1993 · Boxing · Sports

Greatest Heavyweights

Sega exclusive

Eight World Heavyweight Champs Answer the Bell in this ultimate showdown to decide who's #1! Muhammad Ali, Jack Dempsey, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Evander Holyfield, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, and Floyd Patterson - all in their prime and looking for knockouts! Each Champion looks and boxes in their signature styles. It's Ali's speed against Marciano's power, Holmes' stinging jab versus Frazier's devastating hook!

Released: 25 November 1993
Platforms: Sega Genesis
Genres: Boxing Sports
Developers: —
Publishers: —
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Themes: Non-fiction
Country: United States
Languages: English

About

Greatest Heavyweights is a boxing video game that was published by Sega in 1993 for the Sega Genesis console. It is a follow-up to Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing and is virtually identical in many ways, apart from a number of significant improvements.

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Gameplay

The gameplay of the game is very similar to that featured in Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing. Perhaps the most noticeable improvement is the speed of the game; it is significantly faster than the aforementioned title. The "taunting" feature is also improved; the phrases used are now more varied, because each of the boxers based on real-life fighters have their own set of taunts. Some of them reflect utterances actually spoken by them during their careers. Boxers will now also sometimes taunt their opponents before fights as well as during them.

The game uses an identical 'attributes' system for each boxer to Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing, apart from one change: the attribute "defense" is no longer present. As with Evander Holyfield in the previously mentioned game, the eight real-life fighters have maximum values on all of the attributes featured.