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{{GameInfobox |developer = Sculptured Software |publisher = Electro Brain |designer = |composer = Mark Ganus, Dean Morrell |na_rel = {{Release|1993|September||NA|Super Nintendo Entertainment System}}<ref name="gamefaqs"/> |eu_rel = {{Release|1993}} <ref name="gamefaqs">{{cite web | url = http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/snes/data/563526.html| title = Release information | publisher = [[GameFAQs]]| date = | accessdate = 2008-07-15}}</ref> |genre = Sports |style = Boxing |features = Single-player, Multi-player |ratings = VRC-MA13 |platforms = Genesis, Super Nintendo Entertainment System |media = Game Pak |input = Super Nintendo Controller }} '''''Boxing Legends of the Ring''''' is a boxing game for [[Sega Genesis|Mega Drive/Genesis]] and [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System|Super NES]] consoles. The boxers are represented by 2D sprites seen from over the shoulder of one of the fighters. The title of the game refers to the famous boxing magazine, [[The Ring (magazine)|''The Ring'']], which the game is licensed to associate itself with. The following famous middleweight boxers are represented in the game: [[Sugar Ray Leonard]], [[Roberto DurΓ‘n]], [[Thomas Hearns]], [[James Toney]], [[Marvelous Marvin Hagler|Marvin Hagler]], [[Jake LaMotta]], [[Sugar Ray Robinson]], and [[Rocky Graziano]].<ref name="mobygames">{{cite web | url = http://www.mobygames.com/game/snes/boxing-legends-of-the-ring| title = Advanced game overview | publisher = Moby Games| date = | accessdate = 2010-05-26}}</ref> All of the fights in the game take place in the [[Las Vegas Hilton]] casino in the North American version. There are also advertising banners for [[Home Box Office|HBO]] visible during fights that are not available in the Japanese version. In the Japanese version, the game takes place in a generic boxing ring using the publisher's name in place of the HBO advertisements found in the North American version. Even in the Japanese version, the options are mostly in English. A special version was released in Mexico called '''''Chavez II'''''; the game exchanged the English language words for Spanish and omitted some vocals. ==Gameplay== During fights, it is possible to keep track of the participating boxers' wellbeing by observing the small portraits of the fighters' faces at the top of the screen. As the fighters receive punishment, these portraits show injuries such as [[Bleeding|cuts]] and [[bruise]]s, the severity of which indicate the fighter's [[health]] (or lack of). There is also a [[boxing gloves|boxing glove]] shaped meter at the top of the screen, that indicates how much power a boxer has left in his [[Punch (strike)|punches]] (as in a real fight, the more punches boxers throw, the more tired they become, resulting in weaker punches). The fighters' movement about the ring is limited to side-stepping left or right; it is impossible to step back or forward. A variety of punches can be thrown; left [[jab]]s, [[crosses]] to the head, [[hooks]] to the body, and [[uppercuts]] to the head (all punches except jabs can be thrown with either hand). It is also possible to throw a limited number of so-called 'super punches', that are essentially either a right cross or a right uppercut, but with extra power. At the start of each round, each boxer is capable of throwing one super-punch at any time, although it becomes possible to throw one more with each knockdown they score against their opponent. Defensive techniques consist of [[blocking]], [[dodging]], and [[clinching]]. Each boxer has three attributes: 'power', 'stamina', and 'chin'. There are three different modes: 'exhibition', 'career',<ref name="mobygames"/> and 'battle of the legends'. In 'exhibition' mode, a player can choose to fight as any boxer in the game, against any boxer in the game, against either the console or another player. In 'career' mode, a player creates their own boxer, and fights their way through all the boxers in the game, before fighting for the world title. If the player loses once in 'career' mode, he is given a warning that 'game over' would be given for the second loss; giving the player no alternative but to either use a password or start over again with a new boxer. ==Presentation== Each fight is seen from behind and slightly to one side of one of the boxers, so that the player appears to be looking over their shoulder, in the direction of their opponent.<ref name="mobygames"/> In the North American version, the blood is colored red while the Japanese version uses [[sweat]] instead. This is contrary to Nintendo's then-current censorship policy that blood should never be used in their games. Between each round, girls in bikinis announce the next round by showing a number around the ring (and to the player). ==Gallery== <gallery> File:BoxingLegendsoftheRingAmericanTitleScreen.png|This is the American title screen of the game entitled ''Boxing Legends of the Ring''. File:BoxingLegendsoftheRingJapaneseTitleScreen.png|This is the Japanese title screen of the game entitled {{nihongo|''γγ‘γ€γγ«γγγ―γ’γ¦γ''|Final Knockout}}.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://miyabi18.hp.infoseek.co.jp/date/snes2.txt| title = Japanese title | publisher = JPSNES | date = | accessdate = 2008-07-13}}</ref> </gallery> ==See also== *[[List of fighting games]] ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== *[http://www.gamefaqs.com/console/snes/review/R66539.html Detailed Review] at [http://www.gamefaqs.com Gamefaqs]. *[http://uk.gamespot.com/snes/sports/boxinglegendsofthering/video_player.html?id=KnUwxGfw5bsIuA Promo Video] at [http://www.gamespot.com Gamespot].
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