game
icon
title King of Boxer (English)
set name kingofb
manufacturer Woodplace
year 1985
genre Sports (hof)
category Sports / Boxing (hof)
driver status good
driver source kingobox.c
snapshots MW: in game / CT: in game | title / EJ: in game
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rating

66.7% after 39 votes
 
clones Ring King (US set 1)
Ring King (US set 2)
Ring King (US set 3)
Ring King (US, Woodplace license)
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display
colour emulation good
palette 272
display type raster
orientation vertical
resolution 224x256
frequency 60.000000Hz
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sound
sound emulation good
channels mono
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controls
players 2
nplayers 2P alt
controls 8 way joystick
buttons 3
coin slots 1
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hardware
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
cpu Z80 @ 4MHz
audio AY-3-8910A @ 1.5MHz
audio DAC
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data
version added .034b05
last change(s) .106u12
roms
name size crc set flags sha1
d09_22.bin  16384  6220bfa2  kingofb    cb329406ed07b71f9d2c40fc6c2c196daaa56fc8 
e09_23.bin  16384  5782fdd8  kingofb    6c8c1114ce7863f9e8331796e2c5fb4928904b55 
b09_21.bin  16384  3fb39489  kingofb    cddd939cb57bb684427cf5c8538ad0e9f8f4586d 
j09_dcr.bin  8192  379f4f84  kingofb    c8171e15fe243857b6ca8f32c1cc09f12fa4c07c 
f05_18.bin  16384  c057e28e  kingofb    714d8f14d55a070efcf205f8946269181bf2198b 
h05_19.bin  16384  060253dd  kingofb    9a24fc6aca64262e935971f96b3a103df9711f20 
j05_20.bin  16384  64c137a4  kingofb    e38adeb19e24357cc5581f0a3097c1d24914e25c 
vd15_13.bin  8192  e36d4f4f  kingofb    059799b04a7d3e02c1a7f9a5b878d06afef305df 
vb01_01.bin  16384  ce6580af  kingofb    9a94c681d4c54ca6c2f41ba1e51c61f54e844c77 
vb04_03.bin  16384  cf74ea50  kingofb    9b0bdf636f9b31e6c7074d606d431a849a51e518 
vb07_05.bin  16384  d8b53975  kingofb    52ad0b26fef7bb20d1bf953c5ebd519656682bac 
vb03_02.bin  16384  4ab506d2  kingofb    8c293d38429a1462f49462d623c47c402e3372f0 
vb05_04.bin  16384  ecf95a2c  kingofb    b93d0ebdbde9311194a91fb3d6e5d5f33cc87e9d 
vb08_06.bin  16384  8200cb2b  kingofb    c9e66027d796dd523eddf378d0e9a62ebcc8f6c8 
vd01_07.bin  8192  3d472a22  kingofb    85a2e25cee8f85ac0d2ee12f60f97e26539ebd52 
vd04_09.bin  8192  cc002ea9  kingofb    194aa60809c2ae12be2d7533170988e47549c239 
vd07_11.bin  8192  23c1b3ee  kingofb    8a8a187920243f3d3870a2fa71b0f6494e53107a 
vd03_08.bin  8192  d6b1b8fe  kingofb    6bbe02a0a9e080f3ed3c32d64afb81905b42082f 
vd05_10.bin  8192  fce71e5a  kingofb    a68ad30e8e207d24bc5543dcbcbc3e39260b6cc5 
vd08_12.bin  8192  3f68b991  kingofb    487e7d793fe6c1dbecd5f54f790105bbb44a21de 
vb14_col.bin  256  c58e5121  kingofb    2e6658e24c183d8dacf4ff84a38060e57d11f265 
vb15_col.bin  256  5ab06f25  kingofb    f5e0aabf40ce6d11771e0678fea248abd5b95b3c 
vb16_col.bin  256  1171743f  kingofb    ddfce0ff213381a2fc94337681e599cb28db840c 
pal12h6-vh02.bin  52  6cc0fdf2  kingofb    12eef0d49def671aa7dbb4cce91cfbe40697dcea 
pal14h4-vh07.bin  60  7e59d45a  kingofb    4a900e424c9edc9f8664f935edccbe4b4759188a 
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cabinet art
marquee kingofb.png
control panel kingofb.png
PCB kingofb.png
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additional information
info 0.34b5 [Ernesto Corvi]

