Anybody want to take a stab and helping me remember the name of an old possibly Amiga game?

I really can't remember much so I probably won't be much help but this has been killing me.

Like I said, it may been been an Amiga game and it was a side scrolling karate game where you'd go along and fight different people. I think the point of the game was to rescue some girl. The main part I remember is that you fought the "end" guy and after him when you walked up to the girl thinking you'd won she'd kick you and kill you. I never even knew what happened after that because I was never able to get past that part.

Does anybody have ANY idea what I'm talking about?

Kung Fu?

No that's not it. The gameplay is similar, but actually I think you only fight one person at a time sort of like Street Fighter rather than a bunch of guys and then a boss like Kung Fu.

Karateka?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karateka_(computer_game)

She would only kick you if you came at her too fast, if you walked up to her slowly, you win.

Yes!! That's it. Thanks a lot. I've been trying to remember that game forever. I think I only beat the end guy (Akuma) once and just ran up to the girl and she killed me. I never got a chance to try it any other way.

Thanks again.

Yup. I must have played this a billion times on my Apple IIc. Kind of wish I still had a copy just for old times sake.

I think this was one of my favorite old DOS PC games... back on my first XT.

Gotcha. I never even came close to the end of that game, so I wouldn't know. Glad you figured out the title though.

I loved Karateka.

I still play this on the 7800 from time to time.

soon as I saw the title i thought about Karateka, loved that game, except for that fuggin bird.


Anyplace have this game online now?

Karateka's direct descendants are the still-popular Prince of Persia games.

I saw the thread title and made a bet with myself the game in question would be Karateka. I won $5.

Not me, I thought it was Kid Nikki... I lost $5.




Just kidding, I thought the answer would be Karateka as well.

Now both of you guys pay me and we'll call it even.

I knew the answer was going to be Karateka - but I could have sworn that she kills you if you walk up to her not run. Reason being that if you walk up to her you're in a fighting stance and she mistakes you for a foe.

My favorite game in that genre and time was Ninja, because you could glitch the shit out of that game by squat-walking through walls.