Rip Archer McLean, the creator of the game who passed away on 24th of December 2022. Thank you so much for the memories!

@s727r

Жыл бұрын

Had no no idea he'd passed. His legacy lives on I play this game still!

@DsLmaNiaC

Жыл бұрын

@@s727r It does. He will never be forgotten as a real pioneer in computer gaming.

@azerothcitizen4207

11 ай бұрын

didnt know that... RIP one of my childhood heroes...

@alexandrialibrary8152

Ай бұрын

🥹 Thanks Dear Archer McLean For giving us hours of fun and indelible memories of our childhood in the grandiose 80s, We’ll never forget you, a hug wherever you are. Class 1978, Italy 🥹

I'm sitting here at 3am with a glass of rum watching some childhood memories. Thanks for uploading it, this is one of the best music tunes in any C64 game.

@soulsteela01

3 жыл бұрын

Not wrong there. But as someone before said, the music in a lot of Commodore 64 was class. 👽👽👽

@jannegustavsson4177

2 жыл бұрын

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@jannegustavsson4177

2 жыл бұрын

hubbard

@jannegustavsson4177

2 жыл бұрын

Rob Hubbard!

@primalthingsome

Жыл бұрын

10 yrs later I am cheering you with glass of wine at 4:15 am 🍷

Archer Maclean, Commodore 64 developer, has passed away at 60 years old Maclean is perhaps best known as the designer for retro titles such as Dropzone and International Karate.

Yeah, this tune is eternal.

I loved this soundtrack back when I was a kid - still do! C64 games had some awesome music.

@poppashots994

4 жыл бұрын

It let it play and taped it

@crockett616

4 жыл бұрын

I loved it too and still do! One of my absolute favorites! This, Zoids and Rambo loader music. International Karate and Zoids are by Rob Hubbard, right? Great stuff! Also loved this game as a game! Very exciting to play, very good in that way too, for a C64 game.

@muziklidunya

4 жыл бұрын

Bu oyunu çok severdim yıl 86 87 idi.

@Daud76

4 жыл бұрын

@@poppashots994 😄 I fondly remember taping all the music from the stages of Platoon as my neighbourhood friend played.

@Daud76

4 жыл бұрын

@@crockett616 Rob Hubbard was one of the gods of Commodore 64 music. 😁

Heck, I still love the music in it. Amazing what they pulled of with the SID chip.

loved this game so much, i starte my karate lessons in 1986... and it's become sort of a way of life for me... since my mother had a serious accident in 1985, i was searching for an outlet of my emotions... practicing the defense sport with empty hands was a passion for me until i reached orange belt :) and i'm still proud of it. i want to thank the makers of this game for giving me inspiration, and an outlet for my emotions at that time !

@that_nerd_that_games4495

3 жыл бұрын

Poor little you. Life’s an illusion so is death my friend.🙏😇

When I was a kid, I was sure that black spot on karateka's hand (the lower one) was a black ring. And I made up a story about "the black ring of Master Ho" that I used to tell to my friends that went to my place to play some International Karate.

This was one of my favorite C64 games. The music, sound effects and graphics were some of the best I've seen on the Commodore 64. Great game all around.

@spearPYN

7 жыл бұрын

GrnArrow092 very true

@djrjjrejmfmrjrkr8601

5 жыл бұрын

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First the slow song and then the fast one - best contrast in c-64 music history.Hubbard did a great job !!!

I love it when he breathes and wipes his hand on his clothes.

@xxxxSylphxxxx

3 жыл бұрын

I thought it was a cough?

Best game ever worth every min of loading, incl syntax errors :)

I loved this game so much, even now the sprites and animations are very impressive for the machine it was on.

@poppashots994

4 жыл бұрын

Me and my brother would play this for hour's

@AchtungBaby77

3 жыл бұрын

If you told your 80s self that computer games would progress to where they are today, your past self would put you in a straitjacket!

Missing those days

I loved those times,and those games!

thats why i started karate in 1988/89 loooooool

good old days california games was my first c64 game.

@Thisisaweirdthing2makeusdo

5 жыл бұрын

Was my first mega drive/genesis game. Played the hell out of it too.

Played this game hundreds of times with my best friend at the time in a shed behind his house. Special memories.

