Body Blows

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Body Blows

Developer(s)	Team17
Publisher(s)	Team17
Designer(s)	Martyn Brown, Cedric McMillan JR., Danny Burke
Release date(s)	March, 1993
Genre(s)	Versus fighting game
Mode(s)	Single player, Two player
Rating(s)	N/A
Platform(s)	Amiga, CDTV, DOS
Media	3 floppy disks
System requirements	1MB RAM
Input	Joystick

Body Blows is an Amiga Versus fighting game game. It was released in 1993 by Team 17. The game is compatible with all Amiga systems, including the CDTV system with joystick support. It was followed by Body Blows Galactic and Ultimate Body Blows. A version for DOS was also released.

1 Game play
2 Characters
- 2.1 Main Contenders
- 2.2 Other characters
3 Technical Information
4 Reaction
5 See Also

[edit] Game play

There are three modes of play in Body Blows

One Player (Arcade mode). This mode involves the player selecting a character to battle opponents until they face a battle with MAX
Two Player. This mode allows two players to take control of joysticks and fight each other using a character they desire
Tournament. This mode lets four or eight players to play a tournament against each other

[edit] Characters

There are 11 characters in Body Blows. In one player mode the player can choose to play as 1 of 4 characters, Nik, Dan, Junior or Lo Ray. In other modes players can select from 10 of the characters in the game.

[edit] Main Contenders

Nik is the brother of Dan and the down town gang leader. His desire to win is only matched by the hatred of his brother.. he uses the devastating force to summon a powerful electro-bolt which leaves most opponents reeling.
Dan is the elder brother of Nik and a rival gangland rebel, he shadows his brother's moves every step of the way. Like Nik, he is also able to draw upon inner energies to produce a devastating bolt of pure aggression.
Junior. This solid British boxing bulldog has forgotten all about Queensbury rules... in his repertoire he has a fine selection of devastating kicks as well as tough punches! With his world-class stamina and incredible fists, Junior is potentially King of the Ring.
Lo Ray is a Buddhist monk who left the sanctuary of his shaolin temple many moons ago, seeking fame and fortune on the prize fighting circuit. With some spectacular moves, magical abilities and tremendous agility, Lo Ray is state-of-the-martial-art!

[edit] Other characters

Cossak
Doug
Maria
Mike
Ninja
Yit-U
Max (Cannot be played.)

[edit] Technical Information

Body Blows is Compatible with Amiga 500, 500+, 600, 1200, 2000, 3000, 4000, and CDTV systems. It requires at least 1MB of RAM and can utilise extra memory that's installed on the system. It has four channel stereo music, speech and sound effects. Full Pal Screen scrolling at 50Hz. Non-hard drive installable. 32 Colours.

Body Blows cannot be installed on a hard drive as it uses non Amiga standard disks.

[edit] Reaction

Body Blows was instantly successful and stayed at number 1 in the full price charts for 5 weeks. It was instantly compared to Street Fighter II, one of the most popular fighting games of the early 90s. The following are some of the ludicrous review results the game received at the time of release, note that the scores are solely from Amiga specific magazines. This can be atttributed to an attempt to allay fears that Amiga owners were feeling at the time in the light of consoles' increasing popularity.

"The best beat-em up money can buy" - 91% - CU Amiga

"If you thought Streetfighter II was the business, think again" - 92% - The One

"The best beat-em up yet - even better than SNES Streetfighter II" - 92% - Amiga Force

Despite these reviews, Street Fighter II has been much more successful and has become one of the most repected games in videogame history, and received many sequels.