Karateka (Nintendo NES) This is a Japanese to English translation of Kerateka for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Karateka is a 1984 beat'em up video game by Jordan Mechner, and was his first game created while attending Yale University. It was originally programmed for the Apple II, and was later ported to several other home computers and early gaming consoles. The player controls an unnamed protagonist who is attempting to rescue his love interest, the Princess Mariko, from Akuma's castle fortress. The game exhibits a combination of a side-scrolling platform and fighting game elements. The player uses punches and kicks to defeat Akuma and his guards and make his way deeper into the fortress. The game, as with most at the time of development, lacked checkpoints or the ability to save the game, making it a challenge to complete in a single sitting. -Genre: Action Adventure, Fighting. -Region: NTSC, USA. -Works on all North American Nintendo Systems with no modification needed. -May not be compatible with Retron 5 hardware.
