Black Belt

a.k.a. Martial Arts

created and published by Atari in 1983, running on Atari 5200

This game has not passed the prototype stage.

type: fighting
genre: Martial arts, One-on-one fighting
perspective: side view fixed camera
player options: single player, shared-screen

other: Prototype
languages: eng

Technical specs

display: raster

Editor note

CX-5231. 1 player only. The working title of this unreleased game was "Martial Arts". This would have been the first 1-on-1 fighting game, arriving before Karateka. The most complete prototype is only half done and lacks collision detection. This game is completely unrelated to, Sega's Black Belt, Earthware's Black Belt games, THQ's Black Belt Challenge, and Simon Walklate's Black Belt. Inferior games databases often get these confused.