Punch-Out!! (Arcade) Playthrough - NintendoComplete
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- A playthrough of Nintendo's 1984 boxing arcade game, Punch-Out!!
Played through on the default difficulty setting.
Well before it ever made its appearance on home systems, Punch-Out!! had two arcade exclusive titles - Punch-Out!! and Super Punch-Out!!
Some fun random trivia about it: it was the first game that Koji Kondo (you know, the guy that wrote the music for Mario and Zelda?) ever wrote music for, and the characters were all designed by Shigeru Miyamoto himself.
And you may have noticed the the referee is not Mario, but Mario is still present. You'll see him if you search the crowd carefully enough, as well as Donkey Kong and DK Jr.
So Punch-Out!! was an amazing achievement when the Japanese version first launched in 1983. It featured speech synthesis for the ring introductions and move announcements, sprite-scaling so that your opponents could move both toward and away from the "camera," and a dual-monitor display so that the HUD didn't obscure any of the action. For 1983, that was all pretty amazingly state of the art, and while it didn't look as fancy as the brand new Laserdisc games, it provided more than enough gameplay to make the compromise worthwhile.
I'd recommend watching this video fullscreen on your phone. It will fill that screen far better than it will a horizontal 16:9 computer monitor or TV screen.
It plays a lot like the NES Punch-Out!!, but there are a few key differences. The joystick being pressed up and down toggles the height of Little Mac's fists - this is a biggie if you're accustomed to the NES controls - and there's no fatigue gauge. The power punches work like they did in Super Punch-Out!! on the SNES in that once you fill the gauge you get unlimited use of them until you get hit, and the general flow of the action is similar. Dodge, block, jab, repeat. It is significantly harder though - the controls aren't nearly as smooth and responsive as in the NES game, the yellow-eye "tells" for anticipating attacks are easy to miss, and your window of opportunity to counterattack is far smaller. It's a stupidly fun game, but despite the heavy downgrade the NES version saw in graphics and sound, it plays much better than its arcade counterpart.
I end up getting to the Mr. Sandman fight in the second loop of the game before I eat the mat and tap out - each loop makes the game harder, and it gets vicious pretty quickly.
So while I prefer the NES, SNES, and Wii games over their forefathers, the arcade Punch-Out!! is a classic that really ought to be tried out. If you have a Switch, I highly recommend spending the $8 on it - you'll get a lot of play out of it.
And lmao at Kid Quick. Could they have possibly made him any uglier?
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No cheats were used during the recording of this video.
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The original Punch-Out!! arcade game was an incredible technical feat in 1983, and though its gameplay isn't quite as refined as you'll get in the NES game, it's impossibly good for a game that's now 35 years old.
I have NES and Switch. I can play Punch Out on NES and I can play Super Punch Out. But not arcade punch out.
Nobody is serious when it comes to arcade Punch Out!
The first time I played this I thought it was going to be over after you defend your title against Mr Sandman. But apparently it goes on forever until you fail. I guess I understand because this is an arcade game it does not really end like the newer punch-outs. 😐❓❓❓🤔🤔🤔🤔🤔
Now 40 years old.
The crowd noise sounds like a spaceship starting to take off.
Yeah, even if it's due to an emulation flaw in this particular playthrough though.
Absolutely loved this game in the 80's. I was quite good at it and can remember crowds of people around me watching in a busy mall!
Excellent video.
Damn you're old
I love this game even tho I didn’t play it in the 80’s because my dad bought a arcade machine of punch out
0:08 Glass Joe 🇫🇷
0:53 Piston Hurricane 🇨🇺
1:32 Bald Bull 🇹🇷
2:34 Kid Quick 🇺🇸
3:32 Pizza Pasta 🇮🇹
5:00 Mr. Sandman 🇺🇸
🇫🇷 ~ Verre Joe ~ 🇫🇷
🇨🇺 ~ Huracán de Pistón ~ 🇨🇺
🇹🇷 ~ Kel Boğa ~ 🇹🇷
🇺🇸 ~ Kid Quick ~ 🇺🇸
🇮🇹 ~ Pizza E Pasta ~ 🇮🇹
🇺🇸 💫 ~ Mr. Sandman ~ 💫 🇺🇸
@@paradox9599 🇬🇧: his name in Italian Is actually "impasto per pizza"
🇮🇹: il suo nome in realtà è "impasto per pizza"
@@GionaPis-yr3pv So what would italian for mad clown.
@@johnpaulcastillo8403 would be: "pagliaccio pazzo" 🤣
Donkey Kong being in the audience was awesome
I loved that, too.... He's in there twice, on the right and the left
@@gerryconwayvoiceSo is Donkey Kong Jr! Look in between the top rope and the middle rope, on the left-hand side of the screen!
