Punch out !!
| Punch out !! | |
|---|---|
| Studio | Nintendo |
| Publisher | Nintendo |
| Erstveröffent- lichung |
 December 1983 February 1984 July 1984  |
| genre | Sports game (boxing) |
| Game mode | 1 player |
| control | 4-way joystick ; 3 buttons |
| casing | default |
| Arcade system | Main CPU : Z80 (@ 4 MHz) Sound CPU: Nintendo 2A03 (@ 1.789772 MHz) Sound Chips: 2A03, VLM5030 (voice output) |
| monitor | 19 inch, grid resolution 256 × 224 (4: 3 horizontal), color range: 1025, and second monitor |
Punch out !! is an arcade boxing game developed by Nintendo in 1984 . It was the most popular game in 1984, had several successors and already had voice output.
Game description
The player must compete against six cartoon-like opponents in a boxing duel . His figure is shown as a green wire frame model so that he can better recognize the opponents through his body. The input is made via a 4-way joystick and 3 buttons (hit with left arm, right arm and uppercut / uppercut). The latter is done using a larger button and can only be performed if there are enough hits. This is indicated by a flashing KO display and the voice of a referee. The arcade machine has two monitors standing on top of one another, the top one only showing statistical data and pictures of the boxers.
opponent
- Glass Joe (from Paris, name derived from glass jaw)
- Piston Hurricane (from Havana)
- Bald Bull ("Mad Man from Istanbul")
- Kid Quick (from Brooklyn)
- Pizza Pasta (from Napoli)
- Mr. Sandman (boss from Philadelphia, similar to Joe Frazier , in some versions as Mike Tyson or Mr. Dream)
The opponents are of course getting stronger and faster. Everyone has their own technique and funny comments. Some boxers appear in several games and sometimes there were also merchandising products.
particularities
- Speech output
- Mario , Luigi, Donkey Kong and Donkey Kong Junior are among the audience
- Mario is the referee
- Theme music Gillette Look Sharp March comes from the Gillette commercials and the film Like a Wild Bull by Martin Scorsese
- A very similar game is played in an episode of The Simpsons series
successor
- Boxing (1984, Nintendo Game & Watch , later renamed Punch-Out !!)
- Great punch-out !! (1985, arcade)
- Mike Tyson's Punch-Out !! (1987, NES , Playchoice-10 ) later than Punch-Out due to licensing reasons!
- Great punch-out !! (1994, SNES )
- Arm Wrestling (1985, arcade, arm wrestling also with Bald Bull, spin-off )
- Punch out !! (2009 for Nintendo Wii ) Released May 22, 2009
Similar games
- Frank Bruno's Boxing (1985, for C64 , Elite Systems )
- Heavyweight Champ (1987, Arcade, Sega ) with arm grips instead of buttons
- Title Fight (1991, Arcade, Sega) for 2 players with arm grips
Web links
- Punch-Out !! - series (consoles) at MobyGames (English)
- Punch out !! in the Killer List of Video Games (English)
- Arcade History entry (English)
- Classic gaming entry (English)
- Quotes, partly also in German, in the English Wikiquote entry