So apparently something new was discovered about Punch-Out on NES...

[Edmond Dantes]

This morning when I went to check my Yahoo email, I happened to see this article:

http://www.polygon.com/2016/4/9/11397458/mike-tysons-punch-out-bearded-man-easter-egg-bald-bull-piston-honda

Basically, apparently there's a visual cue people only just noticed, that tells you when to punch Piston Honda for a one-hit KO. Apparently the cue is a bearded man in the audience.

My question is: Is this really news to anyone, or just to people inexperienced with the game? I'm remembering years ago a site was saying they discovered some "secret" of Samurai Shodown's that I'm sure was mentioned in FAQs.

[jperryss]

This morning when I went to check my Yahoo email, I happened to see this article:

http://www.polygon.com/2016/4/9/11397458/mike-tysons-punch-out-bearded-man-easter-egg-bald-bull-piston-honda

Basically, apparently there's a visual cue people only just noticed, that tells you when to punch Piston Honda for a one-hit KO. Apparently the cue is a bearded man in the audience.

My question is: Is this really news to anyone, or just to people inexperienced with the game? I'm remembering years ago a site was saying they discovered some "secret" of Samurai Shodown's that I'm sure was mentioned in FAQs.

The one-hit KO is not news to most, but the visual cue in the audience is. Try to find any reference to it on the internet before this week.

Personally I think it's neat that it was just discovered after all these years and never leaked or mentioned by anyone involved with the game's development.

[Emperor Megas]

I haven't played the game since I was a kid, but is this the thing where there's a guy in the crowd who flashes a camera or something like that? If so, I've heard about this before now. If it's another thing than it's news to me. I was never a fan of Punch Out, so I'm not that informed.

[Greg2600]

Wow, very neat. I suppose that since Honda is pretty easy nobody really focused on that. This would not be that easy of a thing to find, because the bearded guy barely flinches.

[Edmond Dantes]

Don't you fight Piston Honda twice though? and he's harder the second time?

[celerystalker]

Don't you fight Piston Honda twice though? and he's harder the second time?

You do. He's the Minor Circuit champion, and you fight him a second time in the World Circuit. He is improved the second time, but he's still pretty easy, as his patterns are mostly the same, just a little faster.