A Player Has Defeated Punch-Out’s Mike Tyson in Under 2 Minutes for the First Time
WiredSince Mike Tyson's Punch-Out was released on the NES in 1987, millions of players have undertaken millions of digital matches against one of the hardest video game bosses ever: Tyson himself. At least that was true until last weekend, when popular speedrunner and speedrun historian Summoning Salt pulled off a 1:59.97 knockout after what he says were “75,000 attempts over nearly five years.” Ars Technica This story originally appeared on Ars Technica, a trusted source for technology news, tech policy analysis, reviews, and more. As Summoning Salt himself started documenting in a 2017 video, getting the quickest possible Tyson TKO requires throwing 21 “frame perfect” punches throughout the fight, each within a one-sixtieth-of-a-second window. Summoning Salt says Tyson here gave him a "perfect pattern" during his first phase of endless uppercuts, something that happens only 1 in 1,600 bouts.
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