Arcade Game: Karate Champ (1984 Data East)

A 1-on-1 Vs Fighting game taking at at a karate tournament. It was the world’s first 1-on-1 Vs Martial Arts Fighting game released for the arcades. This game uses a duel joystick system where you must move them to execute the moves correctly such as punches, kicks, jump kicks. This game inspired countless and endless number of fighting games especially street fighter and neo geo fighting games, Without this, fighting games in the arcades would have never existed. There are 2 different versions of this
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