Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing (1985)

Game author(s): John F. White, Tony R. Porter, W.C.R. Allen, Troy Lyndon, Doug Barnett

Publisher: Gamestar

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Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing is a sports simulation game released in 1985. The title was published by Gamestar and developed by a team consisting of John F. White, Tony R. Porter, W.C.R. Allen, Troy Lyndon, and Doug Barnett.

The game is an action-oriented boxing simulation designed for a single player. It features support for AY sound and offers flexible controls, including Kempston joystick, Interface 2, and cursor keys.

Beyond the ZX Spectrum, the game was also released for Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, and Thomson MO/TO platforms.

The game holds an average magazine review score of 79.20 percent. Critical reception varied, ranging from a 54 percent score in Crash to a perfect 5 out of 5 rating in Sinclair User.

In Russia, the game became well-known due to numerous TR-DOS versions released by groups such as Delta Ltd, Flash Inc, and CyberPunks Unity. Cracked cassette versions from teams like AK Soft and Coyote Software were also available.

Found 4 cracked versions (releases) of the game