This was the best video ever on my favorite game of ALL time!

@FridayNightArcade

5 жыл бұрын

That's very kind of you to say - thank you.

@retrogameroom9019

3 жыл бұрын

@@FridayNightArcade I own the gold famicom and gold gold disc system golf if u wanna borrow it for a vid.

@matthewlane518

3 жыл бұрын

The only game I like as well as is punchout wii lol

@joshuahudgins

3 жыл бұрын

No offense but mike tysons is easy i beat him 100s of times. often in the second round.

@billylangley1462

3 жыл бұрын

I never could beat Tyson but I have friends that could

Mike Tysons punchout and Tecmo Superbowl were the best NES games of all time! Masterpieces!!

@anthonyp2506

3 жыл бұрын

Willie Gault was a beast wide receiver.. he would catch everything.. loved Tecmobowl

@kushbreak9295

3 жыл бұрын

Contra, Megaman 2 ,Ninja Gaiden

@anthonyblakejr8442

3 жыл бұрын

No lies detected @ Punchout and Tecmo

@davidprice7162

2 жыл бұрын

Contra, Metroid, and Castlevania, but punch out is way up there. I never played Techmo. Not sure they released it in Australia, or on PAL format at all actually. I'll look it up.

@davidprice7162

2 жыл бұрын

@@kushbreak9295 didn't Ninja Gaiden make you wanna punch a wall and say "mom. Moooooom, I can't beat this damn game. I need help. Do something". That game is harder than cast iron.

I remember the first time I beat Tyson. I was 12 years old. In my bedroom, lights turned off and beat him by decision on a 15 inch black & white TV.

@CrabJock

3 жыл бұрын

Dude, I was 12 too. Most rewarding game win ever.

@mikehoncho5488

3 жыл бұрын

0073735963 I beat him only 2 twice but use that to help

@Kimmo788

3 жыл бұрын

I don't remember my age, but i did beat Tyson 2 times. At first by decision and second time with tko. Tko was witnessed by my friend.

@bigblue2723

3 жыл бұрын

Lol yup

@peaceonearth351

3 жыл бұрын

It was memorable when I beat Tyson. In the end, it said something like having the fastest fingers.

What makes it so great? The dopamine hit of finally pulling off the timings, and the "secret knowledge" of knowing the patterns and combos. The "secrets" were traded like hot commodities in junior high hallways back in the '80s!

@FridayNightArcade

5 жыл бұрын

Damn right lol.

This game was and still is one of the best games on the NES. It was cleverly designed for the limitations the NES had. All time classic.

@timothyl8237

3 жыл бұрын

What about the Three Stooges

You didn't mention that Tyson would wink before he threw a punch. Just dodge to the winking side then counterpunch. I remember being ecstatic when I finally beat him

@SSNESS

2 жыл бұрын

Every chocolate is useless

@mrnoneofurbusiness7942

2 жыл бұрын

he only blinks when throwing jabs after 1:30 in the first round. the hard thing is surviving his one hit ko uppercuts until then.

@arthuriscooldude

2 жыл бұрын

@@mrnoneofurbusiness7942 he winks on round 2 or round 3

@johndavis1199

Жыл бұрын

@@mrnoneofurbusiness7942 facts @ 14:13 this guy said Tyson had no pattern. Yes he did once you survived the onslaught on 1 hitter quitters after the 1st 90 seconds.

For those who weren't here, if you were a kid in the 80's, you were one of the luckiest people to ever live

@robertmoore4424

3 жыл бұрын

Yep I had this game as a kid and I played the arcade one

@sithsoldier98

3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir

@ACEDIAMOND666

3 жыл бұрын

I was born in 1977....I am a lucky man....

@rogeranimates3357

3 жыл бұрын

My classmates: But but there is no tik tok

@rogeranimates3357

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah they’d be like who watches SpongeBob on a game boy advance

Little known fact: 'Doc' Louis's real first name is Stanley, and years later left training boxers to settle down in Scranton, PA to become a sales representative at an upstart paper company

@kevintatum4310

3 жыл бұрын

😂

@garybellefonte954

3 жыл бұрын

Joe's actual name is James and also followed suit to work at this same company

When I beat Tyson as a 10 year old kid I remember it being one if the best days of my young life to that point. I got it for Christmas and me, my brother, and friends played it for weeks before finally beating the game Patience is KEY on that guy!

