International Karate +
Call it a sequel... And you'll land up flat on your back. They called International Karate "the greatest Karate beat' em up yet" (Commodore User). And who are we to argue? But Archer Maclean has come up with a…
International Karate + is a fighting developed by System 3 Software, released 1 October 1987 on Wii, Game Boy Advance, Amiga CD32 and PlayStation.
What International Karate + is
International Karate + is a fighting game developed by System 3 Software and released in 1987. It was published by Ignition Entertainment. It is available on Wii, Game Boy Advance, Amiga CD32, PlayStation, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
International Karate +, stylized as IK+, is a fighting game written by Archer Maclean and published in 1987 by System 3 for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC, and ZX Spectrum. It is a successor to International Karate (1985). Activision published the Commodore 64 version in the US as Chop N' Drop.
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
International Karate + holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 95% of the 981 rated fighting games in our database, which average 68. Games released in 1987 averaged 72, so it scored 18 points above the year average.
What it launched against
International Karate + launched on 1 October 1987, within three weeks of Maniac Mansion and Time Soldiers. It reviewed better than 1 of the 2.
Released around the same time: Maniac Mansion, Time Soldiers.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for International Karate + yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
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Quick answers
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