Karate
Sport theme
A martial art developed in Okinawa, Japan before the 19th century.
70
games
28platforms
Alternate name: 空手
GBC 2000
ARCD 1984
OCS 1990
9801 1988-11
NES 1985-12-05
SPC 1987
ST 1987
C64 1991
C64 1987
VCS 1982
DOS 1989
MSX 1990
There was a boom in interest in karate and possibly some other forms of martial arts in late 70s that lasted through 80s that prompted countless karate related entertainment to be produced in all sorts of media.
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Games by year
A | 1979 - The Little Dragons (Karate Kids) movie |
B | 1984 - The Karate Kid (Movie) |
The first Karate video game was released in 1982.
Data East, System 3 and Electronic Arts published most of these games.