International Karate Plus by System 3
Synopsis:
Call it a sequel..And you'll end up flat on your back. They called International Karate "the greatest Karate beat-em-up yet" (Commodore User). And who are we to argue? But Archer Maclean has come up with a stunner: A third fighter. An amazing animated background. New moves (including double head-kick and a spectacular backflip). Re-mixed music by Rob Hubbard. And Balls!
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Original Instructions
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LOADING
CPC 464 - Type RUN "" and then press ENTER key.
CPC 664/6148 - Type I TAPE then press ENTER key. Then type RUN "" and press ENTER key - follow the instructions as they appear on screen.
INTERNATIONAL KARATE + is a development of the original IK game the main extra feature being that there are three fighting men on the screen at once. Control is referred to throughout as joystick although keys can be used. There are 17 different moves that can be made, all controlled by the joystick, and with practice all these moves can be executed smoothly in a flowing fight sequence without the man pausing momentarily in the standing stance. Every 3rd round there is a bonus round, where the player has to use a small hand-held shield to deflect balls bouncing towards him from all angles.
OPTION SELECTION
1 Player game - F1
2 Player game - F2
Music On/Off - M
Sound Effects On/Off - S
MOVEMENT CONTROLLS
The white jacketed fighter is controlled by Joystick 1 and the red-jacketed fighter is controlled by Joystick 2 in a two player game.
Each of the eight joystick positions selects a type of move, and pressing the button gives a further eight. In special cases a further defensive move is available, as detailed later. For a man facing right, the joystick controls the character's movements as follows:
Note that some movements end with your man facing the opposite direction. If the fighter is facing left, the above movements are reversed left/right. For example, when facing right, a front face punch is made by pressing up and right: but when facing left, the same attack is made by pressing up and left.
BLOCKING MOVES
If you are being attacked at close range from in front, and you select the "walk backwards" action, your man will stand n a blocking posture for the duration of the attack and deflect all kicks to the head, chest and stomach. However, it is not possible to block shin kicks and footsweeps - the only way to avoid them is to jump out of the way, or return the attack with move like the flying kick.
The object is to fight on for so long as possible. As the score builds up, you are awarded one of six belt colours, the highest being the block belt.
Cheat Mode
multiface
Poke 27C7 00 = Infinite Time
Poke 43F7 01 = White Player invincible
Poke 5510 00 = No harm from bouncing balls - submitted by cpc4eva
hint
In some levels, it will start with Red and Blue attacking each other, giving you a chance to make a strike and sometimes, they will not do anything, allowing you to win a level in 5 seconds, giving you a bonus score of 2500 points.
Also sometimes the level will start and the computer players won`t do a thing.
Headbutts give 1000 points if done facing the opponent`s face, 500 if done from behind. This is a tricky move to pull off.
Normally, blobs are given in two if you attack facing the opponent`s face, one blob if done from behind. Points are also halfed if attacking the opponent from behind.
In a rare instance, if the circumstanses are right, you can do a jumping kick which will knock BOTH opponents to the ground, getting around 1600 points and four blobs to your blob total.
For the ball trial level, it pays to practice on a snapshot of the level so you can master where to go for when a ball comes. You will also have to learn on a black ball level because the pattern is completly different. You will also have to watch out for balls that come in really fast - these appear at least once in each level and they`ve caught me out a few times. You will need quick reflexes to get that ball. Survival points vary depending on how far you get in the game.
If you`re not doing very well and it seems you might not win the level, try and get at least one blob more than the opponent with the less blobs - for instance, if you have 1, Red has 3 and Blue 4, try and get more than Red - at least 4 because even though you tie with Blue, you still go through to the next level.
Finally, if you tie in second place with blobs, make sure you got the total FIRST otherwise you lose the level and the game. - submitted by Patrick Furlong
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scooby1970 says
"This is a great Karate game for the CPC and has all the winning ingriedients. As said, graphics, sound and gameplay are all top notch!"
cpc4eva says
"Probably the best karate game on cpc - the 3rd player innovation was a real neat idea and made the game soooo much fun to play. Its smooth & fast and has cool tunes & very pleasing GFX a real winner."
Gryzor says
"Better than the first IK, it incorporates a third player for triple the fun, and it *is* more fun indeed. More polished and always fun, tho not as good as the c64 version (bleah)."
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