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Great Karate Champ clone; also good for scaring friends

Published October 9, 2009
4 out of 5 starsScore: 80/100

This game played almost identically to the arcade game Karate Champ.  It was impressive that it was able create a decent (at the time) one on one fighting game using a one button Atari 2600 style joystick. 
 
It was also good for scaring the crap out of my friends.  When the title screen loaded there would be a really bad "WHAATAAWWW" Bruce Lee sound out of nowhere.  Now as you may remember C64 games could take upwards of 5 minutes to load.  You really could go make a sandwitch while it loaded. So what I would do is turn up the speaker on my C64 monitor all the way up.  Invite my friend to check out this new game I had and put him in the seat right in front of the monitor.  Chat up the game a bit, and then excuse my self for a drink or whatever.  Then I'd watch from the back of the room as the outrageously loud sound caused them to jump out of the chair.  Juvenile?  Well, yeah, I was.  I was twelve. 
 
Anyway this is probably another game I would buy if it came out on the VC, if only to see if that sound was still there.

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