7/29/2019 Videogame review: 'Boxing" (Mattel)

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TronrGrazianoon Boxing and motecounterpunches. This game lets you do allof that. Amazing.The instruction book ls very good. Nicelanguage, Easy for klds to understand. Il 1can understand it, my grandchil&enshould!One thinq I didn't like, though, was lhe"double knockout." I've never heard o{that, Double knockdowrs, but not doubleknockouts.Another thing s that you can never tellwhen or i{ a knocked-down fighter wil getup. It looks as if the game machine kind o{randomly decides.But krds-boys especially, I think-willlike this game. It's a good httle way to teachthem the fundamentais of boxng withouttheir getting hurt.I

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Bv ["t-d P.t"kt"Whafs the houble with "Tron?"First, ii is one ol Mattejis least visually ap-pealing games. The screen looks like avast, barren bckiacktoe board with a dulJ,

o{{-wl-ute background. Tron, a [tt]e, brownstick figmre of a man, stands alone in themiddie of the gnd. His only weapon is asmall, yellow disc that he hurls ai enemy

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and a.lso feint and duck. With the disc con-hol, you can dance around the nng.I picked balanced fighters like myseXmost of the [me. A balanced fighier takescare ol himsel{. He moves. He labs con-stantly, He keeps his right hand easy onthe spot, keeps it ready. He bobs andweaves. He feinis to get the other guy offhis guard. And he not only punches, but

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In bodng, you have to take a beating towin. I made some money at it. But I likevideo boxing games, because you don'ihave to get hurt. I've played around with afew, and this rs one ol the best I've seen.

This game rs cute. Very cute. Boxersarent cute, but this game is. There'recrowd sounds, and the guys on the screencan ihrow all kinds of punches, and if youwin by a knockout, the other guy goesdown llke he's supposed to. It's a nicegame.There are six boxers you can choosefrom-"strong deferse," "strong offense,""exceptional endurance," "unpredictable"and two "balanced' fighters. With thel2-button hand conirol, you can makeany o{ the {ighters throw lefl and nght-handed punches, Iow, medium and high,

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