13:44:07 +0000 http://localhost/jordanmechner/wp/?page_id=62#comment-27643 To get past the spiked gate, you had to inch slowly toward it, until you triggered it to drop. It wouldn't kill you when it dropped if you inched toward it one step at a time. The gate would then start to rise, and you could pass through the gate once your head would clear the bottom of it. The gate wouldn't be retriggered as it was rising, so you had a small window of opportunity to get past it before the gate reached the top. I remember one time I played I was just a tad slow as I was passing through the gate, so it dropped down again as I passed thorugh it, but I had just barely gotten through in time, so it didn't kill me. Btw, I had the same frustration with Double Dragon on the Nintendo. I could never defeat the last boss (the brother). To get past the spiked gate, you had to inch slowly toward it, until you triggered it to drop. It wouldn’t kill you when it dropped if you inched toward it one step at a time. The gate would then start to rise, and you could pass through the gate once your head would clear the bottom of it. The gate wouldn’t be retriggered as it was rising, so you had a small window of opportunity to get past it before the gate reached the top. I remember one time I played I was just a tad slow as I was passing through the gate, so it dropped down again as I passed thorugh it, but I had just barely gotten through in time, so it didn’t kill me. Btw, I had the same frustration with Double Dragon on the Nintendo. I could never defeat the last boss (the brother).

]]> By: scoman81 http://jordanmechner.com/karateka/#comment-22877 scoman81 Mon, 23 May 2011 17:06:27 +0000 http://localhost/jordanmechner/wp/?page_id=62#comment-22877 I played this game on the Atari 130XE so many times, despite having won it over and over, I'd still come back to it! Now granted, this was a LONG time ago, but one thing that jumps out at me, that no one has seemed to mention, is the music! None of the videos I've seen on Youtube show how good the music was on the Atari, at least on the XE. I've looked for a recording of this music for years, just to hear it again, with no luck. I just remember that I had never heard music done this well on any Atari game at the time, it was brilliant! I played this game on the Atari 130XE so many times, despite having won it over and over, I’d still come back to it!

Now granted, this was a LONG time ago, but one thing that jumps out at me, that no one has seemed to mention, is the music! None of the videos I’ve seen on Youtube show how good the music was on the Atari, at least on the XE. I’ve looked for a recording of this music for years, just to hear it again, with no luck. I just remember that I had never heard music done this well on any Atari game at the time, it was brilliant!

]]> By: Paulo Silveira http://jordanmechner.com/karateka/#comment-22513 Paulo Silveira Mon, 16 May 2011 22:03:09 +0000 http://localhost/jordanmechner/wp/?page_id=62#comment-22513 my childhood! it would be great to be able to take a look at the source code! my childhood!
it would be great to be able to take a look at the source code!

]]> By: Andrew http://jordanmechner.com/karateka/#comment-19625 Andrew Mon, 11 Apr 2011 10:41:59 +0000 http://localhost/jordanmechner/wp/?page_id=62#comment-19625 I always got killed by the gate which would fall on the main character. I could never figure out how to get past it, and to this day I feel like an idiot for not figuring it out. On an AppleIIe, the solution couldn't have been that difficult. I never got to see the end or get kicked in the head by my girlfriend. I always got killed by the gate which would fall on the main character. I could never figure out how to get past it, and to this day I feel like an idiot for not figuring it out. On an AppleIIe, the solution couldn’t have been that difficult. I never got to see the end or get kicked in the head by my girlfriend.

]]> By: Beard http://jordanmechner.com/karateka/#comment-18319 Beard Fri, 25 Mar 2011 20:37:14 +0000 http://localhost/jordanmechner/wp/?page_id=62#comment-18319 I grew up on this game. I loved it. When will I be able to download it on Nintendo's Virtual Console!!!! Or where can I download it now???? I grew up on this game. I loved it. When will I be able to download it on Nintendo’s Virtual Console!!!! Or where can I download it now????

]]> By: Chong Quartieri http://jordanmechner.com/karateka/#comment-17270 Chong Quartieri Tue, 15 Mar 2011 08:14:46 +0000 http://localhost/jordanmechner/wp/?page_id=62#comment-17270 I do not know if it's just me or if perhaps everybody else experiencing problems with your website. It appears like some of the written text in your content are running off the screen. Can somebody else please comment and let me know if this is happening to them as well? This might be a issue with my web browser because I've had this happen before. Thanks I do not know if it’s just me or if perhaps everybody else experiencing problems with your website. It appears like some of the written text in your content are running off the screen. Can somebody else please comment and let me know if this is happening to them as well? This might be a issue with my web browser because I’ve had this happen before. Thanks

]]> By: Shourov Bhattacharya http://jordanmechner.com/karateka/#comment-16196 Shourov Bhattacharya Sun, 27 Feb 2011 08:21:24 +0000 http://localhost/jordanmechner/wp/?page_id=62#comment-16196 You are a legend. You are a legend.

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