Saturday Night Slam Masters

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Saturday Night Slam Masters

Publisher: Capcom

Developer: Capcom

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994-12^[1]		T-12066
EU	1994		T-12066-50
AU	1995-04^[2]	$99.9599.95^[2]	FSLA00SMC

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Saturday Night Slam Masters is a fighting/wrestling hybrid arcade game developed by Capcom, originally released for Capcom's CP System Dash arcade hardware in July 1993. The following year it was ported to the Sega Mega Drive and Super NES.

In Japan the game is typically known as Muscle Bomber: The Body Explosion, although the Mega Drive port was not released in that region. Nevertheless during development the game featured at Summer CES 1994 under the working title of Muscle Bomber, which may suggest a Japanese version was planned.

Gameplay

Saturday Night Slam Masters mixes up Capcom's one-on-one fighting system seen in games like Street Fighter II' (though here there is a vertical plane, similar to what you would typically find in arcade beat-'em-ups of the era), with the rules of professional wrestling.

The Mega Drive version allows players to use the full character roster, including bosses, in single player mode, and features an death match mode exclusive to the system. However, possibly due to colour palette restrictions, the 4-player tag team mode present in the Super Nintendo version (wherein a multi-tap is needed) is omitted. 4-player tag teams were not a feature of the arcade Saturday Night Slam Masters, but were included in a 4-player Japanese-only variant known as Muscle Bomber Duo.

Character List

Jumbo Flapjack (sub-boss)
Biff Slamkovich
Gunloc
The Great Oni
Titanic Tim
El Stingray
Mike -Macho- Haggar (of Final Fight fame)
Alexander the Grater
King Rasta Mon
The Scorpion (last boss)

Promotional material

Print advert in GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

50

^[5]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[6]

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

84

^[7]

GamesMaster (UK)

73

^[8]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

65

^[9]

Mega Fun (DE)

NTSC-U

58

^[10]

Next Generation (US)

25

^[3]

Player One (FR)

55

^[11]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC-U

82

^[12]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC-U

43

^[13]

Sega Force (SE)

32

^[14]

Todo Sega (ES)

80

^[15]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

74

^[16]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

70

^[17]

	60
Based on 14 reviews

Saturday Night Slam Masters

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

References

↑ File:GamePlayers US 0710.pdf, page 14
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 File:NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf, page 13
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 File:NextGeneration US 06.pdf, page 113 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:NextGeneration US 06.pdf_p113" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:PlayerOne FR 055.pdf, page 115
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 199
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 62
↑ GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 5: May 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 16
↑ GamesMaster, "June 1995" (UK; 1995-05-11), page 53
↑ MAN!AC, "05/95" (DE; 1995-04-12), page 69
↑ Mega Fun, "05/95" (DE; 1995-04-19), page 76
↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 117
↑ Sega Power, "June 1995" (UK; 1995-04-20), page 59
↑ Sega Pro, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-04-13), page 84
↑ Sega Force, "2/95" (SE; 1995-04-19), page 38
↑ Todo Sega, "Julio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 53
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 223
↑ Video Games, "9/95" (DE; 1995-08-30), page 101

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0710.pdf_p14-1] File:GamePlayers US 0710.pdf, page 14

[:File:NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf_p13-2] 2.0 ^2.1 File:NewReleasesCatalogueApril-May1995AU.pdf, page 13

[:File:NextGeneration_US_06.pdf_p113-3] 3.0 ^3.1 File:NextGeneration US 06.pdf, page 113 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:NextGeneration US 06.pdf_p113" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_055.pdf_p115-4] File:PlayerOne FR 055.pdf, page 115

[5] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 199

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_34.pdf_p62-6] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 62

[:File:GameFan_US_0305.pdf_p16-7] GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 5: May 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 16

[8] GamesMaster, "June 1995" (UK; 1995-05-11), page 53

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-05.pdf_p69-9] MAN!AC, "05/95" (DE; 1995-04-12), page 69

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-05.pdf_p76-10] Mega Fun, "05/95" (DE; 1995-04-19), page 76

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_055.pdf_p117-11] Player One, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 117

[:File:SegaPower_UK_67.pdf_p59-12] Sega Power, "June 1995" (UK; 1995-04-20), page 59

[:File:SegaPro_UK_45.pdf_p84-13] Sega Pro, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-04-13), page 84

[:File:SegaForce_SE_1995_02.pdf_p38-14] Sega Force, "2/95" (SE; 1995-04-19), page 38

[:File:TodoSega_ES_28.pdf_p53-15] Todo Sega, "Julio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 53

[16] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 223

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1995-09.pdf_p101-17] Video Games, "9/95" (DE; 1995-08-30), page 101

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Saturday Night Slam Masters

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Character List

Promotional material

Physical scans

References