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Slap Fight MD

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Tengen

Developer: Toaplan, MNM Software

Licensor: Toaplan

Original system(s): Arcade boards

Genre: Shooting^[1]^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1993-06-11^[2]	¥7,800 (8,034)7,800e^[3]	T-48093
KR	199x		GM8100JT

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Slap Fight MD (スラップファイト) is a Sega Mega Drive vertical shoot-'em-up game developed by MNM 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.

Gameplay

Slap Fight MD mode title screen.

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.

The mechanics of Slap Fight are similar to Konami's Gradius series, albeit as a vertical shooter rather than horizontal. Destroying enemies can leave stars, which if collected cycle through a selection of weapons, which can then be activated with . All weapons are lost if the player loses a life, though if there are unused stars, one star will be given (meaning "speed" is highlighted)

shoots rapidfire; fires a single shot.

Weapons

	Speed (スピード)
	Increases the movement speed of your ship. There are five possible speeds.
	Shot (ショット)
	Reverts the ship to the standard firing weapon. This has limited range.
	Side (Shot) (サイドショット)
	Adds firepower on the left and right of the ship.
	(Power) Wing (パワーウイング)
	Increases the number of weapons, though makes your ship a bigger target. Each activation adds one set of weapons on the left and right side, with up to three being stackable. If one of a wing is hit, it is lost.
	Bomb (ボム)
	A shorter range, but wider attack for taking out enemies that are close together.
	Laser (レーザー)
	Fires a long-range beam upwards.
	H.Mis (Homing Missile) (ホーミングミサイル)
	Missles that automatically lock-on to nearby enemies.
	Shield (シールド)
	Gives the ship three more hitpoints.

History

Development

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 it's 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.

Production credits

Game Designed by: Tatsuya Uemura*, Jun Shimizu
Graphic Designed by: Kohji Wada, Hiroki Tatemukai
Sound Composed by: Yuzo Koshiro, Mikito Ichikawa†
Programmed by: Jun Shimizu
Sound Programmed by: Takeshi Maruyama
Supervised by: Mikito Ichikawa†
Produced by: Tatsuya Uemura*

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

Digital manuals

Mega Drive Mini JP manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Slap Fight MD/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-07: "July 1993" (1993-06-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-10: "October 1993" (1993-09-08)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

30

^[4]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

73

^[5]

Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)

76

^[6]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

65

^[7]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

70

^[8]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC-J

83

^[9]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

NTSC-J

76

^[10]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

86

^[11]

	70
Based on 8 reviews

Slap Fight MD

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, KR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	d6695695
MD5	989f8effd6fbbd93dcabd0be8fd41f8a
SHA-1	3cb992c70b4a5880a3e5f89211f29fe90486c0e0

1MB

1993-07

Cartridge (JP)

?

CRC32	dbb62949
MD5	ea2d65c39e67519ecb1e5615ffb9c93b
SHA-1	2add264816b97ca20d3efc5ae541997aa1b82a59

1MB

EPROM cartridge

Page

External links

Eurogamer article

References

↑ File:SlapFightMD MD KR Box.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1993" (JP; 1993-06-08), page 146
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 274
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1993" (JP; 1993-06-08), page 20
↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 90
↑ Famitsu, "1993-06-18" (JP; 1993-06-04), page 38
↑ Hippon Super, "July 1993" (JP; 1993-06-04), page 44
↑ MegaTech, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-20), page 68
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-07-30), page 92
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

Slap Fight MD
	Main page \| Comparisons \| Maps \| Hidden content \| Magazine articles \| Reception \| Region coding \| Technical information Prototypes: Prototype

[:File:SlapFightMD_MD_KR_Box.jpg_p-1] File:SlapFightMD MD KR Box.jpg

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200702232146.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fmegadrive.2Fsoftware_l.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-07.pdf_p146-3] Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1993" (JP; 1993-06-08), page 146

[4] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 274

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1993-07.pdf_p20-5] Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1993" (JP; 1993-06-08), page 20

[:File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide_Book_UK.pdf_p90-6] Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 90

[:File:Famitsu_JP_0235.pdf_p38-7] Famitsu, "1993-06-18" (JP; 1993-06-04), page 38

[8] Hippon Super, "July 1993" (JP; 1993-06-04), page 44

[:File:MegaTech_UK_20.pdf_p68-9] MegaTech, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-07-20), page 68

[:File:MeanMachinesSega11UK.pdf_p92-10] Mean Machines Sega, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-07-30), page 92

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p85-11] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85

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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''.
-{{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.
+The mechanics of ''Slap Fight'' are similar to [[Konami]]'s ''[[Gradius]]'' series, albeit as a vertical shooter rather than horizontal. Destroying enemies can leave stars, which if collected cycle through a selection of weapons, which can then be activated with {{A}}. All weapons are lost if the player loses a life, though if there are unused stars, one star will be given (meaning "speed" is highlighted)
+{{B}} shoots rapidfire; {{C}} fires a single shot.
+===Weapons===
+{{InfoTable|
+{{InfoRow
+| title=Speed (スピード)
+| image=
+| desc=Increases the movement speed of your ship. There are five possible speeds.
+}}
+{{InfoRow
+| title=Shot (ショット)
+| image=
+| desc=Reverts the ship to the standard firing weapon. This has limited range.
+}}
+{{InfoRow
+| title=Side (Shot) (サイドショット)
+| image=
+| desc=Adds firepower on the left and right of the ship.
+}}
+{{InfoRow
+| title=(Power) Wing (パワーウイング)
+| image=
+| desc=Increases the number of weapons, though makes your ship a bigger target. Each activation adds one set of weapons on the left and right side, with up to three being stackable. If one of a wing is hit, it is lost.
+}}
+{{InfoRow
+| title=Bomb (ボム)
+| image=
+| desc=A shorter range, but wider attack for taking out enemies that are close together.
+}}
+{{InfoRow
+| title=Laser (レーザー)
+| image=
+| desc=Fires a long-range beam upwards.
+}}
+{{InfoRow
+| title=H.Mis (Homing Missile) (ホーミングミサイル)
+| image=
+| desc=Missles that automatically lock-on to nearby enemies.
+}}
+{{InfoRow
+| title=Shield (シールド)
+| image=
+| desc=Gives the ship three more hitpoints.
+}}
+}}
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Contents

Gameplay

Weapons

History

Development

Release

Legacy

Production credits

Digital manuals

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References