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71-598: The original Punch-Out!! arcade game was first released in 1984, and was quickly followed by a sequel, titled Super Punch-Out!! . The series received its first home console entry in 1987, with Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! for the Nintendo Entertainment System . In 1994, Super Punch-Out!! was released for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System . While not a direct port, it features gameplay more similar to

142-666: A "knock-out" and a "fabulous boxing game". The review also praised the graphics as being "great" and "cartoon-style" and concluded that it is "a very addictive game which is great fun to play." Punch-Out!! was later marked in the Killer List of Videogames (KLOV) Top 100, as one of their top 100 best games of all time . They also listed it as the Game of the Year for the year 1984. In 1995, Flux magazine rated Punch-Out!! 21st in its "Top 100 Video Games." In 1996, GamesMaster ranked

213-736: A 17-year old boxer from the Bronx , the player must climb the ranks of the World Video Boxing Association (W.V.B.A.), and fight their way against other boxers from around the world, going from the Minor Circuit then the Major Circuit and then the World Circuit, while fighting challengers including Glass Joe , King Hippo , Piston Hondo, Don Flamenco, Bald Bull, Mr. Sandman, or in the original NES version,

284-446: A basketball scholarship. He moved back to Columbus to focus on boxing. Douglas debuted on May 31, 1981, defeating Dan O'Malley in a four-round bout. He was managed by former Ohio State University assistant football coach John Johnson. Douglas won his first five fights before coming into a fight with David Bey weighing 20 pounds heavier than he usually had for his previous bouts. Bey handed Douglas his first defeat by knocking him out in

355-407: A boxing game, which utilized the ability to zoom in and out of an object. This was a feature more commonly found in games that involve flying such as flight simulators, but the developers chose boxing because they thought it would be a different way to use it. Miyamoto and Takeda discussed an earlier arcade game created by Takeda: EVR RACE , a horse racing game from 1975, which used a video tape. It

426-426: A combination that staggered Tyson back to the ropes. With Tyson hurt and dazed, Douglas unleashed a vicious attack to try to finish him off but, amazingly, Tyson withstood the barrage and barely survived the round. In the tenth round, the damage Douglas had inflicted upon Tyson finally began to take its toll on the champion. Douglas dominated the round from the outset. While setting Tyson up with his jab, Douglas scored

497-549: A final record of 38–6–1. Douglas made a guest appearance in the 1990s cop show Street Justice . Douglas made his feature film acting debut in the Artie Knapp science fiction comedy film Pluto's Plight . The 1988 arcade game Final Blow was released as James 'Buster' Douglas Knockout Boxing in 1990 for the Master System and Sega Genesis , which replaced one of the fictional fighters with Douglas. This game

568-553: A game that used two monitors per cabinet, Genyo Takeda of Nintendo R&D3 suggested they make a boxing game. The game was re-released by Hamster as part of their Arcade Archives series in 2018 for Nintendo Switch . Super Punch-Out!! was first released in September 1984 in Japan. Gameplay is mostly the same as its predecessor, though it introduced ducking as a defensive maneuver, and several new enemy characters. The game

639-426: A huge uppercut that snapped Tyson's head upward. He followed with a rapid four-punch combination to the head, knocking Tyson down for the first time in the champion's career. Tyson struggled to his knees and picked up his mouthpiece, which was lying on the mat next to him. He awkwardly tried to place it back into his mouth. The image of Tyson's mouthpiece hanging crookedly from his lips would become an enduring image from

710-459: A knockout. In the event the player loses, the computer-controlled victor will taunt the player and the corner man for the player will try to entice the player to play again ("Come on, stand up and fight!") via the game's distinctive digitized speech . Players are only allowed one continue per play through. Like many games made during the Golden Age of Arcade Games , there is no actual ending and

