WWF Royal Rumble (Sega)

For the Sega Mega Drive game, see WWF Royal Rumble (Acclaim).

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NAOMI
NTSC-U
NTSC-J
PAL

WWF Royal Rumble

System(s): Sega NAOMI, Sega Dreamcast

Publisher:

Sega Corporation

THQ (US/EU)

Yuke's (JP)

Developer:

Sega Software R&D Dept. 1^[1]

Yuke's

Licensor: World Wrestling Federation Entertainment, JAKKS Pacific

Peripherals supported:

Dreamcast VGA Box, Dreamcast Arcade Stick, Visual Memory Unit

Genre: ProWres Action (プロレスアクション)^[2]^[3], Action^[4]

Number of players: 1-4

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	2000	$?	840-0040C

JP	2001-04-26^[3]	¥3,800 (3,990)3,800e^[3]	T-45101M
US	2000-08-14^[5]^[6]	$44.9944.99^[7]	T-10005N
EU	2000-09-22		T-10003D-50
DE	2000-09-26^[11]	DM 8989^[12]	T-10003D-50
ES	2000-09-27^[13]		T-10003D-50
FR	2000-09-22		T-10003D-50
UK	2000-09-22^[8]^[9]	£39.9939.99^[10]	T-10003D-50
AU	2000-09-30^[14]	$89.9589.95^[15]

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Sega's WWF Royal Rumble (WWF ロイヤルランブル) is a 2000 game for their NAOMI arcade platform ported to the Dreamcast the next year by Yuke's.

Production credits

Yukes Staff

Executive Producer: Yuke Taniguchi
Executive Director: Norifumi Hara
Production Coordinator: Hiromi Furuta
Game Design
Lead Game Designer: Hironobu Kama
Game Designer: Osamu Hashimoto
Game Design Supervisor: Toshihiko Kitazawa
Programming
Software Lead Engineer: Sumiaki Kawasaki
Software Engineer: Masakatsu Mouri
Menu Programmer: Katsumi Nakagaki
Software Programming Supervisor: Shintaro Matsubara
Art
- Lead Modeler: Makio Yamanaka
- Modelers: Makoto Yamamoto, Masamichi Ito, Keita Yokoyama, Jyunya Yoshikawa, Akiyoshi Kontani, Ryo Ichimura, Yukie Okamoto, Koji Makino, Taku Mito
- Lead Animator: Kiyotaka Azuma
- 3D Animators: Taku Chihaya, Tsuyoshi Fukuhara, Masahiro Nakatani, Kaori Hodoyama, Maiko Hayaishi, Koji Makino, Yoshihiro Tamura, Kanako Hayashi, Masataka Yamada
- Menu Graphic Designer: Yasuhiro Tsukahara
Sound: A M S Co., Ltd.
- Sound Producer: Momo Michishita
- Sound Engineers: Masafumi Ogata, Kei Morioka, Rei Shimizu
- Special Thanks: Tokuichi Kitaguchi, Daisuke Doi, Shingo Yoneda

Thq Staff

Executive Producer: Jim Boone
Producer: Sanders Keel
Assistant Producers: Michael Sparks, Yasutaka Asakura
Senior Product Manager: Craig Rechenmacher
Assistant Product Manager: Chris Sturr
Director of Quality Assurance: Donn Nauert
Senior Testers: Reza Sadafi, Cory Ledesma
Testers: David Arranaga, Julian Brummit, Angel Sisson, Brian Turner, Chris Callozo, Shaun Wharton, Mike Gentile, Jon Garibay, David Ritchie, Chris Wallock, John Bowles, Scott Dunbar, Tom Reyes, Jessica Hall, Tom Harrison
Visual/Audio Transfer: Tommy Tallarico
Special Thanks: Brian Farrell, Jeff Lapin, Michael Rubinelli, Yoji Takenaka, Peter Dille, Yuke Taniguchi, Yukes, Derek Phillips, Wwf, Stephen Berman, Jakks Pacific, Helo Lucich, Jakks Pacific, Howard Liebeskind, Kirk Somdal, Liz Pieri, Stephanie Kavoulakos, Don Choi

To All of The True Wwf And Pro Wrestling Fans of The World, Who Not Only Continue To Show Great Support For The Sport But Also Show Great Support For Us And Our Games.

Thank You Very Much.

This game would not be possible without you.

