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The Making of Karateka
Developer Digital Eclipse
Play the history. Go behind the scenes of Jordan Mechner's landmark game Karateka in this interactive documentary from Digital Eclipse, with archival materials, video features, and more. Experience pixel-perfect versions of this legendary game, with all-new features. From the Steam store page
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60 of 72 · most liked firstNEW GAME ANNOUNCEMENT - PLEASE REPOST! So excited to FINALLY reveal "The Making Of Karateka," our next game at Digital Eclipse! Before Prince of Persia, Jordan Mechner created this 1984 Apple II masterpiece. Our new interactive documentary goes DEEP.
unlabelledView post →I was lucky enough to play “The Making of Karateka” early. It’s incredible. This is how you preserve video game history. It’s an interactive documentary - including interviews, art, playable early prototypes, and different versions. Even if you don’t know Karateka, buy this.
unlabelledView post →Strange but true: If you inserted the original #Karateka Apple II disc upside down, you could play through the entire game that way. You can toggle this as a pause-menu option in The Making of Karateka -- it was too cool not to preserve. :)
unlabelledView post →📀 ANNOUNCEMENT OF AN ANNOUNCEMENT 📀 Our next interactive documentary, game #002 in the Gold Master Series following The Making of Karateka, will be revealed during the @DayoftheDevs digital showcase next month! Grab tickets to the in-person event December 8 to MEET ME IN PERSON
unlabelledView post →I think about The Making of Karateka a lot. I really wanna see a big game ACTUALLY do a full quality "Archival" re-release, providing the original, providing a remake or better graphics if they want, optional enhancements, old lost demos or thin slices like put a bunch of cool shit in it like that!!
unlabelledView post →Dan Amrich told me that multiple people at Gamescom said that The Making of Karateka was one of their favorite games. Now obviously, if The Making of Karateka is one of your favorite games, you're a huge nerd. But you're my kind of nerd, so thank you. www.digitaleclipse.com/games/karateka
unlabelledView post →I bought The Making of Karateka and you should too. It's one of the weirdest video game products ever, in the best possible way, a sort of interactive documentary done incredibly well, with the whole history of Karateka told through film, museum pieces, playable builds, ports, a remake. It's awesome
unlabelledView post →The Making of Karateka is a finalist for the Innovation Award in this year's Game Developer Choice Awards! Wonderful to be recognized by our peers for this award. gamechoiceawards.com/recipients
unlabelledView post →Thanks to Paste Magazine for naming The Making of Karateka one of the best video games of 2023! "This playable documentary is a brilliant piece of work, and a must-play for Karateka fans and anybody interested in game design." www.pastemagazine.com/games/best-g...
unlabelledView post →Their gold master series of video game compilations, which are really just interactive museums - Tetris Forever, Llamasoft: The Jeff Minster Story, The Making of Karateka? That's dream shit, right there, blessings from a better dimension.
unlabelledView post →Combine DE's #Karateka research with @jmechner.bsky.social 's game-dev diary and you get The Making of Karateka: Journals 1982-1985, a fully illustrated edition of Jordan's classic book. It's only available in the Deluxe Edition of The Making of Karateka; preorders are underway! bit.ly/gmsphysical
unlabelledView post →"The Making of Karateka proves the best way to tell gaming history is with a game, and the rest of the industry must follow its lead" - PC Gamer
unlabelledView post →If you’re a dev or are interested in game dev I’d highly highly recommend you play/experience The Making of Karateka. It’s so interesting! Playing through all the in progress builds as well as the modern reimagined games was a lot of fun too. www.digitaleclipse.com/games/karateka
unlabelledView post →I reviewed 'The Making of Karateka', an incredible game-as-museum-exhibition that serves as the prime example of how we should document and remember essential pieces of video game history. GET INTO IT. www.gameshub.com/news/reviews...
unlabelledView post →Like vinyl LPs, 5.25" floppy disks had two sides. As curious Apple II gamers found out, inserting the #Karateka floppy upside-down would let you play the game upside-down! We've preserved this Easter egg in The Making of Karateka; toggle it on for a challenge. Wishlist Steam: bit.ly/karatekasteam
unlabelledView post →UK fans, Amazon has Gold Master Series physical editions available for preorder! The Making of Karateka Switch: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXQ6BWK9 PS5: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0DXQ6PP84
unlabelledView post →Inspiring biographical books about game development: "DOOM Guy: Life in First Person", by @johnromero.bsky.social "Masters of Doom", by David Kushner "The Making of Karateka" and "The Making of Prince of Persia" by @jmechner.bsky.social
unlabelledView post →"Digital Eclipse's The Making Of Karateka... wasn't just one of the best 'games' I played this year, but ranks up there on my list of the most important electronic experiences ever." - Rock Paper Shotgun www.rockpapershotgun.com/the-rps-adve...
