Karate (Atari 2600)
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Karate is a video game for the Atari 2600
Atari 2600
The Atari 2600 is a video game console released in October 1977 by Atari, Inc. It is credited with popularizing the use of microprocessor-based hardware and cartridges containing game code, instead of having non-microprocessor dedicated hardware with all games built in...

 produced by Ultravision
UltraVision
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 and released by that company and later by Froggo. Designed by black belt
Black belt (martial arts)
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 Joseph Amelio, the game was released in late 1982 for NTSC systems. The Froggo release is more widely available and better known, so many sources miscredit Karate as an original Froggo title. Karate is widely considered to be one of the worst Atari 2600 games of all time.

External links

  • Karate at AtariAge
    AtariAge
    Atari Age was a magazine distributed to Atari Club members from 1982 until 1984. It was published by The Atari Club Inc., a subsidiary of Atari, Inc.-History:...

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