Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing

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Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing
Spectrum screenshot
Developer(s)	Troy Lyndon
Publisher(s)	Activision/Mastertronic
Designer(s)	A Lyndon & D Barnett
Release date(s)	1985
Genre(s)	Sport
Mode(s)	Single player, Two player
Rating(s)	91% Zzap!64
Platform(s)	Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, ZX Spectrum
Media	Cassette
Input	Joystick, Keyboard

Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing is a British 1985 computer game for 8-bit home computers released by Activision and later re-released by Mastertronic for the Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64 and ZX Spectrum.

[edit] Gameplay

The player controls a boxer as he boxes his way to the top earning purse money along the way progressing up the world rankings until fighting Barry McGuigan himself. Players could customize their own boxer buy style, race, hair and shorts. The player could also choose their next opponnent, either at the same ranking, below or above, each with their own lead up time to the fight. The longer the player had until the fight the more time could be spent in the gym allocating points to the following activities: Weights, sparring, road work, heavy bag or light bag.

Each of these activities had a benefit on the boxers stamina, strength and endurance. Roadwork for example helped with endurance, whilst weights and heavy bag helped with strength.

Before deciding which opponent to fight a summary is shown of each detailing their attributes. Looking at these the player can then decide if they wish to take the opponent on. Picking an opponent who is above you in the rankings will progress you quicker up the rankings and earn you more money, however this is risky as they are stronger fighters. Some opponents could be beaten quite quickly, whilst others required several rounds of boxing to defeat.

Whilst boxing the following moves can be employed: Cross, block, body punch, jab, hook and uppercut. At the end of each round a summary is given of points scored and the feeling of the audience as to their excitement levels.