This article is about the Sega Mega Drive game. For the Sega Game Gear game, see Evander Holyfield Boxing .
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Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher:
Developer:
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Sports
Number of players: 1-2
Release
Date
RRP
Code
JP
1992-10-30
¥7,800
G-4084
US
1992-08More... [1]
$49.95
1215
CA
199x
$?
?
UK
1992-09-24
£39.99
1215
FR
1992-09-24
?F
1215
DE
1992-09-24
DM ?
1215
ES
1992-09-24
?Ptas
1215
BR
199x
R$?
046710
AS
199x
?
?
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Evander Holyfield 's "Real Deal" Boxing , also called Evander Holyfield Boxing (ホリフィールドボクシング) in Japan, is a 1992 boxing game for the Sega Mega Drive by Sega and Acme Interactive .
The graphics and match engine would be reused in the 1994 game Greatest Heavyweights .
Gameplay
In Career Mode, you can create your own boxer with several predefined appearance settings and stats (which are mutual — changing one will change the others appropriately). In Exhibition Mode, you can only choose from various professional boxers.
Matches occur in 2D with a pseudo-3D perspective where moving to the left or to the right will "rotate' the field behind you. punches with the left fist, blocks, and punches with the right fist, with various moves done by holding the D-pad in various positions while hitting the punch buttons.
Versions
Localised names
Also known as
Language
Localised Name
English Translation
English
Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing
Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing
English (US)
Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing
Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing
Japanese
ホリフィールドボクシング
Evander Holyfield Boxing
Production credits
Designed and produced by: Acme Interactive Inc for Sega of America Inc
Program and Design: Michael Lamb
Graphics: Jeff Godfrey
Additional Graphics: Stephen Thomson
Music by: Nu Romantic Productions
FX by: Brian Howarth
PC Boxing by: Mike Knauer
Testing and Tweaking: Robert Hemphill and the Sega testing department
Thanks to: John Brandwood, Steve Huges, Bob Jacob, Terry Lloyd, James Maxwell and Bernie Wong
Produced for Sega by: Scott Berfield
Source: In-game credits
Magazine articles
Main article: Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing/Magazine articles .
Promotional material
PDF
Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #39: "October 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
PDF
Print advert in
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-11: "November 1992" (1992-10-08)
Physical scans
Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart
Cart (alt)
Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart
Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart
Mega Drive, CA
Cover
Mega Drive, AS†
Cover
Technical information
ROM dump status
System
Hash
Size
Build Date
Source
Comments
✔
CRC32
4fef37c8
MD5
91f8f3ef27055687a12015b0123cc067
SHA-1
eb4aca22f8b5837a0a0b10491c46714948b09844
512kB
1992-07
Cartridge (US/EU/JP)
References
↑ GamePro , "July 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 40
↑ Beep! MegaDrive , "November 1992" (JP; 1992-10-08), page 26 (28)
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine , "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85 (87)
↑ Console Mania , "Ottobre 1992" (IT; xxxx-xx-xx), page 54/55 (54)
↑ Consoles + , "Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 60-62 (60)
↑ GamePro , "July 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 38 (40)
↑ Joypad , "Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 60/61 (60)
↑ Joystick , "Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 182
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming , "October 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 42
↑ Mean Machines , "August 1992" (UK; 1992-07-22), page 94-96 (94)
↑ Player One , "Septembre 1992" (FR; 1992-09-10), page 58/59 (58)
↑ Sega Force , "2/92" (SE; 1992-11-19), page 10
↑ Sega Force , "September 1992" (UK; 1992-08-13), page 76/77 (76)