781-514: A person. This eventually allowed it to become a boxing game, with one opponent, deciding that one monitor was good enough for a boxing game. They were stuck at that point, but thought that a boxing arena has big lights and banners hanging from the ceiling with things like "World Heavyweight Title Match" written on them. The game would also feature several meters, so they thought it would be more fun to have two screens instead of one. Mario , Luigi , Donkey Kong , and Donkey Kong Junior all appear in

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852-477: A powerful uppercut. During the same year, an arcade sequel to Punch-Out!! titled Super Punch-Out!! was developed and released by Nintendo, which has fewer, but tougher boxers to fight against. In 1985 , a spin-off called Arm Wrestling was developed and released in the arcades only in North America by the same company, which is based on real arm wrestling . In 1987 , the growing popularity of

923-421: A return to the sport. He went back into training and made a comeback. He was successful at first, winning six straight fights, but his comeback almost came to a halt in a 1997 disqualification win over journeyman Louis Monaco . In a bizarre ending, Monaco landed a right hand, just after the bell ending round one, that knocked Douglas to the canvas. Douglas was unable to continue after a five-minute rest period and

994-540: A second and final time. The son of professional boxer William "Dynamite" Douglas and Lula Pearl Douglas, Douglas grew up in Columbus, Ohio , in the predominantly Black Linden neighborhood of Windsor Terrace. His father ran a gym at the Blackburn Recreation Center near Downtown Columbus and subsequently introduced young James to boxing (in the same way James would later bring his son Lamar to

1065-402: A similar size as a laserdisc. However, he called it a "rascal of a project", explaining that when he made Donkey Kong , he had to animate each rolling barrel pixel by pixel. When he asked if they could use processing on the hardware side to rotate the image, they said "it's not impossible", changing from "it can't be done." He stated that a lot of new things were being created, but most of it

1136-559: A special appearance as a guest referee on WWF's The Main Event III in a match-up between Hulk Hogan and "Macho Man" Randy Savage . Mike Tyson was originally scheduled to be the special guest referee , but this changed following Douglas's knockout title win over Tyson just under two weeks before , on February 11. Douglas's upset against Tyson is the inspiration for The Killers ' song "Tyson vs Douglas" from their Wonderful Wonderful album. Singer songwriter Brandon Flowers used

1207-420: A unanimous decision. He followed that up with a unanimous decision victory over future heavyweight champion Oliver McCall , which earned him a shot at Mike Tyson for the undisputed heavyweight championship. Tyson became the universally recognized champion after knocking out Spinks in one round in 1988. (Douglas fought on the undercard of that event, defeating Mike Williams by seventh-round TKO.) The Tyson fight

1278-545: Is a 1984 arcade boxing video game developed by Nintendo R&D3 and published by Nintendo . It was the inaugural game in the Punch-Out!! series. The original arcade game was a global commercial success, becoming the top-performing arcade game of 1984 in the United States. It produced an arcade sequel known as Super Punch-Out!! , a spinoff of the series titled Arm Wrestling , a highly popular version for

1349-566: Is completely full. The meter increases when the player successfully lands a punch, decreases when the opponent lands one, and drops to zero when the player is knocked down. Once the meter is full, the corner man's digitized speech encourages the player to either "Put him away!" or "Knock him out!" The game was developed in 1983 and released in February 1984. Genyo Takeda from the Integrated Research & Development Division

1420-464: Is considered as a response to Nintendo 's Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! , especially since Tyson lost to Douglas, which Sega took advantage in order to promote their early " Genesis does what Nintendon't " advertisements – an advertising campaign in which Douglas frequently participated. In 1995, HBO aired Tyson , a television movie based upon the life of Mike Tyson. Douglas was portrayed by actor Duane Davis . On February 23, 1990, Douglas made

1491-433: Is earned from well-timed punches or rapid combos, depending on the game. The key to defeating each opponent is to learn their fighting patterns, avoid their attacks and respond with a counterattack. Opponents will always give a visual or audible cue to signal their next attack, though as the game progresses, the time given to the player to successfully react significantly decreases. If the player successfully dodges an attack,

