Karateka/Versions

Amstrad CPC
Licensed to, and published by, Ariolasoft in the United Kingdom in 1986.

Apple II
The original version designed and programmed by Jordan Mechner in 1984.

Atari 400/800/XL/XE
Converted for play on the Atari 8-bit computer systems by Robert Cook in 1985. Licensed to Atari and released in cartridge format as part of the XE Game System series (but playable on any Atari XE computer) in 1988.

Atari 7800
Developed and published by Atari in 1987. Generally regarded as the worst conversion made.

Atari ST
Converted for play on the ST by Andromeda Software and released in the United Kingdom in 1988. Potentially the best looking conversion.

Commodore 64
Converted and published for the C64 in 1986. Released in both disk format and cassette tape format.

Famicom
Licensed to and ported by Soft Pro in 1985. One of the earliest games developed by an American and ported to a Japanese system.

Game Boy
Master Karateka is an enhanced remake of the original Karateka, developed by TOSE for the Game Boy and published by Bandai at the very end of 1989, exclusively in Japan. Unlike the original, this version includes a mode for competitive play through the utilization of the Game Boy Link Cable when connecting two Game Boys which each contain the Master Karateka cartridge.

IBM PC
Converted and published for the MS-DOS operating system in 1986.