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World Karate Championship

This is the game that put System 3 on the map. First unveiled at the PCW Show in 1985. Epyx licensed the game in the US as World Karate Championship and it became the first UK product to get a US billboard…

1 November 1985

World Karate Championship is a fighting developed by System 3 Software, released 1 November 1985 on Wii, Amstrad CPC, Apple II and Atari 8-bit.

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What World Karate Championship is

World Karate Championship is a fighting game developed by System 3 Software and released in 1985. It was published by Commodore Gaming. It is available on Wii, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, Commodore 16, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Legacy Computer, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

This is the game that put System 3 on the map. First unveiled at the PCW Show in 1985. Epyx licensed the game in the US as World Karate Championship and it became the first UK product to get a US billboard No.1. It even won a CES Showcase award.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

World Karate Championship launched on 1 November 1985, within three weeks of Gauntlet and Paradroid.

Released around the same time: Gauntlet, Paradroid.

Official trailer

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When did World Karate Championship come out?
World Karate Championship was released on 1 November 1985 for Wii, Amstrad CPC, Apple II, Atari 8-bit, Atari ST/STE, Commodore 16, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS, Legacy Computer, MSX and ZX Spectrum.

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