George Foreman's KO Boxing

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For the Sega Master System and Sega Game Gear versions, see Heavyweight Champ (8-bit).

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George Foreman's KO Boxing
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Flying Edge
Developer:
Genre: Sports (boxing)

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$49.9549.95[1] T-81116
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		T-81116
Sega Mega Drive
UK 		£39.9939.99[4][5] T-81116
Sega Mega Drive
SE
(Rental)
Non-Sega versions

George Foreman's KO Boxing is a 1993 boxing video game developed by Beam Software on the Sega Mega Drive. A version was developed on the Sega Game Gear and Sega Master System but was basically a repackaged version of Heavyweight Champ by Sims.

Gameplay

In the Mega Drive version the player takes on the role of George Foreman who must defeat other boxers to become the heavyweight champion. The gameplay takes place from a behind the character perspective.

As was typical for many boxing games from around this period, George Foreman is the only "real world" boxer in the game, with all of his opponents being fictional.

History

Development

The Mega Drive (and SNES) version was originally supposed to feature digitized boxers, but near the end of development, one of the graphic artists demanded that the sprites were hand-drawn.

Versions

The Mega Drive and Super NES versions of George Foreman's KO Boxing are broadly similar, however the Super NES version capitalises on the system's larger colour palette and features a number of graphical effects (namely screen transitions) not present in the Mega Drive version. Both versions run with a 256x224 screen resolution at all times, despite the higher 320x224 mode being available on Sega's console.

The Super NES version can also handle digitised speech more effectively - all other sound channels fall silent on the Mega Drive when somebody talks, while the Super NES continues to produce crowd noise and music when this occurs.

The gameplay remains unchanged between both versions.

Production credits

  • Systems Design: Graeme Scott, Brian Post
  • GENESIS Programming: Rod Richards
  • Character Design: Steve French
  • Graphics: Grant Arthur, Ken Newman
  • Additional Graphics: Darren Hanna, Joe Rimmer, Greg Holland, Eddy Etyngold
  • Music & Sound: Marshall Parker, Andrew Bailey, Trevor Nuridin
  • Voice Characterisation: George Foreman, Grant Arthur, Brian Post, Gavan Anderson, Paul Kidd, Peter McInnes, Ian Malcolm, Harry Vontelas
  • Quality Assurance: Ann Davie, Brian Uniacke, Chris Tan
  • Beam Producers: Adam Lancman, Sue Anderson
  • Acclaim Development by "The White Team": Dan Feinstein, Tom Gibson, Donn Nauert
Source:
In-game credits


Magazine articles

Main article: George Foreman's KO Boxing/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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US print advert
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Print advert in (US) #39: "October 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
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Print advert in (US) #41: "December 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
also published in:
  • (US) #11: "February/March 1993" (199x-xx-xx)[6]
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
(DE)
58
[7]
(UK)
40
[8]
(US) NTSC-U
78
[9]
(US) NTSC-U
78
[10]
(UK) PAL
47
[11]
(FR) NTSC-U
29
[12]
(UK) PAL
48
[13]
(UK) NTSC-U
35
[14]
(FR)
89
[15]
(FR)
50
[16]
(UK) NTSC-U
39
[17]
(UK) PAL
54
[18]
(UK) PAL
47
[19]
(RU)
40
[20]
Sega Mega Drive
 52
Based on
14 reviews

George Foreman's KO Boxing

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
George Foreman KO Boxing MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
Mega Drive, FR

George Foreman's KO Boxing MD FR Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, SE (Rental)

Technical information

Main article: George Foreman's KO Boxing/Technical information.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 GamePro, "February 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 127
  2. ↑ Sega Pro, "Juni 1993" (DE; 1993-05-28), page 53
  3. ↑ Sega Pro, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 18
  4. ↑ GamesMaster, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-18), page 81
  5. ↑ Sega Zone, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-11), page 27
  6. ↑ Sega Visions, "February/March 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 5
  7. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Juli 1993" (DE; 1993-06-14), page 109
  8. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1993-01-27)
  9. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "March 1993" (US; 1993-02-09), page 68
  10. ↑ GamePro, "February 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 138
  11. ↑ GamesMaster, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-18), page 80
  12. ↑ Joypad, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 66
  13. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 66
  14. ↑ Mega, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-18), page 45
  15. ↑ Mega Force, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 101
  16. ↑ Player One, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 151
  17. ↑ Sega Power, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-04), page 38
  18. ↑ Sega Pro, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 60
  19. ↑ Sega Zone, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-11), page 26
  20. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 80


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