4-D Boxing
DOS - 1991
Also available on: Amiga - FM Towns
| Alt names | 4D Sports Boxing, 4Dボクシング |
|---|
| Year |
1991 |
| Platform |
DOS |
| Released in |
France, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom, United States |
| Genre |
Sports |
| Theme |
Boxing |
| Publisher |
Electronic Arts, Inc., Mindscape International Ltd. |
| Developer |
Distinctive Software, Inc. |
| Perspectives |
1st-Person, Bird's-eye view, Fixed / Flip-screen |
| Dosbox support |
Fully supported on 0.73 |
Arguably THE best action-oriented boxing game ever made for the PC, 4-D Boxing is a revolutionary sports title from Distinctive Software that does to the boxing genre what Stunts does for racing.
Trixter in his review at MobyGames says it all about this Hall of
Belated Fame entrant: "No other PC game has captured the feel of boxing
as well as 4-D Boxing. The Good:The 3D engine in 4-D Boxing
was not a gimmick; at the time, it truly was a whole new way to
simulate boxing in a computer game. The camera wasn't fixed--you could
play through the eyes of your boxer, from ringside, from a fixed
isometric view, overhead, whatever. You could even play through the eyes
of your opponent. It's a real trip to stare yourself in the face as you
beat "yourself" up. The moves were rotoscoped fairly well, leading to
life-like movements, swings, hooks, and uppercuts. The Bad:Dialing down
the detail to a ludicrously low level (stick figures without heads) was
the game's idea of "running acceptably on an 8088". I had a 386, so I
was fine, but it made playing the game against a friend difficult if
your friend had a slow machine. The price we pay for innovation... While
most of the moves looked realistic, jabs were oddly unrealistic. It was
rediculously easy (although quite fun) to beat the computer in the
first ten or so matches by swinging non-stop roundhouse right and left
hooks to the face. (And disturbingly satisfying to hear each punch land.
:-) The Bottom Line:4-D Boxing had a feel that no other
computer boxing game has captured since, even 8 years after it's
release. While there have been a few console boxing games that come
close (including one for 3DO that was heavily influenced by 4-D Boxing), nothing satisfies the need to box like 4-D Boxing. And it runs great on modern machines, so try to pick up a copy."