The game, the music, the sounds. All great

how awesome are the sound effects!!!

this soundtrack -.- ....i remember back then playing this ... so nice

Memories, gotta love those Enter the dragon sound effects

I played this game so much on my Commodore 64 back in the day :-) . Thank you for the video!

One of the best C64 songs of all time, composed by, of course, Rob Hubbard. With Martin Galway one of the two best C64 composers ever.

Brilliant Karate Game for C-64! Graphics: 8/10 Gameplay: 7.5/10 Music/FX: 9.5/10 Playbility: 9/10

I absolutely LOVED this game when I was younger. The soundtrack was awesome for a game of its time. When you started to get near black belt, the soundtrack picked up which motivated you even more. Thanks for posting this classic!!!

@xxxxSylphxxxx

3 жыл бұрын

Yep! Rob Hubbard is a genius!

The animation, sound effects and music were simply outstanding for the time. No other 8-bit system came close. I loved Way of the Exploding Fist as well, but it wasn't quite as polished as this game. Not everyone agrees with me on that, but when you compare the two, this one does look better.

@tommyeastwood4393

Жыл бұрын

The atari xl version is actually superior. Color palet te makes thus game more vibrant.

I liked the days when computer games were played with a joystick. Now, this meaning (of the word joystick) no longer exists, the computer ports have changed, floppy disk drives no longer exist. Computer games are no longer an extension of the friendships one had in person. Anyway, this was a great game. Spent countless hours playing it.

@Random2175

10 жыл бұрын

In my country, instead of calling them gamepads, we still call them joysticks.

@tomlivanos5130

10 жыл бұрын

[shrug] Anyway... anything else?

@PrekiFromPoland

10 жыл бұрын

***** And in my country we called gamepads joysticks :) Quite funny, eh?

@ShinoSarna

9 жыл бұрын

Tom Livanos You realize that fighting games (genre which evolved, ironically, from games like International Karate) are still played with arcade sticks?

@tomlivanos5130

9 жыл бұрын

+shinburner Perhaps in the arcade game parlours. I have not seen arcade sticks on sale in electronics shops or even shops selling electronic games.

one of the coolest game and the coolest soundtrack ...i ever played as a kid !!!

@Simon0

9 жыл бұрын

awesome sound effects too! (0:23)

One of my favorite games from my childhood... I can remember me and my brother playing these C64 games for hours on end!! Thanks so very much for the upload!!!!!

i heard this music in a dance performance the other night. it was reeeally cool, the dancers were wearing these glitter disco things and everything THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR UPLOADING THIS!!! i couldn't finf the music, though it's been in my head the whole time ^^

Imagine sitting your late-80s self down, and showing them some GTA V footage. I remember being utterly blown away by the cityscapes here in IK. Different world.

Harbour Bridge, Opera House -> Sydney, Australia Statue of Liberty, WTC, United Nations -> New York, USA Forbidden City -> Beijing, China Mount Fuji -> Japan

This game is gold! Used to play the hell out of it back in the day. This is what Karate Champ would be on the NES is Karate Champ was actually good.

Played it very very well. I played it till Level 50 once. Really hard work dude.

I love this music, many, many hours spend playing this game when I was a kid!

That "out of breath" sound when he gets punched in the bread basket is just so great.

Thank you for that video, it's so much of my memories!

I loved the animation, what he does with his hand after a full point winning... Legend

I was so young those days😢

@johnaustin209

Жыл бұрын

Me too. been at least 30 years..

Miss this game so much.

I played the living hell out of this game growing up. Took me forever to get to black belt.

I played this game sometime in 1980's on my C64. One of the best games for C64 ever. Music is crazy good.

the music ..... It sends cold shivers up and down my spine. I fuckin love this game , i still play it like IK+ ! games like this one made my day !

the physics engine for this game was very good for its time. I liked how the fighters would fall in various and quite realistic looking ways depending on which strike you landed

Nothing these days impresses me as much as games/scores like these did in my childhood. Maybe when the Amiga came out ;)

So nice of the Statue of Liberty to walk all the way to the shore to watch their match.

The pounch and the sound effect at 1:29 is just awesome

This game is a Legend. I love this soundtrack and gameplay. :}

The music... THE MUSIC!!!

