[VAR] International Karate +

[Staubhold]

 

 

International Karate +, often abbreviated as IK+, is a karate fighting video game published in 1987 by System 3, originally for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum. It has since been ported to a number of other platforms. The Commodore 64 version was released in the USA under the title Chop N' Drop.

 

 

In the game, three karateka fight against each other on a beach, trying to be the first to score six points. After every two rounds, there is a bonus game which is either deflecting bouncing balls or kicking away bombs.

 

The game can be played by one or two human players, at least one fighter is always controlled by the computer.

 

Unlike its predecessor, International Karate, there is only one backdrop. However, different parts of the backdrop can be recoloured to several different themes by the players using specific keystrokes.

The Amiga and Atari versions of the game (and possibly other versions, unconfirmed) had a number of "background antics", a Pac-Man would appear, a spider would descend, and a U-boat's periscope would occasionally be seen in the harbour. In addition, pressing the "T" key would cause the trousers of all three protagonists to fall down, after which they would do a double-take. Additionally, it was possible (on the Amiga version, at least) to type in four-letter curse words; the game would respond first by rebuking the player for their use of such language, and upon the second offence would reset the game.

 

I love the AMIGA version! That main theme (composed by Dave Lowe) will forever stay in my head.

[Galvatron]

Thats a pretty game cool game back in the days.   the graphics was nice and it was fun too.

Its one of the old games that was leading up to how fighting games are now.