Battle Monsters

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Battle Monsters

Publisher: Naxat Soft (JP) Acclaim (US/EU)

Developer: Scarab

Peripherals supported: Saturn 6 Player Adaptor

Genre: Fighting

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code

ESRB

Sega

ELSPA

USK

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Battle Monsters (バトルモンスターズ) is a versus fighting game released exclusively for the Sega Saturn in 1995. It was developed by Naxat Soft and is very similar to Mortal Kombat, in that it uses digitised fighters and has an emphasis on violence. The characters in this game are an array of monsters from hell. The working title for the game was Van Battle.

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Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

35

^[2]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

63

^[3]

Gambler (PL)

54

^[4]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[5]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

30

^[6]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

NTSC-J

76

^[7]

Hobby Consolas (ES)

60

^[8]

Joypad (FR)

NTSC-J

33

^[9]

Joypad (FR)

40

^[10]

MAN!AC (DE)

NTSC-J

24

^[11]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

24

^[12]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

32

^[13]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-J

60

^[1]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

62

^[14]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-J

63

^[15]

Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL)

70

^[16]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

71

^[17]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

70

^[18]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

90

^[19]

Ultimate Future Games (UK)

NTSC-J

51

^[20]

Ultimate Gamer (US)

NTSC-J

50

^[21]

Última Generación (ES)

46

^[22]

	53
Based on 22 reviews

Battle Monsters

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File:MeanMachinesSega35UK.pdf, page 80 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega35UK.pdf_p80" defined multiple times with different content
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 76
↑ Famitsu, "1995-06-09" (JP; 1995-05-26), page 29
↑ Gambler, "4/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
↑ GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 10: October 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 21
↑ GamePro, "December 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 148
↑ Games World: The Magazine, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 68
↑ Hobby Consolas, "Octubre 1996" (ES; 1996-xx-xx), page 122
↑ Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1995 (Joypad International supplement)" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 25
↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 76
↑ MAN!AC, "04/96" (DE; 1996-03-13), page 48
↑ MAN!AC, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 75
↑ Mega Fun, "10/96" (DE; 1996-09-18), page 48
↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 September" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 56
↑ Sega Pro, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-13), page 50
↑ Świat Gier Komputerowych, "4/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15
↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Two" (UK; 1996-09-30), page 61
↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 15
↑ Ultimate Future Games, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-01), page 86
↑ Ultimate Gamer, "November 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 80
↑ Última Generación, "Noviembre 1995" (ES; 1995-1x-xx), page 84

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[:File:EGM_US_088.pdf_p76-2] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 76

[3] Famitsu, "1995-06-09" (JP; 1995-05-26), page 29

[4] Gambler, "4/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GameFan_US_0410.pdf_p21-5] GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 10: October 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 21

[:File:GamePro_US_099.pdf_p148-6] GamePro, "December 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 148

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_15.pdf_p68-7] Games World: The Magazine, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 68

[:File:HobbyConsolas_ES_061.pdf_p122-8] Hobby Consolas, "Octubre 1996" (ES; 1996-xx-xx), page 122

[:File:Joypad_FR_Supplement_044_International.pdf_p25-9] Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1995 (Joypad International supplement)" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 25

[:File:Joypad_FR_056.pdf_p76-10] Joypad, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 76

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-04.pdf_p48-11] MAN!AC, "04/96" (DE; 1996-03-13), page 48

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1996-09.pdf_p75-12] MAN!AC, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 75

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1996-10.pdf_p48-13] Mega Fun, "10/96" (DE; 1996-09-18), page 48

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1995-09_19950915.pdf_p56-14] Saturn Fan, "1995 September" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 56

[:File:SegaPro_UK_48.pdf_p50-15] Sega Pro, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-13), page 50

[16] Świat Gier Komputerowych, "4/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p15-17] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_02.pdf_p61-18] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Two" (UK; 1996-09-30), page 61

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p15-19] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 15

[:File:UltimateFutureGames_UK_09.pdf_p86-20] Ultimate Future Games, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-01), page 86

[:File:UltimateGamer_US_04.pdf_p80-21] Ultimate Gamer, "November 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 80

[:File:UltimaGeneracion_ES_08.pdf_p84-22] Última Generación, "Noviembre 1995" (ES; 1995-1x-xx), page 84

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