International Karate + [SEP] publisher
International Karate +
International Karate +, often abbreviated as IK+, is a karate fighting video game published in 1987 by System 3, originally for the Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and ZX Spectrum. It has since been ported to a number of other platforms. The Commodore 64 version was released in the U.S. under the title Chop N' Drop.
Gameplay.
In the game, three karateka fight against each other on a beach, trying to be the first to score six points. After every two rounds,
to the PC, published the same year, used 4-color CGA graphics.
Lawsuit.
After the release of "World Karate Championship" in the US in late April 1986, Epyx was sued by competing video game publisher Data East for infringement of copyright, trademark, and trade dress. The dispute was about similarities to the 1984 arcade game "Karate Champ" and its home computer adaptations published in 1985. "International Karate" used the same coloured fighters and had the same points system. The initial trial at the