Will there ever be a better career mode than this game?

[Money99]

Quote: Originally Posted by pietasterp

I dunno, ABC Wide World of Sports boxing on the 386 PC was pretty bad-a&%. You could hire promoters like a thinly-veiled Jimmy Hart or Don King, and if you timed it just right, you could catch the champ (invariably Killer Knauer or Big Jer Allnite) on his decline and knock him out for the title. Good times.

Never had a chance to play that game as we didn't have a PC. But I had always heard great things about its career mode.

I'm assuming Killer Knauer and Big Jer Allnite were both nearly unbeatable opponents?

The VR2 career mode was insane. It even had regional belts.
I believe it also had hidden fighters in there; some real, some fake. There was Tyson, but also some of the fighters from Mike Tyson's Punch Out.
Diet, training, sparring, fight film from future opponents. It was really ahead of its time.

[pietasterp]

Quote: Originally Posted by kingsofthevalley

Never heard of that one. About to look it up, can I still play it?

Quote: Originally Posted by Money99

Never had a chance to play that game as we didn't have a PC. But I had always heard great things about its career mode. I'm assuming Killer Knauer and Big Jer Allnite were both nearly unbeatable opponents? The VR2 career mode was insane. It even had regional belts. I believe it also had hidden fighters in there; some real, some fake. There was Tyson, but also some of the fighters from Mike Tyson's Punch Out. Diet, training, sparring, fight film from future opponents. It was really ahead of its time.

https://archive.org/details/msdos_AB...ts_Boxing_1991

Barebones by modern standards, but back in the early 90's....

[kingsofthevalley]

Quote: Originally Posted by pietasterp

https://archive.org/details/msdos_AB...ts_Boxing_1991 Barebones by modern standards, but back in the early 90's....

Checked out the game and it brought back memories! I played it as "Evander Holyfield Boxing" on Sega Genesis if I'm not mistaken. Definitely great for its time, however, not something I would play today.