The objective of World Karate Championship is to get the highest possible dan (karate grade, determined by belt colour) and become the world champion - and of course, to get the highest score. Karate fighters compete against each other on side-view screens, the scenery representing real world locations (New York, Egypt, Japan, etc.). In between the fighting stages, there are short action sequences, during which the player can gather bonus points. These include deflecting bouncing balls, breaking wooden planks, and others.

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Alternate Titles

"International Karate" -- European title

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Part of the Following Group

International Karate series

Merchant	Title
	World Karate Championship
	World Karate Championship
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User Reviews

One of the best fighting games ever to grace the PC.	Mickey Gabel (357)
A great classic!	Tomer Gabel (4418)

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Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Merge with International Karate	4	YID YANG (162342) Mar 30, 2010

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Trivia

Lawsuit

System 3 faced a lengthy court battle with arcade publishers Data East, who claimed System 3 had ripped off their game Karate Champ with International Karate. It also used the same forward kicking (street) karate style. The game also looked a lot like The Way of the Exploding Fist, but they weren't sued for that.

Awards

GameStar (Germany)
- Issue 03/2013 – One of the "Ten Best C64 Games“
Happy Computer
- 1986 - Runner-up as Sports Game of the Year
- Issue 04/1987 - #15 Best Game in 1986 (Readers' Vote)

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