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Re: KARATEKA

In article <42sear$85i@news.cais.com>, Geoffrey R Golub <ggolub@purple> wrote:

> I'm not sure this is the right place for this question, but I could not 
> find and appleII.games newsgroups on my system.

This is the appropriate group for all miscellaneous Apple II topics
that aren't covered by more specific groups.

> Anyhow, I have not played KARATEKA for a while and was hoping someone
> could give me a brief summary of commands.  In particular, I am not
> in control of my fighter when the game starts.  Is there a certain
> key I should press to gain control?  Thanks in advance.

Karateka starts up in joystick mode.  Press Ctrl-K (I think) to get it
into keyboard mode.  (It might be Ctrl-J, or just K.)

Once you're in keyboard mode, the keys are:

Q  Kick Up      W  Punch Up
A  Kick Ahead   S  Punch Ahead
Z  Kick Down    X  Punch Down

SPACE   Stand up (for running) or down (for fighting/walking)
B       Bow (while standing up)

Left Arrow   Step/Walk left or stop running
Right Arrow  Step/Walk right or start running

(hold down the arrow key to take longer and/or continuous steps).
-- 
David Empson
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