Boxer's Road

Boxer's Road[lower-alpha 1] is a 1995 video game developed and published by New Corp for the PlayStation. It is a boxing simulation sports game. It was followed up by the sequel Boxer's Road 2: The Real.

Boxer's Road
Developer(s)New Corporation
Publisher(s)New Corporation
Platform(s)PlayStation
Release
Genre(s)Fighting, Sports
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

Boxer's Road is a boxing career simulator.[2] It is a fully 3D polygonal game.[3]

Release

It was released in Japan on September 8, 1995.[4] The game sold 400,000 copies.[3] On August 9, 1996, it was re-released under the "Playstation the Best" line.[4] It was released on the PlayStation Network in Japan on July 26, 2007.[5] It was re-released again for mobile phones in 2007 under the title "Boxer's Road the MOBILE" for 315 yen.[6]

It was followed up by Boxer's Road 2, released for the PSP in 2005.[7]

Reception

Next Generation reviewed the PlayStation version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that "The matches are something of a letdown, being realistic to a fault, slow, and with sluggish control. The title shows an interesting effort, and with some tweaking it would make a fine US import. Until then, unless you can read a good deal of Japanese, you're out of luck."[2]

Famitsu gave it a score of 35 out of 40.[4] Ultima Generacion gave the game a score of 60 out of 100.[8] German magazine Mega Fun gave it a score of 86%.[9]

Play gave it a score of 82%.[10]

Notes
  1. Japanese: ボクサーズ ロード Hepburn: Bokusā Dōro
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References
  1. "PlayStation Soft > 1994-1995". GAME Data Room. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
  2. "Finals". Next Generation. No. 13. Imagine Media. January 1996. p. 152.
  3. Inc., Aetas. "極私的コンシューマゲームセレクション：第6回「ボクサーズロード2ザ・リアル」" (in Japanese). Retrieved 2018-08-16.
  4. "ボクサーズ ロード [PS] / ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  5. "プレイステーション3のゲームアーカイブスに『BOXER'S ROAD』など14タイトルが追加 - ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2008-08-16. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  6. "世界チャンピオンを育てるのは君だ！ 『ボクサーズロード the MOBILE』が配信スタート - ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2008-06-16. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  7. "あの名作がPSPで蘇る！　『ボクサーズロード2 ザ・リアル』発表!! - ファミ通.com". www.famitsu.com (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 2008-03-25. Retrieved 2018-08-14.
  8. "Version Final". Ultima Generacion (10): 75–76. 1996.
  9. Hofmann, Guido (November 1995). "Import Game: Boxer's Road". Mega Fun. p. 83.
  10. staff writers (November 1995). "Review: Boxer's Road". Play. No. 1. p. 72.


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