International Karate (1985)

International Karate was released in 1985 for the ZX Spectrum 48K. The game was published by System 3 Software, with code developed by L.T. Software.

This arcade beat-em-up supports up to two players. Notable features include beeper speech and compatibility with Kempston and Interface 2 joystick controllers.

The cassette version was priced at £6.5. The game also saw releases on Amstrad CPC, Atari 8-bit, Commodore 64, Commodore Plus/4, MSX, Amiga, and Atari ST platforms.

It holds an average magazine score of 68.67%. The title received the C+VG Blitz Game award from Computer & Video Games magazine.

The game became a hit in Soviet gaming arcades and on home computers. It appeared in numerous cracked cassette versions, followed later by around 17 different TR-DOS adaptations.