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''Punch-Out!!'' debuted in 1983 as a dual-screen arcade game produced by Nintendo. It was a boxing game where the player fought for a world title against a series of opponents, most of them very quirky and a lot of them national stereotypes ranging from comically outdated to fairly offensive. It was followed by a sequel, ''Super Punch-Out!!'', released in 1984. A spinoff game titled ''Arm Wrestling'' ([[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|an arm wrestling game]]) was also released in 1985.

The series made its debut on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. The initial version released in North America was titled ''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!'', in which the final opponent was the infamous real-life champ himself. The 1990 reissue of the game, simply titled ''Punch-Out!!'', replaced him with a fictional champ named "Mr. Dream" (actually a white [[Head Swap]] of Tyson, more reminiscent of [[Rocky (film)|Rocky Balboa]]). Many people assume that this stems from Tyson being convicted of rape, causing Nintendo to ditch him, but since Tyson was dropped from the game a year ''before'' he was arrested on the rape charges, this is clearly not the case. In reality, Nintendo's contract with Tyson expired, and since Tyson was no longer the heavyweight champion of the world having lost the title earlier to Buster Douglas, Nintendo opted not to renew the contract (since Sega signed a licensing deal to use Buster's likeness in a pair of boxing games for the [[Master System]] and [[Sega Genesis|Genesis]] in order to spite Nintendo).

The series made its debut on the Nintendo Entertainment System in 1987. The initial version released in North America was titled ''Mike Tyson's Punch-Out!!'', in which the final opponent was the infamous real-life champ himself. The 1990 reissue of the game, simply titled ''Punch-Out!!'', replaced him with a fictional champ named "Mr. Dream" (actually a white [[Head Swap]] of Tyson, more reminiscent of [[Rocky (film)|Rocky Balboa]]).<ref>Many people assume that this stems from Tyson being convicted of rape, causing Nintendo to ditch him, but since Tyson was dropped from the game a year ''before'' he was arrested on the rape charges, this is clearly not the case. In reality, Nintendo's contract with Tyson expired, and since Tyson was no longer the heavyweight champion of the world having lost the title earlier to Buster Douglas, Nintendo opted not to renew the contract (since Sega signed a licensing deal to use Buster's likeness in a pair of boxing games for the [[Master System]] and [[Sega Genesis|Genesis]] in order to spite Nintendo).</ref>

A second console installment was released for the [[Super Nintendo Entertainment System]] in 1994 titled ''Super Punch-Out!!'' (unrelated to the earlier arcade game, but closer to it gameplay-wise), which brought back characters from the first NES game (as well as the arcade installments), while introducing new ones.