Source:

In-game credits (JP)

Digital manuals

US manual (standard)
US wiring diagram
US manual (kit)
NAOMI US service bulletin

Magazine articles

Main article: WWF Royal Rumble (Sega)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

PDF

NAOMI US digital flyer

Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #134: "September 2000" (2000-08-08)
also published in:

GamePro (US) #145: "October 2000" (2000-xx-xx)^[16]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #137: "December 2000" (2000-10-30)^[17]

Print advert in Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) #12: "October 2000" (2000-09-07)

Print advert in Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) #7: "Décembre 2000/Janvier 2001" (2000-1x-xx)

Physical scans

NAOMI version

NAOMI, JP

Cart

Dreamcast version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

Computer & Video Games (UK)

100

^[10]

Dreamcast Monthly (UK)

PAL

70

^[18]

Dreamcast Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[19]

Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

91

^[20]

Dorimaga (JP)

NTSC-J

91

^[21]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[22]

Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)

60

^[23]

Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)

83

^[24]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

75

^[25]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[26]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

78

^[7]

GamesMaster (UK)

63

^[27]

Gamers' Republic (US)

NTSC-U

58

^[28]

Hyper (AU)

PAL

68

^[15]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

54

^[29]

Neo Plus (PL)

50

^[30]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[31]

Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)

PAL

70

^[32]

Official Dreamcast Magazine (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[33]

Sega Magazin (DE)

PAL

67

^[12]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

61

^[34]

	68
Based on 21 reviews

WWF Royal Rumble (Sega)

Dreamcast, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Dreamcast, US
Cover
Disc Inlay

Dreamcast, EU
Cover
Disc

Technical information

Main article: WWF Royal Rumble (Sega)/Technical information.

External links

Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast
THQ webpages: Dreamcast

References

↑ http://www.wow-ent.co.jp/jpn/products/arcade.html (Wayback Machine: 2003-08-03 09:45)
↑ File:WWFRoyalRumble DC JP Box Back.jpg
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↑ https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software_l.html#tab02 (Wayback Machine: 2020-02-01 22:57)
↑ Press_release:_2000-08-14:_THE_MOST_ELECTRIFYING_BRAND_IN_SPORTS_ENTERTAINMENT_HAS_ARRIVED_ON_THE_SEGA_DREAMCAST
↑ http://www.ebworld.com/ebx/categories/homepages/dreamcast.asp (Wayback Machine: 2000-08-15 05:36)
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↑ http://www.chipsworld.co.uk/detProd.asp?ProductCode=3065 (Wayback Machine: 2003-11-26 05:52)
↑ http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/tg/browse/-/300724/ (Wayback Machine: 2001-06-23 23:00)
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↑ http://www.amazon.de/exec/obidos/ASIN/B00004YQWQ (Wayback Machine: 2005-05-24 10:22)
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↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 2000" (US; 2000-10-30), page 17
↑ Dreamcast Monthly, "November 2000" (UK; 2000-09-28), page 78
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "2001-12 (2001-04-27,05-04)" (JP; 2001-04-13), page 27
↑ Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 13" (UK; 2000-09-07), page 48
↑ Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 33
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 2000" (US; 2000-09-05), page 176
↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 191
↑ Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 301
↑ Famitsu, "2001-05-04" (JP; 2001-04-20), page 34
↑ GameFan, "Volume 8, Issue 10: October 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 19
↑ GamesMaster, "November 2000" (UK; 2000-10-02), page 101
↑ Gamers' Republic, "September 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 68
↑ MAN!AC, "11/2000" (DE; 2000-10-04), page 75
↑ Neo Plus, "Październik 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 45
↑ Next Generation, "October 2000" (US; 2000-09-19), page 115
↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "October 2000" (UK; 2000-09-07), page 74
↑ Official Dreamcast Magazine, "November 2000" (US; 2000-10-03), page 106
↑ Video Games, "12/2000" (DE; 2000-11-02), page 96

WWF Royal Rumble (Sega)

Books: Prima's Official Strategy Guide: WWF Royal Rumble (2002)

Prototypes: 2000-05-17

WWF franchise games for Sega systems
	WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge (1993)
	WWF Super WrestleMania (1992) \| WWF Royal Rumble (1993) \| WWF Raw (1994) \| WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game (1995)
	WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge (1993) \| WWF Raw (1994)
	WWF Rage in the Cage (1993)
	WWF Raw (1995) \| WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game (1995)
	WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game (1996) \| WWF In Your House (1996)
	WWF Attitude (1999)
	WWF Royal Rumble (2000)
	WWF Royal Rumble (1994)

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[:File:EGM_US_137.pdf_p17-17] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 2000" (US; 2000-10-30), page 17

[:File:DreamcastMonthly_UK_14.pdf_p78-18] Dreamcast Monthly, "November 2000" (UK; 2000-09-28), page 78

[:File:DCM_JP_20010427.pdf_p27-19] Dreamcast Magazine, "2001-12 (2001-04-27,05-04)" (JP; 2001-04-13), page 27

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[:File:Dorimaga_JP_20021011_2002-18.pdf_p33-21] Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 33

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[:File:GamesMaster_UK_100.pdf_p101-27] GamesMaster, "November 2000" (UK; 2000-10-02), page 101

[:File:GamersRepublic_US_28.pdf_p68-28] Gamers' Republic, "September 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 68

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WWF Royal Rumble (Sega)

From Sega Retro

Contents

Production credits

Digital manuals

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

NAOMI version

Dreamcast version

Technical information

External links

References