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08-16-2023, 11:03 PM
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Step into your gi, Digital Eclipse has announced that their interactive documentary (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1163060/The_Making_of_Karateka/), The Making of Karateka, launches on August 29, 2023.
The Making of Karateka is more than just a new port of Jordan Mechner?s legendary 1984 Apple II brawler. It also promises video features, playable prototypes, and design documents providing an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at Mechner?s work. Digital Eclipse has even gone to the work of extrapolating on a prototype to provide it into a full-fledged game called Deathbounce: Rebounded. It?s a dual-stick shooter, which is a pretty great sub-genre.
https://youtu.be/IrS2pipZaH0
Digital Eclipse has last tested the interactive documentary concept with the Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration. It goes beyond the simple remaster format by going in-depth into the making of the games. Karateka is a great starting point, as Mechner made it years before the more renowned Prince of Persia. It?s a formative game known for its cinematics and rotoscoped animation.
I personally haven?t played Karateka. I?m pretty sure I have a copy of it for my Commodore 64 that I haven?t dug into yet, but I?ll probably just wait for this release to try it. After all, it?s out in just a couple of weeks. The Making of Karateka releases August 29, 2023 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. The Switch version is lagging behind those versions, with a planned launch in September.
The post The Making of Karateka fastens its belt for an August 29 release (https://www.destructoid.com/the-making-of-karateka-fastens-its-belt-for-an-august-29-release/) appeared first on Destructoid (https://www.destructoid.com).
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Step into your gi, Digital Eclipse has announced that their interactive documentary (https://store.steampowered.com/app/1163060/The_Making_of_Karateka/), The Making of Karateka, launches on August 29, 2023.
The Making of Karateka is more than just a new port of Jordan Mechner?s legendary 1984 Apple II brawler. It also promises video features, playable prototypes, and design documents providing an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at Mechner?s work. Digital Eclipse has even gone to the work of extrapolating on a prototype to provide it into a full-fledged game called Deathbounce: Rebounded. It?s a dual-stick shooter, which is a pretty great sub-genre.
https://youtu.be/IrS2pipZaH0
Digital Eclipse has last tested the interactive documentary concept with the Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration. It goes beyond the simple remaster format by going in-depth into the making of the games. Karateka is a great starting point, as Mechner made it years before the more renowned Prince of Persia. It?s a formative game known for its cinematics and rotoscoped animation.
I personally haven?t played Karateka. I?m pretty sure I have a copy of it for my Commodore 64 that I haven?t dug into yet, but I?ll probably just wait for this release to try it. After all, it?s out in just a couple of weeks. The Making of Karateka releases August 29, 2023 on PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X|S. The Switch version is lagging behind those versions, with a planned launch in September.
The post The Making of Karateka fastens its belt for an August 29 release (https://www.destructoid.com/the-making-of-karateka-fastens-its-belt-for-an-august-29-release/) appeared first on Destructoid (https://www.destructoid.com).
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