Budokan: The Martial Spirit

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Budokan: The Martial Spirit
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Electronic Arts
Developer:
Sound driver: Electronic Arts/Steve Hayes
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
701801
Sega Mega Drive
EU
E117SMXI
Sega Mega Drive
UK
£39.9939.99[3][4] E117SMXI
Sega Mega Drive
BR
Non-Sega versions

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Budokan: The Martial Spirit is a Sega Mega Drive fighting simulation game developed and published by Electronic Arts. A port of the company's titular 1989 Amiga computer game Budokan: The Martial Spirit, it was first released in the United States in July 1990, and was later brought to Europe and Brazil the following December. Alongside Populous and Zany Golf, it was among the first batch of Mega Drive games Electronic Arts developed, and was initially intended to be released as an unlicensed game; Sega's last-minute negotiations prevented this, but US copies of the game were not updated to comply with Sega's licensed ROM requirements, rendering American copies of the game incompatible with TMSS and only compatible with early Genesis units. European copies were recoded to comply and work on all systems.

The title refers to the world-famous Nippon Budokan, Japan's most popular and culturally-significant indoor arena, and to the Budokan martial arts tournament which takes place there.

Production credits

Source:
US manual
Budokan MD US Manual.pdf
[5]


Magazine articles

Main article: Budokan: The Martial Spirit/Magazine articles.

Artwork

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[6]
ACE (UK)
77
[7]
Buzz! Computers (UK)
89
[8]
Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
68
[9]
The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)
89
[10]
Console XS (UK) PAL
66
[11]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
84
[12]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
38
[2]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
87
[13]
Gamers (DE)
67
[14]
Joystick (FR)
73
[15]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)
58
[16]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) PAL
58
[17]
Mega (UK) PAL
39
[18]
Mega (UK) PAL
79
[19]
Mega Action (UK)
75
[20]
MegaTech (UK)
89
[21]
Mean Machines (UK)
87
[22]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
89
[23]
Player One (FR)
88
[24]
Power Play (DE)
73
[25]
Raze (UK)
80
[26]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
70
[4]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
75
[27]
Sega Pro (UK)
64
[28]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
56
[29]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
50
[30]
Zero (UK)
72
[31]
Sega Mega Drive
71
Based on
28 reviews

Budokan: The Martial Spirit

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
Budokan US cart.jpg
Cart
Budokan MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
Budokan EU cover.jpg
Cover
Budokan EU cart.jpg
Cart
Budokan MD EU Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, BR
Budokan BR cover.jpg
Cover
Budokan BR cart.jpg
Cart

Technical information

Main article: Budokan: The Martial Spirit/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 acd9f5fc
MD5 4d247a5fc611e66dbe46f960292e3656
SHA-1 93bc8242106bc9b2e0a8a974a3f65b559dd2941d
512kB Cartridge (US)
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 97add5bd
MD5 4942999ca5961c0d94e2450e33729f09
SHA-1 004f3d6f333795315a072f3f0661ce4e5e91a4ae
512kB 1990-07 Cartridge (EU)
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
1990-09-25 Page

References

  1. https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video/c/UfEfYdi7j_U/m/zx4nRFOk-1AJ
  2. 2.0 2.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 18
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 ACE, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-12-xx), page 165
  4. 4.0 4.1 Sega Power, "February 1991" (UK; 1991-01-03), page 42
  5. File:Budokan MD US Manual.pdf, page 2
  6. 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 39
  7. ACE, "November 1990" (UK; 1990-10-xx), page 89
  8. Buzz! Computers (UK) (+0:00)
  9. Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 28
  10. The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 45
  11. Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 128
  12. Computer & Video Games, "December 1990" (UK; 1990-11-16), page 74
  13. Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 28
  14. Gamers, "Dezember/Januar 1993" (DE; 1992-11-19), page 102
  15. Joystick, "Décembre 1990" (FR; 1990-1x-xx), page 146
  16. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 79
  17. Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 90
  18. Mega, "July 1993" (UK; 1993-06-17), page 33
  19. Mega, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 76
  20. Mega Action, "June 1993" (UK; 1993-05-20), page 64
  21. MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 76
  22. Mean Machines, "November 1990" (UK; 1990-10-29), page 56
  23. Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 137
  24. Player One, "Décembre 1990" (FR; 1990-xx-xx), page 55
  25. Power Play, "11/90" (DE; 1990-10-12), page 138
  26. Raze, "December 1990" (UK; 1990-10-25), page 39
  27. Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
  28. Sega Pro, "December 1991" (UK; 1991-11-21), page 20
  29. Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
  30. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 33
  31. Zero, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-12-06), page 123
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