@pdarn27

3 жыл бұрын

Same here. Got it for Christmas and would play it throughout Christmas break into the the wee hours of the morning. I believe it took me until the end of February to finally beat Tyson.

@doaaelkady6539

Жыл бұрын

Tyson he knows how to unleash hell like biting Evander Holyfields ears. Btw it took me a month 1/2 to beat Mike Tyson

@edstar83

Жыл бұрын

Same

I remember beating Tyson for the first time. I was at a friends house and after beating Iron Mike, ran outside and yelled at the top of my lungs. Great memories and one of the best games ever!!

@SSNESS

Жыл бұрын

Most chocolates are useless

I beat Mike Tyson on Dec 31, 1999. As we all thought the world was going to end my 17-year-old self thought it to be a great idea to make sure I beat Mike Tyson before Y2k. Starting around Thanks Giving I picked the game up again and started playing with the goal to beat him before the new year. I accomplished the feat with only a few hours remaining. This is my second favorite game. Second only to Tecmo Bowl.

To this day, Sandman and I are arch enemies

@Thumper770

3 жыл бұрын

Super Macho Man for me.

@mr.lincoln2753

3 жыл бұрын

Glass joe for me.

@LITMOVIESCENES

3 жыл бұрын

i cant beat sandman..tysons easier

@redbelly952

3 жыл бұрын

I agree. Sandman should have been final boss. Too unpredictable

@rogeranimates3357

3 жыл бұрын

Going to be honest macho man is one of the easiest bosses in the game in my opinion

It was 1989, I was 12 years old, playing this game in my friends basement. We passed the controller Back-and-forth but as long as you kept beating opponents you kept playing. We got to Tyson and after several attempts, I was able to beat him! It was awesome.

@LeeBo318

3 жыл бұрын

Even though I was only 6 at that time, but yeah, those were the good old days....

@---zc4qt

3 жыл бұрын

Why is almost everyone 12 when they beat Tyson for the first time?

@Heater23

3 жыл бұрын

@@---zc4qt I think because that’s the right age to be able to do it. To be honest, looking back I’m surprised I had enough patience & focus to pull it off. I don’t have too many fish stories about gaming in my youth because I lost interest in most games before I could see them through but this one was for real.

@michaelpetrovich5353

Жыл бұрын

​@@---zc4qt i was 10

Tyson has a pattern. All the characters do.

@GrandpaFatmouth

3 жыл бұрын

He had a couple routines he would go through, but usually fall back to one.

@thunderclees24

3 жыл бұрын

Sort of. He has a pattern with certain time in each round, but within each of those sequences the punches come at random. Each play through is different. Me and a buddy would count punches thrown in each sequence, sometimes the punches were -1 or -2, depending on your counter attacks. Not only that, the time between punches would vary as well, sometimes 3 seconds, sometimes fractionally less.

@valta5063

3 жыл бұрын

@@thunderclees24 that’s what I mean more less.

@charleskosiek5864

3 жыл бұрын

He would start to weaken after Round 1. In rd 3 his upper cuts would no longer 1 hit no you and he would take more hits. I've beaten him a few times

@charleskosiek5864

3 жыл бұрын

Ko

In Mike Tysons Punch-Out, the bane of my existence was Mr. Sandman.

@jmuhr8952

3 жыл бұрын

Glad I’m not the only one. Never was able to beat Mr. Sandman.

@RickGamesNow

3 жыл бұрын

@@jmuhr8952 I think I only ever beat him once. Luckily, I had the code for Tyson. Lol

@GabrielCruz85301

3 жыл бұрын

Sandman was EASY! Super Macho Man was WAY HARDER THEN Mike Tyson!

@RickGamesNow

3 жыл бұрын

@@GabrielCruz85301 I thought Super Macho Man was super easy, Barely an inconvenience. Lol

@LITMOVIESCENES

3 жыл бұрын

i still try and cant beat him

This is one of the best video games that I ever played

Tip: To beat Don Flamenco easily, the first time around, just use Left/Right punching combos to the head and he'll KO after the second knock down.

@ptrushtv2317

5 жыл бұрын

i remeber doc telling you this "use the 1, 2" something like that. i didnt get it..

@NYCHeavyHitz212

3 жыл бұрын

@@ptrushtv2317 that’s how I found out. Luckily I knew what “1,2” meant lol.

@mcnall34

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the hot tip.

@GabrielCruz85301

3 жыл бұрын

Use the 1, 2, once he went down he went for a job, hit the body blow, he goes for the jab, body blow, repeat till he goes down, after his 2nd time down he wont get back up.. 1st round KO..