The Mario Brothers are also there
That look on Mr. Sandman's face when he wins. XD
Every opponent had the same look, and the same audio played when you lost.
He's a firin' his layzar.
I've heard of this version, but never actually seen it, and it's definitely a lot less well-known than its console successors! Even Li'l Mac's predecessor looks like he's seen better days, but I can at least see where *Wii Punch-Out!!* got the green wireframe idea from. And I see a couple characters that didn't make it into any of the sequels. Graphically, it looks more like *Super Punch-Out!!* Yeah, this looks pretty amazing for 1983.
Looks pretty good for 1983 definitely. But not like super punch out. That game was much cleaner, better sounds, sprites etc
Y o u n g n o o b r e t a r d confirned
This brings back memories at the arcade. Body blow...body blow....
Wow the memories that invokes. ‘83-‘84 there was a small arcade hidden in the lower level of the Sears dept store about 20 mins from us. My buddy and I spent HOURS hanging at the mall and most was in that little arcade. I was never that good, but my buddy had top score on that machine all summer. I didn’t mind just watching. It was amazing technology at the time. “Bod-dee blow!!” Glass Joe, Kid Quick, all our old friends… Great times. Then head up to Sbarros for a couple slices and check out the chicks!
I would pay CASH to have this arcade game in my home.
YES INDEED!!!!!
I have this machine in my basement, if you’re serious let me know
You can get one online about 5 k totally restored
I've got an original one on its way to my house!
@@derekwesley4335 That is FANTASTIC!!!! Invite me over, PLEASE!
Your use of timing is impeccable. I used to play this game for hours on one quarter in the arcades back in the 80s. Have it now on my Ultimate Legends BUT never use the body blow as much as I should .
As a kid of 12 on vacation at myrtle beach in 1983 I discovered this game! I was mesmerized and thought it was the coolest thing I had ever seen! I have pondered buying one of these arcade games but they are pricey! Watching this video takes me back to those days many years ago!
Similar story here. Was 4, maybe 5 and came across Punch Out at the Contemporary Hotel arcade in Disney World. Mesmerized. Still am😂
I remember making it to the 2nd Bald Bull. 2nd time was harder because they didn't give you the "Yellow eyes" to let you know when they were going to throw a punch. Hard to believe this was over 35 years ago.
I remember as a kid I was first always struggling against Bald Bull and it felt so good to finally beat him. Then Kid Quick would always destroy me. It was so frustrating until one day someone told me to only hit him with right hooks. After that I beat him every time.
For a 1984 game this is at a very advanced level!
This brings back so many memories.
0:15 Ladies and gentlemen, glass joe...
I like the part when they said 'body blow'.
"He's down for the devil!"
Happy anniversary to this game🎉
Such amazing memories
Very impressive looking for 1984. Still looks good, imo.
I like how the ring bell was like they went on Pawn Stars trying to buy one and Rick Harrison said the best he could do was a toddler's tricycle horn.
Try "arm wrestling" from the arcade! It was also made by Nintendo after punch out!
I remember one of the masked fighters was bald bull
Nobody going to talk about how Mario and donkey Kong showed up to see a fight?
Luigi and Donkey Kong Jr. are there too!
wow what a flashback, I remember playing this arcade at my local Kroger, back in the day, putting plenty of quarters in that sucker, never beat it, but got pretty far, I remember the special was a big button, and I caouldn't wait til I used it
Well no one could ever truly "beat" the game, since it kept on going until you lost, like all games back then did though.
That special blue button was to use when throwing an upper cut or hook! 🥊
One day I will find a CZcamsr who plays the Arcade Punch Out and takes on EVERY! SINGLE! OPPONENT!
I wonder how retroactively recognized this game is?
4:03 donkey kong in the crowd
late 80s they had this at a corner store, if i had a quarter i was rushing to that store, waiting to get a turn on this👍👍👊
Brillant video mate! TYSON FURY FIGHT LOL
The only time I ever played this was at Knot's Berry Farm back in the early 90s cause they had a great arcade with a ton of games and had most of the Nintendo arcade games.
This was at quite a few arcades as late as the early 90's, and could count on seeing it at least at half the ones you visited back then. Interesting with how I saw regular Punch-Out quite often, but very rarely saw Super anywhere for some reason though.
I always thought the announcer was saying "He's down for the devil!"
I remember playing this in the 80s, absolutely loved it.
I never got by Bad Bill, though, never mind winning the title!
Great video!
