Difference between revisions of "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: Beam Software, The White Team

Genre: Sports

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1993-01^[1]	$49.9549.95^[1]	T-81116
EU	1993-06^[2]		T-81116

Non-Sega versions
Game Boy Nintendo Entertainment System Super NES

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

US print advert

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #39: "October 1992" (1992-xx-xx)

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #41: "December 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
also published in:

Sega Visions (US) #11: "February/March 1993" (199x-xx-xx)^[5]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

58

^[9]

Digitiser (UK)

40

^[10]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[11]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[12]

GamesMaster (UK)

PAL

47

^[7]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-U

29

^[13]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

PAL

48

^[14]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-U

35

^[8]

Mega Force (FR)

89

^[15]

Player One (FR)

50

^[16]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

39

^[17]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

54

^[18]

Sega Zone (UK)

PAL

47

^[19]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

40

^[20]

	52
Based on 14 reviews

George Foreman's KO Boxing

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, FR

Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	e1fdc787
MD5	901918b93f0286a4c961ae60ab72d360
SHA-1	62a953cc6ea8535aa7f3f59b40cff0e285d4392a

1MB

1992-10

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	bd556381
MD5	3d4d833f4bddc33ef0483c8b9e9c1cc8
SHA-1	c93298ee3ad6164ce497bd49d0ab6638854acb79

1MB

1992-11

Cartridge (EU)

References

[:File:GamePro_US_043.pdf_p127-1] 1.0 ^1.1 GamePro, "February 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 127

[:File:SegaPro_DE_08.pdf_p53-2] Sega Pro, "Juni 1993" (DE; 1993-05-28), page 53

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_004.pdf_p81-3] GamesMaster, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-18), page 81

[:File:SegaZone_UK_05.pdf_p27-4] Sega Zone, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-11), page 27

[:File:SegaVisions_US_11.pdf_p5-5] Sega Visions, "February/March 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 5

[:File:GamePro_US_043.pdf_p126_.28140.2F141.29-6] GamePro, "February 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 140/141 (126)

[:File:GamesMaster_UK_004.pdf_p80-7] 7.0 ^7.1 GamesMaster, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-18), page 80

[:File:Mega_UK_06.pdf_p45-8] 8.0 ^8.1 Mega, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-18), page 45

[:File:ASM_DE_1993-07.pdf_p109-9] Aktueller Software Markt, "Juli 1993" (DE; 1993-06-14), page 109

[digitiser1993-01-27-10] Digitiser (UK) (1993-01-27)

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_06.pdf_p68-11] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "March 1993" (US; 1993-02-09), page 68

[:File:GamePro_US_043.pdf_p138-12] GamePro, "February 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 138

[:File:Joypad_FR_019.pdf_p66-13] Joypad, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 66

[:File:MDAG_UK_09.pdf_p66-14] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 66

[:File:MegaForce_FR_20.pdf_p101-15] Mega Force, "Septembre 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 101

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_035.pdf_p151-16] Player One, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 151

[:File:SegaPower_UK_41.pdf_p38-17] Sega Power, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-04), page 38

[:File:SegaPro_UK_19.pdf_p60-18] Sega Pro, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-04-08), page 60

[:File:SegaZone_UK_05.pdf_p26-19] 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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Difference between revisions of "George Foreman's KO Boxing"

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Revision as of 12:11, 27 May 2020

Contents

Gameplay

History

Development

Versions

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References