@nicholasconlon7921

3 жыл бұрын

Adam sandler!!!

Hardcore NES Triathlon: Disarm all Bombs in the TMNT dam level > Get to the end of the Battletoads Turbo Tunnel > Knock Out Tyson

@beyondleftfield4470

3 жыл бұрын

Never played battle toads, but the dam level of TMNT and Tyson on this game, are in fact, hardcore when it comes to achievements nobody can clown you for.

@reeves1982

3 жыл бұрын

I could KO Tyson. As for the other two...psych.

@gravy2142

3 жыл бұрын

sure, when you're done all that, go beat ghosts n goblins

@reeves1982

3 жыл бұрын

@@gravy2142 then try and figure out Castlevania Simon's Quest with no help.

@reeves1982

3 жыл бұрын

RC PRO AM would just loop.

This was probably already noted by someone else, but Mike Tyson does have a pattern. This is how some people have actually beat him with a blindfold on. Great video! Please keep up the fantastic work.

@KhalDrogo76

2 жыл бұрын

Correct, its a long pattern where the others are mostly shorter patterns. Mike has that long set of moves and you really cant even make contact w/him until he's halfway through it

Never been able to beat Mike Tyson sadly, but this is still one of my favourite game great memories.

@moileung

3 жыл бұрын

You can beat him now with emulators. The feature of save/load/rewind button will help you like what it did to me. I finished games I can't back then like Mario, mario2, mario3.

My memory of the game??? First time I tried to star punch Tyson and him upper-cutting me into the stratosphere.

I was able to best Tyson without getting hit when I was a kid. It got to be so easy. 30 years later, my friend tells me he has Mike Tyson's Punch Out. I'm all psyched! He then tells me that NO ONE has ever beat Tyson. I'm like...."Dude...I beat him all the time without even being hit once." He doesn't believe me, so we make a $40 bet. I go over....and.....for the life of me, I cannot get through the first round! My reflexes just aren't the same. Sucked! I had to pay out, not punch out, and I looked like a liar!

@jmthomas3462

3 жыл бұрын

same thing happened to me, but then I realized there was a lag that wasn't there on the original NES with an old CRT TV. Our flat screen TV's have a delay, and that's made even worse by the wireless controller. I finally just went to gamepad only mode on the Wii-U, so I was using the little screen attached to the console controller. It solved both problems and I was able to beat Mike Tyson. Not as easily as when I was a kid, but at the very least my reflexes didn't degrade as much as I initially thought.

@DigiEggz

3 жыл бұрын

To second the previous comment, unless you were playing on a CRT, your chances of performing well were a lot lower. Don't count yourself out just yet!

@lawnboyfreak

3 жыл бұрын

I’d get a CRT and bet him double or nothing.

@audrisampson

Жыл бұрын

Age will do that. I play a lot of Atari 2600 and I know 15yr old me is laughing at me for doing so bad lol.

@gcolombelli

Жыл бұрын

As others pointed out, lag is your biggest enemy. Sure, your reflexes may have gotten slower, you may have forgotten a few timing patterns of the game, but lag will destroy your ability to react. Modern TVs and monitors will usually have at least two frames of lag, wireless controllers, especially Bluetooth ones, not only add lag, but that lag may be variable as well, and if you're playing on a software emulator instead of original hardware, clone hardware or FPGA reimplementation, then there's extra lag in there too. I've seen setups with over 10 frames of added lag over the setup you would have as a kid, between controller, processing and display lag. That will make even easy games a lot harder and hard games may be impossible to beat with all this lag. That said, while I also noticed I've got a lot worse in some types of games as I aged, other games I've got a lot better. Sure, I'm a lot worse at FPS games compared to 20 years ago, but I'm a lot better at racing games now, and the improvement on platformers and shmups are even bigger than than of 25 or 30 years ago.

I was about 13 when I got this game. I played it all the time. I played it so much that I was able to beat every opponent in the first round (including Tyson) without getting hit by any of the other boxers. 30 years later, I played it again with my kids watching and the first time I played it after all those years, I still made it to Tyson and lost in the 3rd round.

@michaelpetrovich5353

Жыл бұрын

Thats still very good fun after 30 years

After all these years I still want to know who Glass Joe beat

@AVatLexus

3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't it Gabby Jay (Super Punch Out)?

@gohanangered9650

3 жыл бұрын

I don't remember who exactly, but i think it was mentioned some where.

