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[[File:SlapFightMD_MD_SpecialModeTitleScreen.png|thumb|right|''Slap Fight MD'' mode title screen.]]
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'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (スラップファイト) is a [[Sega Mega Drive]] vertical shoot-'em-up game developed by [[M.N.M Software]] and published by [[Tengen]]. Released in Japan in June 1993, the game is an enhanced port of the 1986 [[Toaplan]] arcade game ''[[wikipedia:Slap Fight|Slap Fight]]''.
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'''''Slap Fight MD''''' (スラップファイト) is a 1993 shoot-'em-up game developed by [[Toaplan]] and [[MNM Software]] for the [[Sega Mega Drive]] and published by [[Tengen]] exclusively in Japan and South Korea.
 
  
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Two games are available: a port of Toaplan's 1986 arcade shoot-'em-up ''Slap Fight'' with the choice to use either remastered music or the original sound, and a separate game called ''Slap Fight MD'', that has the same gameplay mechanics but new art, levels, weapons, and music (composed by [[Yuzo Koshiro]]). The option to switch between ''Slap Fight'' and ''Slap Fight MD'' is in the Options menu under "Game Mode," with Normal enabling ''Slap Fight'' and Special enabling ''Slap Fight MD''.
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==Story==
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The game takes place in the year 2059 in another galaxy. Mankind has colonized an alien planet called Theon after evacuating a previously colonized planet Orac. Five years prior, the colony on Orac was attacked by alien invaders, and the war was so intense, the colonists were forced to leave. However, Theon is now under attack by the same alien fleet, but the humans are ready. The player assumes the role of an Allied League of Cosmic Nations (ALCON) fighter pilot in the SW475 space fighter craft to stop the invaders from taking over Theon.
  
