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We're very, very near the end of NES Works 1986 — which means not only will I be moving along to other platforms for the remainder of 2017 once we hit the final NES 1986 entry, it also means there'll be a new book out very soon. That is exciting news, at least to me, but nowhere near as exciting as the fact that I'm through the misery of 1986's bad third-party NES releases. Karate Champ was a rough one. But next week... that's the golden reward, baby. Thanks for sticking with me — and book-level supporters can expect to see some news (and hopefully a PDF!) by the end of the month if all goes well...

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Karate Champ retrospective: Weak jab | NES Works #034

The penultimate NES release of 1986 finds Data East once again struggling to find its voice as a console publisher. Karate Champ takes a seminal arcade release and turns it into an NES dud best forgotten, despite appearing on the surface to be a largely faithful conversion. It's all in the details....

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