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Ready 2 Rumble Boxing (レディ・トゥ・ランブル・ボクシング) is a boxing game and published by Midway Games for a variety of platforms including the Sega Dreamcast in 1999.
The game is similar to Nintendo's Punch Out!, in that many of the boxers are comically designed. It was also one of the first games of its type to feature visible bruising and other facial damage as the fight progressed, something that saw much appraisal at the time of release.
Boxers
Boris "The Bear" Knokimov
Butcher Brown
Afro Thunder
Salua
"Raging" Rivera
Tank Thrasher
Selene Strike
Jet "Iron" Chin
Rocket Samchay
"Furious" Faz
Lulu Valentine
"Big" Willy Johnson
Jimmy Blood
Nat Daddy
Kemo Claw
Bruce Blade
Damien Black
History
It was a launch title for the system in the west and was both critically and financially successful, making it into the budget Sega All Stars range and spawning a sequel, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2.
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing initially shipped with errors and so was actually released twice. Newer versions can be identified by the "Hot! New" logo.
Production credits
Lead Artist: Emmanuel Valdez
Lead Programmer: Dave Wagner
Senior Artist: Alesia Howard
Senior Programmer/EX: Terry Bertram
Senior Animator: Mike Cuevas
Graphics Programmer: lan McLean
Graphics Artist: Tina Hou
Texture Mapper/Animator: Bert Farache
Soundstation: Orpheus Hanley
Composer/Sound Designer: Aubrey Hodges
Motion Capture Tech: J.R. Salazar
Additional Tools & Technology: Lori Miller
FMV: Dream Theater
Motion Talent: Joel Zales, Miguel Vargas, Serena Chan & Emmanuel Valdez
Voice Talent: Michael Buffer, Bert Farache, Bonnie Brewster, Brian Silva, Chad Haley, Dean Schulte, Dusty Monk, Eric Thompson, Jason Gregory, Kevin Wang, Len Gatdula, Margo Gartner, Mike Cuevas, Orpheus Hanley, Paul Kruse, Ron Taylor, Sam Calis, Samuel Vargus & Shakir Crawford
Print Design & Production: Midway Creative Services - San Diego, CA
Software Development Manager: Brian Johnson
Product Testing Manager: Rob Sablan
Product Testing Supervisors: John Ubalde & Seth McNew
Lead Product Analyst: Dan Wagner
Product Analysts: Shakir Crawford, Troi Valencia, Harry Chang, Shon Flanagan, Nico Bihary & Jim McClure
Product Marketing Manager: Amy Bartlett
Special Thanks: Bruce Buffer, Kristen Watson, Deborah Fulton, Ira Kalina, Andrew Hoolan, Michael Abbot,
Gary Gonzales, Roel Jovellanos, Ramon Garcia, Mylah Padigos, Sean "Kid" Coolidge, Franz Borowitz, Brian Lowe, Eric Van Riper, Byron Warner, Cory Bishop, Francisco Gracia, Jeannie De La Rosa, Juan Galceran, Marisa Brandanini, Katja Gladson, Laura Bailey, Kathy Lange, Kathy Schoback, Teri Higgins, Gilbert Sandejas, Shakir Johnson, Donte Knippel & the folks at PYRO