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Game » consists of 6 releases. Released December 1983
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Developed by legendary Japanese developer Treasure, Hajime no Ippo is another solid boxing game based on the popular Japanese manga and anime of the same name. Unlike the two Victorious Boxer games, The Fighting was never released outside of Japan.
Knockout Kings was EA's flagship boxing title prior to Fight Night.
The sequel to Namco's original 3D fighting game adds new characters and a variety of new moves and unique attacks.
A Japan-exclusive behind-the-back arcade fighting game set in the world of Dragon Ball, using graphical effects to simulate 3D using hand-drawn graphics. Although it was distributed with standard controls, a known "deluxe edition" of the game existed (with limited full-body motion sensing).
Sega's fourth arcade boxing game, allowing players to control their boxer's punches with twin large-size "glove handles" mounted on the control panel. It also features linked multiplayer and 3D movement.
Punch-Out!! meets sword-and-sorcery in this over-the-shoulder action game for Neo Geo systems.
A superhero game developed by Taito. It was initially a first-person, pressure-sensitive, fighting game, for the arcades. It was then released as a brawler for the SNES console.
Sega's third arcade boxing game, which uses a behind-the-back perspective and controls that give the illusion of actual boxing (using two unique hand levers and a rotatable upper chassis).
Action-adventure-RPG released in 1987 by Konami only in Japan. It features both side-scrolling and "3D" (third-person, behind-the-shoulder) segments, open-world exploration, and hack & slash combat, including the earliest third-person hack & slash combat.
Mat mania is a professional wrestling arcade game created by Technos Japan in 1985. The player, YOU, wrestles his way to the championship in the Technos Wrestling Association, or TWA.
An early fighting game released in Japanese arcades by Taito in 1985. It is the first fighting game to include throws and grapples, and the first fighting game with a playable female character. It also features a regenerating health bar.
An arcade game released by Nintendo in 1985, Arm Wrestling is similar to Nintendo's more famous Punch-Out!! games in that it pits the player against a series of cartoonish opponents.
Considered one of the progenitors of the fighting game genre, Yie Ar Kung-Fu is a Konami arcade game that puts players in the role of a martial artist as he fights the masters of various weaponry to become the Grand Master.
The game that kick-started the arcade fighting game genre, Karate Champ puts players in one-on-one kumite matches with techniques in the art of karate.
A simplistic boxing game released on the SG-1000, MSX, and arcade, by Sega in 1983.
1981 DECO Cassette System arcade action game, where DECO Kid flies and punches enemies in side-scrolling environments. Ahead of its time, it set precedents for mechanics such as multi-directional scrolling, bosses, energy bars, debris, invincibility, and score combos.
A 1981 boxing game from Sega. It introduced a pressure-sensitive boxing bag controller to measure a player's punching power.
The earliest known video game based on the sport of boxing. Developed and released by Sega, it is currently considered a "lost" video game with no known hardware remaining and no successful preservation effort.
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