You may have heard of Jordan Mechner. He's the man behind a little game called Prince of Persia, one of the most successful and enduring video game franchises of all time. He also created a title called Karateka in 1984, an action game which involves plenty of martial arts action.
Karateka is getting something of a facelift for modern systems, with versions confirmed for PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and iOS. Thanks to an ESRB rating, we now know that the game is also destined to appear on the Wii U.
The mind behind Prince of Persia shares his family’s life story as well as his own as a videogame developer in an emotional and very personal book.
In a recent podcast with Wassup Conversations, Jordan Mechner, the creator of Prince of Persia franchise claims that his new book "Samak the Ayyar" based on an old Persian folk was supposed to be a new Prince of Persia game. He mentions: "It was actually going to be a new instalment in the Prince of Persia series." But the project didn't come to an end and Mechner release the story as a book.
Jamie Laike Tsui of Capsule Computers writes:
"Karateka was Jordan Mechner’s video game debut in 1984, programmed in his dorm room for the old Apple II. Since then, Mechner has been busy with the Prince of Persia series and writing graphic novels and screenplays. He has returned to his first game Karateka with a modern rhythm based remake"
LMAO at this review complaining about the game's 3 dollar price. That's less than a meal at mcdonalds.
At first I didn't pay attention to this based on the name and the premise of the original game. But, with Jordan Mechner behind it it could turn into something special.
I read about this in another article;I'm pretty stoked about it.I have fond memories of playing the Atari version with my bro,back in the day.
Could be a lot of fun.
Wasnt it on the NES or TV games as well? I think i remember playing it as a kid.
Friggin eagle...
Also don't walk up to your woman after she is rescued...she will PWN you!!!