@michaelferdinand5229

3 жыл бұрын

Their is actually a documentary about mike Tyson punch out and they ask that question. They even went through all the fighters in game loses and wins to try to come up with a solution of who beat who and figure out who glass joe beat. I don’t remember name of documentary. Do a google search or a search on KZread that’s where I watched it.

@michaelferdinand5229

3 жыл бұрын

@@gohanangered9650 wow we replied to this comment minutes apart. I saw a documentary on game and they mentioned it. I forget name of documentary

@gohanangered9650

3 жыл бұрын

@@michaelferdinand5229 I'll have to look into it.

As a kid, in my prime, I could get to Super Macho Man. These days, at 41, I can't get past Soda Pop.

@InDreamsYourMine

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe it cause our controllers were also in their prime. At 31, my controllers just don't have the response like they did when I was a kid.

@LITMOVIESCENES

3 жыл бұрын

u need to get quicker brain and hands

@InDreamsYourMine

3 жыл бұрын

@@LITMOVIESCENES I don't need quicker hands and brain, need a new controller. Mine is showing it's age and sometimes doesn't respond, you have to tap the button again.

@fugetabouit6591

3 жыл бұрын

I'm in my 40's and beat the game..took hard practice but beat it several times. Goodtimes for sure.

@mr.bgilliam4022

3 жыл бұрын

When soda goes down to hit you with his upper cut, tap down twice to cover your face with both gloves, this will cause him to pause.. then hit him with a body blow and you get the star thing… then when throws another punch duck it and hit him one time and then hit him with a power punch for an instant KO, repeat this 2 more times for a TKO

Great video! I also think this is a pretty much perfect game. My Mike Tyson story (you asked for it): I tried so hard as a kid to beat this game...and I never could l. I had an ubcle who did it, so I knew it could be done. After not thinoing too much about the game for about 20 years I rebought Nintendo and began rebuilding my collection. One day, at a flea market, there it was...Mike Tyson's smiling face taunting me. Reminding me I had unfinished business with this game that I could never finish. So, I picked it up for the few dollars on the price tag and off I went. I played this game every day for about two or three weeks getting quickly past the forst fights, struggling a bit with some of the harder guys (Bald Bull, Sandman, Soda Pop, and of course Macho Man) but worked my way through them all. I fought Tyson relentlessly, getting canvassed enough times to put a real person permanently comatose. After many tries, I finally got good enough to take the win by decision....but that wasn't good enough. I wanted a knockout victory, so after plenty more losses I finally pulled it off. I knocked out Mike Tyson and was able to (semi)retire that game. I still might play it once in a great while but beating Tyson...you better practice up and bring your 'A' game. Thankss for reading my story. Hope it entertained you. And should you decide to go for the W.V.B.A belt, Good Luck, you'll need it!

I beat Mike Tyson pretending I had the flu. 3 straight days home from school.

@livefreeprintguns

3 жыл бұрын

So 3 days of video games and ice cream? ggwp.

@yogidemis8513

3 жыл бұрын

I remember playing sick just to stay home from school for a few days just to play Final Fantasy. About a week after I was "Better" I actually got the flu and I was down for about a week. I was so sick I couldn't even focus on playing.

@path4514

3 жыл бұрын

Man I remember playing sick.i cut my game on and didnt know my mama was all the way gone.she made me put my clothes on and go to school.dang

@LeeBo318

3 жыл бұрын

@@path4514 🤣😂🤣😂🤣...dang bro, you should have done the "5 more minutes routine" to yourself.

Came across this video by absolute happenstance, and I stayed for the whole thing! You're professionalism and enthusiasm were absolutely refreshing. Well done!

Really enjoyed the longer format of this video hope to see similar stuff in the future

@FridayNightArcade

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you enjoyed it!

Excellent work Aaron. Thank you for the hard work. This vid is the best one yet. Well worth the wait. You did this NES classic some justice.

@FridayNightArcade

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Mike! Glad you enjoyed this one.

Never beat Tyson. I've been playing the game for 20 yrs. Can't do it. Hope your channel continues to grow. Keep up the good work!

@FridayNightArcade

5 жыл бұрын

That's very kind of you to say -thank you.

@fensoxx

5 жыл бұрын

There is a pattern to Mike. It’s been thirty something years but I used to beat him all the time. After this video I’m going to have to fire it back up and see if it comes back to me!!

