# Jordan Mechner's Karateka remake looks to modernize a classic story - Host: [polygon.com](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/polygon.com/) - Saved: November 8, 2012 (2012-11-08T20:09:24Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b714241e3f9f/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/b714241e3f9f.json ## From the page (probably an excerpt, not Jamie's words) Revered game designer Jordan Mechner built his first game, Karateka, on an Apple II in his Yale University dorm room; it was released by Broderbund Software in 1984, during his sophomore year. Nearly three decades later, Mechner led a small team called Liquid Entertainment in developing a remake of the 8-bit classic. ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Same host - [How EA lost its soul](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/1f981451e122/) (polygon.com, July 16, 2015) - [Microsoft reveals Xbox Adaptive Controller for players with disabilities - Polygon](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f95ee23c6932/) (polygon.com, May 21, 2018) - [In the last decade board games took off, these were the most important - Polygon](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/7e47cda489eb/) (polygon.com, November 20, 2019) - [The 22 best board games, a revised list of Polygon’s favorites](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/cc8bb5e69b4b/) (polygon.com, November 7, 2021) - [Chess is booming among teens. Here’s why - Polygon](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/958532633da8/) (polygon.com, April 17, 2023) ## Saved the same week - [Obama Wins: How Chicago's Data-Driven Campaign Triumphed](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/268f644161b3/) (swampland.time.com, November 8, 2012) - [GOP Clown College on Flickr](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/1b6c04a3aa10/) (flickr.com, November 8, 2012) - [Windows 8: Operating Under the Influence](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/120f811339dc/) (threesheetsresearch.com, November 8, 2012) - [Photos from Chasing Ice, James Balogs Chronicle of Melting Polar Glaciers](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/f47a158d989c/) (vanityfair.com, November 8, 2012) - [Big Media's failure to fulfil fourth estate function in 2012 election](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/ee166a74f2b1/) (theguardian.com, November 8, 2012) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.polygon.com/2012/11/7/3612408/karateka-remake-jordan-mechner-modernize-classic-story