Evander Holyfield's "Real Deal" Boxing

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: Sega

Developer: Acme Interactive

Sound driver: GEMS

Genre: Sports

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1992-10-30	¥7,800	G-4084
US	1992-08^[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

Sega Retro Average

Publication	Score	Source
Beep! MegaDrive (JP)	58	№1992-11, p26^[2]
Beep! MegaDrive (readers) (JP)	67	№, p85^[3]
Console Mania (IT)	80	№12, p54/55^[4]
Consoles + (FR)	52	№12, p60-62^[5]
GamePro (US)	88	№36, p38^[1]
Hippon Super (JP)	60	№1992-10, p47
Joypad (FR)	64	№12, p60/61
Joystick (FR)	70	№30, p182^[6]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)	57	№2, p42^[7]
Mega (UK)	60	№15, p77
MegaTech (UK)	58	№8, p44-47
Mean Machines (UK)	52	№23, p94-96^[8]
Player One (FR)	66	№23, p58/59^[9]
Sega Force (SE)	54	№2/92, p10^[10]
Sega Force (UK)	89	№9, p76/77^[11]
Sega Pro (UK)	81	№12, p54-56