In 1985, the idea of mashing buttons next to your friend while two digital characters pummeled each other wasn’t exactly commonplace. While 1976’s arcade game Heavyweight Champ and 1984’s Karate Champ ...
Revisit the origin of one of gaming's most popular genre's with DATA EAST'S KARATE CHAMP, the first one-on-one fighting video game. Released in 1984, Karate Champ quickly became a worldwide arcade hit ...
Arcade Archives: Karate Champ is a port of the action game Karate Champ. Players train a variety of karate skills with a combination of stick operations, to be a champion of competitions. At the time, ...