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Greatest Heavyweights
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Sega
Developer:
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Sports

















Release Date RRP Code

Greatest Heavyweights (グレイテストヘビーウェイツ) is a 1993 boxing game by Sega for the Sega Mega Drive. The game's engine is based on that of Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing, and thus the available game modes are the same, however you can only play as various boxing champions of the previous century. The game also lets you play tournament matches.

Production Credits

Accessed by selecting "The Greatest" from the Game Options screen.

  • Program and Design: Mike Lamb
  • Additional Programming: John Branwood
  • Lead Artist: Jeff Godfrey
  • Additional Art: Joan Igawa, Troy Adams, Nick Gardener, Richard Beeston, Jeremy Cantor
  • Producer and Designer: Scott Rohde
  • Music: Brian Coburn
  • Audio Engineer: Katherine Weathers
  • Voice Talent: DMP Entertainment, Gerald Deyoung
  • Marketing: Doug Rebert
  • Lead Tester: Gerald Deyoung
  • Additional Testers: Mark Paniagua, Roman Greco, Rick Greer, Mike Madden, Tracy Johnson, Todd Morgan, Mike Baldwin, Greg Beckstead, Wesley Gittens, Mike Bench, Glen Cureton, Dante Anderson, Terry Thomas, Bruno Sarret, Adam Ornstead, Andrew Podesta, Heather Meigs, Lawrence Jeung, Tim Spengler, Crisi Albertson, Steve Bourdet, Lawrence Gibson, Jason Epps, Ari Warner, Chris Pepper, Elbert Lee, Matt Rosaaen, Kurt Tindle, Brent Merolla, Darin Johnston
  • Special Thanks To: David Platshon, Bob Jacob, Spencer Nilsen, Wayne Townsend, Kelly Ryan, Stephen Patterson
  • Muhammad Ali licensed from Virgin Games

Promotional Material

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
81 №14, p64/65/66
81 №28, p88/89
76 №17, p36
89 №9, p26/27
76 №16, p76-78[1]
80 №39, p102/103
79 №1, p112/113[2]
80 №51, p68/69
80 №18, p10
Sega Mega Drive
80
Based on
9 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[3]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
58
[4]
Console Mania (IT)
90
[5]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
78
[6]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
89
[7]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
60
[8]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
56
[9]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
80
[10]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
81
[11]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
65
[12]
Hyper (AU)
62
[13]
Joypad (FR) PAL
81
[14]
Mega (UK) PAL
76
[15]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
89
[16]
Mega Force (FR)
90
[17]
Mega Machines (UK) PAL
58
[18]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
79
[19]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
76
[1]
Player One (FR)
80
[20]
Power Up! (UK)
77
[21]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
79
[22]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
80
[23]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
91
[24]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
82
[25]
Sonic the Comic (UK) PAL
80
[26]
Supersonic (FR)
84
[27]
Todo Sega (ES)
88
[28]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
78
[29]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
51
[30]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[31]
Sega Mega Drive
75
Based on
30 reviews

Greatest Heavyweights

Mega Drive, US
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Mega Drive, EU
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Mega Drive, JP
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Mega Drive, BR

Mega Drive, Asia
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  1. 1.0 1.1 File:MeanMachinesSega16UK.pdf, page 77 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega16UK.pdf_p77" defined multiple times with different content
  2. File:OfficialSegaMagazine_UK_01.pdf, page 112
  3. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 92
  4. Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-05-07), page 19
  5. Console Mania, "Gennaio 1994" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 110
  6. Computer & Video Games, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-15), page 94
  7. Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1994" (US; 1993-12-21), page 84
  8. Famitsu, "1994-06-03" (JP; 1994-05-20), page 1
  9. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 91
  10. GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 178
  11. GamesMaster, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 64
  12. Hippon Super, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-04-30), page 61
  13. Hyper, "February 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 49
  14. Joypad, "Février 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 88
  15. Mega, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 36
  16. Mega Action, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 26
  17. Mega Force, "Février 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 114
  18. Mega Machines, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 56
  19. MegaTech, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-21), page 74
  20. Player One, "Février 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 102
  21. Power Up!, "Saturday, January 22, 1994" (UK; 1994-01-22), page 1
  22. Sega Magazine, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-10), page 112
  23. Sega Power, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-06), page 68
  24. Sega Zone, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 36
  25. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  26. Sonic the Comic, "February 4th 1994" (UK; 1994-01-22), page 10
  27. Supersonic, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 25
  28. Todo Sega, "Marzo 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 86
  29. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 83
  30. Video Games, "2/94" (DE; 1994-01-26), page 79
  31. VideoGames, "March 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 90