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Comic-Con 2008: Jordan Mecher working on new Karateka game

Posted Jul 27, 2008 at 4:32AM EST by QJ Staff

Listed in: PS3, Wii, Xbox 360 Tags: Comic-Con, Ubisoft
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Karateka - Image 1Ahh, Karateka. A game that many of us bloggers here at QJ.NET remember fondly. Jordan Mechner, the same dude who created the aforementioned game and Prince of Persia (a new one is in development for the PC, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3), revealed at this year's San Diego Comic-con that he is currently working on a follow-up to game.

According to Mechner, "there actually is a plan to bring back Karateka. It's a project I'm going to be involved in. I can safely say it's not going to be in the way you expect." Interesting. We can't wait to see what he comes up with this time around (and it had better be good lest he disappoint a lot of gamers who still remember how awesome the first game was).

He also spoke about how the guys over at Broderbond Software were able to pull off the Easter egg where you placed in the floppy disk upside down to be able to play the game upside down. Apparently, the programmer who was handling copy protection of the game was able to figure out how to do that by "messing with the bit table."

As to how they were able to convince the publisher to burn the game on both sides of the disk, he gave out an interesting response. So before we go, here's what he had to say:

We went do the president of Broderbund to propose this, and we didn't think they'd go for it, because it would require an assembly line change to actually burn the game onto both sides of the disk, which adds however many cents. So we went in, and he said, 'Sure. Do it.'



Via Gamasutra



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# don't run to the princess...lavino 2008-07-27 06:48
I still having nightmares once in a while telling myself not to do that again... =P

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# KaratekaMediya 2008-07-27 07:00
Mechner's first game.

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# Yeah, also remember...Guest 2008-07-27 09:26
Don't bow to an opponent when he starts kicking you. =)

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# Ahh, memories!ATRamos1652 2008-07-28 05:17
Does ANYONE have a 5-inch floppy drive as well as a copy of this game? I never knew about the Easter egg trick until now, and now I want to try and see it for myself! Oh well. I'd probably have to dig through Dad's old library of 5.25" floppy diskettes in the musty attic. But a new Karateka game will definitely save me the trouble. Thank you, Jordan Mecher! I am happy to know you're even still alive! Perhaps this old version (and the upside-down trick) could be included?

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# CorrectionATRamos1652 2008-07-28 06:08
Jordan Mechner.



Sorry!

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