Teleroboxer

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Teleroboxer
Composer(s)
Katsuya Yamano
Platform(s)Virtual Boy
Release
  • JP: July 21, 1995
  • NA: August 14, 1995
Genre(s)Fighting
Mode(s)Single-player

Teleroboxer[a] is a 1995 Virtual Boy video game developed and published by Nintendo. The game is a boxing simulator played in the first-person point of view.

Gameplay and premise

Gameplay screenshot

Teleroboxer is set in the 22nd century, when new types of robots called "Telerobotics" were created by humans. These robots can perfectly imitate the movements of humans and have been controlled and designed by them in order to perform tasks that are not normally achievable by humans. By creating a tournament that pits two of these robots against each other in a sport called teleroboxing, Doctor Edward Maki Jr. has found a way to spark interest in telerobotics. Teleroboxing became very popular all over the world after its conception with everyone believing to be the best. This resulted in the creation of a teleroboxing world championship.

Development

Teleroboxer was originally known as Teleroboxing, and was displayed at the 1994 Consumer Electronics Show.[1] Like all other Virtual Boy games, Teleroboxer uses a red-and-black color scheme and uses parallax, an optical trick that is used to simulate a 3D effect.[2]

Reception

Teleroboxer received mixed to positive reviews. On release,

1UP.com's Neal Ronaghan praised it for its graphics and its gameplay, which he calls intense, but criticized the controls as convoluted.[11] WGRD 97.9 wrote that it was a game that people should "play before they die," noting that it's not the best game ever, but its use of the Virtual Boy's technology makes it interesting.[12]

Nintendo Life's Dave Frear also called it disappointing, though commenting that it gets very easy after players learn the game.[16] Retro Gamer's Stuart Hunt praised its use of the two d-pads and the use of 3D.[17]

Tips & Tricks gave it a rarity rating of two out of 10.[22] Official Nintendo Magazine noted it as the most common Virtual Boy game.[23]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: テレロ ボクサー, Hepburn: Tererobokusā

References

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  10. ^ Chris Kohler (August 13, 2010). "Virtual Boy, Nintendo's Big 3-D Flop, Turns 15". Wired. Archived from the original on January 4, 2013. Retrieved March 11, 2017.
  11. ^ Neal Ronaghan. "A Virtual Boy Retrospective". 1UP. Archived from the original on October 18, 2012.
  12. ^ Ned (September 9, 2014). "Games To Try Before You Die: Teleroboxer (Virtual Boy)". WGRD 97.9. Archived from the original on May 17, 2019. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  13. ^ Patrick Kolan (15 January 2008). "IGN Retro: Virtual Boy's Best Games". IGN. Archived from the original on 2012-02-10. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
  14. ^ Patrick Kolan (14 January 2008). "IGN Retro: Virtual Boy Revisited". IGN. Archived from the original on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-10-21.
  15. ^ Network, All Media. "AllGame - Game Over". www.allgame.com. Archived from the original on 2014-11-14. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  16. ^ "Review: Teleroboxer (Virtual Boy)". Nintendo Life. 5 May 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-07-14. Retrieved 2016-03-24.
  17. ^ Hunt, Stuart (October 26, 2011). "Teleroboxer". Archived from the original on September 8, 2015. Retrieved May 17, 2019.
  18. ^ KR155E. "GameFan (USA) Volume 3 Issue 11 « Magazine Scans « Articles « Planet Virtual Boy". www.planetvb.com. Archived from the original on 2018-03-06. Retrieved 2016-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  19. ^ KR155E. "GamePro (USA) 11/95 « Magazine Scans « Articles « Planet Virtual Boy". www.planetvb.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2016-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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  21. ^ KR155E. "Nintendo Magazine (AUS) 05/95 « Magazine Scans « Articles « Planet Virtual Boy". www.planetvb.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2016-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  22. ^ KR155E. "Tips & Tricks (USA) 02/03 « Magazine Scans « Articles « Planet Virtual Boy". www.planetvb.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-09. Retrieved 2016-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  23. ^ KR155E. "Official Nintendo Magazine (UKV) 01/10 « Magazine Scans « Articles « Planet Virtual Boy". www.planetvb.com. Archived from the original on 2016-04-10. Retrieved 2016-03-24.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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