BOXING VIDEO GAMES EVOLUTION [1978 - 2023]

[@anonnymous31]

Watching these videos makes you realize how impressive Arcades were. They're like 5 years ahead of home console games graphics and gameplay wise in the early 80's. No wonder they were such popular places.

[@anul6801]

How old are you?

[@daddyvatilifa]

I've always been a huge fan of boxing games, so it took me by surprise how many boxing games were made pre 2000.

[@justine2760]

Fight night round 3 is a game changer.

[@HiYellaVision043]

They need to bring it back!!!

[@typorter-pp6lh]

I remember many kids crowding around Punchout at the Six Flags arcade in St. Louis in 1985. Graphics were fantastic for that era!

[@kingejiro]

I literally screamed when I saw Final Blow. My best friend had it on Sega and we used to play it everytime with Shinobi. Man awesome memories

[@robertcatania1120]

I always like the Buster Douglas boxing on Genesis which was basically Final Blow with Buster Douglas in it.

[@KrushgrooveOG]

I had totally forgotten about Final Blow until this video.

[@AverageGamerStoner]

4:26 that is bear hugger from super punch out... had no idea about Frank Bruno's boxing game , but looks like they reused that character on SNES

[@chinohja]

Greatest heavyweights on SEGA was amazing. Had a blast playing that as a child

[@PhillyCardz]

The entire Punch Out series is the best boxing game series of all time.

[@stephen9302]

EASILY

[@minecraftman6837]

Ni**a stole my bike

[@tylerbrowntheplotagonist]

Yeah

[@nemopouncey3827]

frank bruno look's like barack obama.

[@decline1822]

it's crazy how much better the arcade original and Mike Tyson's Punch Out are compared to the rest of their time period. It's not even close in gameplay or graphics. Far and away the best.

[@Gredran]

Thank you for this and this channel!

[@VGE]

THANKS you're welcome

[@KRAZYKORNKID]

14:25 Boxing Legends Of The Ring was my JAM!!! Loved that game on my Genesis back in the day

[@derekwarr8567]

The Fight Night Series was awesome. EA Sports committed a crime by discontinuing it

[@VGE]

I propose you today a video that traces the evolution of boxing games. Have you played all these games? Which one is your favorite? If you know of any other games not on this list, please mention them in the comments.

[@Ernesto2004]

Fight night Round 3

[@stevengrvp]

Mike Tyson's punch out little Mac is the best

[@stevengrvp]

Punch out little Mac and glass joe

[@tomodonovan5931]

You should do a Halloween version of video games. Adventure on Atari, or earlier to start off. The monster games like Dracula, the Mummy. Anything that is Zombielike. Resident Evil comes to mind. Anything that has a flavor of say a haunted house experience. Thanks for the memories of all the games you have featured.

[@Nocofella]

PUNCH MANIA : Fighting Mania (Punch mania 2 Hokoto no Ken)

[@frederikst-pierre4438]

Played soooo much to fight night 2004. Loved that game !

[@justine2760]

fight night round 3 is way ahead of its timee

[@navsingh9406]

Fight Night Round 3 was my favourite out of the lot, the total punch control with the right analogue stick was really fun and satisfying to box with. I see the newer version just have you flicking the analogue to perform a punch as opposed to FNR 2/3 where you had to input a certain input which imitates the punch you want to throw, very intuitive stuff. Plus, pulling off a haymaker by pulling back on the analogue before you follow through was amazing when it connected, especially from when you spring up from a crouching position after bobbing and weaving.

[@Kalosius]

dude, completely agree

[@mikelightowler5220]

I prefer champion but I love the fight night series. I've been a fan since it was knock out kings. I truly wish they would make another one.

[@blacksabbathmatters]

Yeah they really blew it by not making anymore of the fight night games, it was incredible.

[@brandonzimmerman1667]

Ring kings on the NES was by far my favorite boxing game back in the day!!!

[@Beujah]

Lol Fight Night : Round 4 2009 on PS3 is more beautiful than "Undisputed" on PS5, wtf ?!

[@ObiWanKotey]

26:23 when Doc clocks Lil' Mac...I lost it. Never got to play that game.

