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Hard Puncher - Ketsumamireru no Eikou © 1988 Konami.
An excellent boxing game from Konami.
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GAME ID : GX870
Main CPU: (2x) Motorola 68000 (@ 10 Mhz)
Sound CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips: Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.57958 Mhz), Konami K007232 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), UPD7759 (@ 640 Khz)
CONTROLS:
Players: 2
Control: 8-way joystick
Buttons: 3
Hard Puncher was released in December 1988 in Japan.
The subtitle of this game translates from Japanese as 'Blood-smeared Glory'.
Export releases:
The Final Round [Model GX870].
There are plenty of references to Contra such as Rocky Smith and Joe Vulcan looking similar to Bill Rizer and Lance Bean: Contra's 2 main characters. not only that, but one of the CPU contenders named Red Falco is a reference to what else? Red Falcon, the extraterrestrial arch-enemy from Contra.
Another of the CPU contenders, Iron Drago is a spoof of Ivan Drago, the boxer from the 1985 film 'Rocky IV'.
Finally, Black Stallion, the final contender is a spoof of Mike Tyson.
King Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Konami Game Music Collection Vol.0 - 276A-7708) on 21/07/1989.
