Legend of Success Joe
Legend of Success Joe puts players in the role of Joe, a young boxer aspiring to make it up the ranks of the boxing world. But all is not well in Joe's world, and between boxing matches he may have to contend…
Legend of Success Joe is a fighting developed by Wave, released 30 January 1991 on Neo Geo AES and Neo Geo MVS.
What Legend of Success Joe is
Legend of Success Joe is a fighting game developed by Wave and released in 1991. It was published by SNK. It is available on Neo Geo AES and Neo Geo MVS.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Legend of Success Joe puts players in the role of Joe, a young boxer aspiring to make it up the ranks of the boxing world. But all is not well in Joe's world, and between boxing matches he may have to contend with street thugs out for his blood. The game is viewed from a side 2D view, and Joe can move up and down within the backgrounds as well as forwards and backwards. Fighting consists of using the four basic boxing punches, the straight, the hook, the body blow, and the uppercut, to take opponents down. During boxing matches each boxer has three health bars on screen, with the second smaller than the first and the third smaller than the second. When a boxer's health bar is drained he…
How it plays
It is played from a side view perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Tomorrow's Joe series
Legend of Success Joe is the first of 5 entries we hold in the Tomorrow's Joe series. The next entry was Ashita no Joe in 1991.
What it launched against
Legend of Success Joe launched on 30 January 1991, within three weeks of Lemmings, Sengoku and Wings of Wor.
Released around the same time: Lemmings, Sengoku, Wings of Wor.
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