<s>
Body	B-Application
Blows	I-Application
is	O
a	O
1993	O
fighting	O
game	O
,	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Team17	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
for	O
MS-DOS	B-Application
followed	O
the	O
same	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
has	O
been	O
compared	O
to	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
II	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
Body	B-Application
Blows	I-Application
Galactic	I-Application
and	O
Ultimate	B-Application
Body	I-Application
Blows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
follows	O
the	O
formula	O
of	O
the	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
most	O
Amiga	B-Device
joysticks	O
of	O
the	O
time	O
having	O
one	O
single	O
fire	O
button	O
,	O
the	O
controls	O
for	O
special	O
moves	O
are	O
largely	O
simplified	O
:	O
one	O
special	O
move	O
per	O
character	O
is	O
performed	O
by	O
keeping	O
the	O
fire	O
button	O
pressed	O
while	O
holding	O
still	O
,	O
while	O
others	O
are	O
performed	O
by	O
moving	O
in	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
eight	O
directions	O
and	O
pressing	O
the	O
fire	O
button	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
Street	B-Application
Fighter	I-Application
and	O
similarly	O
to	O
other	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
Mortal	B-Application
Kombat	I-Application
,	O
blocking	O
is	O
performed	O
by	O
holding	O
the	O
fire	O
button	O
while	O
moving	O
away	O
from	O
the	O
opponent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
mode	O
was	O
labelled	O
mercy	O
when	O
it	O
became	O
optional	O
in	O
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
following	O
the	O
original	O
Amiga	B-Device
retail	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
three	O
modes	O
of	O
play	O
in	O
Body	B-Application
Blows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
11	O
characters	O
in	O
Body	B-Application
Blows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
summer	O
1993	O
,	O
a	O
few	O
months	O
after	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
Team17	O
published	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
program	O
disk	O
for	O
Amiga	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
Ultimate	B-Application
Body	I-Application
Blows	I-Application
in	O
1994	O
,	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
Body	B-Application
Blows	I-Application
was	O
released	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
with	O
AGA	B-Device
chipset	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
A1200	B-Application
and	O
A4000	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
version	O
is	O
installable	O
to	O
a	O
hard	O
drive	O
and	O
includes	O
all	O
the	O
updated	O
features	O
from	O
Ultimate	B-Application
Body	I-Application
Blows	I-Application
,	O
such	O
as	O
entirely	O
redrawn	O
backgrounds	O
,	O
slight	O
changes	O
in	O
the	O
movesets	O
and	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
stun	O
the	O
opponent	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Likewise	O
,	O
the	O
sprites	O
for	O
the	O
characters	O
Dan	O
and	O
Junior	O
were	O
updated	O
to	O
the	O
ones	O
first	O
used	O
in	O
Body	B-Application
Blows	I-Application
Galactic	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
top-selling	O
Amiga	B-Device
game	O
in	O
March	B-Application
1993	I-Application
.	O
</s>