unlabelledView post →Unlike our other works, The Making of Karateka is the story of one single game, using video features, Jordan's original design documents, the contents of his floppy disks, and so much more to go deeper into the making of a single game than ever before! It'll be out soon. 2023!
unlabelledView post →Disney animators used rotoscoping in film animation, but @jmechner.bsky.social brought it to gaming with #Karateka. Blend the animation layers yourself in The Making of Karateka, the first title in our #GoldMasterSeries of interactive documentaries. Available now: digitaleclipse.com/games/karateka
unlabelledView post →I find a way to show The Making of Karateka every term in game history now. It is so refreshing to see a team invested in the history of the medium. (And both the animation reference with sliders and the Wagner music connection are the stuff of an educator’s dreams. Tremendous job on those fronts!)
unlabelledView post →In which @mikedrucker.bsky.social begs you - begs you! - to play The Making of Karateka. Please. He is begging www.thegamer.com/learn-game-h...
unlabelledView post →Digital Eclipse's Chris Kohler talks about the studio's vision for the future of video game documentaries and preservation, as it demonstrated with recent launch The Making of Karateka
unlabelledView post →Y'all like Old Games Preserved Well? @double-j.bsky.social fawns over @digitaleclipse.bsky.social's The Making of Karateka in his review, a celebration of Jordan Mechner's incredible work! www.sidequesting.com/2023/09/the-...
unlabelledView post →I think Digital Eclipse's creation of the Documentary Video Game is maybe the coolest thing to happen to games in a while. Atari 50 is sick as hell, and The Making of Karateka also seems incredibly cool. I'm thrilled that they're going to be making a full series of these things
unlabelledView post →If you are able to, do get The Making of Karateka by Digital Eclipse! store.steampowered.com/app/1163060/... This extremely ambitious project is like a culmination of video game preservation and research and may help inspire other companies to take this level of care with their history!
unlabelledView post →"You need to be congratulated on this game," wrote a 17-year-old gamer named John Romero, long before he brought about your Doom. Learn how #Karateka influenced him in The Making of Karateka, part of the #GoldMasterSeries. Coming to major platforms soon! Wishlist on Steam: bit.ly/karatekasteam
unlabelledView post →Have you played The Making of Karateka? Where the game itself is a documentary about the history of Karateka? I'm really enjoying this series of interactive documentary games that Digital Eclipse is doing, I really hope they keep it going.
unlabelledView post →"This playable documentary is a brilliant piece of work, and a must-play for #Karateka fans and anybody interested in game design." - Paste Magazine on The Making of Karateka in "The Best Games of 2023"
unlabelledView post →'The making of The Making of Karateka' - a look at how the finest ever playable documentary on a game was created. Read it here at Eurogamer: www.eurogamer.net/the-making-o...
unlabelledView post →Ooh, excited for this. Every classic game should get The Making of Karateka treatment. Still a must-play if you're even vaguely interested in game history and design.
unlabelledView post →Why did so many #Karateka ports fall short compared to the Apple II original? To learn the answer, our studio head @mikejmika.bsky.social ported the game himself as Karateka Remastered, only available in The Making of Karateka. Available August 29! http://digitaleclipse.com/games/karateka
unlabelledView post →for my podcast series this week, I sat down with @kohler.bsky.social from @digitaleclipse.bsky.social to talk about the Making of Karateka, game preservation, and more https://youtu.be/sHr1TXOWPOI
unlabelledView post →When starting his #Karateka remaster, @MikeJMika set guidelines to keep his port authentic. Hear Mike's insight as you play via his optional in-game commentary for Kareteka Remastered, part of The Making of Karateka. bit.ly/karatekasteam #GoldMasterSeries
unlabelledView post →ICYMI: The Making of Karateka by Digital Eclipse is arriving soon on Switch & PS5 in a physical edition. Dive into the making of the legendary game by Jordan Mechner with interactive timelines and experience the remastered edition of a true classic.
unlabelledView post →Playing The Making of Karateka and the quickness of this game over is killing me
unlabelledView post →I reviewed @jmechner.bsky.social excellent book Replay for @popmatters.bsky.social. Mechner is experiencing an artistic resurgence since @digitaleclipse.bsky.social released The Making of Karateka. I appreciate how much his work demystifies game development. www.popmatters.com/jordan-mechn...
unlabelledView post →"The Making of Karateka isn’t just a meaningful step forward for game preservation and history. This is proof-positive of what makes video games such a fascinating and thrilling medium." 9.5/10 -- comingsoon.net comingsoon.net/games/review...
unlabelledView post →As a little aside, I've been wanting to interview Digital Eclipse pretty much since The Making of Karateka - and this MK interview came together because I talked to someone at Summer Game Fest and worked with PR to set it up for months. Man, sometimes, it just pays off to be persistent.
