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Katar

Tools entity

Includes any katar-like blade weapons, a sword or dagger with wrist support designed for punching.

42
games
12
platforms

Alternate names: Kattari, Katara, Bundi dagger, Suwaiya, Punching sword

BloodRayne (Mac OS X)
BloodRayne
OSX 2003-05-06
Legend of Grimrock (Linux)
Legend of Grimrock
LIN 2012-12
Summoner (PlayStation 2)
Summoner
PS2 2000-10-26
BloodRayne: Betrayal (PlayStation 3)
BloodRayne: Betrayal
PS3 2011-09-06
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (Dreamcast)
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
DC 2000-01-25
Deus Ex: Human Revolution (Windows)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution
WIN 2011-08-26
ROSE Online (Windows)
ROSE Online
WIN 2005-12-01
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver (PlayStation)
Legacy of Kain: Soul Reaver
PS1 1999-07-31
BloodRayne: Betrayal (Windows)
BloodRayne: Betrayal
WIN 2014-05
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut (PlayStation 3)
Deus Ex: Human Revolution - Director's Cut
PS3 2013-10-22
Legend of Grimrock (Windows)
Legend of Grimrock
WIN 2012-04-11
BloodRayne 2 (Xbox)
BloodRayne 2
XBOX 2005-08-02
See also: claws (another wrist-supported melee weapon)

Katar and similar are often seen "misused" for slashing and such, though this is not entirely wrong, but their designed use and developed techniques used primarily punching/stabbing attacks.

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Parent groups

Archaic weapons, Exotic weapons, Mêlée weapons

Games by year

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The first Katar video game was released on August 31, 1997.

Majesco, Square Enix and Almost Human Games published most of these games.

Related site

Wikipedia article

Platforms

Windows 19
PS3 5
X360 3
Linux 3
PS2 3
Xbox 2
Mac OS X 2
Dreamcast 1
Mac OS Classic 1
Pandora 1
PS 1
GameCube 1