Bugs:
  • kingofb, ringkin3, ringkinw: The "game over" Screen in king of boxer is not displayed correctly. Quicks (ID 00494)
  • Clone ringkin3: Show Japanese text in VS screen (due to corrupt dump?). J.J.Boy (ID 02164)
WIP:
  • 0.123u2: Changed palettesize to 272 colors.
  • 0.122u4: Robiza fixed weird sprite priority problems (kingofb37b6gre).
  • 0.106u12: MASH added plds ($0, 100 - pal12h6-vh02.bin and pal14h4-vh07.bin) to King of Boxer (English).
  • 0.95: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added proper PROM decoding for Ring King (Woodplace license).
  • 0.93u2: Pierpaolo Prazzoli added clone Ring King (US, Woodplace license). Added missing gfx3 rom ($a000) to clone (US set 3).
  • 24th May 2001: Guru fixed the clone ringkin2 machine definition for it to work properly.
  • 0.35fix: Fixed proms in clones Ring King (set 1), (set 2) and (set 3).
  • 0.35RC1: Removed clone 'King of Boxer (Japanese?)'.
  • 0.35b13: Added clone Ring King (set 2). Renamed (ringkin2) to (ringkin3).
  • 0.34RC1: Dave W. added hiscore save in King of Boxer.
  • 0.34b5: Ernesto Corvi added King of Boxer (English) (Woodplace 1985) and clones King of Boxer (Japanese?), Ring King (set 1) and Ring King (set 2). Due to a missing color PROM, Ring King colors are wrong. ringkin2 uses the King of Boxer PROMs, but they are probably wrong. One of the ringkin2 gfx ROMs is bad.
LEVELS: 10 (endless)

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King of Boxer

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Vs. TKO Boxing

Final Blow

The Final Round

Success Joe

Pound for Pound

Title Fight

Top Ranking Stars

Best Bout Boxing

Funky Head Boxers

Romset: 257 kb / 25 files / 125.3 zip
history King of Boxer (c) 1985 Woodplace.

A boxing game.

- TECHNICAL -

Main CPU : (3x) Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 4 Mhz)
Sound Chips : AY8910 (@ 1.5 Mhz), DAC

Screen orientation : Vertical
Video resolution : 224 x 256 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 264

Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3

- TRIVIA -

This game is known in US as "Ring King".

The song that is heard playing when you enter your name into the high score list is 'Baby Elephant Walk', written by Henry Mancini, from the movie 'Hatari'.

- SOURCES -

Game's rom.
resource links view in MAWS
view in CAESAR
view high score and replay at MARP
view in Progetto EMMA (Italian)
view in arcade-history.com
view in GameFAQs
view in KLOV
view in VGMuseum Gamepics
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cheats
cheats
code comments
00000000:C190:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Time
00000001:C190:0000003B:FFFFFFFF  Finish this Round Now!
00000000:C059:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Infinite Energy
20A00000:3A44:00C0093A:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility:This cheat has not been fully tested, if you encounter any problems or you've finished the game with no problems please post on the cheat forums
20810000:3A49:000000D8:FFFFFFFF  Invincibility (2/2):1st = ld a,($C009), 2nd = ret c
00000000:C019:00000000:FFFFFFFF  CPU Energy always = 0
00000001:C019:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Drain All CPU Energy Now!
00000000:C061:000000FA:FFFFFFFF  Ply's hits always set to 250
00000000:C021:00000000:FFFFFFFF  CPU's hits always set to 0
00000001:C061:000000FA:FFFFFFFF  Set Ply's hits set = 250 Now!
00000001:C021:00000000:FFFFFFFF  Set CPU's hits set to 0 Now!
00000101:C061:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Select Player's hits
00000101:C021:000000FF:FFFFFFFF  Select Computer's hits
00000000:C055:00000000:00000010  Rapid Fire
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