unlabelledView post →And while you're at it, consider grabbing @digitaleclipse.bsky.social's The Making of Karateka, a wonderful playable documentary about the childhood game in question: www.digitaleclipse.com/games/karateka
unlabelledView post →We'd love your support in this year's #SteamAwards! The Making of Karateka for Outstanding Story-Rich Game: store.steampowered.com/news/app/116... #Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord for Best Game You Suck At: store.steampowered.com/news/app/251... Thank you for your consideration!
unlabelledView post →...which you can, thanks to The Making of Karateka, an interactive documentary featuring all sorts of good stuff including the finished game on the Apple II, Commodore 64 and Atari 8-bit platforms. I highly recommend it. Check @digitaleclipse.bsky.social to find out more. 3/3
unlabelledView post →The Making of Karateka is out today. It's reviewing well, which is really heartening (but unsurprising coming from Digital Eclipse). It's the kind of thing that I think is really important for the video game industry to start doing and start doing right. Can't wait to check it out.
unlabelledView post →Oooh, The Making of Karateka for just $6! Highly recommend picking that one up if you have any interest in game history. it tells the story of the making of one of the most impressive computer games of the early '80s, and the fundamental principles that made Karateka great still shine through today.
unlabelledView post →Coming back to it tonight after a while and folks, Atari 50 is still the absolute gold standard in nostalgia gaming. Possibly followed up by the Making of Karateka for a single game deep dive (god I want more of this style stuff).
unlabelledView post →Have you seen the Gold Master Series by @digitaleclipse.bsky.social ? They’re basically documentaries in video game form. I’ve played ATARI 50 and THE MAKING OF KARATEKA and they’re incredible. www.digitaleclipse.com/games/atari50
unlabelledView post →On PCs, Karateka was released in 1984. This action adventure game by @jmechner.bsky.social was recently the subject of the interactive documentary “The Making of Karateka”. This is the first game that I finished and in which I discovered an easter egg.
unlabelledView post →THE MAKING OF KARATEKA is a must-have for anyone who believes in video games as art, ESPECIALLY if you've never played KARATEKA. This game was as important as Space Invaders or King's Quest, but hasn't gotten the same veneration. And now it's the first Criterion-style game release.
unlabelledView post →"The Making of Karateka isn’t just a meaningful step forward for game preservation and history. This is proof-positive of what makes video games such a fascinating and thrilling medium." - 9.5/10, ComingSoon.net www.comingsoon.net/games/review...
unlabelledView post →As a species, we navigated "po-TAY-toh, po-TAH-toh" pretty well -- but how do you pronounce the martial-arts game #Karateka? We've got the definitive answer in The Making of Karateka, the first #GoldMasterSeries game from DE. Wishlist on Steam (consoles coming soon!): bit.ly/karatekasteam
unlabelledView post →@daemzero.bsky.social @errorjustin.bsky.social a heads up since you discussed both on this weeks Game Scoop! Both Atari 50 and The Making of Karateka are on sale on Xbox this week!
unlabelledView post →Going to GDC? Thurs 3/21 @ 11:30, I'm speaking about making Karateka (1984, my first published game) and signing my new graphic memoir REPLAY. GDC: bit.ly/3TkJR93 REPLAY book page: bit.ly/3IfYnK4 The Making of Karateka: bit.ly/48VkBMq
unlabelledView post →Today's going to be a different kind of experience, we're going to browse a digital documentary on a very influential game. I've never played this game before, so I'm ready to learn the history and the ropes of being a punchy boi as we check out The Making of Karateka! twitch.tv/emotionalsup...
unlabelledView post →let's talk about game history? my new review is about one of the best that I played in 2023! THE MAKING OF KARATEKA (by @digitaleclipse.bsky.social) isn't just a game collection, but a new standard for game preservation too www.gabtoschi.com/blog/review/...
unlabelledView post →The Making of Karateka is really good. www.nixon.computer/blog/gamecle...
unlabelledView post →New at Every Game I've Finished for supporters: I take an in-depth look at The Making of Karateka!
unlabelledView post →The Making of Karateka from @digitaleclipse.bsky.social is a wonderful documentary that preserves the legacy of the iconic game while making it more accessible. Our own @gocastzack.bsky.social had a blast experiencing this interactive history lesson; you can read about it more in his written review.
unlabelledView post →I was surprised and delighted to discover that one of the items on the timeline in Digital Eclipse’s The Making of Karateka is a little mini episode of @kirkhamilton.com‘s Strong Songs about the game’s music. What a brilliant inclusion. I love it.
unlabelledView post →The leftover Manhattan model from The Document of Metal Gear Solid 2 is all that was left public-facing (I still think that's one of the coolest game releases ever made next to The Making of Karateka)
unlabelledView post →Just finished playing Karateka Remastered and experiencing the Making of Karateka. Thoroughly recommended! I never really played much of the original (I vaguely remember playing it briefly at a friend's place) but as a fan of Prince of Persia and 80s PC gaming history, I liked it.
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