Bloodlust (aka International Karate 3) is a cancelled 2D fighting game that was in development in 1995 / 1996 by Atari for the Arcades and Playstation. The original International Karate was a 1985 title released for the ZX Spectrum, MSX, Commodore 64, Amstrad CPC and Atari 8-bit family of computers, with a sequel called International Karate + released a year later. It seems that a Bloodlust prototype is in the hands of some collectors, but only few screenshots are preserved in the gallery below.
The arcade version was based on 64MB PC hardware (Cyrix Media GX PC), while the PSX conversion was going to have some graphical limitations. 16 playable characters were planned, that were inspired by RARE’s Killer Instinct.
Thanks to Celine for the contribution! Scans from EDGE magazine #55
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1 Response to Bloodlust I.K.3 [Arcade PSX - Cancelled]
Man-in-Combat
October 18th, 2010 at 11:20 pm
If only there were more people that take preserving computer hardware, video games, And even software more seriously,
then we would have more history to show the next generation,
it’s going to be just like film history all over again
but then again you can’t save all of it or keep stuff that’s not worth saving.