March 1998
From: astro3@geocities.com
Boxing: unreleased - the Activision Boxing cartridge was basically a
copy of this.
Mike Albaugh talked at the 1999 CA Extreme show, and mentioned
a few of his games from the late 70's. One was Boxing. Apparently
the controls were a big
pain. He wanted to have the player grip handles that could
be swiveled left and right to simulate punching. The problem
was, they kept being broken by players. More and more was done
to strengthen these controls until they were capable of finally
being able to withstand public abuse. Unfortunately, the game
didn't test well enough to be released!
Mike Albaugh says:
After I gave up on it, Ed Logg took a whack at the game. The
one in my garage is Ed's Version, with Jerry Lichac's last (rev 14, IIRC)
version of the controls.