Powerball

n/a

NTSC-U
NTSC-J

Powerball/Wrestleball

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console

Publisher:

Namco (JP)

Namco Hometek (US)

Bandai Namco Games (JP/US)

Developer:

Namco

M2

Sound driver: Namco sound driver

Genre: Sports^[1]

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1991-02-08^[1]	¥5,8005,800	T-14043
US	1991-07^[2]	$56.9956.99^[3]	T-14036
JP ▼	2008-02-19^[5]	600pts600^[6]
US ▼	2008-03-24^[4]	800pts800^[4]

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Powerball, known in Japan as Wrestleball (レッスルボール), is a Sega Mega Drive action sports game developed and published by Namco. A combination between football and American football where the use of both hands and feet are permitted, it was first released in Japan in February 1991, and was brought to the United States later that year. The game is included on the Japanese Mega Drive Mini, where it's the only officially localized game not to have an English option due to a trademark dispute with the American lottery game Powerball.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English (US)	Powerball	Powerball
Japanese	レッスルボール	Wrestleball

Development

The Japanese cover artwork was drawn by manga artist Kouichi Tokita.^[7]

Production credits

Staff: Moriwaki, Nakamura, Kawamoto, Saita

Source:

Internal ROM text (US version only)^[8]

Music: Yoshinori Kawamoto

Source:

Developer mentions^[9]

Digital manuals

Mega Drive Mini JP manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Powerball/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #19: "February 1991" (1991-xx-xx)
also published in:

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #20: "March 1991" (1991-xx-xx)^[10]
GamePro (US) #20: "March 1991" (1991-xx-xx)^[11]
Game Players (US) #0304: "Vol. 3 No. 4 April 1991" (1991-0x-xx)^[12]
Game Players (US) #0306: "Vol. 3 No. 6 June 1991" (1991-0x-xx)^[13]
Sega Visions (US) #4: "April/May 1991" (1991-xx-xx)^[14]

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[15]

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

30

^[16]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

68

^[17]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

80

^[18]

Console XS (UK)

NTSC-J

74

^[19]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

68

^[20]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

60

^[21]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[22]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

76

^[23]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

100

^[24]

Joystick (FR)

NTSC-J

70

^[25]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

48

^[26]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC-U

48

^[27]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

78

^[28]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[29]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

75

^[30]

Sega Pro (UK)

78

^[31]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

76

^[32]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

74

^[33]

Sega Force (UK)

NTSC-U

30

^[34]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

83

^[35]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

67

^[36]

Zzap! (IT)

94

^[37]

	68
Based on 23 reviews

Powerball

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Technical information

Main article: Powerball/Technical information.

External links

Sega of Japan Virtual Console pages: Mega Drive
Nintendo catalogue pages: US

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video/c/gp92-ELuaus/m/6ESzll-rMn4J
↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "April 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 54
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/Z0OP005gXv7M59KVZpC-IKDVNxp4BZkP (Wayback Machine: 2010-11-23 02:22)
↑ https://www.nintendo.co.jp/wii/vc/software/06.html (Wayback Machine: 2018-03-05 22:42)
↑ http://vc.sega.jp:80/vc_wrestleball/ (Wayback Machine: 2008-03-14 11:24)
↑ @kouichi_tokita on Twitter (archive.today)
↑ The Cutting Room Floor: Powerball
↑ https://vgmdb.net/forums/showpost.php?p=71442&postcount=5
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 67
↑ GamePro, "March 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 75
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 3 No. 4 April 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 17
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 3 No. 6 June 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 7
↑ Sega Visions, "April/May 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 5
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 178
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 344
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Mai 1991" (DE; 1991-04-26), page 121
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 34
↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 133
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 18
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 348
↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1991-0x-xx), page 1
↑ GamePro, "November 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 45
↑ Hippon Super, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-04), page 40
↑ Joystick, "Mai 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 167
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 28
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "May 1991" (JP; 1991-04-08), page 95
↑ Mega Play, "May/June 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 44
↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54
↑ Sega Pro, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 21
↑ Sega Pro, "September 1992" (UK; 1992-08-13), page 44
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66
↑ Sega Force, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-10), page 76
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 138
↑ Zzap!, "Aprile 1991" (IT; 1991-xx-xx), page 60

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[:File:EGM_US_020.pdf_p67-10] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "March 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 67

[:File:GamePro_US_020.pdf_p75-11] GamePro, "March 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 75

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0304.pdf_p17-12] Game Players, "Vol. 3 No. 4 April 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 17

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0306.pdf_p7-13] Game Players, "Vol. 3 No. 6 June 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 7

[:File:SegaVisions_US_04.pdf_p5-14] Sega Visions, "April/May 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 5

[15] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 178

[16] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 344

[:File:ASM_DE_1991-05.pdf_p121-17] Aktueller Software Markt, "Mai 1991" (DE; 1991-04-26), page 121

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1991-03.pdf_p34-18] Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 34

[:File:Console_XS_UK_01.pdf_p133-19] Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 133

[:File:EGM_US_022.pdf_p18-20] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "May 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 18

[21] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 348

[22] Famitsu, "" (JP; 1991-0x-xx), page 1

[:File:GamePro_US_028.pdf_p45-23] GamePro, "November 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 45

[24] Hippon Super, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-04), page 40

[:File:Joystick_FR_016.pdf_p167-25] Joystick, "Mai 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 167

[:File:MDAG_UK_03.pdf_p28-26] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 28

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p93-27] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93

[:File:Megadrive_Fan_1991-05.pdf_p95-28] Mega Drive Fan, "May 1991" (JP; 1991-04-08), page 95

[:File:MegaPlay_US_04.pdf_p44-29] Mega Play, "May/June 1991" (US; 1991-0x-xx), page 44

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p54-30] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54

[:File:SegaPro_UK_05.pdf_p21-31] Sega Pro, "March 1992" (UK; 1992-02-20), page 21

[:File:SegaPro_UK_11.pdf_p44-32] Sega Pro, "September 1992" (UK; 1992-08-13), page 44

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p66-33] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 66

[:File:SegaForce_UK_10.pdf_p76-34] Sega Force, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-10), page 76

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-35] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

[36] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 138

[:File:Zzap_IT_55.pdf_p60-37] Zzap!, "Aprile 1991" (IT; 1991-xx-xx), page 60

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Powerball

From Sega Retro

Contents

Versions

Localised names

Development

Production credits

Digital manuals

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

External links

References