I bought Punch-Out from the Wii U e shop when they offered some classic NES titles for a few bucks a pop.
Sure, that was the version that replaced Mike Tyson with Mr. Dream, but I'm just gonna put this here anyway.
My precious memory from the NES version of Punch-Out was when I got stuck at King Hippo. My struggle caught the attention of my dad and my brothers who pitched in, in an attempt to help me figure out how I was supposed to get even a single clean hit in. Eventually beating him felt glorious, and it was a moment that made me fall in love with the series. I've never actually beaten Mike Tyson/Mr. Dream, but I'm sure that will happen some day.
Sure, that was the version that replaced Mike Tyson with Mr. Dream, but I'm just gonna put this here anyway.
My precious memory from the NES version of Punch-Out was when I got stuck at King Hippo. My struggle caught the attention of my dad and my brothers who pitched in, in an attempt to help me figure out how I was supposed to get even a single clean hit in. Eventually beating him felt glorious, and it was a moment that made me fall in love with the series. I've never actually beaten Mike Tyson/Mr. Dream, but I'm sure that will happen some day.
Punch-Out!! (1987): La idea me ha gustado muchísimo, y los primeros combates son un gustazo que deberían marcar la línea a seguir para la saga. Aunque como siempre por la época, enseguida la dificultad se vuelve ridículamente injusta. Y visualmente un prodigio para la máquina en que salió (6,95)
Great game. Tyson's a summit of difficulty worthy of this game's place in history.
this game GOES.
tem o mike tyson
I have sweet memories of this game. But recently when I played it again, I realized that it hasn't age very well.
Меня трахнули
Punch Out siempre ha sido una franquicia que me ha encantado, pero de la que no he jugado más que dos títulos, este y el reboot de Wii. Me fascina lo entretenido que puede llegar a ser su sistema de combate, hasta el punto de darme cuenta que no deja de ser en lo que se han convertido los juegos como los soulslike, en especial Sekiro o Lies of P, donde tienes que esquivar en el momento justo y bloquear en el momento justo para luego devolverle el golpe con todas las de la ley.
Ver a Little Mac subiendo como la espuma venciendo a semejantes personajes en los circuitos es muy emocionante y llegar hasta el imbatible Mike... No era una hazaña nada fácil.
Ver a Little Mac subiendo como la espuma venciendo a semejantes personajes en los circuitos es muy emocionante y llegar hasta el imbatible Mike... No era una hazaña nada fácil.
Don't think I ever beat Mike Tyson, but it was always fun making the attempt
I concede that Punch-Out Wii is all around the superior game, but man does this one still hold up. It's one of those games that give you the hand sweats. One of the best titles on the NES.
played this for about eight minutes before giving up, i still don't get it
Hope to beat Tyson someday, never even gotten close lol
One of my favorite NES games. Super challenging, and super fun
It's a simple game that asks for near-perfect execution of its mechanics. Another game that was actually popular with the adults when I was a kid. Still have yet to beat it.
I love this game and the music is a ear worm that will never leave you alone
Remember Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!? Man, that game still packs a punch! Crazy characters, frantic dodging, figuring out those tells... it'll knock you flat if you're not paying attention. Pure 80s nostalgia, and even after all these years, landing that final uppercut against Tyson is still insanely satisfying.
I like that this game wasn't just a mindless fighter and really forced you to read the enemy and react accordingly in order to defeat them. Beyond that though, it's still just boxing which I've never found that interesting.
A bit dated but still a fun arcade style game
Underappreciated in laying thee groundwork for just about how every boss here-on-out would operate. Every video game boss is Mike Tyson.
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! has great re-playability with some good challenge to offer. You start in a boxing ring from Junior leagues, up to the World tournament (and in this version, against Mike Tyson himself as a final opponent!).
You juggle between your punches and dodging while trying to figure out how to send your opponent to the floor. Also, it becomes even more fun when you learn about different tricks and move sets on how to defeat your opponent quickly. I myself rediscovered how to go through this game with this guy's tutorials:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cd3fAwR6TQ&list=PLzJ3rxOw8cbgudowBFUF30UoyNswCdDON
Frankly, it's one of the most well programmed and well polished games on the NES out there. It's a simple, yet complex boxing game for such an old console. Nonetheless, it still delivers on the fun and challenge for players!
