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Best of the Best: Championship Karate

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Electro Brain (US), Micro World (Japan)

Developer: Loriciel

Genre: Sports^[1]

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-01-29^[1]	¥8,5008,500	T-49143
US	1993-07^[2]		T-107016
KR	199x		GM8084JT

Non-Sega versions
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Best of the Best: Championship Karate, called The Kick Boxing (ザ・キックボクシング) in Japan and South Korea, is a 1992 computer kickboxing game by Loriciel. It was ported by some unknown developers (likely Loriciel themselves) to the Sega Mega Drive in 1993.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language	Localised Name	English Translation
English (US)	Best of the Best: Championship Karate	Best of the Best: Championship Karate
Japanese	ザ・キックボクシング	The Kick Boxing

Magazine articles

Main article: Best of the Best: Championship Karate/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Game Players (US) #0612: "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (1993-1x-xx)
also published in:

GamePro (US) #54: "January 1994" (199x-xx-xx)^[3]

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1992-12: "December 1992" (1992-11-07)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-01: "January 1993" (1992-12-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-02: "February 1993" (1993-01-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

60

^[4]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[5]

Cool Gamer (RU)

70

^[6]

Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)

60

^[7]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

68

^[8]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[9]

Mega (UK)

NTSC-J

69

^[10]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-J

50

^[11]

Marukatsu Mega Drive (JP)

NTSC-J

64

^[12]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-J

66

^[13]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

80

^[14]

Sega Zone (UK)

NTSC-J

8

^[15]

Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)

80

^[16]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

46

^[17]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

NTSC-U

66

^[18]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

NTSC-J

69

^[19]

	60
Based on 16 reviews

Best of the Best: Championship Karate

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, KR
Cover
Cart

Technical information

Main article: Best of the Best: Championship Karate/Technical information.

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	c3d6a5d4
MD5	6f94c4d0e8591f11f03fd8710124fbab
SHA-1	1fafc2d289215d0f835fa6c74a8bf68f8d36bcc8

1MB

1993-12

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	9bdc230c
MD5	bb98f63238f108c1aedda815493c44c6
SHA-1	c3f74c01e8124d5d08f817ff6e0c9416545b8302

1MB

1992-11

Cartridge (JP)

?

CRC32	f842240b
MD5	cf51fc9636aeef801b918f2d98831219
SHA-1	c7ffaa2af35d0365340075555b6a5c3f252d33b3

1MB

1992-11

Page

References

NEC Retro has more information related to The Kick Boxing

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
↑ Sega Visions, "June/July 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 97
↑ GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 243
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 32
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1993" (JP; 1993-01-08), page 21
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 34
↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 295
↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 7: June 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 16
↑ Hippon Super, "February 1993" (JP; 1993-01-06), page 38
↑ Mega, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 42
↑ MegaTech, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-20), page 68
↑ Marukatsu Mega Drive, "January 1993" (JP; 1992-12-xx), page 109
↑ Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 65
↑ Sega Pro, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 50
↑ Sega Zone, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-23), page 68
↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 23
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 24
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 139

Best of the Best: Championship Karate
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Hidden content \| Magazine articles \| Reception \| Region coding \| Technical information \| Bootlegs Prototypes: 1992-11

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[:File:SegaVisions_US_13.pdf_p97-2] Sega Visions, "June/July 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 97

[:File:GamePro_US_054.pdf_p243-3] GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 243

[4] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 32

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-02.pdf_p21-5] Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1993" (JP; 1993-01-08), page 21

[6] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 34

[7] Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 295

[:File:GameFan_US_0107.pdf_p16-8] GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 7: June 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 16

[9] Hippon Super, "February 1993" (JP; 1993-01-06), page 38

[:File:Mega_UK_17.pdf_p42-10] Mega, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 42

[:File:MegaTech_UK_24.pdf_p68-11] MegaTech, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-20), page 68

[:File:MarukatuMD_JP_03.pdf_p109-12] Marukatsu Mega Drive, "January 1993" (JP; 1992-12-xx), page 109

[:File:SegaPower_UK_50.pdf_p65-13] Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 65

[:File:SegaPro_UK_28.pdf_p50-14] Sega Pro, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 50

[:File:SegaZone_UK_15.pdf_p68-15] Sega Zone, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-23), page 68

[16] Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 23

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-17] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[18] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 24

[19] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 139

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Difference between revisions of "Best of the Best: Championship Karate"

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Contents

Versions

Localised names

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References