Ringside Karate

Two karateka face off in a ring, one in a white gi on the left and one in a black gi on the right. Walk in and out. The button with the stick toward the other fighter punches; with toward-and-up it kicks; with toward-and-down it sweeps the feet. The button with any other direction blocks. A move that reaches the other fighter while he is neither attacking nor blocking knocks him down for 100 points. A block stops a punch or a kick but not a foot sweep. Ten knockdowns, 1000 points, win, and a 90-second match clock decides by score at time-out. Let the button go between moves: pressed again too quickly, the fighter freezes. One player can face a computer black belt at EASY or NORMAL.

Controls: Use the joysticks. Player 1, white, uses controller 1 and player 2, black, controller 2; in a one-player game white plays on either controller. On the title, up and down choose and a button starts; on COMPUTER, a button or left and right switch EASY and NORMAL.

ColecoVision version credited in the source to Claude (an AI made by Anthropic) for Amy Studio, in Amy, the language by Amy Bienvenu, 2026: a reimagined adaptation of the published rules. From COMPUTE!'s Gazette, October 1986, page 52: original Commodore 64 program by Anthony Bertram. This is a modern homebrew adaptation, not a commercial Coleco release.