Champion Boxing

n/a

SG-1000/Arcade
MSX

Champion Boxing

System(s): SG-1000, Arcade, MSX

Publisher:

Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

Pony

Developer:

Sega Personal Computer Div.^[1]

Licensor:

Sega Enterprises, Ltd.

Genre: Sports^[2] (boxing)

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1984-11^[3]	¥?	?
US	1985-12^[4]	$?	?

JP	1984-10^[5]	¥4,3004,300^[2]	G-1033
JP (Card)	1985	¥4,3004,300^[2]	C-33
FR	198x	275F275^[6]	G-1033
NZ	1985-01^[7]	$54.9554.95^[7]	G-1033
TW	198x
JP	1985-06	¥5,5005,500	R55X5080

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Champion Boxing (チャンピオンボクシング) is a simplistic boxing game built for the SG-1000. A planned release^[8]^[9] in Australia was cancelled. It was later re-released in arcades for SG-1000-based arcade hardware. An MSX version was released in 1985, published by Pony Canyon.

Champion Boxing is also noteworthy for being the first game coded by Yu Suzuki in his first year at Sega.

Synopsis

“	Excitement gradually builds up as you fight in each of the 90 second rounds in this 8 round bout. Your opponent is a tough young blonde fighter. Throw STRAIGHT, JAB, and UPPERcut punches directly to the opponent's face or his body. Keep up the flurry of fast and furious blows by taking advantage of your superior footwork!! Warm up in LEVEL 1 and then upgrade your skills by consecutively clearing the higher LEVELS. If in LEVEL 5 you win by a 10 count KO you'll become the world champion.	„
— NZ SG-1000 box backcover ^[10]

Gameplay

There are five difficulty levels, and the aim is to knock out the opponent. attacks, selects an attack. Interestingly, if a player wins Pengo will make a cameo.

Production credits

Arcade version

Artist: Yoshiki Kawasaki^[11], Rieko Kodama^[12]

Source:

Uncredited

SG-1000 version

Designer: Yoji Ishii^[13]
Programmer: Yu Suzuki
Artist: Yoshiki Kawasaki^[11], Rieko Kodama^[12]

Source:

Uncredited

Magazine articles

Main article: Champion Boxing/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

Arcade US flyer

PDF

Arcade JP flyer

Artwork

Physical scans

Arcade version

Arcade, US

Arcade, JP

SG-1000 version

SG-1000, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

SG-1000, JP (Sega Card)
Cover
Card Manual

SG-1000, FR
Cover

SG-1000, NZ
Cover

SG-1000, TW

MSX version

MSX, JP
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

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CRC32	f8b2ac1d
MD5	7527098abb9df1db29ba9f495b06998a
SHA-1	7a7ace132090f11bac4f4aec58bcbf6a2a1c6168

32kB

MyCard (JP)

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CRC32	26f947d1
MD5	3f54756fd73c3fbe33b56d7954d12f31
SHA-1	8cd55ee1efcab917087b80629ca18b4629edc15d

32kB

Cartridge (JP)

?

CRC32	15d2ce33
MD5	3e346c6137cab263643e42411f64a74d
SHA-1	e55396be42c6cfbf47ff43d3e8faee1dc8fad807

32kB

Cartridge (TW)

References

↑ File:ChampionBoxingCartSGJPManual.pdf, page 12
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 https://sega.jp/history/hard/sc3000/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-09-28 02:34)
↑ Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 55
↑ https://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n132/mode/1up
↑ Game Machine, "1985-07-15" (JP; 1985-07-15), page 9
↑ Micro 7, "Janvier 85" (FR; 1985-01-xx), page 92
↑ ^7.0 ^7.1 Sega Computer, "January/February 1985" (NZ; 198x-xx-xx), page 16
↑ File:John Sands Sega Retail Price List Nov 1984.pdf, page 5
↑ File:John Sands Sega Retail Price List Jun 1985.pdf, page 2
↑ File:ChampionBoxing SG1000 EU Box Back.jpg
↑ ^11.0 ^11.1 http://sega.jp/fb/album/03_flicky/04.html (Wayback Machine: 2015-08-22 08:21)
↑ ^12.0 ^12.1 https://sega.jp/fb/album/07_ps/interview1.html (Wayback Machine: 2022-04-07 07:41)
↑ https://www.4gamer.net/games/999/G999905/20241015069/

Games in the Champion Sports Series
Baseball (1983) \| Baseball II (1983) \| Golf (1983) \| Tennis (1983) \| Boxing (1984) \| Soccer (1984) \| Ice Hockey (1985) \| Pro Wrestling (1985) \| Billiards (1986) \| Kendou (1986) \| Ski (Unreleased)

[:File:ChampionBoxingCartSGJPManual.pdf_p12-1] File:ChampionBoxingCartSGJPManual.pdf, page 12

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200928023407.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fsc3000.2Fsoftware.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 https://sega.jp/history/hard/sc3000/software.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-09-28 02:34)

[:File:Sega_Arcade_History_JP_EnterBrain_Book-1.pdf_p55-3] Sega Arcade History, Enterbrain, page 55

[https:.2F.2Farchive.org.2Fdetails.2FArcadeGameList1971-2005.2Fpage.2Fn132.2Fmode.2F1up-4] ttps://archive.org/details/ArcadeGameList1971-2005/page/n132/mode/1up

[:File:GameMachine_JP_264.pdf_p9-5] Game Machine, "1985-07-15" (JP; 1985-07-15), page 9

[:File:Micro7_FR_23.pdf_p92-6] Micro 7, "Janvier 85" (FR; 1985-01-xx), page 92

[:File:SegaComputer04NZ.pdf_p16-7] 7.0 ^7.1 Sega Computer, "January/February 1985" (NZ; 198x-xx-xx), page 16

[:File:John_Sands_Sega_Retail_Price_List_Nov_1984.pdf_p5-8] File:John Sands Sega Retail Price List Nov 1984.pdf, page 5

[:File:John_Sands_Sega_Retail_Price_List_Jun_1985.pdf_p2-9] File:John Sands Sega Retail Price List Jun 1985.pdf, page 2

[:File:ChampionBoxing_SG1000_EU_Box_Back.jpg_p-10] File:ChampionBoxing SG1000 EU Box Back.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20150822082152.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Falbum.2F03_flicky.2F04.html-11] 11.0 ^11.1 http://sega.jp/fb/album/03_flicky/04.html (Wayback Machine: 2015-08-22 08:21)

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20220407074102.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Ffb.2Falbum.2F07_ps.2Finterview1.html-12] 12.0 ^12.1 https://sega.jp/fb/album/07_ps/interview1.html (Wayback Machine: 2022-04-07 07:41)

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Champion Boxing

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Contents

Synopsis

Gameplay

Production credits

Arcade version

SG-1000 version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Artwork

Physical scans

Arcade version

SG-1000 version

MSX version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References