@TheBrewdonkey

3 жыл бұрын

I never beat him either and I had the game when it originally came out on NES. I got close... so close... but never pulled it off without cheats.

@rustymertz

3 жыл бұрын

I beat him once. I felt on top of the world and crazy accomplished. My mom still made me clean the dog shit out of the yard shortly after.

@dougwendt5266

3 жыл бұрын

@@FridayNightArcade I agree there is a pattern, it took me a long night, but after you figure it out and beat him you can continue to do so like the other opponents.

I’m 45 and I don’t think I ever beat Mike! I always loved this game!

The taunting in this game is absolutely hilarious.

I had no idea this was originally an arcade machine. Nor did I realize a gold version of this existed and I don't doubt it's coveted among collectors. I spent so much time mastering that body blow to take down Bull when I was a kid! But no, I can't honestly say I was ever able to take Tyson down. I can't remember many explicit memories, but I can say the music in this game is some of my favorite of all time. Awesome video, dude :)

@FridayNightArcade

5 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!

Here's a trick a lot of folks don't know. When fighting most opponents, if you simply push the UP button the opponent will raise their gloves to block high, then you can hit them with a body blow. This works great on Piston Honda.

One of my favorites. I pull it out almost every time I go on an NES binge. One thing I remember was seeing the commercial for the Power Glove where the player knocks out the TV with an uppercut, and being disappointed when I finally got to play with a Power Glove at a friend’s house.

I did beat Mike Tyson as a kid... After hours and days of practice... And the cheat code that took you straight to him... I got to the point where I could beat him semi consistently... Don't think I could do it now though, it's been too many years. I can still blow through super punch out with a perfect record which I still see as a pretty good accomplishment...

Love this Game! In my prime i knocked out Tyson in the second Round! Great video! 😎

Such a fantastic feeling as a kid finally beating Tyson! This was one of my favorite games on the Nintendo!

Dude, fantastic video that just flew by. I have fond memories of not being able to beat this game 😂. It's amazing that people are still finding secrets and strategies to games this old. Warms my heart. I really enjoyed this. Great script, well-researched, edited, and that voice over is buttery smooth.

@FridayNightArcade

3 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks man! I love your show.

overwhelmed with nostalgia...thank you.

Man I hope cancel culture never plays Great Tiger

@RatatRatR

3 жыл бұрын

The entire game would basically get torn apart nowadays for racism

Great music, characters that’ll be remembered for a long time, and a heck of a great game! This is the first video I’ve seen from your channel, and you’ve earned my sub! Keep up the good work dude!

@FridayNightArcade

5 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for checking out the show!

I had to play this game for years to beat him. My little brother was watching when I beat Mike Tyson. The legend never dies

Mike Tyson the hardest boss fight ever? Hahahaha. That's a joke, right? Shit was and still is easy. Able to knock his ass out in the first round TKO. Sandman was the hardest in the game.

Beating Tyson was one of the best memories of my childhood.

I'm almost 50. Still love OG NES games. Play them still here and there

Also in the beginning of the match his uppercut punches that take one hit to knock you down if you pay attention his whole body flashes before he throws the punch and after you get past those uppercut punches he goes through a stage of winking a eye at you before throwing a hook punch... once you get his timing down he's like eating a piece of cake...lol

I still remember with great anticipation and excitement buying this game back then. I promptly called my friend who gave me the codes for the characters. After some practice I could handidly defeat all opponents except Mike Tyson. I recall making it to the decision but never winning the decision. He seemed impossible at first. That flash he would do before a punch initially triggers the player to dodge prematurely which then causes you to get hit and Tyson knocks you down with just one powerful blow. If you can survive long enough he wears down a bit and becomes less "impossible" but at first he seems impossible with his one punch lighting fast knock down blows. Was a great game!

I knew Deadly Towers theme on that first note. How many years have passed but all of it came back in a flash.

I LOVE this game, such awesome memories as a kid and while I wasn't skilled enough to get to Tyson as a kid, still loved this game a ton. Awesome video

I would play this everyday after school in 4th grade from glass Joe to Tyson until I could knock him out. This game is one of my favorites of all time.

I remember back when I was 11 or so( late 90s at this point), I had finally beaten Tyson. It was my greatest gaming achievement and could still be. I've never been as excited to beat something as I was that day.

