International Karate Plus was Archer Maclean's update of a game called, surprisingly, "International Karate". The original game was essentially a clone of "Yie Ar Kung Fu" and "Way of the Exploding Fist", which were in turn clones of an arcade game called "Karate Champ".
Maclean's highly polished version added many new features, the most significant of which is the presence of the third fighter. The game originally appeared on the Commodore 64; Maclean personally ported it to many other formats, including the Commodore Amiga, Atari ST, ZX Spectrum and Amstrad CPC.
The game has re-appeared in several forms for more modern platforms. It has been ported to the Game Boy Color (appalling game with nothing in common with the original), Game Boy Advance (in two forms, "International Karate Advance", which is similar to the GBC version, and "IK+", which is a flawed but enjoyable port of the Amiga version) and PlayStation (identical to the GBA "IK+" version).
This Flash version is based solely on the Commodore Amiga port.
To start a game: press "P" or "1".
Controls for white:
- Left = Cursor Left
- Right = Cursor Right
- Up = Cursor Up
- Down = Cursor Down
- Fire = P
Controls for red:
- Left = C
- Right = B
- Up = F
- Down = V
- Fire = Q
Speed selection:
- Turbo = 6
- Swift = 7
- Normal = 8
- Boring = 9
- Dull = 0
Extra keys:
- 1-player game = 1 or player 1 Fire
- 2-player game = 2 or player 2 Fire
- Quality lo/med/hi = 3
- Sfx on/off = 4
- Fast mode = 5
- Shadow colour = S
- Trousers = T
- Jacket = J
- Sun ripple colour = *
- Secret codes = ????
The controls are exact re-creations of those used in the original. The old 8-bit and 16-bit machines for which the game was originally written only had one firebutton, necessitating the initially obscure control system. With practice, the controls become intuitive and fluid.
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