What platforms is Boxing on?

Boxing was released on Intellivision.

When did Boxing release?

Boxing was first released on October 21, 1981.

Boxing

Oct 21, 1981SportStrategyIntellivision

Boxing — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Boxing on?: Boxing was released on Intellivision.
When did Boxing release?: Boxing was first released on October 21, 1981.

About Boxing

Boxing shows a top-down view of two boxers, one white and one black. When close enough, a boxer can hit his opponent with a punch (executed by pressing the fire button on the Atari joystick). This causes his opponent to reel back slightly. Long punches score one point, while closer punches (power punches, from the manual) score two. There are no knockdowns or rounds. A match is completed either when one player lands 100 punches (a "knockout") or two minutes have elapsed (a "decision"). In the case of a decision, the player with the most landed punches is the winner. Ties are possible. While the gameplay is simple, there are subtleties, such as getting an opponent on the "ropes" and "juggling" him back and forth between alternate punches.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Intellivision
Developer: Mattel Electronics
Publisher: Mattel Electronics
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Themes: Action, Non-fiction

Details via IGDB.

Collector value & authenticity

Intellivision · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-20

Loose

Complete

$12

Sealed

$24

How often it sells

Loose: about once a month
Complete: about once a month
Sealed: about once a month

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-20.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $1.50 in Apr 2009, $4.97 five years ago, and $5.33 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2010	$0.75	—
Jan 2011	$1.89	—
Jan 2012	$0.88	—
Jan 2013	$0.87	—
Jan 2014	$3.00	$0.99
Jan 2015	$1.99	$3.99
Jan 2016	$0.99	$5.00
Jan 2017	$5.00	$1.99
Jan 2018	$3.10	$7.54
Jan 2019	$2.99	$3.99
Jan 2020	$2.49	$6.57
Jan 2021	$4.11	$7.49
Jan 2022	$5.49	$5.88
Jan 2023	$7.92	$10.68
Jan 2024	$6.90	$10.83
Jan 2025	$3.96	$6.74
Jan 2026	$5.84	$7.37
Oct 2026	$5.33	$12.12

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Product #
North America Mattel Electronics	1819
North America Sears (Tele-Games)	49 75221

North America: Product number confirmed by Mattel's own catalogue and the overlay order form in Mattel's manuals.
North America: Sears catalogue number, printed on the Sears Tele-Games box.

Source: Product numbers: each confirmed by the game's own manual, a publisher-prefix UPC that encodes it, a box scan, or INTV Funhouse's collector list where Mattel's own 1979–83 catalogues or manual order forms print the same number; barcodes from PriceCharting, check digits verified

Region: NA
Released: 1981
Controller: Hand controller
Players: Two players
Authenticity: Low

Modern re-releases are not tracked for the IntellivisionLow look-alike risk

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A head-to-head Mattel sports cart that is only worth owning if there is a second person in the room.

Tom Loughry wrote Boxing, and Mattel Electronics released it for the Intellivision in October 1981 as part of its sports line, with APh Technological Consulting credited as developer. It is a two-player-only game: there is no computer opponent, so a lone player gets nothing from it.

Like most of the early sports carts, it was built around the disc controller and a pair of keypad overlays rather than a pile of options. It is a short, simple fighting contest, and a fair pick for a collector completing the sports set rather than a game people seek out for its depth.

How it was made

Written by Tom Loughry for Mattel Electronics, with APh Technological Consulting credited as developer.

What the press said at the time

“This two-player contest dishes out a full measure of fistic thrills while providing the most accurate simulation of ring action ever provided by an electronic game program. … Boxing is a fine treatment of a sport seldom covered by videogames.”
— Electronic Games, July 1982

Worth knowing

From the Intellivision manual. Boxing has four fighting speeds: Championship is the default and fastest, and the slowest, Training Camp, is the recommended way to learn timing and combinations.
From the Intellivision manual. Six fighters with different power and endurance; fighter 6 is a wild card who gets a random mix of characteristics every bout.

Before you buy

Two players are required, so test it with two working controllers; the disc on the original hard-wired controllers is the usual failure point. A complete Mattel copy has two keypad overlays, and a copy without them is incomplete. The box and manual add a modest premium over the loose cartridge, and loose copies are among the cheaper Mattel sports titles.