This is the greatest cheap I've learned when I was a kid Mike Tyson will blink before he punches

i had one i figured out back then.. when super macho man raises his arm to do the spin go ahead and dodge right once .. hold briefly then tap right when you see the punch come at you for twice. it does a couple things. makes the dodge faster by already being over and back then just standing there. also improves timing but it helps your nerves. standing in pause to wait for his macho spin will answer doom. so dodge once right when he raises his arm .. hold wait and then and again for each time he comes at you for each spin and youll miss them all. it makes the timing work somehow.

I love this game and I still play it. I have my original copy. Whenever some friends are invited I just launch it to challenge them and it's always a lot of fun. Some games were just that good, even 30 years later it still brings fun times! Great video man. makes me want to fire it up again.

Man....I remember Great Tiger....only after talking to my friend at school did I learn his tell! Great video by the way, glad youtube suggested your channel, you gained a sub!

Biggest Tyson fight tip. After dodging, immediately push the opposite direction to come back to middle fast enough to get a punch in

This game was/is just the best. I played it hours and hours and could never beat Mike Tyson. Even getting to him was tough.

Great video. Mike Tyson’s Punch Out is actually my all time favorite video game, and I’ve indeed beaten Tyson many times, the first one around age 11 and I can still do it today. He actually does have some patterns that can be exploited, although they may not be apparent at first. In the first round, the first 1:30 is tough as a single punch will knock you down. But it’s all uppercuts, so just look to dodge them and get in a quick punch to the face after each dodge. The rest of the round he throws all body blows - dodge these too, try to get in a punch to the face after each dodge, and if you land enough of them you can even knock him out at least once in the first round. He then opens the second round with a flurry of forward punches - block all of these until you turn purple, and he’ll then swing at you with either a body blow or uppercut. Dodge these until you get your regular color back. The rest of the second round he mostly throws body blows mixed in with the occasional uppercut. Just dodge each of these and again punch him in the face after each dodge. Uppercuts can be a little unexpected, but he always throws them back to back, so if you see him throw an uppercut (which hopefully you can dodge and then start face-punching him), his next punch will always again be an uppercut - they always come in pairs. The only other unexpected punching pattern he’ll probably do at some point in this round is another flurry of forward punches. But this time you can block each one and start punching him in the face in between, on each of those punches. Occasionally too you’ll get a star in this round, and when you do, use it immediately after you next punch him for a big hit. If you get all this stuff down, it’s definitely possible to knock him out three times and TKO him in the second round. But if you don’t, it’s onto the third round. Here, he basically fights like he does in the second round with a few exceptions - no flurry of punches at the beginning of the round, and while he still mostly tries to hit you with body blows, he mixes in more pairs of uppercuts along with them. It’s definitely possible to TKO him here too, and if the fight goes the distance, I think you need 5000 points to win by decision. (Not sure if it’s possible to outright KO him here - I usually win by TKO.) And avoiding knockdowns is of course important too - I don’t think the game lets you get up (no matter how fast you mash on the buttons) if he knocks you down more than once in the 3rd round. Well, there’s the strategy (at least this is what works for me)…hopefully the rest should just come with practice.

I remember getting this game when I was 13. It took me a while to beat Tyson but after that I didn't feel he was that hard to beat. He blinks right before his jab & any punch you take from Tyson will knock you down. Great Memories!

I’ve owned this game since I was a kid in the late 80’s. I didn’t beat Mike Tyson until I was 39 years old. And that’s only because me and a friend challenged each other to beat him, which we eventually both did.

I wish there was more games like punchout. Through my life i finished all of them. Greetings from Germany

I’m glad that you corrected “frantically tapping” into “mashing”. When I first heard that mentioned a little voice in my head started screaming “THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS TAPPING IN THIS GAME!”

You and me both, man -- I also grew up with this one at a bowling alley. My mom was in a bowling league and often she'd have to bring my brother and I along, and we'd have to kill time there, and usually that was spent either selecting songs on the jukebox, or playing arcade games, or both! They only had 3-4 arcade cabinets there, but they'd rotate the ones out that weren't as popular, and so there was always at least 1-2 new cabinets every time we went -- but Punch Out stayed around for a VERY long time!

First time I ever played this game I barely won by decision against Glass Joe and then promptly got my ass handed to me by Von Kaiser. It would take years of playing but eventually I got to a point where I could beat every boxer in the game, except Iron Mike himself. To this day I've still never beaten him. But some of my fondest memories playing NES with my friends as a kid center around this game. One of my all-time favorites on the console. Thanks for the awesome trip down memory lane with the great video and stay safe out there!

