Ultimate Body Blows

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Ultimate Body Blows
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Developer(s) Team17
Publisher(s) Team17
Producer(s) Martyn James Brown
Designer(s) Cedric McMillan Jr.
Danny Burke
Programmer(s) Cedric McMillan Jr.
Artist(s) Danny Burke
Composer(s) Allister Brimble
SeriesBody Blows
Platform(s) Amiga CD32, DOS
Release1994
Genre(s) Fighting
Mode(s)Up to 2 players simultaneously

Ultimate Body Blows is a 1994 Amiga CD32 and DOS fighting game. It is largely an amalgamation of Body Blows and Body Blows Galactic [1] released in 1993 by Team17, featuring all the characters and most of the stages from both games, but using the HUD and menu interface of the first game. In this respect, the game is comparable to Midway's Mortal Kombat Trilogy , although the gameplay and several of the characters are closer to Capcom's Street Fighter series.

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Reception

Stephen Bradley of Amiga Format gave Ultimate Body Blows a score of 90%, praising the varied participants, but criticizing the price point. [1]

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References

  1. 1 2 Bradley, Stephen (June 1994). "Ultimate Body Blows". Amiga Format . No. 60. p. 87. Retrieved 9 May 2023.