Gallery: Karateka Remake Marks Jordan Mechner's Return to Games

  • Karateka Atari Box Art
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    *Detail of the box art for the original 1984 version of* Karateka*.*
  • Karateka
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    *Screenshot from the Commodore 64 version of* Karateka*.*
  • Karateka Bird Storyboard
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    *Jordan Mechner's original storyboards for* Karateka *illustrate the bird attack sequence.*
  • Karateka Bird Storyboard
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    *More early storyboards for the original* Karateka *show the fight with the game's final boss Akuma.*
  • Karateka Frame Traces
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    *Tracings that eventually became the running animation for* Karateka*'s main character.*
  • Karateka Hawk Sketch
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    *Sketches of Akuma's hawk familiar, an enemy in the original game.*
  • Karateka Storyboard
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    *More* Karateka *storyboards illustrate the original game's opening sequences.*
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