[2] Played entirely from a first-person perspective, the game casts players as an upstart boxer known as "The Kid", who must fight a series of opponents (played by Jimmy Nickerson, Manny Perry, Billy Lucas and Ben Bray[3]) and win the championship.
Prize Fighter was the pack-in game for the X'Eye, alongside two non-gaming software titles.
As The Kid, players face four computer opponents: George "Honeyboy" Hernandez, "Mega" Joe Falco, T. Rex Hawkins and the champ, Nuke "the Duke" Johnson.
[6] GamePro compared it favorably to the acclaimed boxing film Raging Bull and praised the responsive controls and realistic graphics.
While admitting that playing the game was a matter of pattern memorization, he called it "a very challenging title requiring you to pick up on each of the boxers' styles and moves."