The Making of Karateka

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Windows credits (2023)

113 people (93 professional roles, 20 thanks) with 136 credits.

The Making of Karateka

Presented by Digital Eclipse
In association with Jordan Mechner
Editorial Director Chris Kohler
Content Editor Dan Amrich
Engineers Jason Cirillo, Dave Rees, Jeremy Williams
Art Norman Badillo (as Norm Badillo)
Art: Karateka Remastered Mae Livingston
Producer Bao Calvin Vu
Video Producer Drew Scanlon
Audio & Music Robert Baffy (as Bob Baffy)
Publishing Producer Dant Rambo
Chief Executive Officer Andrew Ayre
President Michael Mika Sr. (as Mike Mika)
Chief Financial Officer Jodi McLellan
Chief Technical Officer Kevin Wilson
Director of Business Development Tom Russo
Head of Production Stephen Frost (Frosty)
Head of Publishing Justin Bailey
Additional Art Support Cameron Rose Badillo (as Cameron Badillo), Oscar Charla
Additional Creative Frank Cifaldi (The Video Game History Foundation), Alex Gold
The Music of Karateka: An Audio Journey Kirk Hamilton
Video Editing Dane Frederiksen
Additional Video Support Digital Accomplice LLC, Colton Kooker, Mckenna Kooker
Vortex Emulation Vernon Brooks

Sculpin QA

Business Development Manager Max Knechtel
QA Manager Kiefer Richardson
QA Supervisor Matt Mackey
QA Test Lead Collins Davis
QA Testers JD Ganga, Ryan Wagg

Localization by Locadile

Localization Ricardo Alvariño, Maite Azcutia, Linda Geschwandtner, Ellénita Gomez Ales, Stefan Hahn, Christoph Hönow, Johannes Irmer, Karolina Kubik-Mazur, Tommy Nordkvist, Matteo Scarabelli

Karateka (Original 1984 Version)

A game by Jordan Mechner
Music Francis Mechner
Conversion Programmer Veda Hlubinka-Cook
Additional Graphics & Animation Lauren Elliott, Raymond Eugene Portwood (as Gene Portwood)

Deathbounce, Asteroid Blaster, and Star Blaster

Deathbounce, Asteroid Blaster, and Star Blaster designed by Jordan Mechner
Deathbounce, Asteroid Blaster, and Star Blaster programmed by Jordan Mechner

Reimagined Games

Karateka Remastered developed by Michael Mika Sr. (as Mike Mika)
Deathbounce: Rebounded developed by Dave Rees, Jeremy Williams

Interview Videos

Interview Videos Starring Douglas C. Carlston (as Doug Carlston), Veda Hlubinka-Cook (as Veda Cook), Lauren Elliott, Tom A. Hall, Raphael Koster (as Raph Koster), Francis Mechner, Jordan Mechner, John Tobias, Gary Whitta

Special Thanks

Digital Eclipse would like to express our sincerest gratitude to The Strong in Rochester, NY for their contributions to this project Andrew Borman, Jon-Paul Dyson, Beth Merkle, Julia Novakovic
Special Thanks Evan Amos (The Vanamo Online Game Museum), Tabitha Badillo, Tammy Badillo, JD Crayne, Tony Diaz, Dan Hower (Flyer Fever), Benny Mechner, Emily Mechner, Jane Mechner, Linda Mechner, Vicki Mechner, Andy Roberts, Jason Scott (Internet Archive), Alda Shi, Leia Skye Vu, wedgewu, CK3, & AFK

Image Credits

Jordan Mechner's game design documentation, film, correspondence, marketing materials, etc. From the Jordan Mechner Papers, 1913-2016, Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong, Rochester, New York
Archival photos of Doug Carlston, Lauren Elliott, and Gene Portwood From the Brøderbund Software, Inc. collection, 1979-2002, Brian Sutton-Smith Library and Archives of Play at The Strong, Rochester, New York
Additional photos courtesy Jordan Mechner
"Apple II" photographs © Rama, Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY-SA 2.0 FR, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/fr/
"Apple IIc With Monitor" Bilby, Licensed under Creative Commons CC BY 3.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
Karateka (2012) screen © 2012 Waterwheel Licensing LLC, All rights reserved, Karateka ® is a registered trademark of Waterwheel Licensing LLC, © 2015 DotEmu SAS, All rights reserved
Excerpt from Games magazine reprinted by permission of Kappa Publishing
Asteroids® © 1979 Atari Interactive, Inc., ©2023 ATARI and the ATARI logo are trademarks of Atari Interactive, Inc. in the U.S. and other countries, All rights reserved

Music Credits

'Path of Purpose' Cody Martin (Writer / Performer), Published by Boss Soundstripe Productions
'Ballerina Cantina' Matt Wigton (Writer), Performed by Dresden, The Flamingo, Published by A Soundstripe Production
'Adventure' Jean Daniel Zwahlen (Writer), Performed by Elision, Published by A Soundstripe Production
'Curiosity' Matt Wigton (Writer), Performed by Shimmer, Published by A Soundstripe Production

Copyright

Copyright © 2023 Waterwheel Licensing LLC, All rights reserved, Karateka® is a registered trademark of Waterwheel Licensing LLC

Licenses

CBM 8-Bit ROMS © 1977-1984 Cloanto Corporation, All rights reserved, Furnished under license from Cloanto Corporation
Cloanto® is a trademark owned by Cloanto Corporation throughout the world and registered in the United States and internationally
C64™ is a trademark owned by Amiga Corporation throughout the world and registered in the United Kingdom
Kanit Copyright 2020 The Kanit Project Authors, https://github.com/cadsondemak/kanit, This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1
Source Copyright 2014-2021 Adobe (http://www.adobe.com/), with Reserved Font Name 'Source', This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1
Silkscreen Copyright 2001 The Silkscreen Project Authors (https://github.com/googlefonts/silkscreen), This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1
Press Start 2P Copyright 2012 The Press Start 2P Project Authors ([email protected]), with Reserved Font Name "Press Start 2P", This Font Software is licensed under the SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1
Google Copyright 2013 Google Inc, All rights reserved, Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0
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