The Wonderful Weirdness of IK+

The Wonderful Weirdness of IK+

by | May 30, 2018 | 1980s

If you created a Venn diagram with circles for the Commodore 64, Jackie Chan, John Travolta, and the ancient art of karate, the overlap would be International Karate +. The game, typically referred to as IK+ (released in the United States as Chop N’ Drop), was not the...
Jupiter Lander and the Birth of the Commodore 64

Jupiter Lander and the Birth of the Commodore 64

by | May 23, 2018 | 1980s

LOAD “JUPITER LANDER” ,8,1 SEARCHING FOR JUPITER LANDER LOADING READY RUN By 1982, the video game industry already had two titans that dominated the home video game market. The Apple II and Atari 2600 were both released in 1977 and were wildly popular....