Final Blow

Sports/Boxing 

Type of the game: [Coin-Op] Arcade Video Game
Final Blow © 1988 Taito.

A boxing game where you fight your way to the top and aim to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World.

Taito F2 System hardware
Prom Stickers : B82

Main CPU : 68000
Sound CPU : Z80
Sound Chips : YM2610

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 5

Final Blow was released in April 1988.

The game has five boxers, each with a nickname :
Detroit Kid - The Invincible Black Panther
Dynamite Joe - The Miracle Fighter
Fernando Gomez - The South American Eagle
Kim Nang - The Korean Comet
King Jason - The Black King

Final Blow was released for the Sega Genesis (Mega Drive in Europe) as "James 'Buster' Douglas Knockout Boxing", featuring then-World Heavyweight Champion James 'Buster' Douglas. The game was released in America in 1990, immediately after his historic victory over 'Iron' Mike Tyson in Tokyo, Japan. The game was one of the key games used to market the console as part of the 'Genesis Does What Nintendon't' Campaign, particularly since Nintendo used Mike Tyson for its "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!" video game.

Software : Ichiro Fujisue, Masaya Kinoshita, Yuichi Ohnogi, Takayuki Ishiwata
Character designers : Yukiwo Ishikawa, Kazuhiro Numata
Hardware : Katujiro Fujimoto, Minoru Yoshimura
Cabinet : Hisayuki Yamaguchi, Yoshihiro Akiyama
Art designer : Akio Nomura
Sound : Zuntata Sound Team
Game designers : Yukiwo Ishikawa, Kazuhiro Numata

Consoles:

Sega Mega Drive (March 3, 1990) [Model T-11033]
Sega Genesis (June 1, 1990, "James 'Buster' Douglas Knockout Boxing")
Sega Mega Drive (1991, "James 'Buster' Douglas Knockout Boxing")
Sony PlayStation 2 (March 29, 2007; "Taito Memories II Gekan [Model SLPM-66713 (TCPS-10183]")

Computers:

FM Towns PC (1990)
Commodore C64 (1991)
Atari ST (1991)
Commodore Amiga (1991)

Game's rom.
Machine's picture.