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- OBJECT TYPE
- game/PC/5.25 in. floppy disk/double sided
- DATE
- 1984
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1995.0822.006
- MANUFACTURER
- Unknown
- MODEL
- Karateka/ Karateka (Easy)
- LOCATION
- Unknown
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 6
- Total Parts
- 52
- AKA
- N/A
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- SYNTHETIC DISK WITH PAPER LABEL/ PAPER PROTECTOR
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- 14.3 cm
- Width
- 13.4 cm
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- N/A
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Computing Technology
- Category
- Digital peripheral devices
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Unknown
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- City
- Unknown
Context
- Country
- Canada
- State/Province
- Ontario
- Period
- 1980'S
- Canada
-
SOFTWARE USED IN CANADIAN HOME ON APPLE IIC PERSONAL COMPUTER. ORIGINAL APPLE II, INTRODUCED IN 1977, WAS FIRST PC TO BE MASS MARKET SUCCESS IN CANADA AS ELSEWHERE - Function
-
COMPUTER PROGRAM DEVELOPED FOR RECREATIONAL PURPOSES IN WHICH GAME IS PLAYED USING COMPUTER SCREEN & INPUT DEVICE SUCH AS JOYSTICK OR MOUSE. MOST OF THESE GAMES INVOLVE ROLE-PLAYING IN SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT. - Technical
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COMPUTER GAMES WERE ONE OF MOST POPULAR APPLICATIONS OF PERSONAL COMPUTER. Karateka was one of the first video games to employ rotoscoping as the main graphic technique for creating fluid and realistic sprite animation. This technique was later used in Mechner’s Prince of Persia game. - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- TYPEWRITTEN TEXT ON LABEL READS '7/6 Format: Special/ A: Karateka/ B: Karateka (Easy)'
- Missing
- N/A
- Finish
- BLACK DISK/ WHITE LABEL
- Decoration
- N/A
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Unknown Manufacturer, Software, after 1984, Artifact no. 1995.0822, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1995.0822.006/
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