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1562-562: The NES originally known as Mike Tyson's Punch Out!! , and Super Punch-Out!! for the SNES . The arcade game introduced recurring characters such as Glass Joe , Bald Bull , and Mr. Sandman . It was also the debut project at Nintendo for composer Koji Kondo , better known for his later contributions to the Super Mario and The Legend of Zelda series. In the game, the player takes

1633-680: The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) caused the development and release of Punch-Out!! for the NES console to happen. Several elements, such as opponents and their names, were changed for this version. In particular, professional boxer Mike Tyson was added as the game's final boss . In 1990 , when the contract licensing the use of Tyson's name in the console version expired, Nintendo replaced Tyson with an original character named Mr. Dream , re-releasing it as Punch-Out!! (or Punch-Out!! featuring Mr. Dream ). Like Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! , Punch-Out!! featuring Mr. Dream bore no further resemblance to

1704-642: The RePlay charts in July (upright cabinets) and December, and the Play Meter charts for dedicated arcade cabinets from August 1 through November 15. Punch-Out went on to become the top-performing arcade game of 1984 in the United States. The arcade game was reviewed in the August 1984 issue of Computer and Video Games , published in July 1984. The magazine gave the game a positive review, describing it as

1775-500: The IBF immediately recognized Douglas as its champion, the WBA and WBC initially refused due to Tyson's protest. However, Tyson withdrew his protest four days later amid worldwide public outcry and demands from boxing commissions around the world, and Douglas was officially recognized as undisputed heavyweight champion. While still champion, Douglas appeared on the February 23, 1990 episode of

1846-633: The Police Athletic League shortly after his bout with Tyson, and establishing a charitable effort in his own name. As of 2020, Douglas coaches youth boxing at the Thompson Community Center in Columbus. Douglas in 2015 stated that he and Tyson have only met once since their fight, and that Tyson was "still kind of short (with me)". Douglas is one of the few non-students to be honored by Ohio State University with

1917-533: The World Wrestling Federation's The Main Event III , as special guest referee for a rematch between Hulk Hogan and "Macho King" Randy Savage . Originally, Tyson was scheduled to be the guest referee, but following the upset, the WWF rushed to sign on Douglas for the event. At the end of the match, Douglas was provoked into a kayfabe punch and knockout of Savage, who was the heel wrestler in

1988-556: The arcade games, rather than its NES predecessor. Following a period of dormancy, the series was rebooted with Punch-Out!! , first released in 2009 for the Wii , along with a Club Nintendo -exclusive prequel, Doc Louis's Punch-Out!! . The series has received critical and commercial acclaim, with the NES game selling three million copies alone. Spin-offs were also released, namely Punch-Out!! / Boxing ( Game & Watch ) in 1984, and Arm Wrestling in 1985. Playing as Little Mac ,

2059-456: The arcade version. During its release, the Game & Watch game called Boxing was re-released as Punch-Out!! , which used the front box art of the Mr. Dream version as its package art. Sometimes it was released with different cover art. A Super Nintendo Entertainment System title, Super Punch-Out!! was released in 1994. It was far more faithful to the arcade stand-up gameplay; however, it

2130-636: The audience. The game's title music, also heard in the arcade version of Super Punch-Out!! and the NES version of Punch-Out!! , is actually the "Gillette Look Sharp March". This jingle, originally heard in Gillette radio and television commercials in the 1950s, was later used as the theme song to the Gillette Cavalcade of Sports , which aired boxing matches. The arcade game was a hit in all regions for Nintendo. In Japan, Game Machine listed Punch-Out!! on their April 15, 1984 issue as being

2201-440: The canvas with a straight right to the chin. Douglas merely lay flat on his back, motionless and disoriented, as referee Mills Lane stopped the fight. Buster Douglas retired after that bout. Douglas vs Holyfield was a reported $ 24.6 million payday for Douglas. Doing little for the next several years, Douglas gained weight, reaching nearly 400 pounds. It was only after he nearly died during a diabetic coma that he decided to attempt

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2272-550: The cheat codes to Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!, stating that he was stuck on Bald Bull for years. The Super Mario Bros. Movie , co-produced by Nintendo and based on the company's Mario franchise , features a pizzeria in Brooklyn, New York City named after the Punch-Out!! series as a prominent location. Photos of characters from the games can also be seen inside the pizzeria. Punch-Out!! (arcade game) Punch-Out!!