Used to play this on a friend’s Amstrad. Happy days..

Thank you for posting this !!!!!

I remember this vividly. That mysic brings back so many memories. Only thing is it was impossible to get past brown belt. Watching this video is mind blowing.

Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence

aaaahhh so gooood, thanks for updolading this

Great memories of this one, at my mates, 4 brothers competing, what a great time.

I cant tell you how many hours i spend playing these. With this awesome music in the background........... i loved and still LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I seem to remember that this classic was originally sold at only £6.95, which in those days where most software cost around £9.99 was an absolute steal.

THE MUSIC BOYS...... THE MUSIC!!!

you are very very very good !!!! thank you for sharing this !!!! brgds rob

I'm impressed by that red guys "Face to Foot" Technique.

Crazy good old times.10 or more of us in a small room playing with it day and night...and only one of us had C64 :)

Use to love this game back in the day. Awesome times.

Wow man this guy killed it.. I think I got to the brown belt once but only from a fluke.. I wonder how I would do now but awesome great job brings back some frustrating and good memories lol

Takes me back to being a kid. Thank you.

One of my favorite c64 games!

Memories :) LIKE !

Awsome.. Brings back alot of memories.

I became a musician because of the music in games. I loved the fact that if you wherent good enough at them you couldnt hear the full songs, so if you loved the music and wanted to hear more, you could either pause the menue (on some games) or just get gud, it was do or die. C64 game me discipline to get gud so I could listen to all those great tunes from Batman The caped crusador,Led storm, IK+, The last Ninja, Skate or die, Usagi Yojimbo, Project Firestart, Black Lamp, The way of the exploding fist, Shadow of the beast, and many many more. I thank you C64, that time was magic!

The sound is still amazing :)

What a game.i keep watching these old games videos and never got to the end of them when I was a kid.its kind of ruined it butt made me realise how lucky I am to have played these classics.i still have my c64 butt my port 1 has broke.

that game was awesome. I still remember al the matches my friends and me fought....

RIP Archer Maclean

One of the best fighting-games....

the music is awesome!!!! what memories!!!

I hadn't realised until now that this game was set in Sydney Australia with the music from the film called 'Merry Christmas Mr. Lawrence'.

@leifmp The Bull was in the older game "The Way Of The Exploding Fist" I have a video from that game on my channel too.

nice game! congratulations!! I love this game!

This is one of my dads favorite games for the C64!

Ha ha oh those soundeffects are great. From the days when it really sounded like getting hit in the face HURT BADLY.

Das waren noch Zeiten. Hat so Bock gemacht das Game!

Wowwww takes me back. 👍

I loved the hidden things you could type in on this :D

awesome man :-P Dit lijkt op een game die ik vroeger heb gespeeld op de nintendo 8 bit XD

IK/IK +/Barbarian... The favorite games of my childhood on my C64.

One of my favourite oldies along with way of the exploding fist and Karateka :)

This was kickass back 20yrs ago on the Amiga

Loved this game and the sound too. Also I broke loadsa joysticks whilst playing it 😅

I loved this game so much.

love them sound effects!

Real nostalgia, i had this game on Commodore 64!

wow many a hour played with this on C64 back in the day :)

I loved this game......and still do!

LOAD”*”,8,1 Iykyk Man,childhood memories right here……….

Love the Tom & Jerry sound effects

-You like this kind of fighting? - Yeah. -If you want to see some real fighting, you can see me fight at the kumite. -I'm here, too, for the kumite. -Arent you a little young for full-contact? -Arent you a little old for video games?

@Fatal1ty_v2_UK

9 жыл бұрын

Lol Wrong game. The game in Bloodsport was Karate Champ ;-)

1. I loved this game. 2. Call me crazy but some of this action is pretty cool. Some crisp techniques in there.

c64 had some of the best video game music.

Graphics and sound fx (except music) in this game are identical to Atari800 version. Awesome. I have just realized how cool a machine C64 was. In my young years I knew only Atari and Spectrum.

I had this game on the C64 and it was great. But even better was IK+, with another computer player. Remarkable is that all the moves, and there are alot, are made with just a eight direction joystick and one button. Even so in IK+ there was another move included; the split kick, which meant you could take out two opponents with one move.