Knockout Kings 2000

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Product Description Go the distance with boxing's biggest names. EA SPORTS undisputed world champion boxing game makes its debut on the N64. Featuring power up KO punches, hidden moves and arcade action, Knockout Kings 2000 delivers over the top boxing action. From a no holds barred Slugfest match to a championship bout in Career mode, Knockout Kings 2000 puts you in the ring like never before. Slug it out as or against some of the greatest boxers of all time, including current champions Evander Holyfield and Oscar De La Hoya and legendary ring superstars Sugar Ray Leonard and Muhammad Ali. Fight as one of these champions or quickly create your own boxer to take on anyone in any mode. Lace 'em up and get it on. desertcart.com While it never quite achieves Muhammad Ali-like greatness, Knockout Kings 2000 is nonetheless an excellent boxing game for both the enthusiast and the casual gamer. Fifty boxing legends from the past and present are featured in this EA Sports title, along with world-famous arenas and TV-style coverage. In addition to being able to set up your own fights in the standard exhibition mode, you can play out nine of the greatest boxing matches in history in the game's classic mode. And for those interested in less realism and more pugilism, slugfest mode offers over-the-top, arcade-style boxing. The real crowd pleaser here is Knockout Kings 2000's career mode. Choosing from a wide variety of options, you get to create your own custom boxer, who can fight his way to the top in career mode or participate in exhibition and slugfest matches. Before career fights, customized boxers can be improved by training, or playing various mini-games. (A memory card is required to save custom boxer data.) What robs Knockout Kings 2000 of the championship belt is its unbalanced 3-D graphics. The boxers look great and move fluidly, but everything else appears flat and unfinished. Thankfully, fast game speed and responsive controls clamp down on the sightseeing, which is one sure-fire way to end up KO'd. --Joe HonPros:Can create your own custom boxerFeatures realistic and arcade-style boxingFast game speed and responsive controlsOptional 1-button mode for those who don't want to memorize controlsCons:Except for the boxers, graphics aren't very pretty P.when('A').execute(function(A) { A.on('a:expander:toggle_description:toggle:collapse', function(data) { window.scroll(0, data.expander.$expander[0].offsetTop-100); }); }); Review Knockout Kings 2000 might provide die-hard fight fans with a thrill, since they'll be able to play as some of the greatest fighters from the past and present, like Mohammed Ali, Joe Fraizer, Evander Holyfield, Oscar De La Hoya, Roberto Duran, Angel Manfredy, and Sugar Shane Mosely. Unfortunately, that's about as far as it goes. After spending a couple of days with the game, you'll see through the computer's pathetic AI and learn the punches and tactics that work time and time again. The control in Knockout Kings 2000 is limited, to say the least. Sure, you can throw just about all the basic punches, but you can't really put them together in a combination. Instead, you must rely on preset combinations that throw four punches with one button press. These combinations take up a bit of your fighter's own health. Fight fans who enjoy the technique of the sport will quickly tire of the game's one-button combos. Casual players may feel that the easy, arcade-style gameplay is adequate, but if you enjoy the sweet science enough to want to put together your own combinations you will be simply disgusted. The one saving grace that extends the life of the game for a few days is the various weight classes. In the heavyweight class you'll beat the game in less than an hour - even on the hard setting. The damage you can dish out with the game's preset combos, if used correctly, is way more than you lose by using the combos. You can get close to a fighter, hit a combo button that delivers body shots until your super-punch meter is full, wait for him to throw a punch, and then use the super punch to put him on the canvas. You'll be able to knock out just about everyone within the first couple of rounds. The middle and lightweight divisions are a little different. Here, you'll have to jab and throw some hooks to the body, using the preset combos a little more sparingly since the fighters in the lighter weights don't let you pound away at their midsections as much. Either way, within the first few days of playing the game you'll figure out what works in all three classes. It's these AI problems that make playing the game more about what buttons to hit and when than about outthinking your opponent. Graphically, Knockout Kings 2000 is pretty good. Most of the polygonal boxers in the game look like their real-life counterparts, although since most of the punching and movement animations are shared between the fighters, they all move the same. Unfortunately, the game moves too slowly. The animations of the fighters punching, falling, and moving in general are also too slow. The ring and the attending audience look great: You can actually see individual people and not just the typical blurry crowd found in most sports games. The sound and music in Knockout Kings 2000 are passable at best. While noticeably silent most of the time and limited to a few phrases, Al Albert and Sean O'Grady add commentary to the mix. Referee Mills Lane gives the instructions before the bout and counts during a knockdown. The punches and roar of the crowd and other sound effects in the game get the job done. In the end, Knockout Kings 2000 will give fans of the sport a brief thrill. Playing as the real guys is a kick, but so little technique is required of you that the game quickly falls flat. --Ryan Mac Donald --Copyright ©1999 GameSpot Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part in any form or medium without express written permission of GameSpot is prohibited. GameSpot and the GameSpot logo are trademarks of GameSpot Inc. -- GameSpot Review See more Review: Game - The product arrived as scheduled. Issues with system not t hff e game Was returned and refunded Review: KNOCKOUT IS GREAT! - LOVE THIS GAME! WORTH THE MONEY, I USE TO BE SO GOOD AT THIS GAME BUT, MY KID'S GIVE ME A HARD TIME WITH ALL THE KNOCOUT'S I BEEN GETTING LATELY! SO MUCH FUN AND YES I STILL HAVE A N64 FOR THOSE THAT DON'T YOUR MISSING OUT ON OLD SCHOOL FUN.