2343-545: The childhood memory of watching the seemingly invincible Tyson lose, as the motivation for a song that's about "me and my family, and the way I’m perceived by my kids. I don’t want them to see me go down like Tyson". Douglas married Bertha M. Paige on July 2, 1987. Although Douglas filed for divorce from Paige on April 20, 1990, the couple reconciled and as of 2015 are still married, raising four sons about 25 miles (40 km) from his hometown of Columbus, Ohio. Douglas has helped raise money for his hometown, donating $ 10,000 to

2414-404: The eyes flash yellow), but the player must ultimately predict what moves the opponent will make and react appropriately. Once the player defeats the last opponent, the opponents repeat with increased difficulty. The player has one 3-minute round to score a knockout and will automatically lose if time runs out. A fighter who is knocked down three times in one round will be unable to rise, leading to

2485-461: The fifth round, Tyson's left eye was swelling shut from Douglas's many right hands and ringside HBO announcers proclaimed it was the most punishment they had ever seen the champion absorb. Larry Merchant memorably added, "Well, if Mike Tyson -- who loves pigeons -- was looking for a pigeon in this bout, he hasn't found him." Tyson's cornermen appeared to be unprepared for the suddenly dire situation. They had not brought an endswell or an ice pack to

2556-421: The fight, so they were forced to fill a latex glove with cold tap water and hold it over Tyson's swelling eye. The eye would swell almost completely shut by the end of the fight. In the eighth round, Tyson landed a right uppercut that knocked Douglas down. The referee's count created controversy as Douglas was on his feet when the referee reached nine, but the official knockdown timekeeper was two seconds ahead. In

2627-475: The fight. He was unable to beat the referee's ten-count, and Douglas was the new world heavyweight champion. As Douglas said in an interview years later, “I thought Tyson was getting up until I had seen him looking for that mouth piece and then I knew that he was really hurt. So anytime you know you only got ten seconds to get up so you aren’t going to worry about anything but just getting up first. So when I had seen him looking around for that mouth piece I knew he

2698-437: The former heavyweight boxing champion himself, Mike Tyson . Gameplay differs slightly between each game, but generally, Mac can attack using his left and right fists, performing either a hook, a dodge, or an uppercut. He can also dodge and block to avoid the opponent's attacks, the block dealing less damage. Many games in the series give the player a powerful uppercut ability; its use is limited, must be earned during matches, and

2769-545: The former heavyweight contender by majority decision. The next year, he fought up-and-coming contender Jesse Ferguson . Douglas fought just three times in 1986, defeating former champion Greg Page and fringe contender David Jaco in two of the bouts. This earned him a shot at the International Boxing Federation championship that was stripped from Michael Spinks for refusing to defend it against Tony Tucker . Douglas started well against Tucker and

2840-528: The game 83rd on their "Top 100 Games of All Time." In Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate , series protagonist Little Mac appears as a playable fighter. The character features a set of wireframe alternate costumes based on his appearance from the original arcade games. Little Mac also features a special mechanic based on the KO gauge from the arcade titles, which, once full, can usually let him instantly KO an opponent with

2911-541: The game continuously loops until the player loses. The game is a modified upright, and was unusual in that it requires two video monitors, one atop the other, for the game's display. The top monitor is used to display statistics and fighter portraits, while the bottom one is the main game display (similar to Nintendo's Multi-Screen Game & Watch titles and the Nintendo DS ) with the gameplay and power meters (representing stamina) for each fighter. Apart from this,