 
==Gameplay==
 
==Gameplay==
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{{B}} shoots rapidfire; {{C}} fires a single shot. In either case, the shots will not reach the end of the screen, so proper positioning is necessary. On the side of the screen is a menu of powerups. Some enemies leave stars that, when collected, moves a cursor to an item on that menu; press {{A}} to use the powerup. If the player loses a life before using a powerup, the cursor is moved to the "speed up" powerup.
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{{ScreenThumb|SlapFightMD MD SpecialModeTitleScreen.png|width=200|''Slap Fight MD''}}
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Two games are available: a port of Toaplan's 1986 arcade shoot-'em-up ''Slap Fight'' with the choice to use either remastered music or the original sound, and a separate game called ''Slap Fight MD'', that has the same gameplay mechanics but new art, stages, and music (composed by [[Yuzo Koshiro]]) and reworked weapons. The option to switch between ''Slap Fight'' and ''Slap Fight MD'' is in the Options menu under "Game Mode," with Normal enabling ''Slap Fight'' and Special enabling ''Slap Fight MD''.
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The mechanics of ''Slap Fight'' are similar to [[Konami]]'s ''[[:Category:Gradius|Gradius]]'' series, albeit as a vertical shooter rather than horizontal. The player's starfighter moves with the D-Pad. It fires with {{B}} or {{C}}, which can be held for rapid-fire. When the "Rapid" option is enabled, {{B}} fires more rapidly. Destroying enemies can leave stars, which if collected cycle through a selection of weapons and upgrades, which can then be activated with {{A}}. There are three different weapons to choose from, as well as movement speed upgrades and a shield that absorbs three hits. The player can also equip up to three pairs of additional "Wings," which provide additional firepower.
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In ''Slap Fight MD'', a "helper" drone sometimes appears. The drone moves autonomously around the screen and fires a narrow stream of bullets. It can be controlled by another player using a control pad plugged into the second port.
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If the ship is hit on one of its extra wings, it loses a pair of wings. In ''Slap Fight MD'', losing wings causes a large explosion in an area, which destroys enemies and neutralizes projectiles caught in the blast. Wings can be manually detonated by pressing {{C}}. If the ship itself is hit without a shield, it is destroyed, and the player restarts at a predetermined checkpoint at the cost of a life. All weapons and upgrades are lost if the player loses a life; if there are unused stars, one star is given (meaning "Speed" is highlighted). The game ends if the player runs out of lives, but the game has unlimited continues. The player earns an extra life at 30,000 points and then every 100,000 points after that. There are multiple selectable difficulty levels (Easy, Normal, Hard, and Hardest).
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After completing the last stage, the game begins again, with the second loop increasing in difficulty.
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===Weapons===
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{{InfoTable|
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Star
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| sprite={{sprite | Slap Fight MD, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=16 | crop_height=16 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=108}}
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| desc=Selects the next item in the sidebar. The selected item can be chosen by the player by pressing {{B}}.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Speed (スピード)
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| sprite={{sprite | Slap Fight MD, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=40 | crop_height=12 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=0}}
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| desc=Increases the movement speed of the player's starfighter, up to 5 times.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Shot (ショット)
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| sprite={{sprite | Slap Fight MD, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=40 | crop_height=12 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=12}}
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| desc=Reverts the ship to the standard firing weapon, which shoots streams of bullets in parallel. This weapon fires quickly but only fires about half the length of the screen, requiring the player to engage enemies more closely.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Side (Shot) (サイドショット)
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| sprite={{sprite | Slap Fight MD, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=40 | crop_height=12 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=24}}
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| desc=Adds firepower on the left and right of the ship.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=(Power) Wing (パワーウイング)
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| sprite={{sprite | Slap Fight MD, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=40 | crop_height=12 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=36}}
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| desc=Increases the number of weapons, which increases the width of the ship's hitbox and makes it a bigger target for enemies. Each activation adds one set of weapons on the left and right side, with up to 3 being stackable. If a wing is hit by enemy fire, the pair of wings is lost.
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Bomb (ボム)
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| sprite={{sprite | Slap Fight MD, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=40 | crop_height=12 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=48}}
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| desc=Equips the Bomb weapon. In ''Slap Fight'', it is a shorter range but wider attack for taking out enemies that are close together. In ''Slap Fight MD'', it is a long-range attack that fires slowly but does high damage.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Laser (レーザー)
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| sprite={{sprite | Slap Fight MD, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=40 | crop_height=12 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=60}}
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| desc=Equips the Laser weapon, which fires long-range beams upwards. Laser beams fire slower than the standard weapon but travel the full length of the screen and pass through targets.
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=H.Mis (Homing Missile) (ホーミングミサイル)
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| sprite={{sprite | Slap Fight MD, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=40 | crop_height=12 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=72}}
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| desc=Equips the Homing Missile weapon, which shoots missiles that radiate outwards from the ship and automatically lock-on to nearby enemies. Wing upgrades increase the strength of the missiles rather than the quantity (which is always 16 missiles fired at a time).
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}}
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Shield (シールド)
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| sprite={{sprite | Slap Fight MD, Items.png | 2 | crop_width=40 | crop_height=12 | crop_x=0 | crop_y=84}}
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| desc=Gives the ship a shield that protects it from three hits.
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}}
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}}
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===Areas===
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Each game is a single long, uninterrupted stage, broken into approximately 80 areas.
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====''Slap Fight''====
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| screenshot=Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 14.png
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| title=Area 22-30
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| screenshot=Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 26.png
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| title=Area 31-40
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| screenshot=Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 38.png
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| title=Area 41-50
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| screenshot=Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 44.png
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| title=Area 51-60
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| screenshot=Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 51.png
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| title=Area 61-70
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| screenshot=Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 62.png
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Area 71-80
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| screenshot=Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 71.png
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====''Slap Fight MD''====
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| title=Area 1-10
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| screenshot=Slap Fight MD, Special, Area 5.png
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| title=Area 11-20
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| screenshot=Slap Fight MD, Special, Area 13.png
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| title=Area 22-30
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| screenshot=Slap Fight MD, Special, Area 26.png
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| tabs=yes
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Area 31-40
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| screenshot=Slap Fight MD, Special, Area 34.png
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| tabs=yes
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{{InfoRow
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| title=Area 41-50
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| screenshot=Slap Fight MD, Special, Area 48.png
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| title=Area 51-60
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| screenshot=Slap Fight MD, Special, Area 52.png
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| tabs=yes
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| title=Area 61-70
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| screenshot=Slap Fight MD, Special, Area 62.png
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| title=Area 71-80
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| screenshot=Slap Fight MD, Special, Area 73.png
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| title=Area 81-83
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| screenshot=Slap Fight MD, Special, Area 83.png
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==Music and sound==
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''Slap Fight MD'' has a new soundtrack composed by [[Yuzo Koshiro]]. [[M.N.M Software]] founder Mikito Ichikawa and Yuzo Koshiro were childhood friends, and they had previously worked together on ''[[Streets of Rage 2]]''.
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{{quote|Mr. Koshiro was graduating as I began my freshman year in the same high school. When I went to work at [[Dempa Micomsoft]] still wearing my high school uniform, Mr. Koshiro realised we were from the same school and spoke to me. I happened to be developing an RPG and asked him to do the music, to which he accepted right away. Since then we have been very close.
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Mr. Koshiro had already provided many musical compositions for us at [[M.N.M Software|MNM]] by the time I asked him to do the music for ''Slap Fight MD'', so he was a natural choice. ''[[Bare Knuckle 2]]'' used a sound driver made by MNM, and I developed the sound driver and converted the sound for the [[Game Gear]] version of ''[[The GG Shinobi|Shinobi]]''.|''[[Mikito Ichikawa]]''|ref={{ref|https://www.eurogamer.net/death-from-above-the-making-of-slap-fight-md}}}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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===Development===
 
