[3] This computer game is notable for its control scheme that allowed users to perform various fighting techniques.

[4] Unlike most other martial arts games the approach is more important than the actual kick/shove/punch etc., since the player must first grab the opponent and subsequently do an up/down/left/right combo (about ten different options to choose from) on the joystick before anything happens.

The most powerful move is called uchi mata and if performed correctly it will knock out the opponent no matter how much strength he may have left.

A nice little detail here is that the opponent's eyes (really just two black dots, and only one since the game is a side scroller) close/disappear when he lands on his back after a knock out-move, as if to say 'he's gone'.

[9] Alternative renamed the game as according to managing director Roger Hulley "the name didn't click, so we put the sport first and our title is called Judo Uchi Mata, which really sells".