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 punching, 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.
The boss of the 3rd stage is inspired 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 Yusaku Matsuda, died shortly after the movie was made. 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).
STAFF Game Designer: Naozumi Yorichika (N. Yorichika) Programmers: Good Townsman, Moo Yagiyama2, Willful Rabbit Visual Designers: Naozumi Yorichika (N. Yorichika), Shoko Ishimoto, Yoshihiro Funada (Y. Funada), T. Nishigaki, Hikihara, T. Akamatsu, K. Yamamotoya, H. Motono, Hikari Hino (H. Hino), Hyoue Ogawa, Akira, Takashi Itoh Sound Designers: Kenji Okuda, Naoki Itamura, Suda Akira Special Thanks: Akisama, Yamacyan, A. Nonami, W. Yamazaki
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