Knockout Kings (video game)

Short description: 1998 fighting video game

Knockout Kings

Developer(s)| Press Start
Publisher(s)| EA Sports
Series| Knockout Kings
Platform(s)| PlayStation
Release|

* WW: 1998
* JP: 1999

Genre(s)| Sports, fighting
Mode(s)| Single-player, multiplayer

Knockout Kings is a video game developed by American studio Press Start and published by EA Sports for the PlayStation.

## Contents

* 1 Gameplay
* 2 Reception
* 3 Reviews
* 4 References

## Gameplay

Knockout Kings features 38 pro boxers with motion-capture animation.[1] The game also had exclusive rights for boxers Muhammad Ali, Evander Holyfield, Sugar Ray Leonard and Oscar De La Hoya.[2][3]

## Reception

Next Generation reviewed the PlayStation version of the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that "The game sorely misses the excitement of the sport, and in turn, fails to make it fun."[1]

## Reviews

* Official PlayStation Magazine #16 (1999 January)
* GameSpot - Dec 01, 1998[4]
* Game Informer Magazine - Dec, 2000[5]
* IGN - Dec 03, 1998[6]
* Game Revolution - Dec 01, 1998[7]
* Super Play - Feb, 1999
* Power Unlimited - Feb, 1999
* Gamezilla[8]
* Absolute Playstation[9]
* Computer and Video Games[10]

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Finals". Next Generation (Imagine Media) (49): 105. January 1999.
2. ↑ "Electronic Arts Announces New Knockout Kings Boxing Franchise". May 28, 1998. Archived from the original on January 29, 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20000129122040/http://www.easports.com:80/99/knockout/press.html.
3. ↑ Ryan Mac Donald (June 5, 1998). "Knock Out Lineup". Archived from the original on October 14, 2000. https://web.archive.org/web/20001014130822/http://headline.gamespot.com/news/98_06/05_fightpc/index.html. Retrieved December 12, 2022.
4. ↑ "Knockout Kings". https://www.gamespot.com/ps/sports/knockoutkings/review.html.
5. ↑ https://www.gameinformer.com/Games/Review/200012/R03.0807.1028.27367.htm [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
6. ↑ "Knockout Kings". 4 December 1998. http://psx.ign.com/articles/153/153989p1.html.
7. ↑ http://www.gamerevolution.com/review/sony/knockout-kings [|permanent dead link|dead link}}]
8. ↑ "Knockout Kings (PSX) by EA Sports. Reviewed by Chad Foster". https://web.archive.org/web/20020202065922/gamezilla.com/console/reviews/k/kokingspsx.asp.
9. ↑ "Knockout Kings - Review - ABSOLUTE PLAYSTATION". http://www.absolute-playstation.com/api_review/rkoking.htm.
10. ↑ "Computer and Video Games - Issue 207 (1999-02)(EMAP Images)(GB)". February 1999. https://archive.org/details/Computer_and_Video_Games_Issue_207_1999-02_EMAP_Images_GB/page/n41/mode/2up.

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