0.34b5 [Ernesto Corvi]
Artwork available
Bugs:
- kingofb, ringkin3, ringkinw: The "game over" Screen in king of boxer is not displayed correctly. Quicks (ID 00494)
- Clone ringkin3: Show Japanese text in VS screen (due to corrupt dump?). J.J.Boy (ID 02164)
WIP:
- 20th October 2012: Mr. Do - Thanks to Lord Hiryu from Arcade Forever for cleaning up the marquee and bezel for Ring King. Marquee thanks to BYOAC/CAG; bezel provided by myself and scanned by TrevEB.
- 0.138u1: Changed description of clone (US, Woodplace license) to 'Ring King (US, Wood Place Inc.)'.
- 0.135u3: Fabio Priuli added driver data struct and save states to King of Boxer.
- 0.133u1: Renamed (ringkin2) to (ringking2), (ringkin3) to (ringking3) and (ringkinw) to (ringkingw).
- 0.132u1: Tafoid fixed no sound output in King of Boxer and clones.
- 0.131u1: Angelo Salese merged memory maps in King of Boxer.
- 0.123u2: Changed palettesize to 272 colors.
- 0.122u4: Roberto Zandona fixed weird sprite priority problems (kingofb37b6gre).
- 0.106u12: MASH added plds ($0, 100 - pal12h6-vh02.bin and pal14h4-vh07.bin) to King of Boxer (English).
- 0.95: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added proper PROM decoding for clone Ring King (US, Woodplace license).
- 0.93u2: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added clone Ring King (US, Woodplace license). Added missing gfx3 rom ($a000) to clone (US set 3).
- 2nd March 2005: f205v and Corrado Tomaselli dumped Ring King (US, Woodplace license).
- 0.67: Changed description of clones (set 1) to 'Ring King (US set 1)', (set 2) to 'Ring King (US set 2)' and (set 3) to 'Ring King (US set 3)'.
- 24th May 2001: Guru fixed the clone ringkin2 machine definition for it to work properly.
- 0.35fix: Added missing color proms in clones Ring King (set 1), (set 2) and (set 3).
- 0.35RC1: Removed clone 'King of Boxer (Japanese?)'.
- 0.35b13: Added clone Ring King (set 2). Changed description of clone 'Ring King (set 2)' to 'Ring King (set 3)'. Renamed (ringkin2) to (ringkin3).
- 0.34RC1: Dave W. added high score saving to King of Boxer.
- 0.34b5: Ernesto Corvi added 'King of Boxer (English)' (Woodplace 1985) and clones King of Boxer (Japanese?), Ring King (set 1) and Ring King (set 2). Known issues: Due to a missing color PROM, Ring King colors are wrong. ringkin2 uses the King of Boxer PROMs, but they are probably wrong. One of the ringkin2 gfx ROMs is bad.
- 7th July 1998: Dumped Ring King (US set 1/2).
- 18th April 1997: Dumped King of Boxer (English).
LEVELS: 10 (endless)
Recommended Games (Boxing):
Boxer
KO Punch
Champion Boxing
Main Event
Punch-Out!!
Super Punch-Out!!
VS Gong Fight
King of Boxer
Heavyweight Champ
Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!! (PlayChoice-10)
Vs. T.K.O. Boxing
Final Blow
The Final Round
Bull Fight - Ring no Haja (Tourvision PCE bootleg)
Pound for Pound
Success Joe
Legend of Success Joe
Title Fight
Top Ranking Stars
Best Bout Boxing
Funky Head Boxers
Buriki One
Boxing Mania
Mocap Boxing
Pride GP 2003
Arcade Video game published 34 years ago:
King of Boxer (c) 1985 Woodplace, Incorporated.
A boxing game from Woodplace.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU : (3x) Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : General Instrument AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz), DAC
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3
- TRIVIA -
King of Boxer was released in June 1985.
This game is known in US as "Ring King".
The song that is heard playing when you enter your name into the high score list is 'Baby Elephant Walk', written by Henry Mancini, from the movie 'Hatari'.
- CONTRIBUTE -
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