Maclean was 60 years old.

Maclean’s passing was noted by members of the retro games community.

“Shocked and saddened to hear that legendary C64 programmer Archer Maclean passed away yesterday.

International Karate+, a classic of the fighting game genre.

My heart goes out to his family.

“, wrote games journalist Jaz Rignallon Twitter.

In more recent years, he had written for Retro Gamer magazine.

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I grew up playing Maclean’s games.