Description
World Karate Championship is pretty much the same as International Karate
(Editor's note: International Karate never came out for the PC), with the exception that in WKC you're given the choice to compete in either Australia or Egypt. But the looks, the moves and everything else is identical.
The objective of WKC is to get the highest possible dan (karate grade, determined by belt colour) and become the world champion. And of course, to get the highest score.
In between all the fighting, there are action-sequences where you have to deflect bouncing balls etc, which gives you extra points.
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Trivia
Data East USA vs Epyx battle regarding copyright infringiments. Here's what happened:
In Data East USA. Inc. v. Epyx Inc., 862 F.2d 204 (9th Cir. 1988), the Ninth Circuit reversed the finding of copyright infringement by the District Court after trial and held that the similarities between the plaintiff's and defendant's respective "Karate" video games were dictated by the functions of the game and not by their expression. The Ninth Circuit stated that:
After careful consideration and viewing of these features, we find that they necessarily follow from the idea of a martial arts karate combat game, or are inseparable from, indispensable to, or even standard treatment of the idea of the karate sport. As such, they are not protectable. "When idea and expression co-incide, there will be protection against nothing other than identical copying." Krofft, 562 F.2d at 1168. A comparison of the works in this case demonstrates that identical copying is not an issue. Accordingly, we hold that the court did not give the appropriate weight and import to its findings which support Epyx's argument that the similarities result from unprotectable expression....The lower court erred by not limiting the scope of Data East's copyright protection to the author's contribution -- the scoreboard and back- ground scenes. In actuality, however, the backgrounds are quite dissimilar and the method of scorekeeping, though similar is inconsequential. (emphasis in original).
