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Shape up
your fists and elbows and fight your way like a man to
the beautiful princess Mariko...on your watch!
Whoever
thought we would ever come to that?
The first
large-scale personal computer game ever, Karateka is
once more destined to pioneer the gaming market - this
time on a wristwatch. With beautiful large graphics,
simple and intriguing story told without a single word
on the screen, it sure deserves its place in the all
time classics by Jordan Mechner (maybe best known for his
Prince of Persia series).
Karateka
will be a nice and warm recall to the old days for
everyone who knows and had played the original back in
the Apple and Commodore days.
For
everyone else, we hope it will the be remembered as the
first game actually appropriate and optimized for
playing on your wrist watch.
Navigation
Use the rocker on your watch to move back and forth
in a fight.
You can hit with hands and kick with legs
by using the following three buttons:
- Page Up for an upside hit/kick
- Page Down for a downside hit/kick
- Rocker Push for a middle hit/kick
At any given time, only hands or legs can be used
for attacking. The game generally picks the mode for
you, but you can swap it at any time by taping in the
upper half of the display.
Your first opponent must be overthrown only with
your fists. The rest you will need to figure by
yourself.
Registration
When
first installed, Karateka will play into trial mode,
limiting you to only the first few opponents on your way
to Mariko.
To continue further, you
need enter an unlocking code, which we kindly invite you
to purchase at the vendor of your choice or directly
from Beiks.
Once you do so, run the
game and press the Page Up button as indicated on the
shareware reminder screen.
You will need to enter a
series of zeros and ones by using the rocker - pushing
it up will enter "1" and pushing it down will enter "0".
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