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7.3
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Score Breakdown Based on 144 ratings
  1. 10 (17)
  2. 9 (32)
  3. 8 (47)
  4. 7 (16)
  5. 6 (12)
  6. 5 (2)
  7. 4 (5)
  8. 3 (9)
  9. 2 (1)
  10. 1 (3)

What Gamespot Users have to say about Karateka (1986)

  • Rating:9

    Kick people in the face.

    By garey017 | Review Date: Mar 11, 2008 | NES

    If you liked the graphics and style of the old Prince of Persia games, you'll enjoy Karateka. Karateka is a karate style fighting game that takes place in a fortress. You play the protagonist, a white robe wearing karate... Read Full Review

    0 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9

    Some of the best graphics of the era.

    By garey017 | Review Date: Mar 11, 2008 | C64

    If you liked the graphics and style of the old Prince of Persia games, you'll enjoy Karateka. Karateka is a karate style fighting game that takes place in a fortress. You play the protagonist, a white robe wearing kara... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.5

    Definitely a classic for the Apple IIe.....

    By GOkinaka | Review Date: Jan 05, 2008 | APL2

    Karateka is one of the first real games that I really remember playing (besides what you would find in your local video arcades) on our Apple IIe computer way back then (which must've been at least 20 years ago, wow). ... Read Full Review

    0 of 0 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:7.8

    Karateka is a classic!

    By emeraldqueen | Review Date: Nov 05, 2006 | APL2

    This was my first game ever to play in a computer, Apple IIe it was awesome. I was at school by the time and the kids would go crazy with this game I would just wait in line jus to play, after a while I got my own comput... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful
  • Rating:9.3

    One of the best Apple II games ever. Crowning achievement of its time.

    By alanwong6 | Review Date: Dec 23, 2005 | APL2

    Karateka is a crowning achievement of its time. The game is short, easy and repetitive. Basically one just controls the karate fighter and fights all the way until one reaches the princess and rescues her from the evil... Read Full Review

    1 of 1 users found the following review helpful