Thanks to Vinny Mainolfi for the heads up – but it seems that there was a very different looking Fight Night taking shape originally for US Gold back in October 1985.
In their upcoming previews section, Zzap showed screenshots of a game with far more detailed main boxer players – but lacking in the background detail area.
It seems the game never changed developer, so was it a case that the large characters were unworkable? Maybe the graphics were just mock-ups that were produced for the press?
It’s early days yet, but here are the screenshots and original preview from Zzap to take a look at, as well as more shots from a US Gold article from Your Computer magazine.
Contributions: Vinny Mainolfi
Fantastic find.
I’m going to call mock-up on the screens though, they look a little too good for my liking.