Evolution of Retro Boxing Games

[TrekMD]

I figured I'd start a thread where we can post videos looking at the evolution of retro Boxing games by consoles.  I'm going to start by posting three different Atari 2600 Boxing game videos:  Activision's Boxing, Atari's RealSports Boxing, and Devin Cook's homebrew, K.O. Cruiser.  Even looking at these games on the 2600, we can already see how these games evolved just on this one system.

[align=center:1th5q90y]Activision's Boxing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ev0_hmee2cM

Atari's RealSports Boxing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dcr-jWnAxD0

Devin Cook's K.O. Cruiser
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NNDQxC23Is[/align:1th5q90y]

[Shadowrunner]

Cool idea    I've always thought the boxers in Activisions game looked like frogs LOL

[TrekMD]

Cool idea    I've always thought the boxers in Activisions game looked like frogs LOL

LOL  So, do they still look like frogs to you? 

[Shadowrunner]

Cool idea    I've always thought the boxers in Activisions game looked like frogs LOL

LOL  So, do they still look like frogs to you?

When they are still yes. Once they move the illusion is lost  LOL

[TrekMD]

Cool idea    I've always thought the boxers in Activisions game looked like frogs LOL

LOL  So, do they still look like frogs to you?

When they are still yes. Once they move the illusion is lost  LOL

LOL

[TL]

Great idea for a thread. I have never played KO Cruiser but I have always had a soft spot for Realsports Boxing 

[TrekMD]

Great idea for a thread. I have never played KO Cruiser but I have always had a soft spot for Realsports Boxing 

Glad you like it.  I have several more in mind with other sports games.  They seem to lend themselves the most for this. 

And to continue the evolution, here is Intellivision's Boxing!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z4GahE1qd0

[TL]

[size=140]Sinclair ZX Spectrum[/size]


Rocco - By Gremlin


Boxing Manager - By Cult Games


Frank Bruno Boxing - By Elite


By Fair Means Or Foul - By Superior Software


Barry McGuigan Boxing - By Activision

[TrekMD]

Training Mode


Fighting against a friend

[Bobinator]

I'm pretty sure that the people who made Frank Bruno Boxing are terrible, terrible people who will be going somewhere bad when they die. For one thing, not only did they steal a few characters straight out of the arcade version of Punch-Out, they also decided that this here:



Was a good idea. I mean, this was the 80's, you'd think we as a species would have moved on from that by then.

[Rogue Trooper]

I'm pretty sure that the people who made Frank Bruno Boxing are terrible, terrible people who will be going somewhere bad when they die. For one thing, not only did they steal a few characters straight out of the arcade version of Punch-Out, they also decided that this here:



Was a good idea. I mean, this was the 80's, you'd think we as a species would have moved on from that by then.

Jack The Nipper 2 (Coconut Capers ?) had similar offending material, in game and on the adverts.

[Rogue Trooper]

4D Boxing (cannot post pics/video, sorry).

Mindscape (ST/Amiga/PC) Polygon based characters, Rotoscoping, multiple viewpoints, 3RD Person perspective etc.

[TrekMD]

4D Boxing (cannot post pics/video, sorry).

Mindscape (ST/Amiga/PC) Polygon based characters, Rotoscoping, multiple viewpoints, 3RD Person perspective etc.

Is this the one?

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[TrekMD]

OK, so we've seen the Atari 2600 (with three versions just for that system), the Intellivision, the ZX Spectrum, the Vectrex, and now the Amiga/PC versions. 

Here is now a boxing game for the Atari 7800:  Fight Night!

[align=center:38ozd2x4]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5ofK-k95ZM[/align:38ozd2x4]

[onthinice]

Good idea Trek! Activision boxing is still a favorite of mine.