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2982-404: The game is more or a less a standard upright. The game has a joystick and three buttons. Two buttons control left and right punches, one for each arm (denoted by "Left!", or "Right!" when hitting the head, or "body blow!" when hitting the body with either arm). A large button on the console allows the player to deliver a powerful uppercut or right hook, but only when the "KO" meter on the display

3053-578: The history of that weight class. Douglas's chances of lasting deep into the fight against Tyson, let alone winning, were so lightly regarded that only one Las Vegas betting parlor even bothered to establish odds for the fight. That lone casino, the Mirage , made Douglas a 42-to-1 underdog. Douglas's mother, Lula Pearl, died of a stroke 23 days before the title bout at the age of 46. Douglas had promised his mother that he would beat Mike Tyson before she had passed away. Douglas, who had trained hard, surprised

3124-541: The match. The defeated Tyson clamored for a rematch and Douglas was offered more money than he had ever made for a fight. Not wanting to deal with Tyson's camp or his promoter Don King , Douglas decided to make his first defense against #1 contender Evander Holyfield , who had watched the new champion dethrone Tyson from ringside in Tokyo . Douglas went into the October 25, 1990 fight at 246 pounds, 15 pounds heavier than he

3195-442: The opponent will be left vulnerable for a while, allowing the player to strike back. Little Mac can block some of his opponent's punches by holding up his gloves, but he will eventually tire out if he blocks too much. Punch-Out!! was first released on February 17, 1984 in Japan. The concept originated as Nintendo had acquired an excessive number of video monitors following the success of Donkey Kong (1981). Tasked with creating

3266-413: The ring, however, the final arbiter of the ten-count is the referee, and a comparison with the count issued to Tyson two rounds later revealed that both fighters had received long counts . Tyson came out aggressively in the ninth round and continued his attempts to end the fight with one big punch, hoping Douglas was still hurt from the eighth-round knockdown. Both men traded punches before Douglas landed

3337-462: The role of a green-haired unnamed boxer (sometimes claimed to be Little Mac from the NES versions ), known by three initials the player chooses when the game begins. During matches, the player's boxer is viewed from behind and above as a wireframe so the opponent can be seen. The player must time his punches, dodges and blocks in order to defeat the opposing boxer. Opponents' impending offensive moves are telegraphed by subtle eye changes (the whites of

3408-863: The same gym). He attended Linden McKinley High School , where he played football and basketball, leading Linden to a Class AAA state basketball championship in 1977. After high school, Douglas played basketball for the Coffeyville Community College Red Ravens in Coffeyville, Kansas , from 1977 to 1978; the 17-year-old was a 6'0" power forward. He is in the Coffeyville Community College Men's Basketball Hall of Fame. He also played basketball at Sinclair Community College from 1979 to 1980 in Dayton, Ohio , before attending Mercyhurst University on

3479-470: The second round. After six more fights, all of which he won, Douglas fought Steffen Tangstad to a draw on October 16, 1982. He was penalized two points during the course of the fight, which proved to be the difference on the judges' scorecards. After the draw, Douglas beat largely journeyman fighters for the next 14 months. Two of his wins were knockouts of Jesse Clark, whom Douglas had also stopped in 1981. Douglas needed just seven total rounds of fighting in

3550-481: The second top-grossing upright/cockpit arcade cabinet of the month. In North America, Punch-Out took the arcade market by storm according to Play Meter magazine in 1984, capitalizing on the success of sports video games following Track & Field (1983). It was one of the more successful arcade games during the post- boom period of the mid-1980s. Punch-Out topped the US arcade charts during 1984, including

3621-447: The several games that would be re-released. It was released on March 30, 2018. Buster Douglas James " Buster " Douglas (born April 7, 1960) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1981 and 1999. He reigned as undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1990 after knocking out Mike Tyson . He also defeated other heavyweight world champions Oliver McCall , Trevor Berbick , and Greg Page . Douglas