I hereby recommend this one as it became one of my favorites on the NES!
You juggle between your punches and dodging while trying to figure out how to send your opponent to the floor. Also, it becomes even more fun when you learn about different tricks and move sets on how to defeat your opponent quickly. I myself rediscovered how to go through this game with this guy's tutorials:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_cd3fAwR6TQ&list=PLzJ3rxOw8cbgudowBFUF30UoyNswCdDON
Frankly, it's one of the most well programmed and well polished games on the NES out there. It's a simple, yet complex boxing game for such an old console. Nonetheless, it still delivers on the fun and challenge for players!
I hereby recommend this one as it became one of my favorites on the NES!
if this series started in 2024 it would still be one of the coolest puzzle games out there
The best NES game ever!!!! I had so much fun playing this when i was younger and i actually game close to beating mike tyson once. I can thankfully still say that i play the game.
COuld never get past the french dude.
I love the later Punch-Outs, so I kinda have to like this one outta obligation, but I can't say I enjoy playing it too much. A lot of the late-game fights devolve into dumb luck and trial and error for all but the most seasoned of veterans.
A tough as nails and classic game of timing and skill. Popular for a reason and one of the most heavily optimized games to this day. For the time, the gameplay was really enjoyable and required having heavy knowledge and practice against each of the various challengers. Each enemy has their own quirk or special move that requires a specific strategy to defeat that is indicative of the classic "here's how you beat ____" cliche from the 80s and 90s. Pretty short if you know what you're doing.
Retro Yearly List #13 [1987: Punch-Out!!]
This franchise never caught my attention enough to try playing its games, and I never did until now, one nice example of why I'm challenging myself with these retro challenges, hence, now I've just discovered a very nice game.
Some people tend to compare this with Dark Souls, not just because of difficulty, but due to the pattern-learning style of gameplay to beat the opponents, others say that it's a puzzle game disguised as a boxing game. I agree with both definitions, it's more than a sports game, this is a "practice makes perfect" type of game, (or "almost perfect").
Every opponent requires different strategies and will have to learn the hard way: trying and failing, tuning your reflexes in the process, you will have to react fast and faster once you reach the final challenges.
It truly gave me a good time to challenge myself, I managed to beat everyone fairly but Tyson, which I saved mid-match to progress, but I'm willing to try him the right way in some time, considering playing this on emulators is far worse than the original hardware due to the input lag.
Overall, the difficulty is fair and the learning curve is fine, the only opponent that got really on my nerves was Super Macho Man, but I managed to learn his secrets as well.
I just think there is a layer of repetition with the opponents, some of them will return for rematches and others have their sprites reused, even on completely different boxers. But overall the game is pretty good and I now understand its popularity, and I'm glad I finally learned to play this properly.
This franchise never caught my attention enough to try playing its games, and I never did until now, one nice example of why I'm challenging myself with these retro challenges, hence, now I've just discovered a very nice game.
Some people tend to compare this with Dark Souls, not just because of difficulty, but due to the pattern-learning style of gameplay to beat the opponents, others say that it's a puzzle game disguised as a boxing game. I agree with both definitions, it's more than a sports game, this is a "practice makes perfect" type of game, (or "almost perfect").
Every opponent requires different strategies and will have to learn the hard way: trying and failing, tuning your reflexes in the process, you will have to react fast and faster once you reach the final challenges.
It truly gave me a good time to challenge myself, I managed to beat everyone fairly but Tyson, which I saved mid-match to progress, but I'm willing to try him the right way in some time, considering playing this on emulators is far worse than the original hardware due to the input lag.
Overall, the difficulty is fair and the learning curve is fine, the only opponent that got really on my nerves was Super Macho Man, but I managed to learn his secrets as well.
I just think there is a layer of repetition with the opponents, some of them will return for rematches and others have their sprites reused, even on completely different boxers. But overall the game is pretty good and I now understand its popularity, and I'm glad I finally learned to play this properly.
this game is a classic. i found out about this game through nes remix but after buying it on the eshop i loved it. all of the boxers even in this first game on nes have so much character and all of the fights are very different but satisfying to master. just a really great game from beginning to end even with some tough difficulty spikes
Played on switch, really cool game for the NES, wish Nintendo would make a new one
A fun and challenging game, it takes strategy and skill to complete this game