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===Release===
 
===Release===
 
The late and limited release of ''Slap Fight MD'' meant that reportedly only about 5,000 copies were sold in total.
 
The late and limited release of ''Slap Fight MD'' meant that reportedly only about 5,000 copies were sold in total.
  
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==Production Credits==
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===Legacy===
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:''Legend: names with a * are Toaplan staff; names with a † are MNM Software staff.''
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''Slap Fight MD'' was later re-released as one of the 42 pre-installed games on the [[Mega Drive Mini]] in Japan and other Asian countries. However, the game was modified in several ways. All mentions of [[Tengen]] were removed from the game and its packaging, with further modifications made for the game's manual released through the system's official website. In addition, an in-game sprite resembling one of the Invaders from ''[[Space Invaders]]'' was modified likely due to copyright concerns.
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'''Game Designed by:''' [[Tatsuya Uemura]]* & Jun Shimizu<br>
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'''Graphic Designed by:''' Kohji Wada & [[Hiroki Tatemukai]]<br>
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The item system was revisited for Toaplan's later shoot-'em-up ''[[V-Five]]'', released in arcades in 1993 and ported to the Mega Drive the following year.
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'''Sound Composed by:''' [[Yuzo Koshiro]] & [[Mikito Ichikawa]]†<br>
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'''Programmed by:''' Jun Shimizu<br>
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==Production credits==
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'''Sound Programmed by:''' Takeshi Maruyama<br>
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'''Supervised by:''' [[Mikito Ichikawa]]†<br>
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*'''Game Designed by:''' [[Tatsuya Uemura]]*, Jun Shimizu
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'''Produced by:''' [[Tatsuya Uemura]]*<br>
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*'''Graphic Designed by:''' Kohji Wada, [[Hiroki Tatemukai]]
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*'''Sound Composed by:''' [[Yuzo Koshiro]], [[Mikito Ichikawa]]†
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*'''Programmed by:''' Jun Shimizu
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*'''Sound Programmed by:''' Takeshi Maruyama
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*'''Supervised by:''' [[Mikito Ichikawa]]†
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*'''Produced by:''' [[Tatsuya Uemura]]*
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| pdf=Slap Fight MD credits.pdf
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Legend: names with a * are Toaplan staff; names with a † are M.N.M Software staff.
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==Digital manuals==
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<gallery>
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SlapFightMD MD JP MDMini manual.pdf|Mega Drive Mini JP manual
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==Magazine articles==
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{{mainArticle|{{PAGENAME}}/Magazine articles}}
  
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==Physical Scans==
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==Promotional material==
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==Physical scans==
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{{ratings|MD}}
 
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==Technical information==
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==References==
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[[Category:Mega Drive Mini games]]

Latest revision as of 11:17, 11 November 2024

For the 2024 re-release by Retro-bit, see Slap Fight MD Collector's Edition.

