A strange little side quest
Cross Strike belongs to a much longer story of play than a browser tab might suggest. Boxing was part of the ancient Olympic Games by 688 BC, long before gloves, weight classes, or timed rounds existed in anything like their modern form. That old idea kept changing rather than disappearing. By 1987, fantasy role-playing had become a major computer-game direction, with Zelda, licensed Dungeons & Dragons games and other story-led adventures expanding the form. So a round of Cross Strike is not just a quick distraction; it is a tiny stop on a much longer combat sports timeline.
