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Computer Entertainer, Vol. 4, No. 9 (December 1985)

Computer Entertainer editors. 1985. “Computer Entertainer, Vol. 4, No. 9 (December 1985).” Computer Entertainer, vol. 4, no. 9 (December 1985). Computer Entertainer.

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Computer Entertainer, December 1985
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2026-11-06
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copyrighted newsletter; OCR text hosted by the Internet Archive
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Computer Entertainer / Video Take-Out; scan hosted by the Internet Archive.
Notes
Pinned in stubs batch 24 for its "Critically Speaking" review of Data East's Kung-Fu Master for the Commodore 64 and Apple II (p. 6). Image n shows printed page n; the OCR garbles the stars.

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Karateka topped Computer Entertainer's Top Ten in July 1985, as an Apple II game. The Apple II version was ninth in its Top Fifteen in December 1985, and the Commodore 64 version 15th in its Top Twenty in April 1986.p. 1, The Top Fifteenp. 1, The Top FifteenMagazine
The Commodore 64 version was out in North America by December 1985: Computer Entertainer's December 1985 availability list files Data East's Kung Fu Master under November, marked as shipped before the issue went to print, and the same issue reviewed it on the Commodore 64 and Apple II.p. 14, Availability Updatep. 14, Availability Updatep. 14, Availability Updatep. 6, Critically SpeakingMagazine
Computer Entertainer's December 1985 review of Data East's Commodore 64 and Apple II versions found them "a fairly decent translation of the arcade game", likely to appeal to its fans, but with disappointingly flat graphics, jerky animation, and meager sound; it did not recommend them, at a suggested retail price of $34.95. The review called the game Data East's second adaptation of one of its own coin-ops, after Karate Champ.p. 6, Critically Speakingp. 6, Critically Speakingp. 6, Critically Speakingp. 6, Critically Speakingp. 6, Critically Speakingp. 6, Critically SpeakingMagazine
Computer Entertainer's front-page chart had the Commodore 64 version at number 7 in its Top Ten of October 1985 and at number 1 in its Top Fifteen of December 1985. In its Top Twenty of April 1986 the Macintosh version stood at number 5 and the Apple II version at number 8. The December and April charts say they come from telephone polls of a selected group of retailers.p. 1, The Top Fifteenp. 1, The Top Fifteenp. 1, The Top FifteenMagazine