Karateka is a 1984 computer game by Jordan Mechner, the creator of Prince of Persia. Karateka was Mechner's first hit game, and was designed while he was attending Yale University. The game was renowned at the time for its realistic animations, given the limitations of graphics at that time. In the United States, Karateka was published by Brøderbund. Various versions were licensed to Ariolasoft for publication in Europe.