Punchout - nintendo

Developer:  Nintendo

Year:  1984

Genre:  Sports

Production:  25,000

Game Play

The object of the game is to beat up your opponents.

• Glass Joe basically stands around waiting to lose. No real strategy there.
• For  Piston Hurricane, stick with body blows, and wait for that charge. If  you miss the knockdown, block up, then down, etc, until he stops.
• Bald Bull will charge at you as well, but is easier to knock down than Piston Hurricane.
• For  Kid Quick, set him up with a right to the head. He'll counter, then  dodge and hit him with three left jabs. Repeat until you knock him out.
• Pizza Pasta will grab you -- dodge right then pummel his head until he's down -- he won't fight back.
• Mr. Sandman is fast, but very predictable. Just dodge and counter and you'll be fine.

After winning the belt, the fighters are more difficult, and Kid  Quick doesn't appear at all ditto for Pizza Pasta after his second  appearance. The biggest hurdle to overcome is Piston Hurricane he will  run down the clock. For Mr. Sandman, Bald Bull and Glass Joe, don't lead  with the left since they will jump around it and nail you every time.

The World Video Boxing Association boxers are fought in the following order:

1. Glass Joe
2. Piston Hurricane
3. Bald Bull
4. Kid Quick
5. Pizza Pasta
6. Mr. Sandman

Cheats & Tricks

To score a quick knockdown on both Bald  Bull and Piston Hurricane, pop them in the head when they charge you.  Look for them to back off for a second, then when they run in toward  you, let them have it with a quick left. Watch for their eyes to flash  in the earlier rounds to get the timing down for the later ones.

When you are fighting, wait for the opponent to throw a punch with  his left, just before his glove reaches you, jab with the left. This  will stun him, leaving him open for about three hits. This works for  almost every opponent in the game.