Same here I didn't become good until I was like 15 years at that point I couldn't get past 5th piston hurricane now I can pretty much play forever farthest was like about 12 bald bull
The game is pretty impressive for the year it was published, but I find a bit annoying the voice that says "LEFT! RIGHT!" when you punch
Punch Out!!'s the BEST
Thank Hylia it’s on the Switch eShop! It, and _Donkey Kong Arcade_! 😊
This is the Greatest Boxing Game Ever!....Thank God I can play it on the switch!👍👍
Yup. I've been looking at getting a Switch just so I can buy the Arcade Classics and play the original Punchout. I love Mike Tyson's and the SNES Punchout, but have never played the original arcade titles.
@@joshuariddensdale2126 That's whats up👍👍
@@joshuariddensdale2126 have this and super punch out on my 10,000 game pandora system
Ref is just blazing through the 10 count..
BODY BLOW
BODY BLOW
BODY BLOW
BODY BLOW
they also have elevator action - if u played that its alot of fun as well ..
My dad has been saying body blow for years and has been usually misremembering it from Street Fighter (probably 2, doesn’t matter.) and then today he said “Bodyblow! Bodyblow!” Then I realized, wait, doesn’t Punch Out!! Have that? So, I checked some gameplay of it whilst telling him “Dude it’s from punch out”. And then behold, he remembered! A years old memory solved from when he was young, something I consider a great feat since he’s now 50.
1:35 gave me problems at the arcade, recently 😂🥊
When Pizza Pasta puts you in the clinch, just hold the joystick to the right the entire time. Once Pizza Pasta releases the clinch you will move to the right and dodge his uppercut. You don't have to wait and try and time it (which you were never able to do in your video).
Pizza pasta is the most stereotypical boxer in punch out history.
Greetings! Y'mind if I use some of your footage for a documentary of mine? I'll give you all the credits, of course!
This may be one of the few times I prefer the console version over the original arcade version
I came for my childhood memories
And futurama 8 bits bender vs fry
The look of mac didnt make me sleep
To be real with you, Piston Hurricane is looks really good in the blue and black than red and black.
I first played this game on MAME in 2007, and I thought that the health bars "filling up" at 0:17 when they're already full was an emulation glitch, but apparently it's supposed to be like that. What's the point of that little black box moving along the health bars? It should either be empty first and then fill up, or stay full and skip the animation.
I must have spent hundreds of dollars on this game to finally beat mr sandman. Pizza pasta was the toughest opponet followed by ball bull. I did not think mr sand man was all that tough
I believe this was the only time we ever saw Kid Quick and Pizza Pasta! And while Kid Quick would be replaced by the new Disco Kid in the Wii title, I wonder how Pizza Pasta would work; maybe be an Italian-American pizza shop owner who took up boxing on the side?
The fight against Aran Ryan in Super Punch-Out for the Super N.E.S. was based off the Pizza Pasta strategy in this game.
Pizza Pasta?, seriously???
He's down for the count!
I was thinking about getting this for my Switch, but it doesn't look like it is nearly as fun as the NES/SNES versions. I'm glad I watched this before dropping $7.99
Kid Quick walked so Disco Kid can boxercise
I got up to the 68th guy before. Piston Hurricane once you beat it twice around is by far the hardest one to beat it’s all patterns but it is very challenging but once you master it you can go pretty far 68 was my record flipped the scored all the way past whatever the high score could be
Pizza Pasta is the best name ever for a boxer. =)
I remember this game well. I played it regularly at our local arcade. The furthest I ever got was an unsuccessful challenge of Mr Sandman where my fighter was knocked out pretty quickly.
I did see someone beat Mr Sandman once, but he lost the title in his next fight.
I see if you beat Mr Sandman, you fight the same fighters again, although the second time they are in the blue corner because they are the challengers.
If you beat Mr Sandman a second time, where did the game go after that? Did it end with your fighter retiring or did he just fight the same opponents again?
In my neck of the woods, you got Glass Joe again, followed a smaller set of characters who (in my neck of the woods) got progressively harder hitting, tougher in recovery (more HP), and would use their "specials" more frequently.
I could get the championship easily enough, but I'd run out of time against Piston Hurricane for the 2nd or 3rd go-around.
The game would just keep going and going. Kid quick you only face once. I got up to the 68th opponent and Piston Hurricane is by far the hardest once you get to the third go round
Thanks for uploading. It's not a playthrough if you don't finish the game.
This is one of those old arcade games which loops endlessly. Unless there's a kill screen at some point, then beating Mr. Sandman is the nearest you can get to finishing the game.
You have a very unique way of playing u are not a bad player u fight low alot i think u should concentrate on fighting higher the farthest i have ever gotten was the tenth bald bull i can make it much farther i just made a mistake
Damn, that background with people...
Did you see Mario and DK on the crowd?
NintendoComplete And Donkey Kong Jr
@@donkeykongisytpooping3002 And Luigi
Does this not put any emphasis onto the timing and patterns or is just me?