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Slap Fight MD
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Tengen
Developer:
Distributor: Samsung (KR)
Licensor: Toaplan
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Genre: Shooting[1][2]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥7,800 (8,034)7,800e[3] T-48093
Sega Mega Drive
KR 		GM8100JT

Slap Fight MD (スラップファイト) is a Sega Mega Drive vertical shoot-'em-up game developed by M.N.M Software and published by Tengen. Released in Japan in June 1993, the game is an enhanced port of the 1986 Toaplan arcade game Slap Fight.

Story

The game takes place in the year 2059 in another galaxy. Mankind has colonized an alien planet called Theon after evacuating a previously colonized planet Orac. Five years prior, the colony on Orac was attacked by alien invaders, and the war was so intense, the colonists were forced to leave. However, Theon is now under attack by the same alien fleet, but the humans are ready. The player assumes the role of an Allied League of Cosmic Nations (ALCON) fighter pilot in the SW475 space fighter craft to stop the invaders from taking over Theon.

Gameplay

SlapFightMD MD SpecialModeTitleScreen.png

Slap Fight MD

Two games are available: a port of Toaplan's 1986 arcade shoot-'em-up Slap Fight with the choice to use either remastered music or the original sound, and a separate game called Slap Fight MD, that has the same gameplay mechanics but new art, stages, and music (composed by Yuzo Koshiro) and reworked weapons. The option to switch between Slap Fight and Slap Fight MD is in the Options menu under "Game Mode," with Normal enabling Slap Fight and Special enabling Slap Fight MD.

The mechanics of Slap Fight are similar to Konami's Gradius series, albeit as a vertical shooter rather than horizontal. The player's starfighter moves with the D-Pad. It fires with B or C, which can be held for rapid-fire. When the "Rapid" option is enabled, B fires more rapidly. Destroying enemies can leave stars, which if collected cycle through a selection of weapons and upgrades, which can then be activated with A. There are three different weapons to choose from, as well as movement speed upgrades and a shield that absorbs three hits. The player can also equip up to three pairs of additional "Wings," which provide additional firepower.

In Slap Fight MD, a "helper" drone sometimes appears. The drone moves autonomously around the screen and fires a narrow stream of bullets. It can be controlled by another player using a control pad plugged into the second port.

If the ship is hit on one of its extra wings, it loses a pair of wings. In Slap Fight MD, losing wings causes a large explosion in an area, which destroys enemies and neutralizes projectiles caught in the blast. Wings can be manually detonated by pressing C. If the ship itself is hit without a shield, it is destroyed, and the player restarts at a predetermined checkpoint at the cost of a life. All weapons and upgrades are lost if the player loses a life; if there are unused stars, one star is given (meaning "Speed" is highlighted). The game ends if the player runs out of lives, but the game has unlimited continues. The player earns an extra life at 30,000 points and then every 100,000 points after that. There are multiple selectable difficulty levels (Easy, Normal, Hard, and Hardest).

After completing the last stage, the game begins again, with the second loop increasing in difficulty.

Weapons

Slap Fight MD, Items.png
 Star
Selects the next item in the sidebar. The selected item can be chosen by the player by pressing B.
Slap Fight MD, Items.png
 Speed (スピード)
Increases the movement speed of the player's starfighter, up to 5 times.
Slap Fight MD, Items.png
 Shot (ショット)
Reverts the ship to the standard firing weapon, which shoots streams of bullets in parallel. This weapon fires quickly but only fires about half the length of the screen, requiring the player to engage enemies more closely.
Slap Fight MD, Items.png
 Side (Shot) (サイドショット)
Adds firepower on the left and right of the ship.
Slap Fight MD, Items.png
 (Power) Wing (パワーウイング)
Increases the number of weapons, which increases the width of the ship's hitbox and makes it a bigger target for enemies. Each activation adds one set of weapons on the left and right side, with up to 3 being stackable. If a wing is hit by enemy fire, the pair of wings is lost.
Slap Fight MD, Items.png
 Bomb (ボム)
Equips the Bomb weapon. In Slap Fight, it is a shorter range but wider attack for taking out enemies that are close together. In Slap Fight MD, it is a long-range attack that fires slowly but does high damage.
Slap Fight MD, Items.png
 Laser (レーザー)
Equips the Laser weapon, which fires long-range beams upwards. Laser beams fire slower than the standard weapon but travel the full length of the screen and pass through targets.
Slap Fight MD, Items.png
 H.Mis (Homing Missile) (ホーミングミサイル)
Equips the Homing Missile weapon, which shoots missiles that radiate outwards from the ship and automatically lock-on to nearby enemies. Wing upgrades increase the strength of the missiles rather than the quantity (which is always 16 missiles fired at a time).
Slap Fight MD, Items.png
 Shield (シールド)
Gives the ship a shield that protects it from three hits.

