HAJIME NO IPPO - THE FIGHTING
Official Title  Hajime no Ippo - The fighting
Common Title  Hajime no Ippo - The fighting
Serial Number(s)  SLPS-00945
Region  NTSC-J
Genre / Style  Simulation 

Developer  Kodansha.
Publisher  Kodansha.
Date Released  13 July 1997
Disc Number &
Printed Serial Number
DISC 1

SLPS-00945
Serial Number In Disc SLPS-00945
Media Disc ID N / A
Number Of Tracks 18
( 1 Data Track &
17 Audio Tracks )
Approx. Image Size
( Image Format Used )
552 MB
( .bin / .cue )
Approx.Size On Disc MB
Approx. Archive Size
( Archive Type Used )
368 MB
( 1 RAR File with
2% Recovery )
Barcode Number(s)
( UPC / EAN )

From the back cover.
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Japanese
Menus and gameplay are in Japanese.

Hajime no Ippo is a boxing manga and anime series created by Jyoji "George" Morikawa which is serialized by Kodansha in Weekly Shonen Magazine.

The manga has been running since 1989 and currently spans 84 tankobon and is currently one of the longest manga ever. A 76-episode anime adaption was produced by Madhouse, the Nippon TV Network and VAP, directed by Satoshi Nishimura and ran on the Nippon TV Network from October 2000 to March 2002. One OVA and a movie were also produced. It was announced that the anime would be licensed in North America by Geneon at the end of 2003. Geneon released it as Fighting Spirit. It was called Knockout in the Philippines.

Ippo Makunouchi is a very shy high school student who never had the time to make friends because he was always busy helping his mother with the family charter boat fishing business. Because he kept to himself, a group of bullies led by Umezawa got into the habit of picking on him. On one particular day these bullies decided to give him a rather serious beating, but a middle-weight professional boxer who was passing by stopped the bullies and took the injured Ippo to the Kamogawa Gym, owned by retired boxer Genji Kamogawa, to treat his wounds. After Ippo awoke to the sounds of boxers training, the boxer who saved him, Mamoru Takamura, tried to cheer Ippo up by letting him vent his frustrations on a sandbag. It was then that they had their first glimpse into Ippo's talent for boxing. After that incident, Ippo started his regular training and began his path in Japan's professional boxing.

The story focuses heavily on character development, even during the matches something is learned about the fighters. Ippo and his friendly rivalry with Miyata is the main draw in the early part of the series. That later changes to Ippo's path towards the Japanese Featherweight Championship and eventually the world championship. Along the way we are given glimpses into the other side character's pasts, motivations, relationships to others and current boxing trials.

The anime series has two spin-off movies that were actually part of the manga. Champion Road, which takes place after Ippo becomes the Japanese Featherweight Champion and showcases his first defense of the title, and Kimura Vs. Mashiba, which pits one of Ippo's senpai (upper classmen) Kimura against the Japanese lightweight champion Mashiba (the brother of Ippo's love interest).

The Playstation game is a simulation game in which the player choose what training wants the boxer to do each month and then watch him fighting.

  Manufacturer's description:

* There are 2 modes, story mode and edit mode.

* Story mode includes training to earn abilities to use in bouts to allow user defined action patterns.
* Edit mode let's you begin with an original boxer created by the yourself, who can be used to compete against a friend.

  Features:
  • Third person perspective.
  • 2D & 3D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • Boxing & Anime themes.
Number Of Players  1-2 Players
Number Of Memory Card Blocks  1 Block
Compatible Controllers Tested
( Official Gamepads Only )
 Standard Controller ( Digital Controller compatible only )
Compatible Light Guns
( Official Light Guns Only )
 None
Other Compatible Controllers
( Official Controllers Only )
 None
Special Controllers Included Or
Supported ( Official Only )
 None
Vibration Function Compatible  No
Multi-Tap Function Compatible  No
Link Cable Function Compatibile  No
Emulator  ePSXe v.1.7.0
Video Plugin  Pete's OpenGL Driver v2.9 ( internal X & Internal Y= Very High, Stretching mode: Stretch to full window size, render Mode: 2 (Use framebuffer object) text filt = 2 FPS limit= 63, Compatibility=1,3,2; Shader effects= 1 (Fullscreen smoothin))
Audio Plugin  ePSXe SPU Core v.1.7.0
CD-ROM Plugin  ePSXe Cdrom plugin
Game Pad Plugin  N / A
Vibration Compatible  The game doesn't have it (Digital only).
Console Bios Used  SCPH7502

  NOTE:   This is not the only possible combination of plugins. There are others that will work (better or worse) for your particular hardware. We provide you with one working set-up so that you may get the game up and running, hassle-free. Testing other emulators/plugins is up to you.
 

 BASIC CONTROLS:
  Move between actions:  D-Pad
  Cancel action:  X Button
  Select action:  Circle Button
  Choose sparring:  L1 or R1 Button
  Next month / previous month:  R1 or L1 Button
  Skip sequence:  Start Button

 MONTH TRAINING CONTROLS:
  Running:  Circle Button
  Sparring:  Triangle Button
  Other trainings:  Square Button
 


   
 
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 NTSC-J:
  • Hajime no Ippo - The Fighting [Playstation the Best] - [SLPS-91063]  - 
     

Thanks to MATTHEW LA FRANCE for providing the manufacturer's description.
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