A strange little side quest
The fun part of looking behind Comic Stars Fighting is seeing how many older ideas are still alive in modern play. Boxing entered the modern Olympic Games in 1904 at St. Louis. It also connects to a different milestone: Computer Space reached arcades in 1971 and became one of the earliest commercial electronic arcade games, even though its controls proved demanding for many players. The screen is modern; the urge to test skill, pattern and timing definitely is not.