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{| align="right" valign="top"|{{Infobox Game|Image = [[Image:Activision barry mcguigan world championship boxing cover.jpg|thumbcentre|Cover of 300px|Coverscan]]|Developer = R.R. Porter & J.F. White|Publisher = [[Activision|Gamestar]]|Musician = W.C.R. Allen|Release = [[:Category:Games 1986|1986]]|Platform = [[Amstrad CPC|CPC]], [[Commodore 64|C64]], [[ZX Spectrum]]|Genre = [[:Category:Sports|Sports (Boxing)]]|GameModes = 1-2 Player (Simulatenous)|Controls = {{Keyboard}} {{Joystick}}|Media = {{Disk}} {{Tape}}|Language = {{EN}}|Info = }}|}''Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing'' is a [[Category:Boxing|boxing]] game where, with the help of training and strategy as well as keyboard bashing, you must build your boxing career from humble rookie to World Champion.
== ''Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing'Inlay Text' is a boxing game where you with the help of training and strategy, as well as keyboard bashing, must build your boxing career. '' ==
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| Title[[Image: activision_barrymcguigan_screen1.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Loading screen]]|[[Image:activision_barrymcguigan_screen2.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Create a Boxer]]|[[Image:activision_barrymcguigan_screen3.jpg|left|thumb|200px|At Training Camp]] <br style="clear:both;"/>|}{| '''Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing'''
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| Company[[Image: activision_barrymcguigan_screen4.jpg|left|thumb|200px|Duking it out in the Ring]] <br style="clear:both;"/>| }== '''Videos''' == None == '''Ratings''' == Generally considered to be the best boxing game on the [[ActivisionCPC]] at the time of release, Barry McGuigan was praised from pretty much all sources. ''[[Amstrad Action]]'' enjoyed the game enough to make it a Rave and the reviewer enthused that he was so excited on winning his first match that he "roused the rest of the office from their cider induced torpor." ''[[Amtix]]'' awarded the game it's Accolade status and stated that it had to be one of the best sports simulations on the Amstrad knocking the other boxing games available at that time for six. ''[[Amstrad Computer User|ActivisionACU]]'' never got around to reviewing the game when it came out at first but they did pick it up as part of an overview of fighting games on the machine a year later - and showed that they were somewhat impressed with the game declaring it to be "still the best boxing game around". {|{{Prettytable|width: 700px; font-size: 2em;}}|AA:||[http://cpcoxygen.fxwebdevelopment.com/aa_depot/003JS.html Issue 05 (Feb '86)]||Page 54-55||86%
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| TypeAmtix: | Sports/Boxing|Issue 04 (Feb '86)||Page 16-17||93%
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| YearACU: | 1985|Issue 24 (Nov '86)||Page 63||No Rating
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== Gallery '''Cheat Mode''' == ===Hints & Tips===*1. So far we've discovered two good "overall" strategies. You can try to win the fight by hurting your opponent to the point of knockout. Or you can throw lots of jabs and hooks (which aren't tiring) and try to win by points. This strategy requires that you have an excellent defence or you won't make it to the end of the fight.*2. Notice the way your opponents throw punches. Some fighters throw more when they're INSIDE. Some hit more when they are OUTSIDE. You should be able to use this pattern to your best advantage.*3. A good defensive strategy, if you are INSIDE and in COVERUP is to push FIRE. Your boxer will throw an uppercut and go right back to COVERUP.*4. Use the jab as a distance gauge. If you're sure the fighters are in range but aren't sure that they are INSIDE throw a jab. If if misses (and it wasn't blocked) you need to push FIRE because the boxers are definately INSIDE.*5. If you see your opponent has a lot of STAMINA you'll have to hit him with crosses and body shots to bring it down.*6. Remember, points are scored every time you hit the other boxer. Often, the boxer who punches more hits more; so he scores more points. But he may also miss more and even get knocked out, so be careful because a KNOCKOUT always wins over points. == '''Prequels / Sequels''' == None == '''Compilations & Re-releases''' == * Re-released by [[Mastertronic|Mastertronic Plus]] in 1989* Appeared on the following Compilations** [[Star Games One]] (1987)** [[Game, Set and Match]] (1987)** [[Big Box]] (1991) == '''Trivia''' == *Endorsed by former Featherweight World Champion Barry McGuigan. == '''Downloads & Materials''' == <gallery caption="Barry McGuigan World Championship Boxing"> Image:Activision barry mcguigan world championship boxing cover.jpg|Original ReleaseImage:Barry_McGuigan's_World_Championship_Boxing_(Mastertronic+).jpg|Budget Re-ReleaseImage:Barry McGuigan's World Championship Boxing (Advert).jpg|AdvertImage:Barry McGuigan's World Championship Boxing (ACU).JPG|ACU Review </gallery>
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