Some days ago, Jordan Mechner released a new version of Karateka for iOS. Karateka was the first game that used rotoscoping and the first one that offered a cinematic experience. Since he was a kid, Mechner wanted to make movies. He ended up creating games. In some ways, he’s history’s first multimedia director.
1GB in 2 or 3 minutes. We live in the future.
As part of the launch, Mechner also commissioned a video series on the developing process of this new version of Karateka. You can see how that fascination with cinematography really shines through in the Apple II and the iOS versions:
Thanks, Freddy. We sure played that one!
