Looking for the name of an old C64 game

October 1, 2007 9:54 AM

Looking for the name of a game I encountered on the Commodore 64 around 1987 or so. I remember it being a martial arts themed, 2 player, sidescrolling 'running race' through a series of different traps (fireballs, guillotines, etc...)

The characters were small and the stages were labyrynthine. The stages were static on the screen and when your character reached the end of one another would appear. When your character was killed by a trap, you'd start over at the beginning.

My memory is a bit fuzzy so I may be conflating some of the minor details with another game, but any leads you might have would be fantastic. Thanks!

posted by lyam to computers & internet (16 comments total)

Is it Karateka?
posted by dog food sugar at 10:02 AM on October 1, 2007

Have you looked on this site? The inlays link on the right side has screencaps of different games (click on "play/stop" below the image).
posted by desjardins at 10:04 AM on October 1, 2007

I'm with dog food sugar (though I remember some version were spelt Krateka). If you fought an eagle at one point, it's definitely that. Otherwise, it might be Bruce Lee.
posted by yerfatma at 10:15 AM on October 1, 2007

How foggy is your memory, exactly? The game architecture sounds a bit like Ghosts 'n' Goblins, but that wasn't martial-arts based.
posted by Reggie Digest at 10:45 AM on October 1, 2007

My girlfriend is absolutely positive it's a game called Bruce Lee.

She sent along this link as evidence.
posted by kbanas at 10:53 AM on October 1, 2007

Oop, you got there first yerfatma.
posted by kbanas at 10:54 AM on October 1, 2007

Karateka was single-player.

An awesome game though- the first (major) game to have any semblance of fluid body movement animation.
posted by mkultra at 10:55 AM on October 1, 2007

Seconding Karateka. Does this look familiar?
posted by damn dirty ape at 11:02 AM on October 1, 2007

You might be thinking of Bruce Lee. Here is a youtube link of gameplay.
posted by studentbaker at 11:08 AM on October 1, 2007

Oops, what kbanas said.
posted by studentbaker at 11:10 AM on October 1, 2007

Was Prince of Persia ever released for the C64?
posted by Wild_Eep at 11:50 AM on October 1, 2007

Ahh it was Bruce Lee. Thanks for the help!
posted by lyam at 12:22 PM on October 1, 2007

I thought Bruce Lee, too, but the "Labyrinth" comment threw me off. Labyrinth, to me, seemed more like Prince of Persia than Bruce Lee. Oh well. Glad you found it. BL is a good game!
posted by tcv at 1:01 PM on October 1, 2007

kbanas: I would totally marry any girl who knew the answer to this question, if I were you.
posted by jjg at 5:47 PM on October 1, 2007

Bruce lee speed run... looks like an alright game...
posted by anthill at 5:50 PM on October 1, 2007

Theres a really good PC clone of this game.
posted by softlord at 10:01 AM on October 4, 2007