Champion Boxing
| Champion Boxing | |
|---|---|
 North American arcade flyer | |
| Developer(s) | Sega |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Designer(s) | Yu Suzuki[1] |
| Artist(s) | Rieko Kodama |
| Platform(s) | SG-1000, Arcade,[1] MSX |
| Release | 1984 |
| Genre(s) | Sports, fighting |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Champion Boxing (チャンピオンボクシング, "Boxing Champion") is a 1984 boxing sports video game developed and published by Sega for the SG-1000,[2] and later ported to the arcades,[3] only in Japan and Europe. It was Sega-AM2 founder and leader Yu Suzuki's debut creation, as well as that of Rieko Kodama.[1] In 1985, a successor of Champion Boxing titled Champion Pro Wrestling was released in the arcades, and ported to the SG-1000 and the MSX home computer the same year. However, this is a professional wrestling game instead of a boxing game.
Development
Yu Suzuki described Champion Boxing as a minor project with very little staff, and said that because of this it allowed him to learn the process of games development with very little pressure.[4] Because the game was understaffed for designers, Suzuki actually contributed some of the drawings for the various punching animations.[4]
According to Suzuki, the game was developed for the SG-1000 first, and then the arcade version was created by simply installing an SG-1000 in an arcade cabinet.[4]
Pengo makes a cameo after a KO.
References
- ^ a b c GameCenter CX - 2nd Season, Episode 3. Retrieved on 2009-04-04
- ^ Champion Boxing[permanent dead link], GameSpy
- ^ Champion Boxing at the Killer List of Videogames
- ^ a b c Marley, Scott (December 2016). "Q&A with Yu Suzuki". Retro Gamer. No. 163. Future Publishing. p. 61.
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