Mike Tyson's Punch Out
Game by Nintendo
Reviewed by Robby Cox
koi@magicnet.net
Save: Passwords
Released: 1987
Works with: N/A
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Opening Snide Remarks: This was the first and probably last Mike Tyson 
licensed game.  Of course, this was years before his ear-biting incident.  
This was one of the first NES games that I got and it was amazing. 

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Gameplay Descripion: Mike Tyson's Punch Out is an "arcadey" boxing game like
Super Punch Out and the arcade Punch Out.  In this game the point is to 
defeat all of the other boxers to get a shot at Mike Tyson for the World 
Championship title.  You have fight such strange characters as Don Flamenco,
who is a tango dancer, and King Hippo, who is a strange hybrid of a human and
a hippo.  It's classic Nintendo goodness at it's finest.  The boxing is 
somewhat realistic, but each boxer has a pattern which needs to be learned to
defeat him.    
Liked: Fantastic boxing action.
Hated: Nothing.

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Graphics Description: The graphics of MTPO are excellent.  They are above 
average for an NES game.  The boxers are large and well-detailed.  The ring 
and background are fairly realistic looking.   
Liked: Great graphics.
Hated: Nothing.

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Sound/Music Description: MTPO has some classic music.  Each of these tunes 
are videogame classics.  The sound fx are good, as well.  There's even a 
small amount of speech in there. 
Liked: Classic music.
Hated: Nothing.

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Play Control/Game Design: MTPO has perfect controls.  The controls are simple
and are extrememly responsive.  The game design is great.
Liked: Perfect controls.
Hated: Nothing.

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Improve: Nothing, this game is great.

RIYL: Super Punch Out(SNES), and posssibly Midway's Ready 2 Rumble(N64, 
Dreamcast)

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Final Words: Mike Tyson's Punch Out is an absolute classic videogame.  Every 
true videogamer should own this game.   

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Score
Gameplay: *****
Graphics: ****
Sound/Music: *****
Play Control/Game Design: *****
Personal Opinion: *****
Total: 24 out of 25
Final Score: 96 %

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Currently Known Codes: None.

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