Heavyweight Champ (System 16)
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- For other games with the same name, see Heavyweight Champ.
| Heavyweight Champ | |||||||||||||
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| System(s): Sega System 16 | |||||||||||||
| Publisher: Sega | |||||||||||||
| Developer: Sega R&D 1 | |||||||||||||
| Genre: Sports | |||||||||||||
| Number of players: 1 | |||||||||||||
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Heavyweight Champ (ヘビーウェイトチャンプ) is a boxing game released for the Sega System 16 arcade hardware in 1987. It was a remake of the 1976 arcade game Heavyweight Champ. The game was later ported to 8-bit consoles.
Gameplay
Heavyweight Champ is played from a first/third-person perspective, with the player's character visible as an outline on the screen. The controls are two special handles which allow the player to perform actual punching motions, which are translated into the game as attacks on the opponent.
Production credits
- Planner: Bravo Ogu,[2] Doroya Jun
- Programmers: Mr. Minalyn, Big Hill, Collision Ukepi, Ippo Ogapi
- Mechanician: [sic]: Pachislo Yuki, Oji Ken, Nasake 2
- Designers: Akanat, Otaka Shin, K A O
- Musician: Funkey K.H.
- Special Thanks: Uso Happyaku
The following real names are known; the pseudonym is unknown:
- Programmer: Yoshiki Ooka[3]
Magazine articles
- Main article: Heavyweight Champ (System 16)/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
PDF
US flyer
PDF
JP flyer
References
- ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "May 1992" (JP; 1992-04-xx), page 103
- ↑ Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 108
- ↑ https://sega.jp/fb/album/08_gg/interview1.html (Wayback Machine: 2022-10-04 14:14)