Champions Forever Boxing for TurboGrafx-16

Review #7016

Champions Forever Boxing

The boxing sim

TG-16 1991 NEC Fighting Fighting › Boxing
Champions Forever Boxing screenshot for TG-16
Screenshot used for review/reference purposes.
1 / 5

Gameplay

Plays a bit like a brawler. You move around within a 3D arena. The II button punches and I doesn't do anything, as near as I can tell.
Punching reduces your strength meter while taking punches lowers your stamina. For the love of Pete I can't figure out how to wear down my opponent. Punching him seems to have no effect on either meter while my strength goes down when I punch or he punches me. There must be a strategy or hidden controls that escape me. In any case this seems to be a simulation style boxing game. No thanks

1 / 5

Level Design

Exhibition and career mode, which is just a series of exhibition with a skill tree.
All arenas are identical.

3 / 5

Theme

Licensed titles are rare on the TG-16. I can only think of the two Disney platformers and the Jackie Chan game. In any case this one has a handful of famous historical boxers from the 70s such as Joe Frasier, Ken Norton, and Muhammad Ali.

2 / 5

Art Style

It's a blank, non-interactive arena with no interesting features. The sprites are small but animate well, although they don't do much.

2 / 5

Audio

About what you'd expect. Punch, oof, and bell ring. Not much else

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