[@matthewmensah481]

RIP Mills Lane (1937-2022) Boxing referee 🥊 Best known for MTV's Celebrity Deathmatch and Judge Mills Lane 😢😔🙏

[@que_creations]

Boxing games I played to death - 5:40-Mike Tyson Punch Out, 14:35-Greatest Heavyweights, 18:26-Ready 2 Rumble Round 2, 20:32-Knockout Kings 2001, 22:59- Fight Night 2004, and 25:56-Fight Night Round 4. Only one missing is PSP version of Fight Night 3, which played as much as Greatest Heavyweights.

[@rash718]

I still can't beat Punch-Out!😫 lol

[@kdogg7882]

Greatest Heavyweights is better than almost all the games that came after it

[@viktorull]

What's awesome is that boxing until nowadays isn't forgot even with the arise of MMA, boxing will be always a great noble art!!

[@rice_goat80]

Mike Tyson Punch Out on NES, Evander Holyfield Boxing on Sega Genesis, Knockout Kings on PlayStation are my favorites

[@rockymvvrcianu6846]

I loved Mocap Boxing with them gloves

[@BrianRosenbergMusican]

Being a 10 year old kid in the arcade seeing and playing heavyweight champ for the first time blew my mind. It can't really be done justice due to the specialized controls including the two handles you had to grab onto to throw a right and a left hand respectively. The first 4 punch outs were amazing (2 arcade, 1 nes, 1 superNes) and the first fight night was amazing because you really had to think your way through it, total punch control was really a game changer!!!

[@waymonboyer5969]

Great video. Fight night round 1 was missing though

[@billybats4745]

Buster Douglas for genesis too

[@doug2731]

Oh gosh, when you look at the other games of their time Punch-Out and Super Punch-Out are MILES ahead in every conceivable way. My first boxing game was Fight Night for the Atari back in '85. Love seeing the games I grew up with. Stand outs being George Foreman KO and Final Kock-Out Boxing. Would love to see EA bring back Fight Night. They could license star boxers and also reach out to the KZbinrs and Influencers who've been selling PPV's as well. Might bring some eyes to it.

[@johnanderson9765]

I completely agree with you. Those early games look so terrible, one realizes what an achievement Mike Tyson's Punch-Out was.

[@Juan-il8ff]

Ready 2 rumble on the 64 was so much fun with friends

[@babyzorilla]

Ring King was a Masterpeice. Also loved Fight Night Round 2.

[@ballmaster2918]

While I love ring king, some of the enemies were just impossible

[@babyzorilla]

@@ballmaster2918 I played so much I could beat the arcade game on one quarter.

[@labounti]

A lot of memories with Ring King. Fight Night was great online.

[@黒順-q4i]

とても貴重な映像ですね。ありがとうございます。

[@mjdf122]

I love that you do this you and VGL do your things when it comes to games of the consoles and genres thank you from 1980 so I enjoy seeing it all in gaming all Over again on these videos you’re the best

[@Unibot47]

Trip down memory lane. I remember punch out on NES, knockout kings on PS1, Holyfield on Genesis. Sad we haven't gotten a good proper boxing game since Fight Night Champion in 2011. Absolutely insane.

[@fierysmile2929]

Undisputed's shaping up to be exactly that if they can fix the issues it currently has.

[@robertcatania1120]

Was waiting for this video to be done....thank you! 1. I never knew there was a Frank Bruno game, let alone multiple. LOL Also, never knew about Prince Naseem boxing game. 2. Favorite games are Mike Tyson's Punch Out (NES), Legends of the Ring (SNES) you had this titled incorrectly on your video as Final Knock-Out Boxing (maybe this is an international title of the game), Super Punch-Out (SNES), Knockout Kings 2002 (Xbox, also the one on N64), Fight Night Franchise (XBOX 360, Round 3 and Champion). Ring King on NES was always entertaining but pretty difficult. 3. Love that you included a 3DO game (Foes of Ali)....I have this game and it was impossible to knock anyone down. I would wail on the opponent repeatedly and they would just sit there taking it with zero health left but not go down. 4. It is crazy that we haven't got a really good console boxing game in over a decade. I'm assuming this has to do with the growing popularity of MMA vs boxing.

[@VGE]

You’re welcome

[@KurisuBlaze]

The Frank Bruno games were basically licensed unlicensed ports of Arcade SPO for Commodore systems.

[@matthewmensah481]

Boxing games are really tough 🥊

[@Haun-zf9bp]

That Knockout Kings 2003 KO Was Disrespectful 😂😅

[@callaocarteldklle]

También falta el Buster Douglas knockout boxing Sega Génesis 1988

[@matthewmensah481]

"Float like a Butterfly, Sting like a Bee!"

