Karate Blazers (c) 1991 Video System.
A horizontally scrolling fighting game for 1 to 4 players. Each playable character (chosen from Mark, Glen, Akira and Gil) kicks and punches their way through a number of enemy-packed levels. In addition to kicking and puching, each character also has their own unique 'special attack'; a move that injures multiple on-screen enemies at the cost of some of the player's health.
While in no way original (drawing most of its inspiration from Capcom's 'Final Fight'), Karate Blazers is both hugely playable and very fast and frenetic, with the amount of on-screen enemies at times overwhelming. The graphics are also well drawn and nicely animated.

>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Main CPU : 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : YM2610 (@ 8 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 352 x 240 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 1024
Players : 4
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 4

>>> TRIVIA
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The boss of the 3rd stage is ispired by Sato, a character of the movie 'Black Rain' (directed by Ridley Scott and acted by Michael Douglas and Andy Garcia). Sato was interpreted by the japanese actor Y�saku Matsuda, died shortly after the movie was maded. Even the stage when you fight the boss (the factory) seems somehow inspire from the movie's background (in a movie's scene, Nick - interpreted by Michael Douglas - try to defeat Sato in a steelworks, quite similar to the game's stage).

>>> DESIGNERS / PROGRAMMERS / STAFF
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Game designer : N. Yorichika
Programmers : Good Townsman, Moo Yagiyama2, Willful Rabbit
Visual designers : N. Yorichika, Shoko Ishimoto, Y. Funada, T. Nishigaki, Hikihara, T. Akamatsu, K. Yamamotoya, H. Motono, H. Hino, Hyoue Ogawa, Akira, Takashi Itoh
Sound designers : Kenji Okuda, Naoki Itamura, Suda Akira

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's ROM.