Rare NES Punch-Out!! Prototype Surfaces Online After $45K Auction
TL;DR
A rare pre–Mike Tyson version of Nintendo's Punch-Out!! for the NES was auctioned for $45,000 and has since been dumped online, revealing early differences (including fighters Rockyhead and Mongol Khan and Soda Popinski’s arcade-era name Vodka Drunkenski) along with debug options to cycle unfinished opponents’ movesets, offering a fascinating glimpse into the game's development.
- Pre-Mike Tyson Prototype of NES Punch-Out!! Released Online Kotaku
- Early Punch-Out prototype surfaces, ROM shared online Nintendo Everything
- After spending $60,000 on an "unheard of" first-party Nintendo prototype, anonymous collector pulls the ultimate good guy move and releases the ROM for preservationists to study for free Yahoo Tech
- Lost Prototype of an Iconic NES Game Has Surfaced After Almost 40 Years VICE
- "I've Never Seen Anything Like This" - This Freshly Released Punch-Out!! NES Prototype Has Historians Stumped Time Extension
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