As a lifelong devoted "Karateka" who started playoing this game in the 1980s on my beloved Apple ii computer and is still happily playing it on this app today, I have one request to REALLY bring the total 1980s classic experience back. Developers, could you provide Bluetooth keyboard and Bluetooth game controller functionality? It would be truly "authentic" if the user could play Karateka on an iPad or iPhone without having the massive online touchscreen keypad obscuring the scenery.

This was a very faithful remake of the classic Apple II game. It even included the sound of an old floppy disk drive as it loaded the game! That’s a sound I haven’t heard for a very long time. In case you’re not old enough to have played the game before, be sure to try taking a fighting stance as you approach the princess. Also, at the very beginning of the game, try moving to the left instead of the right to see what happens. The only part of the original game that can’t be duplicated now was the easter egg that resulted if you put the program disk in upside down. The game would load, but the screen was flipped. The fights took place upside down at the top of the screen. Thanks to the developer for making it possible to relive playing a great old game.

Unfortunately I didn’t know this existed until 9 years after it came out (I was an 80’s teen), but now am disappointed that the graphics are just black :/ Please have a look and update, devs!

why is this happening to my screen?

I couldn’t believe that this game existed again!!! So excited!!! Mwa mwa mwaaaaa!!!! All I got was a black screen!

This is not working after the latest OS update. Please update the App.

Was working great on iOS 14.8. No longer works on iOS 15.0. It loads, I can hear sounds, but screen is mostly just black. Please update, thank you!

All worked well up to ios 14. Please update app to be compatible for ios 15. Thank you!

For some reason I lose sound on the game

While it is appreciated that somebody at DotEmu finally pulled their head out, and updated this free version (many thanks!) for 64-bit compatibility, it makes no sense that they have seemingly abandoned the high-res updated version. Obviously, they understand how to press a button (so to speak) and recompile into 64-bit, so why not do it for the modern version? Developer doesn’t respond to any attempts to communicate with them.

Thank you very much for the 64-bit update. I was worried this would be lost along with other excellent classics.

How can you charge me money, and then not update the game with the new operating system?

Tried to get in touch with the devs to no avail. Sad.

Need update

I paid good money for this great game and deserve an update so I can still play it in iOS 11. Don’t turn your back on us fans of this game! This is quite possibly the greatest video game ever made! I can remember playing it back in the 80's on my Commodore 64 over and over again. Even after completing the game I would still go back and play it again. It's so simple yet so dramatic in its presentation. I am so stoked that it has finally made its way back into the hands of gamers!

Loved playing this on my Apple ][e back in the day, and I would like to continue playing this for years to come. Please update the code to work on iOS 11!

Great game but the developer needs to update the app. If you download this with IOS 11 you’re just wasting memory. So don’t even bother downloading till u see that it’s been updated unless u like the cover art. If u haven’t downloaded IOS 11 yet u might be able to play for a couple days

this game is awesome please update it to support os 11 64 bit

Please update this to 64 bit!

Just like the original

Anyone who said this is too hard hasn't played any old NES games and don't grow up on any games pre 2005. This is a great classic I actually missed out on growing up. It was challenging and a little short, but it was fun!

I had this game on my family's old Apple II as a kid, and I played it relentlessly. Relentlessly! I knew every sound, every movement. This, along with Conan, was my absolute favorite game. I did not expect to ever get to play it again (save for maybe a poorly executed remake on an emulator) but here it is! 😍 The developers really went to task to recreate the exact, and I mean *exact* treasured little game from my childhood. They even simulated the physical sound of the old Apple's hard drive at work, loading up the game and the scenes. Nice touch. At a time where everybody's putting out little 8-bit games, and most are unoriginal, lazy replicas of each other... this stands out to appeal to the nostalgia-seeking gamers. It seems that most developers think that they can use any simple platform, dial down the graphics and present it as something special. But the truth is, the good games from the 80s and 90s were actually unique and creative (much like today); the movements and graphics were simply born out of limitations. Anyway, love this game! Especially running straight into the enemy on accident and receiving that mortal blow lol. Btw, if you're new to this game, don't do it!! Or do it to your first enemy to see what it's like and get it over with. Don't forget, like I did, and get far in the game just to carelessly run straight into your demise. Made my jaw drop, just like it did when I was a kid. Brutal.

Boring. Terrible graphics sound and controls.

iPhone 5 AT&T Version 9.2.1… No sound. what’s the deal?

For the first time since I played 'Karateka' back in the 90's at Elementary School in the computer lab, I finally beat this game. True, adding the modern save feature and a touch of 'Prince of Persia' with the Rewind feature dampens the difficulty of playing classic, but those can easily be adjusted to taste. The sounds and screen styles of the Apple II interface immediately puts anyone familiar with the title in a comfortable atmosphere. For anyone looking to be told an epic tale, a challenge that's hard to come by these days, reconnecting with your childhood or all three combined, this is worth the dollar. I'm not ashamed to say this is in my all-time top ten of games and also easily one of my favorite apps for the iPad. For the Developer: Thank You!