George Foreman's KO Boxing

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

















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[3][4] 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 Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #39: "October 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #41: "December 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
78 [6]
47 [7]
48 №9, p66/67
35 [8]
50 №35, p151
39 №41, p38
54 №19, p60
Sega Mega Drive
 50
Based on
7 reviews
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]
Sega Mega Drive
 52
Based on
14 reviews

George Foreman's KO Boxing

Mega Drive, US
GFKOB MD US Box Front.jpg
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
Mega Drive, FR

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

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 e1fdc787
MD5 901918b93f0286a4c961ae60ab72d360
SHA-1 62a953cc6ea8535aa7f3f59b40cff0e285d4392a
1MB 1992-10 Cartridge (US)
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 bd556381
MD5 3d4d833f4bddc33ef0483c8b9e9c1cc8
SHA-1 c93298ee3ad6164ce497bd49d0ab6638854acb79
1MB 1992-11 Cartridge (EU)

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. ↑ GamesMaster, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-18), page 81
  4. ↑ Sega Zone, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-11), page 27
  5. ↑ Sega Visions, "February/March 1993" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 5
  6. ↑ GamePro, "February 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 140/141 (126)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 GamesMaster, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-18), page 80
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Mega, "March 1993" (UK; 1993-02-18), page 45
  9. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Juli 1993" (DE; 1993-06-14), page 109
  10. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1993-01-27)
  11. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "March 1993" (US; 1993-02-09), page 68
  12. ↑ GamePro, "February 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 138
  13. ↑ Joypad, "Avril 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 66
  14. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "May 1993" (UK; 1993-xx-xx), page 66
  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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