Heavyweight Champ (8-bit)

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For other games which bear this title, see Heavyweight Champ.

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Heavyweight Champ
System(s): Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Sega, SIMS (JP), Flying Edge (George Foreman)
Developer:
Genre: Sports

















Release Date RRP Code
Sega Master System
US 		7063
Sega Master System
EU 		7063
Sega Master System
EU
(G. Foreman) 		MK-27041-50
Sega Master System
BR 		024180
Sega Master System
BR
(G. Foreman) 		026180
Sega Game Gear
JP 		¥4,2004,200 T-44027
Sega Game Gear
US 		$34.9534.95 [4] T-81038
Sega Game Gear
EU 		T-81038-50

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Heavyweight Champ (ヘビーウェイトチャンプ) is a boxing game released for the Sega System 16 arcade in 1987 and later ported to the Master System and Game Gear in 1991. The game has had an unusual history, having been tied to two professional boxing champions, George Foreman and James "Buster" Douglas.

For a brief period in North America, the game was titled James "Buster" Douglas Knockout Boxing (where it was released alongside the redesigned Master System II), to accompany the Sega Mega Drive game of the same name. It is, however, a very different game to the Mega Drive version, and is sometimes even seen as the superior product. In Europe and Brazil, it was titled George Foreman's KO Boxing, and is again unrelated to the Mega Drive game with the same name. In more recent releases the game has simply been titled as "Heavyweight Champ", presumably because SIMS and Sega no longer had the rights to pair it with those celebrity boxers.

Gameplay

Heavyweight Champ is more traditional fighting game, viewed from the side of the action and controlled using a standard control pad.

Production credits

Master System version (Heavyweight Champ)

  • Planners: All Members
  • Programmers: Nonchan, S.Kawa
  • Designers: Yasukuni, Tommy
  • Sound Composer: Kin
  • Presented by: Sega

Master System version (George Foreman)

  • Acclaim Development by "The White Team"
  • Dan Feinstein, Tom Gibson, Donn Nauert, Joe Libertella, James Fink
Staff
  • Planners: All Members
  • Programmers: Machida
  • Designers: Aoyama
  • Sound Composer: Wada, Nishino
  • Special Thanks: Fujioka, Hikita

Magazine articles

Main article: Heavyweight Champ (8-bit)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

  • US print advert

Physical scans

Master System version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
69 №114, p74[5]
49 №1, p138[6]
74 №16, p142[7]
62
50 №2/37
46 №7, p58/59[8]
77 №10, p41[9]
65 №35, p132[10]
65 №9, p54[1]
67 №19, p34/35
60 №23, p57
12 №38, p56/57
79 №3, p47[11]
69 №15, p32/33
55 №3, p60/61
Sega Master System
 60
Based on
15 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
47
[12]
Buzz! Computers (UK)
65
[13]
The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)
51
[14]
Console XS (UK) PAL
77
[15]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
69
[5]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
49
[6]
Game Power (IT)
85
[16]
Joypad (FR)
55
[17]
Joystick (FR) PAL
74
[7]
Mega Force (FR)
62
[18]
Micromanía (segunda época) (ES)
50
[19]
Mean Machines (UK)
46
[8]
Player One (FR)
77
[9]
Player One (FR)
65
[20]
Play Time (DE)
39
[21]
Power Play (DE)
39
[22]
Raze (UK)
65
[1]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
67
[23]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
50
[24]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
12
[25]
Sega Pro (UK)
79
[11]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
69
[26]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
69
[27]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
55
[28]
Todo Sega (ES)
55
[29]
Video Games (DE)
30
[30]
Video Games (DE)
59
[31]
Sega Master System
 58
Based on
27 reviews

Heavyweight Champ (8-bit)

Master System, US
(James "Buster" Douglas)
HWC SMS US Box JBD.jpg
Cover
JBDKB SMS US Cart Top.jpg
JBDKB SMS US Cart Back.jpgJBDKB SMS US Cart.jpg
Cart
Master System, EU
(Heavyweight Champ)
HWC SMS EU Box.jpg
Cover
HeavyweightChamp SMS EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Master System, EU
(George Foreman)
HWC SMS EU Box GF.jpg
Cover
GFKOB SMS EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Master System, AU
(Heavyweight Champ)
HWC SMS AU Box.jpg
Cover
HeavyweightChamp SMS AU Cart.jpg
Cart
Master System, AU
(George Foreman)

