#6 Sid Meier’s Karateka
Which is actually Jordan Mechner’s Karateka. But y’all knew that. Just making sure you were paying attention. Before creating the legendary Prince of Persia, game designer Jordan Mechner went on to create this beauty. More rotoscoped sprites, more crazy ass moves! And a lot of ass kicking and beating the living shit out of some fools.
Karateka arguably laid the groundwork for games like Streets of Rage and Double Dragon. Even though it was a very slow, methodological game about duels and not about multi person brawls. The graphics were simple, but look at the animations and remember this is 1984.
