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I finally beat that chump!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 16
Date: April 05, 2001
Author: Amazon User

My sweat lordy. I got back at my a painfull child hood memory. :-)
This was one of my favorite games when I was a lad. I use to spend
hours upon hours in front of the tv nailing Glass Joe, teaching Bauld
Bull a lesson, smashing Soda Popinski, and putting down the Sand Man,
but I never beat Tyson.

This week it was time to bust out the old
Nintendo. After a couple of days of practice, I finally for the first
time put Tyson down. You wanna get back at Tyson too? Here's the
code: 007 373 5963
That'll take you straight to Mike. Be prepared
to get BLASTED by the biggest punk in boxing.

As the Comic Book Guy would say: "Best Boxing Game Ever"...

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 5
Date: June 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! simply put is the greatest boxing video game ever created. So simplistic, yet so satisfying to play, the game commands your attention from the opening bell. The graphics were pretty great considering the time period and the gameplay is flawless. I'm now 31 years old and can honestly say that this game easily outclasses all of the other boxing games created since. The game is challenging but not too hard, I beat Tyson after two tries. The whole secret to the game is the patterning of his punches. If you can time and avoid his uppercuts for the first minute and a half, then you will be able to get hit and not get knocked down. That is the secret to the game. The other characters are entertaining as well especially Super Macho Man's twisting knock-out punch and King Hippo's oversized drawers which keep falling down every time you hit him. Ah, to be young again...there is no substitute for the original and Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! is the ultimate classic of the NES Classic series. Highest Recommendation.

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!=Good Times

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: November 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I love this game!!! I remember playing this game all the time with my dad when I was little. I still do sometimes. We still haven't beaten Mike. Gotten to him dozens of times but never beaten him. Thats how fun and addictive this game is. All the character models are great for the game being so old. Every character is different and has a different stragety to beat them. Even when you play characters a 2nd time they are different than the first time you played them. This is a great game that is unfortunately is often overlooked

An all-time classic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: May 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

One of the top 5 Nintendo games of all-time. It's worth every penny. Simple, yet fun to play. A great storyline. Challenging as hell (it took me three years or so to beat Tyson). Good grahpics and sound for the time (1987 game). If you like boxing, and have an old Nintendo kicking around, and SOMEHOW don't own this game, you need to buy it.

The Perfect Boxing Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: October 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Mike Tyson's Punch-Out is the best boxing game ever created. Period. Sure, there are fun titles out now with gorgeous graphics (Fight Night), but the gameplay cannot be beat here. The controls are simple: you move side to side with the left and right buttons on the directional pad, duck with the down button, and A and B are for right and left jabs respectively (hold up with these to perform uppercuts).

The game consists of you, Little Mac, as you make your way through 3 divisions until you finally earn the right to face Tyson himself. The fighters in this game range from rediculously easy to very difficult to beat. But it is all about patterns. Once you learn the fighter's techniques, get your reflexes down, and beat them you are that much closer to fighting Mike Tyson. This is where it is almost rediculously hard, as he is no joke! It takes serious practice and concentration before you will be able to defeat him. Even Mr. Sandman and Macho Man before him are difficult for a while. Bottom line is, this is still one of the most difficult games to beat after more than 20 years. It is one of those must-own games for NES owners and I highly recommend it. It is one of the most fun games in my own collection.

TKO!

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: November 02, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Before he was convicted of sexual assault, before he beat his wife half to death, and before he bit Evander Hollyfield's ear, Mike Tyson signed a deal with Nintendo to make a video game that pits a wiery-looking teenager nick-named Little Mac against (in order of appearance) Glass Joe, Von Kaiser, Piston Honda, Don Flaminco, The Hippo King, Great Tiger, Bald Bull, Piston Honda again, Soda Popinski, Don Flaminco again, Bald Bull again, Mr. Sandman, Super Macho Man, then eventually Mike Tyson. The bad news: You're not Mike Tyson, you're Little Mac. Fortunately, you have a chubby coach in your corner with a never-say-die attitude and a shiny pink bike (who says gay people have no place in video games?).
So while the game isn't 2-players and you can't fight as Mike Tyson, it's still one of the best boxing video games you'll ever play.

YOU DON'T GET TO BE MIKE TYSON!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 01, 2002
Author: Amazon User

This game is kinda cheesy but for NES it's one of the best. The first thing is you start out as some little guy that doesn't have a special move. The other boxers on the game all have a special move and all you get is a big right hook. This IS a game you can play millions of times and you eventually end up memorizing the other boxers' weaknesses and get to fight "Iron" Mike Tyson himself! This is a Nintendo Classic.

Classic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: January 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

When this Game was released...addictive...remember how many times it took to finally beat mike tyson....my fingers were killing me...

It Really Brings Back Memories

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: February 11, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I played this game when I was 5 years old until I finally sold my nintendo 10 years later, and ever since I remember I had truly lost a treasure in Punch-Out. Though the levels are very simplistic and the controls are limited to ducking, hooking, and upper-cutting, Punch-Out is by far one of the most addictive NES games ever made. Starting off as an amateur, you fight your way up the ranks from Joe (someone help me w/ the names?) to the Indian chief to the Sodapop King and finally against the man himself- Mike Tyson. The true fun comes in learning each opponents moves and weaknesses as their difficulty increases with each level. Overall I believe I remember there being some 8 - 10 levels, but I can't give an exact amount. Nevertheless, Punch-Out is truly one of the best NES games ever made and will undoubtedly keep you up all night trying to beat it as it did with me years ago. Enjoy the challenge!

Best Boxing Game Ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: June 19, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Man, talk about games that are REALLY difficult to complete. Tyson doesn't mess around. You need to have almost flawless reflexes to beat him. That aside though, this is a game everybody should play at least once. Anybody can beat Glass Joe just by pressing buttons; the guy is a punching bag. It's rare that you see a game that's so easy for beginners to start but so difficult for seasoned veterans to complete. It's a game anybody can play for a long time.

The characters are great. They're fun to beat up, and it's tough to take a loss from any of them since they're such showboats. Even though I haven't played the game in a while, I'm convinced that if you put a controller in my hand right now and put me against the Great Tiger, that man would take a beating. Some of those guys I've beaten up BAD, but I've gotten slaughtered by Super Macho Man more times than I care to remember.

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