Drunken Boxing

Drunken Boxing is a boxing match between two staggering stickmen. It has a little more to it than the one-key games in the Drunken series, because you can move around the ring, and you have to manage your energy.

The menu has 1P (against the computer) and 2P buttons. In 2P, the game labels the two sides on the screen:

• Blue boxer (left): WASD keys.
• Orange boxer (right): arrow keys.

At the top of the screen there is a round counter ("Round 1"), a health bar for each boxer with a thinner energy bar under it, and five stars per player.

In our test, holding D walked the blue boxer across the ring and pushed the orange boxer back towards the ropes. After a few presses of W, the orange boxer's health bar was a little shorter.

The energy bar is the main idea of the game. According to the developer, you can throw quick punches, but each one uses energy. If you run out of energy, it takes a while to recover, and you are open to attack during that time. So the best plan is not to punch as fast as you can. It is to punch in short bursts and back off before the bar is empty.

For more boxing with even simpler controls, see Boxing Random.