Best of the Best: Championship Karate

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Best of the Best: Championship Karate
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Electro Brain (US), Microworld (JP)
Developer:
Genre: Sports

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥8,5008,500 T-49143
Sega Mega Drive
US 		T-107016
Sega Mega Drive
KR 		GM8084JT

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.

Promotional material

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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)[2]
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
69 №17, p42
50 №24, p68
66 №50, p65
80 №28, p50
8 №15, p68
Sega Mega Drive
 55
Based on
5 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[3]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
60
[4]
Cool Gamer (RU)
70
[5]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
60
[6]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
68
[7]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
50
[8]
Mega (UK) NTSC-J
69
[9]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-J
50
[10]
Marukatsu Mega Drive (JP) NTSC-J
64
[11]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-J
66
[12]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
80
[13]
Sega Zone (UK) NTSC-J
8
[14]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
80
[15]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
46
[16]
Tricks 16 bit (RU) NTSC-U
66
[17]
Tricks 16 bit (RU) NTSC-J
69
[18]
Sega Mega Drive
 60
Based on
16 reviews

Best of the Best: Championship Karate

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Best Of The Best MD US Manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
TheKickboxing MD JP CartTop.jpg
TheKickBoxing MD JP Cart.jpg
Cart
TheKICKBOXING MD jp manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, KR
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Cover
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Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 c3d6a5d4
MD5 6f94c4d0e8591f11f03fd8710124fbab
SHA-1 1fafc2d289215d0f835fa6c74a8bf68f8d36bcc8
1MB 1993-12 Cartridge (US)
Sega Mega Drive
✔
CRC32 9bdc230c
MD5 bb98f63238f108c1aedda815493c44c6
SHA-1 c3f74c01e8124d5d08f817ff6e0c9416545b8302
1MB 1992-11 Cartridge (JP)
Sega Mega Drive
 ?
CRC32 f842240b
MD5 cf51fc9636aeef801b918f2d98831219
SHA-1 c7ffaa2af35d0365340075555b6a5c3f252d33b3
1MB 1992-11 Page

References

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NEC Retro has more information related to The Kick Boxing
  1. ↑ File:SegaVisions US 13.pdf, page 97
  2. ↑ GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 243
  3. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 32
  4. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "February 1993" (JP; 1993-01-08), page 21
  5. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 34
  6. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 295
  7. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 1, Issue 7: June 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 16
  8. ↑ Hippon Super, "February 1993" (JP; 1993-01-06), page 38
  9. ↑ Mega, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 42
  10. ↑ MegaTech, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-20), page 68
  11. ↑ Marukatsu Mega Drive, "January 1993" (JP; 1992-12-xx), page 109
  12. ↑ Sega Power, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 65
  13. ↑ Sega Pro, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-30), page 50
  14. ↑ Sega Zone, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-23), page 68
  15. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 23
  16. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  17. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 24
  18. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 139
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