Friday, 21 March 2025

Fight Night (Atari 7800 review)

Developer: Imagineering
Publisher: Atari Corporation
Released: 1988

Fight Night is a sports game that was released on Atari 8-bit computers in 1987.

+ Has an impressive range of modes, 12 boxers with unique abilities, and a surprisingly complex scoring system.

- There's only two punches at your disposal, and a simple uppercut or hook would have added more combat variety.

- Strategy is non-existent, and distance management is impossible as you need to be in close to connect a jab.

- It's not always clear how to consistently make contact and each bout results in mindless button mashing. 

- Unlike Punch-Out!! (1987, NES), fighters recover 100% between rounds which penalises attempts at skilled play.

- SFX add little to the experience, and weirdly the crowd can be heard going wild even though they aren't visible!

- Character art and animation is shockingly amateurish, and the K.O. sprite of a boxer on the canvas is laughable.


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