Ep. 119: Karateka

Published: Sept. 29, 2023, 7:16 p.m.

Game designer and creator of Karateka Jordan Mechner, joined by Chris Kohler of Digital Eclipse, shares a new interactive documentary The Making of Karateka exploring this 1984 karate classic title. In this episode: Jordan\u2019s earliest work, perfect paper preservationist, Prince of Persia source code, hitting it rich in video games vs. going to class, celebrating old games, an inspiration train, a father\u2019s love of his son, the lost leopard: found, and bringing a game back to life.

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