Super Punch-Out!!, the Video Game by Nintendo [Japan]
DESCRIPTION
Type of the machine : Video Game
Super Punch-Out!! © 1984 Nintendo.
A slight update of the superb "Punch-Out!!" boxing game that features five brand new larger-than-life opponents. The player once again assumes the role of a green-haired boxer who must fight his way up through five larger-than-life boxers to earn the title of 'Champ'.
The player's in-fight boxer is again viewed from behind and rendered with wire-frame graphics (so the player's opponent can be seen). Punches, dodges and blocks must all be well-timed in order to defeat the opposing boxer. Thanks to the refined roster of new and hugely distinctive enemy fighters, "Super Punch-Out!!" is considered to be an improvement over the first game.
Super Punch-Out!! © 1984 Nintendo.
A slight update of the superb "Punch-Out!!" boxing game that features five brand new larger-than-life opponents. The player once again assumes the role of a green-haired boxer who must fight his way up through five larger-than-life boxers to earn the title of 'Champ'.
The player's in-fight boxer is again viewed from behind and rendered with wire-frame graphics (so the player's opponent can be seen). Punches, dodges and blocks must all be well-timed in order to defeat the opposing boxer. Thanks to the refined roster of new and hugely distinctive enemy fighters, "Super Punch-Out!!" is considered to be an improvement over the first game.
TECHNICAL
CABINET :
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Sound CPU : N2A03 (@ 1.789772 Mhz)
Sound Chips : N2A03 (@ 1.789772 Mhz), VLM5030 (@ 3.58 Mhz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 256 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 1025
Players : 1
Control : 4-way joystick (pull up on the joystick to duck)
Buttons : 3
=> [1] LEFT BLOW, [2] RIGHT BLOW, [3] KNOCKOUT BLOW
TRIVIA
Released in September 1984.
The image used for the background of "Punch-Out!!" (in which Mario, Luigi, DK and DK Jr. sit on both sides of the ring) was recycled for 'Super Punch-Out!!'. The only difference is that the background is in black and white.
Not to be confused with the 1994 Super NES game of the same name, 'Super Punch-Out!!', which is a remake of the arcade game to mark the ten year anniversary of the original game's release.
The game's title music, is actually the 'Gillette Look Sharp March'. This jingle, originally heard in Gillette radio and television commercials, was later used as the theme song to the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, which aired boxing matches. The music can also be heard in the 1980 boxing related film 'Raging Bull' during the scene where Jake LaMotta (as played by Robert De Niro) unveils his new nightclub.
The image used for the background of "Punch-Out!!" (in which Mario, Luigi, DK and DK Jr. sit on both sides of the ring) was recycled for 'Super Punch-Out!!'. The only difference is that the background is in black and white.
Not to be confused with the 1994 Super NES game of the same name, 'Super Punch-Out!!', which is a remake of the arcade game to mark the ten year anniversary of the original game's release.
The game's title music, is actually the 'Gillette Look Sharp March'. This jingle, originally heard in Gillette radio and television commercials, was later used as the theme song to the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports, which aired boxing matches. The music can also be heard in the 1980 boxing related film 'Raging Bull' during the scene where Jake LaMotta (as played by Robert De Niro) unveils his new nightclub.
TIPS AND TRICKS
* Control Panel Instructions :
- Power meter indicates your punching power. Build up your punching power by punching the champ, throw a knockout blow when meter flashes "KO".
- Status meter indicates your/champ's respective stamina, knockdown occurs when status meter reads empty.
- Game is over when you are knocked out or time counts down to zero.(1)
- "Let's keep it clean. Now come out boxing!"
(1) Exception : In Super Punch-Out!!, time starts at zero and counts forward. When time reaches three minutes, time is up and the game is over.
- Power meter indicates your punching power. Build up your punching power by punching the champ, throw a knockout blow when meter flashes "KO".
- Status meter indicates your/champ's respective stamina, knockdown occurs when status meter reads empty.
- Game is over when you are knocked out or time counts down to zero.(1)
- "Let's keep it clean. Now come out boxing!"
(1) Exception : In Super Punch-Out!!, time starts at zero and counts forward. When time reaches three minutes, time is up and the game is over.
SERIES
1. Punch-Out!! (1984)
2. Super Punch-Out!! (1984)
3. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (1987, Nintendo NES)
4. Super Punch-Out!! (1994, Nintendo SNES)
5. Punch-Out!! (2009, Nintendo Wii)
2. Super Punch-Out!! (1984)
3. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (1987, Nintendo NES)
4. Super Punch-Out!! (1994, Nintendo SNES)
5. Punch-Out!! (2009, Nintendo Wii)
PORTS
Computers :
Amstrad CPC (1985, as "Frank Bruno's Boxing") Commodore C64 (1985, as "Frank Bruno's Boxing")
Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1985, as "Frank Bruno's Boxing")
PC [MS-DOS, 3.5"] (1985, as "Frank Bruno's Boxing")
SOURCES
Game's rom.
Machine's picture.
Machine's picture.
LAST EDITION
January 16, 2010