Does anybody see doc louis? hes in the crowd, next to donkey kong
Definitely the hardest or 2nd hardest punch out game. Either that or it’s sequel super punch out
This should have been on the Nintendo DS.
Ladies and gentlemen: *_pizza pasta_*
Portrait mode is cool
He looked like the incredible Hulk from the back
I pretty much mastered arcade punch out I can play until I'm just bored or I make a mistake the farthest I ever got was like the 12 bald bull
What's with "the place is burning down!" background noise?
pop2uno The game’s broken.
He might be playing with an online emulator, I remember one of those having all fucked up sounds. I don't own a Switch so I play this game with Mame on my laptop, runs smoothly with no burning noises.
Just an emulation flaw with this game on whatever version of Mame he's playing on. The versions of it on my modded 2TB original Xbox console have a similar, but not nearly as bad of one like this though.
I thought "Body blow" was "Baby go" when I was little.
I see this game has Title Defense too
You need to do "Arm Wrestling" next.
All opponents
Glass Joe (Ranked #9)
Piston Hurricane (Ranked #7)
Bald Bull (Ranked #5)
Kid Quick (Ranked #3)
Pizza Pasta (Ranked #2)
Mr. Sandman (Champion of the World)
♫"Mr Sandman..bring me a dream"♫ WHACK!!!!
pizza pasta for smash bros
I came here just to say this.
Kid Quick = A Young Derpy Chris Rock
With some seriously jacked up teeth. He needs veneers. Or a grill. Something.
Chris Rock in New Jack City
Fun Fact: Kid Quick was originally gonna be in Punch-Out for the Wii, but was scrapped in favor of a new character in Disco Kid. Judging from his name and age, my guess was he'd be a track & field star that decided to try boxing. But unlike Disco Kid who was able to combine his dance talent with boxing in the form of boxercise, Kid Quick wouldn't have a believable way of merging his talents to improve his boxing skills (stuff like the hammer throw and shotput could increase his arm strength, but that's about it). And plus, the whole "fastest boxer" schitck would be taken by Piston Honda in his Title Defense Match, rendering Kid Quick redundant in that regard.
Shigeru Miyamoto actually went to the studio that did the animation for Dragon Ball Z to draw the fighters. Gaming Historian is where I got this source.
Toei Animation is the name of the studio. You're welcome!
Thanks
0:18 Mario on the left.
good job alex nice
I shall tell the Truth...... This should be in the Google Play Store!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 😂👍
I was literally thinking about that before I read your comment!
lmao pizza pasta.
What's that constant sound in the background that sounds like a 8 bit rocket taking off?
I think it's supposed to be the crowd cheering
The emulation is off sadly. It's supposed to be the same crowd sound from the NES game.
"KNOCKOUT!"
What’s up with the monkey noise Mac makes when he wins?
Why is the static sound so awful?
Wow. That’s one hell of a chin on Little Mac.
That's not Little Mac.
The only Punch-Out games with Mac in them are "Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!!" (NES) and "Punch-Out!!!" (Wii).
The other two (this and Super Punch-Out!!!) have different protagonists.
That's not Little Mac, that's Challenger. According to the Punch Out Wiki, this boxer is called Challenger.
Full roster in this game
#5: Glass Joe
#4: Piston Hurricane
#3: Bald Bull
#2: Kid Quick
#1: Pizza Pasta
Champion: Mr. Sandman
I don't get why glass Joe is #9 and Piston Hurricane is #7 etc in game. Your ranking is better
@@Nintentoni Yup
I always liked the original arcade version before Nintendo decided to repackage and rebrand the game for the NES by tagging Tyson's name in front of the title...
The Famicom version of Punch-Out!! came before the Mike Tyson edition, though.
the emulation seems a bit off why is the k.o. meter all screwed up? 🤣
What’s with the squeak at the beginning and end of every fight
It's the bell dont sound like it cause this is like a 190s game
What fighters counties
Why is there not harder version of kid quick
Wasn't Dragon Chan in the Arcade as well?
Appears in Super punch out (the arcade sequel)
I was very good in my his game
Here Is Some Punch Out Voice Actors In The Wii Version
Glass Joe Christian Bernard
Piston Hurricane Jose Antonio Maicias
Bald Bull Erse Yagne
Kid Quick Donny Lucas
Pizza Pasta Pino Ammendola
Mr Sandman Riley Inge
Bear Hugger Richard Newmana
Dragon Chan Jack Bardoe
Vodka Drunkensk Ihor Mota
Great Tiger Sumit Seru
Super Macho Man Mike Inglehart
Before my time.
FIGHT Uppercut body blow right left come on come on right hook left hook put him away he's down for the count
*b o d y b l o w*
Blast from the past 😂
♫"I'm a blaaast from the paaast!"♫
Blast from the pasta