Boxer's Road

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Boxer's Road
PS1 Boxer's Road cover art.jpg
Developer New Corporation
Publisher New Corporation
Platform PlayStation
Release
  • JP: 8 September 1995 [1]
Genres Fighting, sports
Mode Single-player

Boxer's Road [a] is a 1995 boxing simulation video game developed and published by New Corporation for the PlayStation. It was followed by the sequel Boxer's Road 2: The Real .

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Gameplay

Boxer's Road is a game which simulates an entire boxing career. [2] It is a fully 3D polygonal game. [3]

Release

Boxer's Road was released in Japan on September 8, 1995. [4] The game sold 400,000 copies. [3] It was re-released under the "Playstation the Best" line on August 9, 1996, [4] and on the PlayStation Network in Japan on July 26, 2007. [5] It was re-released again for mobile phones in 2007 under the title Boxer's Road the MOBILE. [6]

It was followed up by Boxer's Road 2 , released for the PSP in 2005. [7]

Reception

Next Generation gave it three stars out of five. They described the matches as "realistic", but "slow" due to game's sluggish controls. Noting that the game was released in Japan only, they also wrote that US import version with some improvements would be an interesting title. [2]

Famitsu gave it a score of 35 out of 40. [4] Ultima Generacion gave the game a score of 60 out of 100. [9] German magazine Mega Fun gave it a score of 86%. [10]

Play gave it a score of 82%. [11]

Notes

  1. Japanese: ボクサーズ ロード, Hepburn: Bokusā Dōro

References

  1. "PlayStation Soft > 1994-1995". GAME Data Room. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  2. 1 2 "Finals". Next Generation . No. 13. Imagine Media. January 1996. p. 152.
  3. 1 2 Inc., Aetas. "極私的コンシューマゲームセレクション:第6回「ボクサーズロード2ザ・リアル」" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-08-16.{{cite news}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  4. 1 2 3 4 "New Games Cross Review: Boxer's Road". Famitsu (in Japanese). No. 354. ASCII Corporation. September 29, 1995. p. 29. (Transcription by Famitsu.com. Archived 2018-08-14 at the Wayback Machine ).
  5. "プレイステーション3のゲームアーカイブスに『BOXER'S ROAD』など14タイトルが追加 - ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2008-08-16. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  6. "世界チャンピオンを育てるのは君だ!『ボクサーズロード the MOBILE』が配信スタート - ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  7. "あの名作がPSPで蘇る!『ボクサーズロード2 ザ・リアル』発表!! - ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2008-03-25. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  8. "電撃PSソフトレビュー Deeper Lite: Boxer's Road". Dengeki PlayStation (in Japanese). Vol. 9. MediaWorks. November 1, 1995. p. 137.
  9. "Version Final". Ultima Generacion (10): 75–76. 1996.
  10. Hofmann, Guido (November 1995). "Import Game: Boxer's Road". Mega Fun. p. 83.
  11. staff writers (November 1995). "Review: Boxer's Road". Play. No. 1. p. 72.