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Frankly, not as much fun as Activision's Boxing for the Atari 2600. Mattel strove more for simulation than action.

Graphics: 3 Sound: 3 Replay Value: 3 Notes: 2-player game; Easter Egg Screen Shots

This game is OK, but it seems too hard to knock someone out. Lots of different kinds of punches, but the game is hard on the controllers and overlays.

A total of seven Boxing box variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	1819-0810	1980	U.S.A.	Trayless pocket; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	1819-0710-G1	1980	U.S.A.	Trayless pocket; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom
	Mattel Electronics	1819-0510	1980	Hong Kong	French-Canadian; plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel Canada Inc., Toronto, Ontario, Canada on back
	Mattel Electronics	1819-0410	1980	Hong Kong	International version with slots in back for localized manual; submitted by Moonbeam
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	1819-0710	1980	Hong Kong	Plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. on bottom on Lifestyle Electronics sticker (Australia only?)
	Intellivision Inc.	1819	1980	U.S.A.	Standard Intellivision, Inc. box
	Sears	3875-0910	1980	U.S.A.	Trayless pocket; blue game title on top and back; no part number on top

A total of thirteen Boxing manual variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	1819-0920	1980	U.S.A.
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	1819-0920	1980	Hong Kong	NEED CONFIRMATION; Submitted by Hankster
	Mattel Electronics	1819-0720	1980	Hong Kong	French-Canadian; brown artwork
	Mattel Electronics	1819-0720	1980	Hong Kong	French-Canadian; blue artwork
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	1819-0820-G1	1980	Hong Kong	International English-speaking markets?; refers to U.K. address for overlays, game club
	Mattel Electronics	1819-0121	1980	Hong Kong	German version; blue artwork
	Mattel Electronics	1819-0111	1980	Hong Kong	French version from Mattel Electronics France; blue artwork; submitted by Moonbeam
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	PC-1819-0920	1980	U.S.A.	PlayCable version; part number on back
	Intellivision Inc.	1819-0920	None	U.S.A.	Stapled along top edge
Image not available.	Intellivision Inc.	1819-0920	None	U.S.A.	Map-style folding; has 'All rights reserved' on front cover, unlike the staple version
Image not available.	Intellivision Inc.	1819-0920	None	U.S.A.	Map-style folding; has 'All rights reserved' on front cover, unlike the staple version
	Sears	3875-0920	1980	U.S.A.
Image not available.	Digiplay	N/A	1979	Brazil	Mattel/Digiplay edition; © M.I. 1979 on back; submitted by Psycho Stormtrooper

A total of two Boxing overlay variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	mattel	7526-4299	1980	U.S.A.	Was this the original version?; note the unusual part number—and that this version to date has only been found in Intellivision, Inc. copies; were there initially going to be separate overlays for left vs. right?—the numbering pattern hints at such
	mattel	1819-4289-G1	1980	U.S.A.	Standard version of the overlay

A total of six Boxing label variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	None		No origin
	Mattel Electronics	N/A	None	Hong Kong	Origin upper right
	Intellivision Inc.	N/A	1980	U.S.A.	Origin lower right; © I.I. 1980 to left of origin; ™ small, centered vertically on right edge; smaller label, rounded corners
Image not available.	Intellivision Inc.	N/A	1980		Date lower right; no copyright, origin; larger label, square corners; submitted by Hankster
	Intellivision Inc.	N/A	None		No origin, copyright or date info; larger label, square corners; large bold font for game title
Image not available.	Digiplay	N/A	None		No origin; dark blue label, large with rounded corners; top line reads BOXING in larger font than second line, which is localized to (BOXE); submitted by Psycho Stormtrooper

	Title screen for Boxing.
	Choose your fighter.
	Getting a true knockout punch is quite rare in this game. Or perhaps I'm just horrible at making it happen.

Credit: Joe Zbiciak's post to the intvprog group on Yahoo on 23. March, 2001

Left Controller: Press and hold: two lower action buttons and disk location WNW (7 pos)
Press Reset
Easter Egg: The crowd cheers and the title screen shows:

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