Heavyweight Champ
Encyclopedia
Heavyweight Champ is a boxing
sports
arcade game
, released by Sega
in 1976. The game featured black-and-white graphics with the controls inside a set of plastic boxing gloves attached to the arcade cabinet. Critics have since identified it as the first video game to feature hand-to-hand fighting, though it had no real impact on subsequent martial arts themed fighting game
s.
Like later fighting games, it was viewed from a side-view perspective. Besides being the first fighting game, it was also notable for its imaginative control system
. It employed two boxing glove controllers, one for each player, which moved up and down for high and low punches, with an inward movement for striking.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
sports
Sports game
A sports game is a computer or video game that simulates the practice of traditional sports. Most sports have been recreated with a game, including team sports, athletics and extreme sports. Some games emphasize actually playing the sport , whilst others emphasize strategy and organization...
arcade game
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
, released by Sega
Sega
, usually styled as SEGA, is a multinational video game software developer and an arcade software and hardware development company headquartered in Ōta, Tokyo, Japan, with various offices around the world...
in 1976. The game featured black-and-white graphics with the controls inside a set of plastic boxing gloves attached to the arcade cabinet. Critics have since identified it as the first video game to feature hand-to-hand fighting, though it had no real impact on subsequent martial arts themed fighting game
Fighting game
Fighting game is a video game genre where the player controls an on-screen character and engages in close combat with an opponent. These characters tend to be of equal power and fight matches consisting of several rounds, which take place in an arena. Players must master techniques such as...
s.
Like later fighting games, it was viewed from a side-view perspective. Besides being the first fighting game, it was also notable for its imaginative control system
Game controller
A game controller is a device used with games or entertainment systems used to control a playable character or object, or otherwise provide input in a computer game. A controller is typically connected to a game console or computer by means of a wire, cord or nowadays, by means of wireless connection...
. It employed two boxing glove controllers, one for each player, which moved up and down for high and low punches, with an inward movement for striking.