Slaughter Sport

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Slaughter Sport
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Razorsoft (US), Sanritsu Denki (Japan)
Developer:
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code

Slaughter Sport, called Fatman (ファットマン) in Japan, is a fighting game developed by Brian A. Rice, Inc. for the Sega Mega Drive in 1990. It was previously released as Mondu's Fight Palace and Tongue of the Fatman for Commodore 64 and DOS computers, respectively (and were working titles for this version). The Mega Drive version was not released in Europe.

Slaughter Sport is an early fighting game in which you fight various opponents in a tournament to please a character named "Mondu the Fat". There is no character selection screen, and the game is notoriously difficult to play.

History

Development

Mondu's Fight Palace was announced relatively early on in the Mega Drive's lifespan, and was set to be published in North America by Mediagenic (trading as Activision) in Autumn 1990[2] (and then January 1991[3]). Following rulings of multi-million dollar patent infringements, Mediagenic spent much of this period being in significant debt, dealing with a Robert Kotick-led buyout and a US chapter 11 bankruptcy, before re-emerging a couple of years later back under the Activision name.

During this period Activision pulled out of the Mega Drive market, and Mondu's Fight Palace was put on hold in the summer of 1991[2], finding a new publisher in Razorsoft and being finally released in December of that year under its final Slaughter Sport name.

None of these events affected the Japanese release.

Promotional material

  • US print advert

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #27: "October 1991" (1991-xx-xx)
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Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #7: "Winter 1991/1992" (1991-xx-xx)
also published in:
  • GamePro (US) #16bit: "16-bit Video Gaming: February 1992" (1992-xx-xx)[4]
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
71 №4, p37[5]
79 №109, p134[6]
85 №15, p69[7]
80 №11, p123
60 №3, p79[8]
32 №5, p93
41 №15, p77
71 №1, p81[9]
89 №3, p70[10]
60 №23, p53
40 №23, p54
64 №18, p65
Sega Mega Drive
 64
Based on
12 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[11]
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
80
[12]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
58
[13]
Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
71
[5]
The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)
71
[14]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
79
[6]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
50
[3]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
60
[15]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
68
[16]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
84
[17]
Joystick (FR)
80
[18]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)
60
[8]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-U
32
[19]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
62
[20]
Mega (UK) NTSC-J
41
[21]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
48
[22]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-J
71
[9]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
71
[23]
Power Play (DE)
28
[24]
Raze (UK) NTSC-J
89
[10]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-J
50
[25]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
25
[26]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
64
[27]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
50
[28]
Tricks 16 bit (RU) NTSC-U
75
[29]
Tricks 16 bit (RU) NTSC-J
60
[30]
User (GR) NTSC-J
83
[31]
Sega Mega Drive
 62
Based on
27 reviews

Slaughter Sport

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, JP
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Cart

References

  1. ↑ http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Interview:Tom_Sloper
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 File:GPSG US 0203.pdf, page 16
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 File:EGM US 019.pdf, page 26 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:EGM US 019.pdf_p26" defined multiple times with different content
  4. ↑ GamePro, "16-bit Video Gaming: February 1992" (US; 1992-xx-xx), page 78
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 File:CGtC UK 04.pdf, page 37 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CGtC UK 04.pdf_p37" defined multiple times with different content
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 File:CVG UK 109.pdf, page 134 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 109.pdf_p134" defined multiple times with different content
  7. ↑ File:GamePro US 015.pdf, page 71
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 File:MDAG UK 03.pdf, page 79 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MDAG UK 03.pdf_p79" defined multiple times with different content
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf, page 81 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MegaTech UK 01.pdf_p81" defined multiple times with different content
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 File:Raze UK 03.pdf, page 70 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Raze UK 03.pdf_p70" defined multiple times with different content
  11. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 211
  12. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 249
  13. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-XX), page 23
  14. ↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 51
  15. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 358
  16. ↑ Famitsu, "1990-10-26" (JP; 1990-xx-xx), page 17
  17. ↑ GamePro, "October 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 70
  18. ↑ Joystick, "Décembre 1990" (FR; 1990-1x-xx), page 123
  19. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93
  20. ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-08), page 87
  21. ↑ Mega, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 77
  22. ↑ Mega Play, "February 1991" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 43
  23. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 142
  24. ↑ Power Play, "1/91" (DE; 1990-12-14), page 181
  25. ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
  26. ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54
  27. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65
  28. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  29. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 164
  30. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 273
  31. ↑ User, "Októvrios 1991" (GR; 1991-xx-xx), page 89
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