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3692-554: The three bouts combined to score the three KOs. In his last fight of 1983, Douglas was dominating opponent Mike White, but White knocked him out in the ninth round. On November 9, 1984, Douglas was scheduled to face heavyweight contender Trevor Berbick in Las Vegas. Berbick withdrew from the bout three days before it was to take place; Randall "Tex" Cobb elected to take the fight on short notice in Berbick's stead. Douglas defeated

3763-561: The title character must help Little Mac to get in shape to regain his championship title. Little Mac first appeared as an assist trophy in Super Smash Bros. Brawl , before becoming a playable character in Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U and Super Smash Bros. Ultimate . Punch-Out!! would get referenced in Family Guy on multiple occasions. In "Tales of a Former Sport Glory", during Peter's boxing fight for

3834-468: The title they use the sound effects from the Arcade ("Nintendo") Punch-Out!!, since they were "out of budget to take it (music) from the movie." In "A Fistful of Meg", when Meg goes to Quagmire to help get training, they re-enact the famous bicycle scene from Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!. And in "Not All Dogs go to Heaven", when Meg gets the family together to say grace and let's Peter lead, Peter prays to God for

3905-545: The world by dominating the fight from the beginning, using his 12-inch reach advantage to perfection. He seemingly hit Tyson at will with jabs and right hands and danced out of range of Tyson's punches. The champion had not taken Douglas seriously, expecting another easy knockout victory just as the overwhelming majority of neutral observers had. He was slow, declining his usual strategy of moving his head and slipping his way inside. Rather, Tyson set his feet and threw big, lunging hooks in efforts to stop Douglas with one punch. By

3976-461: Was a 42 to 1 underdog going into his 1990 fight against Tyson. Defying expectations, Douglas would knock out Tyson in the 10th round to claim the WBC , WBA , and IBF titles. He reigned as the world heavyweight champion for eight months until he was defeated by Evander Holyfield in his only title defense. Retiring shortly after the loss, Douglas returned to boxing between 1996 and 1999 until he retired

4047-588: Was a mechanical game, and was hard to maintain after it was released and had many breakdowns. While they were developing Punch-Out!! , laserdisc-based games were considered to be the next major advancement in the arcade industry. However, the maintenance requirement would be very large if they released laserdisc-based games worldwide. Despite this, domestic sales people wanted something like laserdisc, so they tried to find if it could be done with semiconductors. Miyamoto explained that that's why they were interested in microchips that could perform zooming and show pictures at

4118-555: Was ahead on points, but he ran out of stamina and suffered a technical knockout in the tenth round. After the Tucker defeat and a series of disagreements, James split with his father; the Douglas family was shattered. James started business from scratch and hand-picked another team for himself, particularly a new trainer. This helped him win his next four fights. After the false start in 1984, Douglas finally fought Berbick in 1989, winning

4189-585: Was briefly made available once more to Club Nintendo members in 2015, prior to the service's shutdown. Super Punch-Out!! (SNES) is included in the GameCube version of EA Sports 's Fight Night Round 2 . Additionally, Little Mac, based on his appearance from the SNES game, can be unlocked as a playable character in the main game. Little Mac made a cameo appearance in skip Ltd. 's Captain Rainbow , where

4260-492: Was consequently awarded the win by disqualification (on account of Monaco's illegal punch). A fight with light-heavyweight champion Roy Jones Jr. was touted in the late 1990s, although ultimately fell through. In 1998, having bounced back into a minor stardom, Douglas was knocked out in the first round of a fight with heavyweight contender Lou Savarese , for the lightly regarded IBA heavyweight title. Douglas subsequently had two more fights, winning both, and retired in 1999 with

4331-419: Was first released in 1985 in North America. The game was developed by Nintendo R&D3, the same team that developed the Punch-Out!! arcade games. Doc Louis's Punch-Out!! was first released on October 27, 2009 in North America, for WiiWare as a Platinum reward for Club Nintendo members. The game is a prequel to Punch-Out!! (Wii), and features Little Mac sparring with his trainer Doc Louis. The game

