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Bald Bull, Piston Honda, Mr. Sandman and Little Mac
November 14, 200720 years ago last month Mike Tyson's Punch-Out turned 20 years old. The days of dodging and weaving don't feel that long ago for Nintendo's A,B buttons.
I'd have to say that Mike Tyson's game might be the greatest game ever made - next to Contra - for any video game system.
I would trade Halo 3 for Mike Tyson's any day. The game held the key to ultimate bragging rights. I've only heard the lore of someone actually beating Mike Tyson during the final bout of the game. I got to him once, on a cheat code no less (007 373 5963 for anyone interested), and I could never make it out of the first round.
Everything about the game was and still seems perfect. The characters and their little moves. Remember that silly - dun, dun....dun, dunna - music that would play right before the attack approached.
Mac was a champion. He would run the streets of what seemed to be Philadelphia with his trainer Doc Louis would follow on his bike. Talk about a committed fighter.
The only cheat that didn't feel like a cheat would be the select button between rounds. Did it work better the fast the select button was pushed? Don't know, but I pushed the hell out of that button sometimes. Especially when I had to fight Bald Bull and Piston Honda the second time around.
I hated Bald Bull's laugh by the way. That charge still haunts my dreams at times.
So here's to you Mike Tyson. There was only one Mike Tyson's Punch Out. There was a sequel, but there was wasn't another Mike Tyson in the title.
Probably had to do with the whole rape thing. Thanks Mike..you pigeon crazed fool. (Actually I later learned -- about 10 minutes after finishing this blog -- that it might have been a contract dispute because of Tyson's loss to Buster Douglas.)
Posted by Clayton Hein at 9:35 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)
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Greatest games ever:
1. Tecmo Bowl
2. Contra
3. Mike Tysons Punch out
