Punchout!

[Steels]

Since I was a kid I have been a HUGE fan of the "Punchout" franchise. In 1984 I started playing the original "Punchout!" and due to the overwhelming popularity, Nintendo launched a sequel titled "Super Punchout!". A few years later in 1987 "Mike Tyson's Punchout" was released for the Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) and is regarded by many as the best "Boxing" game ever made. Tyson's Punchout was basically made up by combining the earlier two "Punchout!" games and adding the world's REAL heavy weight champion. It took 7 long years until Nintendo would release their next installment and it was titled "Super Punchout!" for their newer Super Nintendo Entertainment system (SNES). Keeping with tradition the game remained faithful to it's predecessors with the game-play and characters, most still being a collaboration or near relative to the original two. "Super Punchout!" proved again with it's success that the franchise was still very much alive and strong.

Did you know?

In 1990 the contract binding Mike Tyson with Nintendo was up and due to his fall from grace they decided to not renew. They renamed "Tyson's Punchout" with "Punchout" and changed Iron Mike's character to this charmer below..

http://people.freenet.de/tomspunchout/punchout-1.gif

Here are some codes for "Mike Tyson's Punchout".

- CODES & SECRETS:

*Password*
005 737 5423 (Major Circuit)
777 807 3454 (World Circuit)
940 861 8538 (Super Macho Man)
267 913 7638 (Super Macho Man + 23KOs)
032 730 8442 (Piston Honda)
007 373 5963 (Mike Tyson)

The first and original "Punchout!" champion is "Mr. Sandman" below is a player who just beat him.

http://www.punchout.freehosting.net/champ.gif

Old School Bald Bull..

http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/screens/P/yPunch-Out!!.png

Remember Dragon Chan..

http://images.webmagic.com/klov.com/screens/S/xSuper_Punch-Out!!.png

Piston Hurricane gets tattooed in SNES' "Super Punchout"

http://www.os2ezine.com/20000616/punchout.gif

Little Mac is doing his road work on Boulevard East!

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Canada's Champion, Bear Hugger..

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My favorite fighter, Super Macho Man..

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I'll end with this question and hopefully get some decent feedback. Why does it seem that the "Punchout!" franchise has been stranded? It has been almost an entire decade since the last release. With all of the fierce competition in the video gaming industry why would they shun such a bona fide, sure fire hit!?! I can hardly imagine what a new Upd@ted version would look like, my bet would be outstanding.

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This message was edited by Steels on 8-30-03 @ 3:58 AM

[Heavy]

Maybe theyre waiting for another Mike Tyson to come along? Theyll be waitng a lot longer then 10 years if they are.

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Gabby Jay......YAY!

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[Steels]

Gabby Jay......YAY!


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[Duke]

Gabby Jay......YAY!


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i am using this as my new sig!

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Why does it seem that the "Punchout!" franchise has been stranded?


Well, when you say 'punchout' everyone automatically associates it with Mike Tyson no matter what they do to seperate the two. Given the fact that tyson is a known criminal, derilict, and overall wierdo, I would say that the people who make 'punchout' would rather just let sleeping dogs lie. Just the same as you won't see kobe bryant doing many advertisements anytime soon. Whether or not the end-users/customers truly care about that stuff is a moot point, as these companies would be taking quite a risk if they were to use someone who's got a questionable background to be thier figurehead. In most cases, the buyer and end-user are not the same. While many people that are old enough to make thier own decisions do buy these games, there is a large part of thier target market that relies on a parent or gaurdian to make the purchase for them.


As for what they should do, that I do not know?
What company made the games?

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[zoom2457]

Have you tried Knock Out Kings or Rocky on the GameCube? They might be something you'd enjoy.

btw, those games are also on PS2

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This message was edited by zoom2457 on 9-22-03 @ 5:40 PM

[JimBeam]

I remember having a version of PunchOut on my Commodore 64. I think it was from England because it had Frank Bruno in it. This was a few years before he knocked out Tyson.
I only remember this because I read the post about Bruno being institutionalized.

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