The Making of Karateka Nintendo Switch

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New from Digital Eclipse (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection, Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration, Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story), the Gold Master Series presents iconic games through an innovative "interactive documentary" that brings together the shared history of video games and their creators in a single format.

The Making of Karateka: Discover the story of Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner's first game, Karateka.

Prince of Persia creator Jordan Mechner was a college student when he created one of 1984's best-selling games: Karateka. Now, in a new interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse, we discover how a teenager with an Apple II created one of the most revolutionary and influential games of all time.

PUBLISHER Clear River Games
GENRE History, Retrogaming, VS Fighting
SUPPORT Video game on cartridge
PLATFORMS Nintendo Switch
LANGUAGES Voice in English - Texts in French, English, Italian
German, Spanish, Japanese
PACK in French, Italian, Spanish, English
PEGI AGE RATING 16

THE ORIGIN STORY OF A LEGENDARY GAME CREATOR

Discover how Karateka was created through an extensive archive of design documents, playable prototypes, and never-before-seen video assets. Just like a museum, you can explore the interactive timelines at your own pace.

PLAY THE ORIGINAL GAMES ACCLAIMED BY PLAYERS

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

TWO REMASTERED GAMES

Karateka Remastered is an all-new version of the original game with new content, commentary, achievements, and more. Deathbounce: Rebounded is a fast-paced, frenetic shooter based on Jordan's unreleased prototype.

A REVOLUTIONARY MASTERPIECE

Discover how Karateka became one of the first games to include cutscenes, a moving original soundtrack, rotoscoping animations, and a Hollywood-style love story, influencing decades of gaming that followed.