Re: KARATEKA

[gberigan@cse.unl.edu (Greg Berigan)]

john@klatch.demon.co.uk (John Le Febvre) wrote:
>ggolub@purple (Geoffrey R Golub) writes:

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

>I think it assumes you have a joystick.  Press K or Ctrl-K to go into
>keyboard mode.  You should hear a short 'click' from the speaker.
>
>The keys are 
>Q,A,Z - punch hi,middle,lo 
>W,S,X - kick  hi,middle,lo
>space - stand up/assume fighting stance (toggle)
>right arrow - walk/run

It walks when in fighting stance and runs when not.  Also, left arrow
will walk you backwards only in fighting stance.  A tap on an arrow
key shuffles you forward or back while holding it down will make you
walk in larger steps.  There's only one speed of running.

There is one other command.  I believe <return> will make you bow when
standing.  Any enemy not in a fighting stance will bow in return, except
the very last person you meet.

Don't forget to try booting the backside of the disk!

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