''ABC Wide World Of Sports Boxing'' is a
boxing
Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as boxing glove, protective gloves, hand wraps, and mouthguards – throwing Punch (combat), punch ...
video game
A video game or computer game is an electronic game that involves interaction with a user interface or input device (such as a joystick, game controller, controller, computer keyboard, keyboard, or motion sensing device) to generate visual fe ...
released in 1991. The player can create, train, and manage their own character. It is based on the
American Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American Commercial broadcasting, commercial broadcast Television broadcaster, television and radio Radio network, network that serves as the flagship property of the Disney Entertainment division ...
(ABC) program ''
Wide World of Sports'' and was released at the time of the program's 30th anniversary.
Sportscaster Dan Dierdorf
Daniel Lee Dierdorf (born June 29, 1949) is an American sportscaster and former professional football player. He played 13 seasons (1971–1983) as an offensive tackle for the St. Louis Cardinals of the National Football League (NFL).
Dierdor ...
, then a boxing commentator for ABC, is featured in this game.
In Europe the game was renamed ''TV Sports Boxing'' and published by
Mindscape as part of
Cinemaware
Cinemaware was a video game developer and publisher. It had released several titles in the 1980s based on various film themes. The company was resurrected in 2000, before being acquired by eGames in 2005.
Cinemaware Corp. (1986–1991)
The co ...
's ''TV Sports'' series.
Reception
''
Computer Gaming World
''Computer Gaming World'' (CGW) was an American Video game journalism, computer game magazine that was published between 1981 and 2006. One of the few magazines of the era to survive the video game crash of 1983, it was sold to Ziff Davis in 199 ...
'' stated that the game's fighting animation was inferior to that of ''
4D Boxing
''4D Sports Boxing'' is a 3D boxing video game, with motion capture animation, developed by Distinctive Software and released in 1991 for MS-DOS, Amiga, and Macintosh. It is part of the ''4D Sports'' series along with '' 4D Sports Driving'' and ...
'' but that its career options were superior.
See also
References
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1991 video games
Wide World of Sports Boxing
Amiga games
Boxing video games
Cinemaware games
Data East video games
DOS games
Malibu Interactive games
Mindscape games
Video games developed in the United States
Wide World of Sports (American TV program)
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