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The Making of Karateka NS

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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.

THE ORIGIN STORY OF A LEGENDARY GAME CREATOR

Discover how Karateka was made through an exhaustive archive of design documents, playable prototypes, and all-new video features. Like walking through a museum, you can explore the interactive timelines at your own pace.

PLAY THE ACCLAIMED ORIGINALS

Enjoy pixel-perfect versions of the original Karateka games and a variety of never-before-seen early prototypes, with rich quality-of-life features like save anywhere, rewind, chapter select, and director's commentary.

TWO REMASTERED GAMES

Karateka Remastered is an all-new version of the original game featuring cutting-room-floor content, commentary, achievements, and more. Deathbounce: Rebounded is a fast and frantic twin-stick shooter based on Jordan's unpublished prototype.

A GROUNDBREAKING MASTERPIECE

Discover how Karateka became one of the first games to include cinematic scenes, a moving original soundtrack, rotoscoped animation, and a Hollywood-style love story, influencing the decades of games that followed.

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Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 4 reviews)

Ava ★★★★★

I've been working through the documentary mode and the way it lets you toggle between the original game and the behind-the-scenes footage is really clever. The archival interviews with Jordan Mechner add so much context to the development process.

Julian ★★★★★

The interactive documentary format is a genius way to explore the game's history, and I love being able to jump straight to specific behind-the-scenes clips. It feels less like watching a film and more like digging through a treasure chest of development artifacts.

Aurora B. ★★★★★

I've spent hours rewinding and replaying the interactive documentary sections, and the way it weaves the game's original footage with the behind-the-scenes story is genuinely captivating. It's the closest thing to a time machine for anyone who grew up with 80s gaming.