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4402-513: Was first released on May 18, 2009 in North America for the Wii. It is a reboot of the series, and the first to be developed by an outside studio, Next Level Games . The game was re-released on Virtual Console for the Wii U. Boxing , known as Punch-Out!! in North America, was first released in July 1984 in Japan. It is the first game in the Micro Vs. Game & Watch line. Arm Wrestling

4473-431: Was first released on October 24, 1994 in North America for the Super Nintendo Entertainment System . Although it shares the same name as the 1984 arcade game, it is not a direct port. However, it does feature mechanics that were absent in the NES game, such as the power meter. The game has since been re-released on Virtual Console for the Wii, Wii U, and New Nintendo 3DS , as well as Nintendo Switch Online. Punch-Out!!

4544-492: Was for the Tyson match and also the heaviest he had weighed in for a fight since a 1985 bout with Dion Simpson, in which he tipped the scale at just over 247 pounds. Douglas came out rather sluggish, and was thoroughly dominated by Holyfield during the first two rounds. In the third round Douglas attempted to hit Holyfield with a hard uppercut that he telegraphed . Holyfield avoided the uppercut and knocked an off-balance Douglas to

4615-519: Was not a direct port either. A Wii title, Punch-Out!! was released in 2009. It is a reboot of the Punch-Out!! series, that brought back many characters from the previous games, as well as introducing Disco Kid and Donkey Kong as opponents. On September 13, 2017, Nintendo announced during a Nintendo Direct that they would be re-releasing some of their classic arcade games on the Nintendo Switch , and that Punch-Out!! would be one of

4686-483: Was re-released by Hamster as part of their Arcade Archives series in 2020 for Nintendo Switch. Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! was first released in September 1987 in Japan for the Nintendo Entertainment System , as a prize for winners of the Family Computer Golf: U.S. Course tournament. The game received its first retail release the following month in North America. It formally introduced Little Mac (who

4757-432: Was really hurt.” Douglas's joy over the victory soon turned to confusion and anger as manager John Johnson informed him in the dressing room that Tyson and Don King were lodging an official protest about the referee's knockdown count in the eighth round. A week later, during a television interview, Douglas said that the protest and the post-fight confusion ruined what should have been the best time of his life. Although

4828-493: Was scheduled for February 11, 1990 at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo . Almost all observers assumed that the bout would be another quick knockout for the champion; no fighter had taken Tyson beyond the fifth round since 1987. Many thought it was a tune-up for Tyson before a future mega-fight with undefeated Evander Holyfield , who had recently moved up to heavyweight after becoming the first undisputed world cruiserweight champion in

4899-418: Was still under development. They told Miyamoto that they could zoom in or rotate the image, but not both at once. They were planning on using the new microchips as well as the two monitors, considering lining them up side by side and making a big racing game, but it was not powerful enough to accomplish this, only able to expand one of the images. Takeda stated that if they could only expand one image, it could be

4970-509: Was the lead developer, and Shigeru Miyamoto designed the characters. It was released in the first quarter of 1984, when Nintendo was making several coin-operated arcade machines. Nintendo had an excessive number of video monitors after the success of the Donkey Kong series , basing the purchases on the estimate for the demand for arcade games. They were offered a proposition to make an arcade game that used two monitors. They chose to make

5041-491: Was unnamed in the previous games) and his trainer Doc Louis . In 1990, the game was re-released as simply Punch-Out!! , with Mike Tyson replaced with fictional boxer Mr. Dream, due to the license for his likeness expiring. His loss of the heavyweight title to Buster Douglas made Nintendo choose to not renew the contract. The game has since been re-released on Virtual Console for the Wii , Wii U , and Nintendo 3DS , as well as Nintendo Switch Online . Super Punch-Out!!

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