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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 Boxing is hard on the controllers and overlays.

A total of twelve Boxing box variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	1819-0810	1980	U.S.A.	Plastic tray; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom
	Mattel Electronics	1819-0810	1980	U.S.A.	Trayless pocket; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom
	Mattel Electronics	1819-0710-G1	1980	U.S.A.	Trayless pocket; no part number on top; © Mattel, Inc. Hawthorne, CA on bottom
	Mattel Electronics	1819-0810	1980	Hong Kong	Plastic tray; 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
	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
	Intellivision Inc.	1819	1980	U.S.A.	Standard Intellivision, Inc. box, but with a bar code on the bottom flap; contained the 7526-4299 overlay variant and map-style manual
	Sears	3875-0910	1980	U.S.A.	Trayless pocket; blue game title on top and back; no part number on top
	Digiplay	N/A	1980	Brazil	Digiplay version; 'Av. Açaí' address printed on back; localized title (BOXE); Mattel Electronics logo on box; no part number apparent; © Mattel Inc. 1980 on front; trayless pocket; manual and overlays in separate slots
Image not available.	Digiplay	N/A	1980	Brazil	Digiplay version; 'Rua Acará' address printed on back with 'Av. Açaí' sticker; localized title (BOXE); Mattel Electronics logo on box; no part number apparent; © Mattel Inc. 1980 on front; trayless pocket; manual and overlays in separate slots

A total of nineteen Boxing manual variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	1819-0920	1980	U.S.A.
	Mattel Electronics	1819-0920	1980	Hong Kong	Submitted by Hankster
	Mattel Electronics	1819-0920	None		Mysterious version with no origin or date at all; overlay graphic shows "original" part number of 1819-4289
	Mattel Electronics	1819-0720	1980	Hong Kong	French-Canadian; brown artwork
	Mattel Electronics	1819-0720	1980	Hong Kong	French-Canadian; blue artwork; image courtesy of Hankster
	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	1819-0121	1980	Hong Kong	German version; brown artwork; part number upper right; localized title BOXEN
	Mattel Electronics	1819-0161	1980	Hong Kong	Dutch; noted, and image contributed by cmart; need confirmation of part number, other appearance details
	Mattel Electronics	1819-0111	1980	Hong Kong	French version from Mattel Electronics France; blue artwork; submitted by Moonbeam
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	1819-0131	1980	Hong Kong	Italian version; blue artwork; title localized to 'Pugilato'
Image not available.	Mattel Electronics	1819-0131	1980	Hong Kong	Italian version; brown artwork with blue trunks on one boxer; blue lettering; title localized to 'Pugilato'
	Mattel Electronics	PC-1819-0920	1980	U.S.A.	PlayCable version; part number on back
Image not available.	Bandai	1819-	None		Japanese release by Bandai; part number on front cover is incomplete; shows stylized game graphics
	Intellivision Inc.	1819-0920	None	U.S.A.	Stapled along top edge
	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.
	Digiplay	N/A	1982	Brazil	Mattel/Digiplay edition; © M.I. 1979 on back; 'Av. Açaí' address printed on back; submitted by Psycho Stormtrooper; confirmed error on back of some copies: © 1982 TSR HOBBIES, Inc.; manual hints at localized overlays
Image not available.	Digiplay	N/A	1982	Brazil	Mattel/Digiplay edition; © M.I. 1979 on back; 'Rua Acará' address printed on back with 'Av. Açaí' sticker

Supplemental Materials

The following supplemental materials have been found for Boxing.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Intellivision Inc.	N/A	None		Supplement included in some Intellivision, Inc. / INTV Corp. copies that did not have overlays (seen in other games as well)

A total of six Boxing overlay variants have been documented.

Image	Vendor	Part Number	Year	Origin	Description
	Mattel Electronics	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 Electronics	1819-4289-G1	1980	U.S.A.	Standard version of the overlay
	Digiplay	1819-4289-G1	None		Standard version of the overlay, but no copyright information; found in Digiplay releases
Image not available.	Digiplay	1819-4289-G1	None		Localized version of the overlay
	Phil Boland	49 75221	1980	U.S.A.	Part of the Sears Super Video Arcade Overlay Set (2013)
	Intellivision Productions	N/A	2014	U.S.A.	Part of the Supplemental Overlay Pack for Intellivision Flashback

A total of seven 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
	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
	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
	Phil Boland	N/A	None		Part of the Sears Super Video Arcade Overlay Set (2013)

	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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