Thanks For The Memories Jim and Tom

wildhawke11 · 01-09-2004, 08:31 PM

This will bring back some fond memories for some of you older boxing fans

wildhawke11 · 01-09-2004, 08:33 PM

Great Game

Mark42661 · 01-09-2004, 10:51 PM

Ah Yes

Lee Pullinger · 01-09-2004, 11:55 PM

For me the memories flood back to 1983. I remember going out one saturday afternoon to Oxford Street of all places and walking into a games shop (that has long since ceased to excist) and seeing that very enticing box on a shelf. Took me about two seconds after reading the back of the box to decide to get it. I somehow knew that it was more than just a game!

wildhawke11 · 01-10-2004, 12:14 AM

Lee
Yes it was so much more then just a game it became reality to us all.

You still in UK Lee
I lived in London for about 25 years or so not far from Hamstead Heath. But we moved to Essex and i have been here now about 30 years.
Cheers Mate as we say in England
Danny

PittPanther · 01-10-2004, 01:03 AM

I still have my old board game, and actually bought one at a hobby store that I found on vacation. . .still in its plastic wrap.

Nice, very nice.

Dr.K · 01-10-2004, 01:23 AM

Lee, Wildhawke another Brit here too, how I remember that box fondly, I'm actually trying to remember what the hell happened to it???!!! Think I got it from a shop on Oxford Street too.

I Remember having to make up my own Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank card!!!

cheers for the memories,

yabanci · 01-10-2004, 05:50 AM

damn, I haven't seen that in sooooooo long. It all comes back to me now, but I had completely forgotten what the board looked like.

Boxingnut · 01-10-2004, 08:24 AM

Ah the memories came flooding back there!! Did any of you guys play Championship Boxing from Lambourne Games as well? Those two games accounted for many hours!!!

Number 6 · 01-10-2004, 08:37 AM

I actually dug out my copy when I got TBCB, so I could re-read the brief biographies on the back of the boxer cards.

dempsonny · 01-10-2004, 11:37 AM

Lost mine in a fire/gas explosion when I lost my house in '89 but I didn't have the cards in the box so I still have them. Notice the doctored up Norton & Holmes on the cover.

Gus

Cap · 01-10-2004, 11:53 AM

I never had the pleasure. I made do with a dice and card game a friend of mine made and sold by mail back in the early 70s. I remember transferring the numbers and info to 5x7 index cards and drawing pictures of the fighters on each card. I had a fair hand for that back then. The whole works ended up in the garbage one day by mistake.

Cap

P.S. I'll bet there are some newbies here who would love to have those bios to enter into TBCB.

Lee · 01-10-2004, 01:21 PM

Title Bout was so much more than just a game. I stumbled across it in 1981, just out of High School, and still not far removed from my Days Boxing at the Local Police Athletic league. I was working nights for a family business then and I introduced it to one of the owners sons. We start the bouts after closing at 11:00 and continue on until 3 or 4 in the morning on many nights, great fun. He was a huge Ali fan and he bitched for weeks when Ali lost a fight on cuts to Jack Johnson.........It was like he managed Ali he took it so hard!!

That was the only thing besides Football back then that could distract me from my favorite pastime of Girl chasing

doors11 · 01-10-2004, 01:25 PM

I bought my copy in 1982.Walked into a game store looking for a copy of the newest card basetball game and saw it..Well went home with both of them.

What a bunch of fun it was.It got more use than my new Basketball game.

Thanks Jim and Tom.

maxx · 01-10-2004, 03:39 PM

I got my copy back in the late 70's when I was 14. I knew very little about boxing at the time, and my first fight was Peter Jackson (whom I'd never heard of at the time) v. Joe Frazier. Jackson stopped Frazier in 2 & I was hooked both on the game and the sport. I still have my original game and every once in a while I'll break it out and rumble.

Number 6 · 01-11-2004, 05:54 AM

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Originally posted by Boxingnut
Ah the memories came flooding back there!! Did any of you guys play Championship Boxing from Lambourne Games as well? Those two games accounted for many hours!!!

Yes I played Championship Boxing as well, Lambourne also did a fictional game called Heavyweight Champ, where you generated a boxer, RPG style, and tried to move him up the ranks. I still have most of my old boardgames (sports sims and wargames) lurking at the back of a cupboard, although I rarely play them any more. The last time I checked Lambourne were still in existence and were doing a couple of computer games as well as the boardgames.

Boxingnut · 01-11-2004, 05:18 PM

Number 6

Your games are probably worth something. I think Lambourne licence their games out to be produced by other people. Roo Games have the licence to make the computer version of Championship Boxing, which they produced in 1997 and a very good job they made too. Doesnt compare graphically or in the record-keeping to TBCB but, like TBCB, it does produce realistic and accurate results.

Tom Trunzo · 01-12-2004, 08:25 AM

Sort of brings tears to my eyes - actually I am not real sentimental but sure did enjoy that game and it does bring back memories that you wouldn't believe. Actually I still have an unopened copy in my bookcase. Thanks for the support!

PittPanther · 01-12-2004, 11:57 AM

Tom--

How many different edition of the game were printed?

