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vaio on 28 July 2008

Prince of Persia creator remaking his first game, Karateka

by Randy Nelson Jul 28th 2008 5:00PM

Before turning his attention (and game design skills) to platforming persian princes, Jordan Mechner was all about asian martial arts and a game called Karateka. It was his first game, in fact, and according to comments he made during a Comic-Con 2008 panel, will also be his next.

Gamasutra reports that, when asked about his freshman effort, Mechner replied: "There actually is a plan to bring back Karateka. It's a project I'm going to be involved in." Just to make things mysterious, he added: "I can safely say it's not going to be in the way you expect."

We'd expect a 3D reimagining of the side-scroller, which is best remembered for its (at the time) stunning animation. We wouldn't expect an RPG, FPS, RTS, or MMO. Hey, maybe it will be a Karateka FPSRTSMMORPG? Actually, lose everything but the "RPG" (think Jade Empire) and we may have a winner.


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vaio on 28 July 2008

Am I the only one that loved karateka?



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In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird.
Now the world is weird  and people take Prozac  to make it normal.

If laughing is the best medicine and marijuana makes you laugh

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"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

“If any creator has not played Mario, then they’re probably not a good creator. That’s something I can say with 100 percent confidence. Mario is, for game creators, the development bible.

amp316 on 28 July 2008

It was fun in it's day. :)



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Obliterator1700 on 28 July 2008
vaio said:
Am I the only one that loved karateka?
Probably not but I dont...but I will download it through the psn...

 

 



vaio on 28 July 2008
amp316 said:
It was fun in it's day. :)

Wasn´t it a very very hard game? That´s how I remeber it.

 



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amp316 on 28 July 2008

Yes it started off easily and then got excruciatingly hard. I was young at the time though. LOL



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vaio on 28 July 2008
amp316 said:
Yes it started off easily and then got excruciatingly hard. I was young at the time though. LOL

 

 mee too, wea re the same age. I remember having long days and nights with this trying to beat it, it took me months before I actually did. If i remeber correcly the hard part started as soon as you got in to the house.



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In the 60's, people took acid to make the world weird.
Now the world is weird  and people take Prozac  to make it normal.

If laughing is the best medicine and marijuana makes you laugh

Is marijuana the best medicine?

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind."

“If any creator has not played Mario, then they’re probably not a good creator. That’s something I can say with 100 percent confidence. Mario is, for game creators, the development bible.