International Karate video game hoodie
by Ashley Cotter-Cairns
(T-niverse HQ)
International Karate video game hoodie
(CafePress)
Back in the 80s, if you ended up taking sides in the Commodore C64 vs Sinclair ZX Spectrum debate, it could get pretty heated. Rather than coming to blows, the geeky equivalent of pistols at dawn was a stonking game of International Karate (aka IK).
You could argue any which way you liked, but IK was what the C64 used to do better than the Spectrum (that and scrolling, color sprite management and sound). The Speccy just wasn't going to win this particular battle: its monochrome sprites were more nicely drawn, but drab compared to the lovely IK sprites of the C64 version.
Neither would win any graphics awards these days. But grab yourself this International Karate video game hoodie and you'll be able to hunch yourself up in the corner of a bus stop and relive the days when you wished away the endless afternoons of science and French, desperate to get home and make 8th Dan.
For maximum impact, add drizzle, acne and a crush on the cute girl at work who totally ignores you.
