DOS

4-D Boxing

Description

4-D Boxing left behind any pretenses of being a pure arcade game based on boxing, and aimed to recreate the sport in full detail. The graphics engine allowed for multiple camera angles and viewpoints, and considerably detailed visuals. These required more advanced hardware than was common at the time, but a stick-figure mode was included as a compromise. The moves on offer included all the uppercuts and hooks of a real fight, and the players were designed to move realistically to implement them. You progress through the game by taking on a succession of increasingly difficult fighters, and get to train your boxer in between. Advanced action replays were included as well, so you could review all that happened.

Alternate Titles

• "4D Sports Boxing" -- European DOS Title

Part of the Following Group

• Distinctive Software 4D series

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User Reviews

A simple, classic free-form action game with skill-building elements	John Lucas (13)
Talk about a great game for its time!	emerging_lurker (182)	unrated
A classic multiplayer boxing game	JubalHarshaw (287)
No other PC game has captured the feel of boxing as well as 4D Boxing.	Trixter (8888)
Wow! This game was and still is great	sean squier (1)	unrated

The Press Says

Abandonia	Mar 11, 2004	4 out of 5	80
Top Secret	Feb, 1993	4 out of 5	80
Power Play	Jun, 1991	66 out of 100	66

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Trivia

"Rotoscoping" means that the moves for the boxers were taken from real footage of boxing moves. The resulting movements are fairly lifelike.

4D Boxing used the digital channel of the Sound Blaster to play the drum track of all the music passages (the remaining 9 FM channels were used for notes). A unique concept that DSI used in a few more games before they were absorbed into EA.