Boxing for the Atari 2600 captures the thrill and stress of the ring in surprisingly simple yet effective fashion. You play as either a white stickman or a black stickman, and you have three difficulty modes, practice, easy and hard.

The knock outs

• The game really makes you feel stressed and on edge, one bad move and you can go from dominating the match to losing quite badly.
• The game has a simple combo system of timed hits, if you time your hits perfectly you can make your opponent bounce between your fists, allowing you to hit them several times.
• The game allows you to win or lose by knockout (Someone scores 100 points) or by decision (If time runs out, whoever has the most points win).
• The graphics are simple but memorable, they are just shapes but the animation of the punches are very well made and fluid despite being only 4 kilobytes.

The countdown

• The game can get brutal in no time. One missed punch and there is no way to recover if you are already losing.
• It has no content other than fightning against the AI, another player or practice mode.

Overall.

A very solid Atari game, fun and challenging for a short time.