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Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Sports Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out!

Posted by Ezra Caraeff on Wed, Sep 19 at 1:43 PM

All this talk about the awesomeness of Mike Tyson’s Punch-Out! has got me thinking (once again) about my favorite video game ever.

I love the music, the characters (Soda Popinski!) and the idea that a severely undersized 17-year-old named Little Mac could overcome the odds and defeat Mike Tyson. That is, if you could even make it to Tyson. The game was the source of more youthful frustration than algebra and puberty combined.

Although it’s over 33 minutes (as if you have anything better to do today), the below clip shows the entire game (from Glass Joe to Tyson himself) from start to finish, played as quickly as possible.

This really makes me want to get an NES and a copy of the game (which I’ll surely have to blow on for about five minutes before it finally works) as soon as possible.

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Old NES games were more about making children cry than anything else. Seriously, how many of those old games could you actually beat?

Posted by Louise | September 19, 2007 2:03 PM

I believe Punch Out is available on the Wii. Only difference is Nintendo lost the rights to use Tyson's name.

Posted by Daaaaave | September 19, 2007 2:16 PM

Daaaaave is right. They have it for the Wii Virtual Console (five bucks!)

Tyson is renamed "Mr. Dream" in the Wii version and is now a white guy, but other than that, the game is exactly the same, including the final fight.

Posted by Beaton | September 19, 2007 2:32 PM

They changed Tyson to a white dude? That's fucked up. What's next? Making Von Kaiser Polish? The Great Tiger a Pakistani?

Posted by mike tyson's face tattoo | September 19, 2007 2:42 PM

I must concur, Ezra, this game is the penultimate. In fact, I've been reliving those dues-paying years with it recently here:

http://www.consoleclassix.com

Sure, you have to adjust to the keyboard controls if you don't have the right gaming equipment, but what a trip back. Damn that Soda Popinksi!!!

Posted by Jeremy | September 19, 2007 3:43 PM

I seem to remember breezing through punchout. Agree that it was one of my favorites, but I think I liked it so much because it was so easy to beat.

Posted by rico | September 19, 2007 3:47 PM

best-NES-game ever.

I've been playing that, and a MEGA FUCK TON of River City Ransom lately.

Little Mac, FOR THE WIN!

Posted by burn | September 19, 2007 4:20 PM

seems like techno bowl was tops in the 'hood. and metroid. passing metroid twice leads to samus taking off her suit and helmet, revealing a sleek spandex suit and her long green hair. so sweet. it's not likely you realized you were defeating the mother brain as a chick! nintendo rules.

here's a webpage with a top 100 nintendo games list:

http://digg.com/gaming_news/Top_100_Games_for_the_NES_Console

they have punchout at 13, metroid at 12. here's the top 10:

10: Super Mario Bros.
9: Battletoads
8: Castlevania III: Dracula's Curse
7: Contra
6: Bubble Bobble
5: Mega Man 2
4: Mega Man 3
3: The Legend of Zelda
2: Final Fantasy
1: Super Mario Bros. 3

Posted by jragel | September 19, 2007 4:41 PM

Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start

Posted by ben | September 19, 2007 5:13 PM

"Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start"
Actually, I think you mean 007 373 5963.

FTW!

Posted by Beaton | September 19, 2007 5:34 PM

pretty sure this is still the best punch out video ever

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iL7nX9W3aOU

Posted by gimmie back my bike | September 19, 2007 9:24 PM

If you ain't talkin 'bout Blades of Steel, you ain't talkin 'bout shit!

Posted by jim | September 20, 2007 10:07 AM

yeah, jim. agreed. the peeps who make the list admit to disliking sports games so it's no wonder classics such as tecno bowl, blades of steel, double dribble, baseball, nintendo golf(!), and excitebike get little respect on the list. of course anytime you make a list it's generally far from perfect depending how you look at it.

sports games generally require one of two things: A> a brother or B> a friend. maybe the guys who made this list didn't have one of those things.

Posted by jragel | September 20, 2007 3:41 PM

I never played Blades of Steel, but I was all about Nintendo Ice Hockey.

Posted by Beaton | September 20, 2007 5:55 PM

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