I was the first kid in my school to beat Mike Tyson, I remember I did it on Superbowl Sunday 1988 (Washington vs Denver) I had gotten it for Christmas and completed it in a month. I remember the key was that the lines in Tyson's body would flash white when he was about to punch you. Also, there was a way to come back from a dodge faster ( I forget how now, but I think it involved pressing up during a dodge, or the opposite way you dodged). So you had to do the fast dodge whenever he flashed white and then quickly jab him in the face. The more you did it, you would collect stars, and then you could use the star super uppercut whenever you got a quick window. You usually got 2-3 face punches at a time if you successfully dodged his punch, so use 2 regular and then the star uppercut. Just keep chipping at him that way to reduce his damage bar. It works, you just have to do a lot of things right in a row without getting knocked out. It was never easy but I did it many times for awhile.

Hearing the theme song brought tears to my eyes!😂 No cap! I'm an 80s baby and we grew up playing this! ❤ Those were the good old days! Nintendo and Sega! Contra, Metroid, Sonic, Excite Bike, Duck Hunt, Mortal Combat, Street Fighter, the list goes on!!!!! 😂😪

Really good in-depth episode. I enjoyed it!

It was at my local laundromat for me. Plus I remember those two strange punching glove style controllers.

Saw your channel as an ad on another video. Glad I didn’t skip it😊

@FridayNightArcade

5 жыл бұрын

Hey thanks for stopping by!

It has been more years than I want to admit, but I still have unfinished business with Mr. Tyson and the original Castlevania NES iteration of the count himself. I was only able to beat Macho Man once in many attempts back in the day. I can't imagine doing it with the lag of an emulator and LCD, but that is way I bought an AV Famicom and a Famicom N8 cartridge (as well as an original NES copy of the game).

I agree I was so addicted to this game. Still one of the best boxing games ever.

So many memories playing this classic still can't beat this game but it's a masterpiece

Listen to the music pattern, When a certain note hits, tyson does a delayed uppercut, and certain notes mean fast ones. block then bodyblow tyson's opening 2nd round punches for stars.

Oh man, I remember all of this including the arcade "Body blow, body blow!" I loved the scaling and stupidly huge sized sprites in the late 1980's (when I played). I had Mike Tyson's Punchout. I was (still am) a huge boxing fan. I miss the sweet science with heavyweight boxers having it out. I didn't know Super Punchout came out in the arcades. I smell a MAME emulation coming on. I have to play it and just like I did many years ago...beat it. I wonder if it has two screens like the first. If so emulating it through a Retrocade might be impossible.

I couldn't beat Mike Tyson as a kid, but about 10 years ago, I FINALLY beat him! It took me 20 tries, but i got him. It was one of the proudest gaming moments of my life. Very hard game to beat. I don't think you said this in the video, but Mike Tyson DOES have a tell. He flashes right before he uppercuts....but he is so fast, you really have to be super super focused and BE the game. You have to react with lightning speed. He is very hard, but he is beatable. Like I said....I did it. This is one of my favorite games of all time and will remain one of my favorites forever.

I remember going to one of my friends houses to play this on his family's 50 inch projection TV all the time. Talk about epic, the fighters on that screen were GIANT!

It's always funny to see people talking about the "secrets" of this game recently... when I was 10 years old I knew this this by hand and when I finally beat the game we all went nuts! Admittedly I was 38 when I finally beat it but still! ;)

As a Gen Z-er, Mike Tyson's Punch Out is the only NES game that doesn't age. I got it a few summers ago, played on my dad's NES like crazy, and it's STILL one of my favorite games. I'm a little sad that I'm so used to every fighter that I know how to beat them all (save for Mike Tyson and Mr. Sandman) with little effort or hassle. This game is the epitome of a struggle turned into a breeze. It's like fighting a lynel for the first time in BoTW, barely beating it, getting better, and never struggling against another enemy again... Except it's a cycle that just keeps on going. It might be the best boss rush game ever released and holds up better than any other NES game. Games like Zelda 1 and 2 have dated controls and design, most platformers (save Contra) are a little too long to be easily replayed without either starting over or using a super annoying password. But not Punch Out.

I remember the release of this game as a kid at our local Walmart! A Nintendo with a plastic security case was used to keep people from stealing it and people were lined plumb out the door wanting to play it!