[@장신백인미남]

4d boxing was an epic!

[@manuginobilisbaldspot424]

Holy crap, Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing is just a ripoff of ABC's Wide World of Sports at 7:19. You can even hear the same sounds from the Genesis game.

[@casperueckermann938]

Aaah man wow love it, some great classics

[@n.b.l.5709]

Punch out, Knockout kings and Fight Night 4ever

[@Camper-1158]

There are two boxing games you left out. "Punch Hero" (Was in mobile phone) and "Untitled Boxing Game" Roblox

[@ThreeKing74]

8:38 Uhhh.. I think that’s an actual murder. Ref should be banned from boxing FOREVER 😂😂

[@tonycostello1466]

4D Sports Boxing was revolutionary in 1990. A 3 dimensional game that used motion capture and allowed you to chose from about a dozen camera angles, including first person. You needed a really good PC for the time to play it smoothly.

[@Lenoh]

16:41 Holy shit, I remember not only playing this, but also the huge Walkabout map. I thought I was the only one that remembered Lenny Loosejocks existed.

[@vasily2022]

After every evolution of graphics and technology we always hear that this is it. It can't get any better than this. In 1980 I was a little too young but I wonder what teens were saying back then with these @00:42 advanced ultra graphics...

[@wesleybutler9034]

what a brawl

[@matthewmensah481]

Let's get Ready to Rumble!- Michael Buffer 🥊💪

[@gameofgianpa]

Ippo road to glory best game!

[@manafbenayache1880]

0:45 similar to this but my game was called karate lol

[@DrBIeed]

1:49 Rocky Super Action on Coleco Vision. One of my favs! You had to make sure you played it with the Super Action controller though.

[@whobitmyname]

2:01 Sting like a bee, float like a tree.

[@AMP3083official]

Had so much fun playing Final Blow in a restaurant arcade in the early 90's.

[@free7man712]

Final blow 1988 ahead of its time with amazing graphics

[@wesleybutler9034]

DOWN GO BIG DADDY DOWN GO BIG DADDY😵

[@deucespades9416]

At 8:40 looked like ray mercer vs tommy gunn fucked him up

[@T-sk9hv]

Wow its been a long time since a legit boxing game has come out.

[@soxbigdog]

Genesis Greatest Heavyweights was a great game.

[@tye9713]

Low blow for MS Dos reminded me of apollo creed in rocky 4 homeboy was getting thrashed

[@jimmydean4494]

Wow super punch out came out way earlier

[@newbornk]

Foreman had hella games lol

[@hardkoregamer1981]

Heavyweight champ released on October 1976 (original) and the remake on September 1987.

[@AceD500]

0:46 What is this? Geodude fighting Mr. Game & Watch in the middle of a baseball field? - AVGN

[@eugenehills8371]

Golden Gloves 1:07 Rocky Drago knockout

[@MrCantfindanynames]

Punch out CHANGED THE GAME! I remember seeing it in the arcade and it blew my mind. What a great boxing game... it doesn't even look like it belongs in the 80's with the other boxing games lol. Ring king was so freaking fun! I used to knock my cousins out of the ring and he'd be pissed lol

[@meierlinksd4996]

Let's see ... Yep, everyone gathered around Punch-Out in the arcades pre-Street Fighter days. "And in the red corner ... Baaaaaald Buuuuulllll." I remember playing the old Fight Night on the Apple II (or was it Apple IIgs?), and it was always a pain to deal with the special punches, like Hu Him's kick or the British Bulldog's 360 punch. The sounds were better on the Apple, but the play was very slow. I did like Boxing on the Gameboy, but the boxers tended to do a little Tokyo Drift out of nowhere. Final Blow in the arcades I could never get the hang of it. However, my favorite was the arcade version of Ring King. Spent over an hour in the arcade with one quarter, eventually realizing you had to defeat each boxer in the second circuit TEN times before meeting the World Champ. I liked the swaying and ducking. I also liked the special knockouts -- the straight punch into the ropes, the hook made the opponent do the helicopter spin, and the uppercut near the upper corners knocked them out of the ring. Good times.

[@ReCoIL171]

Fight night round 3. Block haymaker every time!

[@riparaggi]

my game @11:14 ...tears in my eyes. Thanks!

