<s>
Panza	B-Application
Kick	I-Application
Boxing	I-Application
is	O
a	O
French	O
fighting	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Futura	O
and	O
originally	O
published	O
by	O
Loriciels	O
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
sequel	O
with	O
various	O
names	O
to	O
distance	O
from	O
the	O
Panza	O
endorsement	O
,	O
including	O
Best	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Best	I-Application
:	I-Application
Championship	I-Application
Karate	I-Application
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
was	O
released	O
a	O
few	O
years	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
contains	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
56	O
kicks	O
and	O
punches	O
,	O
which	O
players	O
can	O
assign	O
to	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
8	O
joystick	B-Device
movements	O
to	O
customise	O
their	O
boxer	O
's	O
fighting	O
style	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Panza	B-Application
Kick	I-Application
Boxing	I-Application
was	O
originally	O
published	O
by	O
Loriciels	O
in	O
France	O
in	O
1991	O
,	O
and	O
subsequently	O
by	O
NEC	O
Technologies	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
and	O
Kixx	O
(	O
the	O
budget	O
range	O
of	O
U.S.	O
Gold	O
)	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
Kingdom	O
,	O
Germany	O
,	O
and	O
Italy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Additionally	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
published	O
on	O
the	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
by	O
Turbo	O
Technologies	O
,	O
a	O
joint	O
venture	O
by	O
NEC	O
and	O
Hudson	O
Soft	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ST	O
Action	O
and	O
TurboPlay	O
described	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
tremendous	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
fantastic	O
"	O
respectively	O
,	O
while	O
Amiga	B-Device
Computing	O
deemed	O
it	O
"	O
extremely	O
good	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Mixed	O
reviews	O
were	O
offered	O
by	O
reviewers	O
like	O
Tony	O
Horgan	O
of	O
Amiga	B-Device
User	O
International	O
who	O
criticised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
repetitiveness	O
which	O
he	O
argued	O
is	O
standard	O
for	O
this	O
genre	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Commenting	O
on	O
the	O
contemporary	O
context	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
developed	O
,	O
TurboPlay	O
suggested	O
that	O
with	O
Champions	O
Forever	O
Boxing	O
(	O
1991	O
)	O
and	O
Panza	B-Application
Kick	I-Application
Boxing	I-Application
saturating	O
the	O
TurboGrafx-16	B-General_Concept
market	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
unlikely	O
for	O
Cinemaware	O
to	O
release	O
their	O
TV	B-Application
Sports	I-Application
Boxing	I-Application
on	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
1992	O
sequel	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
October	O
1992	O
tentatively	O
titled	O
Panza	B-Application
Kick	I-Application
Boxing	I-Application
2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
updated	O
version	O
was	O
later	O
imported	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
by	O
Electro	O
Brain	O
as	O
Best	B-Application
of	I-Application
the	I-Application
Best	I-Application
:	I-Application
Championship	I-Application
Karate	I-Application
in	O
July	O
1993	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Amiga	B-Device
Joker	O
noted	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
gameplay	O
,	O
graphics	O
,	O
sound	O
and	O
options	O
screen	O
had	O
been	O
updated	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
,	O
"	O
apart	O
from	O
the	O
title	O
there	O
are	O
only	O
a	O
few	O
real	O
innovations	O
"	O
,	O
describing	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
deceptive	O
package	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sega	B-Device
Zone	I-Device
described	O
it	O
as	O
"	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
differingly-named	O
 [ sic ] 	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
history	O
of	O
gaming	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Australian	O
Commodore	O
and	O
Amiga	B-Device
Review	O
noted	O
that	O
while	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
officially	O
a	O
sequel	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
"	O
almost	O
a	O
reproduction	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