01-09-2004, 08:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
wildhawke11 All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: united kingdom Posts: 1,834	Thanks For The Memories Jim and Tom This will bring back some fond memories for some of you older boxing fans Attached Images

01-09-2004, 08:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
wildhawke11 All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: united kingdom Posts: 1,834	Great Game Attached Images

01-09-2004, 11:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
Lee Pullinger Bat Boy Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 12	For me the memories flood back to 1983. I remember going out one saturday afternoon to Oxford Street of all places and walking into a games shop (that has long since ceased to excist) and seeing that very enticing box on a shelf. Took me about two seconds after reading the back of the box to decide to get it. I somehow knew that it was more than just a game! __________________ Lee Pullinger

01-10-2004, 01:03 AM	#6 (permalink)
PittPanther All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 1,174	I still have my old board game, and actually bought one at a hobby store that I found on vacation. . .still in its plastic wrap. Nice, very nice. __________________ Commitment Teamwork Pride Hail to Pitt!

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dempsonny Major Leagues Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: long island, n.y. Posts: 321	Lost mine in a fire/gas explosion when I lost my house in '89 but I didn't have the cards in the box so I still have them. Notice the doctored up Norton & Holmes on the cover. Gus __________________ A house without a dog is not a home.

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Mark42661 All Star Reserve Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Kansas City, MO Posts: 550	Ah Yes

01-10-2004, 12:14 AM	#5 (permalink)
wildhawke11 All Star Starter Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: united kingdom Posts: 1,834	Lee Yes it was so much more then just a game it became reality to us all. You still in UK Lee I lived in London for about 25 years or so not far from Hamstead Heath. But we moved to Essex and i have been here now about 30 years. Cheers Mate as we say in England Danny

01-10-2004, 01:23 AM	#7 (permalink)
Dr.K Minors (Double A) Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: UK Posts: 154	Lee, Wildhawke another Brit here too, how I remember that box fondly, I'm actually trying to remember what the hell happened to it???!!! Think I got it from a shop on Oxford Street too. I Remember having to make up my own Nigel Benn and Chris Eubank card!!! cheers for the memories,

01-10-2004, 05:50 AM	#8 (permalink)
yabanci Minors (Triple A) Join Date: Apr 2003 Posts: 285	damn, I haven't seen that in sooooooo long. It all comes back to me now, but I had completely forgotten what the board looked like.

01-10-2004, 08:24 AM	#9 (permalink)
Boxingnut Major Leagues Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 372	Ah the memories came flooding back there!! Did any of you guys play Championship Boxing from Lambourne Games as well? Those two games accounted for many hours!!!

01-10-2004, 08:37 AM	#10 (permalink)
Number 6 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: UK Posts: 74	I actually dug out my copy when I got TBCB, so I could re-read the brief biographies on the back of the boxer cards.

01-10-2004, 11:53 AM	#12 (permalink)
Cap Hall Of Famer Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Large Province in God's Country Posts: 4,004	I never had the pleasure. I made do with a dice and card game a friend of mine made and sold by mail back in the early 70s. I remember transferring the numbers and info to 5x7 index cards and drawing pictures of the fighters on each card. I had a fair hand for that back then. The whole works ended up in the garbage one day by mistake. Cap P.S. I'll bet there are some newbies here who would love to have those bios to enter into TBCB. __________________ "...There were Giants in Those Days.."

01-10-2004, 01:21 PM	#13 (permalink)
Lee Global Moderator Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Phoenix Az Posts: 1,851	Title Bout was so much more than just a game. I stumbled across it in 1981, just out of High School, and still not far removed from my Days Boxing at the Local Police Athletic league. I was working nights for a family business then and I introduced it to one of the owners sons. We start the bouts after closing at 11:00 and continue on until 3 or 4 in the morning on many nights, great fun. He was a huge Ali fan and he bitched for weeks when Ali lost a fight on cuts to Jack Johnson.........It was like he managed Ali he took it so hard!! That was the only thing besides Football back then that could distract me from my favorite pastime of Girl chasing

01-10-2004, 01:25 PM	#14 (permalink)
doors11 Minors (Single A) Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 76	I bought my copy in 1982.Walked into a game store looking for a copy of the newest card basetball game and saw it..Well went home with both of them. What a bunch of fun it was.It got more use than my new Basketball game. Thanks Jim and Tom.

01-10-2004, 03:39 PM	#15 (permalink)
maxx All Star Reserve Join Date: Jul 2003 Posts: 711	I got my copy back in the late 70's when I was 14. I knew very little about boxing at the time, and my first fight was Peter Jackson (whom I'd never heard of at the time) v. Joe Frazier. Jackson stopped Frazier in 2 & I was hooked both on the game and the sport. I still have my original game and every once in a while I'll break it out and rumble.

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01-11-2004, 05:18 PM	#17 (permalink)
Boxingnut Major Leagues Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 372	Number 6 Your games are probably worth something. I think Lambourne licence their games out to be produced by other people. Roo Games have the licence to make the computer version of Championship Boxing, which they produced in 1997 and a very good job they made too. Doesnt compare graphically or in the record-keeping to TBCB but, like TBCB, it does produce realistic and accurate results.

01-12-2004, 08:25 AM	#18 (permalink)
Tom Trunzo OOTP Developments Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 125	Sort of brings tears to my eyes - actually I am not real sentimental but sure did enjoy that game and it does bring back memories that you wouldn't believe. Actually I still have an unopened copy in my bookcase. Thanks for the support!

01-12-2004, 11:57 AM	#19 (permalink)
PittPanther All Star Starter Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Pittsburgh Posts: 1,174	Tom-- How many different edition of the game were printed? __________________ Commitment Teamwork Pride Hail to Pitt!