Areas

Each game is a single long, uninterrupted stage, broken into approximately 80 areas.

Slap Fight

Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 6.png

Area 1-10

Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 14.png

Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 17.png

  • Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 14.png

  • Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 17.png

Area 11-20

Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 26.png

Area 22-30

Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 38.png

Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 40.png

  • Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 38.png

  • Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 40.png

Area 31-40

Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 44.png

Area 41-50

Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 51.png

Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 55.png

  • Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 51.png

  • Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 55.png

Area 51-60

Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 62.png

Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 68.png

  • Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 62.png

  • Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 68.png

Area 61-70

Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 71.png

Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 77.png

Slap Fight MD, Normal, Area 80.png

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Area 71-80

Slap Fight MD

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Area 1-10

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Area 11-20

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Area 22-30

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Area 31-40

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Area 41-50

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Area 51-60

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Area 61-70

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Area 71-80

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Area 81-83

Music and sound

Slap Fight MD has a new soundtrack composed by Yuzo Koshiro. M.N.M Software founder Mikito Ichikawa and Yuzo Koshiro were childhood friends, and they had previously worked together on Streets of Rage 2.


“ Mr. Koshiro was graduating as I began my freshman year in the same high school. When I went to work at Dempa Micomsoft still wearing my high school uniform, Mr. Koshiro realised we were from the same school and spoke to me. I happened to be developing an RPG and asked him to do the music, to which he accepted right away. Since then we have been very close.

Mr. Koshiro had already provided many musical compositions for us at MNM by the time I asked him to do the music for Slap Fight MD, so he was a natural choice. Bare Knuckle 2 used a sound driver made by MNM, and I developed the sound driver and converted the sound for the Game Gear version of Shinobi.

„

— Mikito Ichikawa[4]


History

Release

The late and limited release of Slap Fight MD meant that reportedly only about 5,000 copies were sold in total.

Legacy

Slap Fight MD was later re-released as one of the 42 pre-installed games on the Mega Drive Mini in Japan and other Asian countries. However, the game was modified in several ways. All mentions of Tengen were removed from the game and its packaging, with further modifications made for the game's manual released through the system's official website. In addition, an in-game sprite resembling one of the Invaders from Space Invaders was modified likely due to copyright concerns.

The item system was revisited for Toaplan's later shoot-'em-up V-Five, released in arcades in 1993 and ported to the Mega Drive the following year.

Production credits

Source:
In-game credits
Slap Fight MD credits.pdf
[5]


Legend: names with a * are Toaplan staff; names with a † are M.N.M Software staff.

Digital manuals

  • Mega Drive Mini JP manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Slap Fight MD/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-07: "July 1993" (1993-06-08)
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-10: "October 1993" (1993-09-08)
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Print advert in Game Champ (KR) #1993-09: "xxxx" (199x-xx-xx)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
30
[6]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
73
[7]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
76
[8]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
65
[9]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
70
[10]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-J
83
[11]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-J
76
[12]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
86
[13]
Sega Mega Drive
 70
Based on
8 reviews

Slap Fight MD

Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
Mega Drive, KR
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Cover

Technical information

Main article: Slap Fight MD/Technical information.

External links

References

  1. ↑ File:SlapFightMD MD KR Box.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
  3. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1993" (JP; 1993-06-08), page 146
  4. ↑ https://www.eurogamer.net/death-from-above-the-making-of-slap-fight-md
  5. ↑ File:Slap Fight MD credits.pdf
  6. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 274
  7. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1993" (JP; 1993-06-08), page 20
  8. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 90
  9. ↑ Famitsu, "1993-06-18" (JP; 1993-06-04), page 38
  10. ↑ Hippon Super, "July 1993" (JP; 1993-06-04), page 44
  11. ↑ MegaTech, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-20), page 68
  12. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-07-30), page 92
  13. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85


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