GFKOB SMS AU Cart.jpg
Cart
Master System, BR
(Heavyweight Champ)
HWC SMS BR2 Box.jpg
Cover
HeavyweightChampSMSBRCartridge.jpg
Cart
HWC SMS BR2 Manual.pdf
Manual
Master System, BR
(Heavyweight Champ; newer)
HWC SMS BR Box.jpg
Cover
HeavyweightChampSMSBRCartridge.jpg
Cart
Master System, BR
(George Foreman)
HWC SMS BR Box GF.jpg
Cover
Georgeforeman sms br cart.jpg
Cart

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
61 №125 (Go!), p18/19[32]
62 №7, p127[33]
63 №35, p82[4]
74 №5, p56
84 №10, p50
70 №6, p136[34]
73 №15, p154[35]
78 №24, p155[36]
75 №34, p229[37]
85 №26, p130[38]
55 №8, p78/79[39]
28 №36, p63
80 №5, p64[40]
62 №13, p27
70 №15, p34
47 №5, p28/29
Sega Game Gear
 67
Based on
16 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Aktueller Software Markt (DE)
33
[41]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
50
[42]
Consoles + (FR)
62
[33]
Consoles + (FR)
20
[43]
Console XS (UK) NTSC-J
79
[44]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
61
[32]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
60
[3]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
48
[45]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
63
[4]
Game Zone (UK) NTSC-J
74
[46]
Game Zone (UK)
84
[47]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
50
[48]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
85
[49]
Joypad (FR)
70
[34]
Joypad (FR)
73
[35]
Joystick (FR)
78
[36]
Joystick (FR) PAL
75
[37]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
46
[50]
Player One (FR)
85
[51]
Play Time (DE)
77
[52]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
28
[53]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
80
[40]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
62
[54]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
70
[55]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
56
[56]
Sega Force (UK) PAL
55
[39]
Supersonic (FR)
86
[57]
VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US) NTSC-U
60
[58]
Sega Game Gear
 63
Based on
28 reviews

Heavyweight Champ (8-bit)

Game Gear, US
(George Foreman)
GFKOB GG US Box Back.jpgNospine.pngGFKOB GG US Box Front.jpg
Cover
George Foreman's KO Boxing GG US cart.jpg
Cart
GFKOB gg us manual.pdf
Manual
Game Gear, EU
(George Foreman)
HWC GG EU Box GF Front.jpg
Cover
George Foreman's KO Boxing GG EU cart.jpg
Cart
Game Gear, JP
(Heavyweight Champ)
HWC GG JP Box Front.jpg
Cover

References

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  2. ↑ File:Supergame BR 02.pdf, page 27
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  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:CVG UK 114.pdf, page 74 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 114.pdf_p74" defined multiple times with different content
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, Virgin Books, page 138 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesEssentialSegaGuide Book UK.pdf_p138" defined multiple times with different content
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  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 File:MeanMachines UK 07.pdf, page 58 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachines UK 07.pdf_p58" defined multiple times with different content
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  10. ↑ File:PlayerOne FR 035.pdf, page 116
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  12. ↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "Juli 1991" (DE; 1991-06-28), page 116
  13. ↑ Buzz! Computers (UK) (+0:00)
  14. ↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 94
  15. ↑ Console XS, "June/July 1992" (UK; 1992-04-23), page 141
  16. ↑ Game Power, "Febbraio 1992" (IT; 1992-0-xx), page 40
  17. ↑ Joypad, "Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 100
  18. ↑ Mega Force, "Mars 1993" (FR; 1993-0x-xx), page 108
  19. ↑ Micromanía (segunda época), "Junio 1991" (ES; 1991-0x-xx), page 55
  20. ↑ Player One, "Octobre 1993" (FR; 1993-xx-xx), page 132
  21. ↑ Play Time, "6/92" (DE; 1992-05-06), page 97
  22. ↑ Power Play, "7/91" (DE; 1991-06-12), page 137
  23. ↑ Sega Power, "June 1991" (UK; 1991-05-02), page 34
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  25. ↑ Sega Power, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-03), page 56
  26. ↑ Sega Pro, "Christmas 1992" (UK; 1992-12-10), page 32
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  28. ↑ Sega Zone, "January 1993" (UK; 1992-12-xx), page 60
  29. ↑ Todo Sega, "Julio 1993" (ES; 1993-0x-xx), page 68
  30. ↑ Video Games, "2/91" (DE; 1991-06-07), page 81
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  34. ↑ 34.0 34.1 File:Joypad FR 006.pdf, page 136 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joypad FR 006.pdf_p136" defined multiple times with different content
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  37. ↑ 37.0 37.1 File:Joystick FR 034.pdf, page 229 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Joystick FR 034.pdf_p229" defined multiple times with different content
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