[@351clevelandmodifiedmotor4]

1:31 here's the same foot work the heavyweights today use

[@PMitchell1011Real]

That first game by atari was a prototype and never released

[@chocolateboy1da]

I love Ring King

[@jmarcguy]

Man I actually played the Atari 2600 version! Spent hours at a 7/11 playing Punch Out. Went to the mall & played the Coleco Rocky game that was set up in a Best department store. One you get to Ring King, that’s my real era though. I can’t believe all the options we had back then & now, when technology is so much better, there aren’t any boxing games.

[@chrismayer3919]

I have to say Wade Dixons counterpunch is one of my faves… 🥊

[@MA-go7ee]

Look at how far ahead of its time Fight Night was. Literally looked two gens ahead of games around the same time

[@21macca21]

And still FN champion looks the best The ps1 version on Naseem boxing was missed here and that was a belter

[@matthewmensah481]

"Let's Get It On"- Referee Mills Lane 🥊

[@lupanarmetalico9169]

Great video

[@mariopot789]

This is going to make me sound insane but i've been trying to remember which boxing game I watched my older brother and cousin play as a 5 year old , I have hda the music in that game burned into my brain and at age 34 hadn't known which game I am thinking of until watching this video and learning it was 100% Foreman For Real 15:06 and i'm also stunend at how well I remember a tune I haven't heard in 29 years! Thanks for the thorough video!

[@jumpmusic101]

Fight night champion is the greatest of all time but real deal Holyfield is a classic

[@Adino1]

1:59 Patty cake, patty cake, baker's man

[@dexenationgracey1979]

Those early Punch Out graphics are ahead of their time.

[@igbylestate]

FIGHT NIGHT AND HBO BOXING

[@manafbenayache1880]

I had an Atari in 94 and It had many games in it including karate game, the funny part in my game that every time you win a round you get a new belt I mean colors lol ! And I had hide and seek game and Superman game and frogs fiesta game lol and I had the original pitfall game lol ! Plus more than 500 games or something

[@ThreeKing74]

1987 Rocky looks pretty sick!! 5:25

[@ChubbyCox13]

I was 11 and those graphics were INCREDIBLE back then.

[@rhey81]

8:06 WTF was that All in Boxing???

[@metsrus]

punch out arcade 1983 was really the first playable boxing game. all the others around that time were just pixels hitting each other.

[@michaelwhite4976]

Amazing how many "Punch Out" copies there are..😂

[@SwuadeTV]

the jump from 82 to 83 was crazy. Think if games never progressed

[@BarryJowers]

I just can't wait for esports boxing club

[@WarioSaysSo]

Well nice compilation...but did we not forgot a boxing game right (?), that was a good seller and also have a VERY expensive Master System version. - James Buster Douglas Boxing (1990) - Sega Genesis

[@andrethegiant3035]

The fact they didn’t release A boxing game on the PS4s whole life span pisses me off to no end. Now I was a ps5 and nope still nothing. I don’t count these crap vr gimmick games, or phone games.

[@plo617]

The last game on the list is called Undisputed and it's in early access on PC. It should be coming to PS5/Series X/S relatively soon. Maybe later this year.

[@АндрейМальцев-в6о]

You forget Fight Night Champion 2011

[@guitartalks4507]

I remember playing super punch out in 1984 and thinking “this is it! It doesn’t get any better than this for home gaming!”

[@rafaellima83]

I love how Final Blow on Amiga was such a good port that it was mentioned again after the arcade version had already been mentioned. Heavy Boxing was released on the MSX , Champion Boxing was an arcade original that got releases on SG-1000 and MSX and they weren't mentioned more than once :D Ring King was also an arcade original, and it had a better port on the MSX.

[@nemopouncey3827]

golden gloves look like the pbs logos boxing.😂

[@one7decimal2eight]

Low Blow was an amazing game, way ahead of its time.

[@thakozhani]

Ring king was a fun arcade game

[@adriumbra627]

25:56 THE BEST!

[@bastybirr4506]

Oh das Boxen für Atari 2600 kenn ich auch noch. Gott bin ich alt 🙈

[@nicholasdelgado6949]

Boxing was looking good in the 80's then early 90's then boom they went backwards to ground zero ...then ko kings out us back on the map

[@kevinb9830]

What happened to that one which has been in development since forever? We sorely lack a boxing game.