<s>
By	B-Application
Fair	I-Application
Means	I-Application
or	I-Application
Foul	I-Application
(	O
later	O
also	O
released	O
as	O
Pro	B-Application
Boxing	I-Application
Simulator	I-Application
)	O
is	O
a	O
boxing	B-Application
video	O
game	O
first	O
published	O
for	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
8-bit	O
home	O
computers	O
in	O
1988	O
by	O
Superior	B-Device
Software	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
later	O
reissued	O
with	O
the	O
new	O
title	O
by	O
Codemasters	O
who	O
also	O
published	O
conversions	O
for	O
16-bit	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
offers	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
boxing	B-Application
moves	O
including	O
fouls	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
by	O
Michael	O
and	O
Terry	O
Simpson	O
for	O
the	O
BBC	B-Device
Micro	I-Device
and	O
Acorn	B-Device
Electron	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
converted	O
to	O
Commodore	O
64	O
,	O
Amstrad	B-Device
CPC	I-Device
and	O
ZX	B-Operating_System
Spectrum	I-Operating_System
and	O
launched	O
simultaneously	O
by	O
Superior	B-Device
Software	I-Device
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
BBC	O
and	O
Electron	O
versions	O
were	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
joint	O
Superior/Acornsoft	B-Device
name	O
while	O
the	O
other	O
versions	O
were	O
released	O
under	O
the	O
Superior/Alligata	O
name	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
versions	O
were	O
released	O
on	O
cassette	B-Device
with	O
all	O
versions	O
except	O
the	O
Electron	O
also	O
released	O
on	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
then	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
budget	O
title	O
by	O
Codemasters	O
in	O
1990	O
under	O
the	O
new	O
title	O
Pro	B-Application
Boxing	I-Application
Simulator	I-Application
(	O
to	O
fit	O
with	O
its	O
long-running	O
series	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Controversially	O
,	O
this	O
version	O
had	O
the	O
words	O
"	O
New	O
Release	O
"	O
on	O
the	O
cassette	B-Device
cover	O
which	O
led	O
to	O
complaints	O
when	O
people	O
bought	O
the	O
game	O
not	O
realising	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
same	O
as	O
By	B-Application
Fair	I-Application
Means	I-Application
or	I-Application
Foul	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Codemasters	O
also	O
converted	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
Amiga	B-Device
and	O
Atari	B-Device
ST	I-Device
and	O
these	O
versions	O
were	O
released	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Electron	O
User	O
awarded	O
the	O
game	O
8/10	O
,	O
praising	O
the	O
fact	O
it	O
approaches	O
boxing	B-Application
from	O
a	O
"	O
different	O
direction	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zzap	O
!	O
64	O
said	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
ca	O
n't	O
be	O
faulted	O
"	O
as	O
a	O
boxing	B-Application
simulation	O
but	O
cited	O
the	O
"	O
badly	O
drawn	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
blocky	O
"	O
graphics	O
,	O
giving	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
66%	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Force	O
gave	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
58%	O
in	O
a	O
Codemasters	O
retrospective	O
in	O
1994	O
,	O
labelling	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
engaging	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