This game was so great,it forced you to figure out your opponent to beat them. I remember playing this on the Nintendo every day,then on weekends, even staying home from school once(faking sickness😉) to master this as much as possible. Bald Bull and Super Macho Man gave me the hardest time before Tyson. But when I finally learned Mike’s tells,it was game on!! I knew if I made it past the first 90 seconds of the first round, where every punch he throws can knock u down, I’d be aight. You had to knock him out, not ONCE did I ever win in a decision against him. I could knock him down twice each round and he wouldn’t knock me down once…and he’d still win by decision! Lol. This game made me happy, made me nervous,ticked me off and then ultimate euphoria when I finally beat Tyson. Classic game from a legendary decade. 💯

That "slow count" shown for King Hippo is where a normal fighter would be trying to get up, but because part of his gimmick is that he *can't* get back up, there's no audiovisual tell like with everyone else.

This game is still one of my NES favorites. The first time I beat Mike Tyson I was 11 years old. But I was trying to beat the game since I was 6 years old. My mom was the first one in my family that beat Tyson. Nice Video!

Awesome video.truly enjoyed👍🥊

Often try that select trick you mentioned at about 9:00 I think was about right I never heard of that.

Great video. You called the Great Tiger's tiger robe his 'pet tiger'. lol. Like the boy's bird in "Dump and Dumber". Pretty bird.

The reference you made about Mario slow counting, my friend and I thought the same thing when we played that game over 30 years ago.

I had to come back to this video after I just spent almost all day trying to beat Tyson again, and yes, I was using the code to get to him. I have only beaten him once before, and that was in 2004 (17 years after the first time I played the game! ) I beat him again today with a TKO at 2:52 in the 2nd round. My son and I were very excited...my wife, not so much. 🤣 Anyway, I thought I would share. Thank you for the video, it was fun to come back and watch it again.

Bro so spot on and research...delivery 👌❤

I hated when I lost to a fighter, and I had to start the whole game over again. It took me awhile to beat Mike Tyson, and he was probably the only one that I was nervous to fight every time.

11:53 i know that game since it came out in europe, but that face when Bald Bull eat a hit always cracks me up xD or when he just stand and look at you, that crooked look xD

12:05 That slow count is a leftover from the fact that King Hippo can't stand up. The times he went slow are time he would've tried to stand up, but Hippo is programmed to stay down. 14:40 I've beaten Tyson 6 times. It's super hard. You have to REALLY get your shit together to do it. 15:48 The Wii version harkons back to all versions Punch Out, a lovely nostalgia trip. As for Doc Louis' Punch Out, it basically was a tutorial that they should've kept in the full version. I want to fight Doc but can't! Great vid!

@FridayNightArcade

5 жыл бұрын

Whoa, I never knew that about the King Hippo thing. Thanks for sharing!

one of my greatest video game accomplishments, late 80's...played it every day after school for months and months and one day i beat him. fast forward to around 2015 and my buddy and I were playing it again as he picked up a NES.....and once again, we fought Mike night after night this time with beers and bones.....he beat him one night and never again, I still only had my 1 victory from when I was a kid. what a game, one of the best ever made

Some kid in my neighborhood was rumored to have beaten Tyson. He passed into legend at age 12.

@TheJwizard00

3 жыл бұрын

That is what was so amazing with the NES. Being able to finish hard games gave you so much street cred in the 80s. haha

Tyson was VERY tough to beat and I went through THREE controllers before I finally beat him. The way I did it was just dodged (and prayed) for the first 1:30 of each round when he throws those "Dynamite Punches" that floor you in one hit; then you can start mounting some offense. The only pattern I saw with him was that winks either his right or left eye a split second before he throws a punch from that side and if you time it right you can get in some good shots and even earn a star. My strategy might be considered lame but it worked for me and finally getting a TKO on "Iron" Mike after nearly a year of constantly losing--I'd take a month or more off from the game after every defeat, that's why it took me so long--was a feeling I'll never forget.

I beat Mike Tyson between studying for my finals in grad school. It took me about 20 years. One of the greatest moments of my life. I am not sure I have played the game since!

Thank you for the memories. My dad was a huge boxing fan and my sister and I had no problem from dad renting this game back in the nineties. I did beat the game. No cheating...just shear determination.

When I was a kid....probably about 8 or 9, i was obsessed with MTPO & after weeks of playing i legitimately beat him using the NES advantage controller. My parents didn't understand why i was so ecstatic, but if I recall correctly my older cousin had yet to beat it at the time.

This was very good man. Love the channel.

@FridayNightArcade

5 жыл бұрын

That's kind of you to say - thanks.