Star Rank Boxing II

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Star Rank Boxing II
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Publisher(s) Activision
Platform(s) Apple II, Commodore 64, MS-DOS
Release1988
Genre(s) Sports

Star Rank Boxing II is a sports video game published by Activision in 1988.

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Gameplay

Star Rank Boxing II is a game in which the player creates a boxer using random statistics and chose his training regimen. [1]

Reception

David M. Wilson and Johnny L. Wilson reviewed the game for Computer Gaming World , and stated that "All of this happens with such speed and facility that the fight takes on all the intensity of a real bout for the player(s)." [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Wilson, David M.; Wilson, Johnny L. (April 1988). "The Boys of Spring: A Computer Sports Survey". Computer Gaming World. Vol. 1, no. 46. p. 14.