Toughman Contest

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Toughman Contest

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega 32X

Developer: High Score Productions, Visual Concepts

Genre: Sports

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1995-07-15	$64.9564.95^[1]	741101
EU	1995-03^[2]		E295SMXI
PT	1995		MDJ295
AU	1995
US	1995-06-06		T-5001B
EU	1995		T-5001B-50

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Toughman Contest is a boxing game released by Electronic Arts for the Sega Mega Drive and Sega 32X. It's based on the amateur boxing competition of the same name.

Gameplay

Toughman Contest is a boxing game played from the first person, in a style similar to Nintendo's Punch Out!! arcade games.

Versions

While the content is the same, Toughman Contest on the 32X has entirely re-designed backgrounds to take advantage of the wider colour palette of the system. It also offers slightly higher quality speech samples than its Mega Drive counterpart.

Production credits

32X version

Designed by: Michael Rubinelli
Developed by: Visual Concepts Entertainment, Inc.
Programming by: Tim Meekins
32X Programming by: Roderick L. Mann
Lead Artist: Colin Silverman
Graphic Artists: Heather Snitzer, Peter Wong, Nelson Wang, Dale Henderscheid, Matthew Crysdale
Project Manager: Jeffrey J. Thomas
Technical Assistance: Stephen Theodore Chiang
Sound: Brian Schmidt
Music: Brian Schmidt
Executive Producer: Scott Orr
Producer: Michael Rubinelli
Assistant Producer: Scott Wilkinson
Testers: Foster Birch, Marc Gilliland, Sean House, Michael Caldwell
Technical Director: David Walker
Product Manager: H. Erik Whiteford
Licensed by: Adore Ltd.
Special Thanks: Arthur Dore Sr., Kevin Hogan, Eric Esch (Butter Bean), Gordon Bellamy, Coolio, Spoon, Shelly Haute, Cheri Fischer

Source:

In-game credits

Package Design: E.J. Sarraille Design Group
Package Photo: David Martinez
Package Art Director: Nancy Waisanen
Documentation: Paul "Knuckle-Dragger" Armatta & David "Buzz-Saw" Lee
Documentation Layout: Tom Peters and The Gin Brothers
Testing Manager: Al Roireau
Quality Assurance: James "Saved-by-the-Bell" Abney, Mike Gong
Special Thanks To: Joe Bob

Source:

US manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Toughman Contest/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in GamePro (US) #69: "April 1995" (1995-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

70

^[10]

Consoles + (FR)

90

^[11]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

69

^[3]

Digitiser (UK)

78

^[12]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

67

^[13]

Game Players (US)

NTSC-U

68

^[14]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[1]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

67

^[15]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

75

^[16]

Joypad (FR)

87

^[17]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

67

^[18]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

64

^[19]

Mega Play (US)

NTSC-U

84

^[20]

Micro Kid's Multimédia (FR)

50

^[21]

Magazina Igrushek (RU)

75

^[22]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

64

^[2]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[23]

Player One (FR)

85

^[24]

Power Up! (UK)

83

^[25]

Score (CZ)

58

^[26]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

66

^[27]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

82

^[28]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

82

^[29]

Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)

74

^[30]

Todo Sega (ES)

70

^[31]

Top Consoles (FR)

60

^[32]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

77

^[33]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[34]

	73
Based on 28 reviews

Toughman Contest

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, SE (Rental)
Cover

32X version

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

GameFan (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[36]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

90

^[37]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

69

^[38]

Hyper (AU)

80

^[35]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

67

^[39]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

64

^[40]

Sega Magazin (DE)

69

^[41]

Sega Magazine (UK)

PAL

70

^[42]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

79

^[43]

VideoGames (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[44]

	73
Based on 10 reviews

Toughman Contest

32X, US
Cover
Cart Manual

32X, EU
Cover
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	14eac7a6
MD5	386d99d132ce5699ade81b4473cef5b4
SHA-1	7588b0b8f4e93d5fdc920d3ab7e464154e423da9

4MB

Cartridge (EU/US)

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 File:GamePro US 070.pdf, page 44 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 070.pdf_p44" defined multiple times with different content
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Mean Machines Sega, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-28), page 79
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 File:CVG UK 161.pdf, page 88 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 161.pdf_p88" defined multiple times with different content
↑ File:GamesWorld DE 0708.pdf, page 79
↑ Consoles +, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 90/91 (90)
↑ Computer & Video Games, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-15), page 88-89 (88)
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-28), page 78/79 (79)
↑ Player One, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 102/103 (102)
↑ VideoGames, "May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 92-93 (92)
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 250
↑ Consoles +, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 90
↑ Digitiser (UK) (1995-05-22)
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 82
↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 5 May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 40
↑ Game Informer, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 18
↑ Game Informer, "September 1999" (US; 1999-0x-xx), page 104
↑ Joypad, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 60
↑ MAN!AC, "05/95" (DE; 1995-04-12), page 60
↑ Mega Fun, "05/95" (DE; 1995-04-19), page 68
↑ Mega Play, "June/July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 49
↑ Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 60
↑ Magazina Igrushek, "4/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 68
↑ Next Generation, "May 1995" (US; 1995-04-18), page 101
↑ Player One, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 102
↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, April 08, 1995" (UK; 1995-04-08), page 1
↑ Score, "Duben 1995" (CZ; 1995-04-01), page 38
↑ Sega Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-15), page 80
↑ Sega Power, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-03-16), page 42
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-23), page 54
↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 153
↑ Todo Sega, "Mayo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 47
↑ Top Consoles, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 118
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 205
↑ VideoGames, "May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 92
↑ ^35.0 ^35.1 Hyper, "October 1995" (AU; 1995-xx-xx), page 68
↑ GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 6: June 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 111
↑ GamePro, "June 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 66
↑ Game Informer, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 50
↑ MAN!AC, "08/95" (DE; 1995-07-12), page 49
↑ Mega Fun, "08/95" (DE; 1995-07-19), page 73
↑ Sega Magazin, "August 1995" (DE; 1995-07-12), page 16
↑ Sega Magazine, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-13), page 90
↑ Sega Pro, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-08), page 50
↑ VideoGames, "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 98

Electronic Arts sports games for Sega systems
American Football
John Madden Football (1990) \| John Madden Football '92 (1991) \| John Madden Football '93 (1992) \| John Madden Football: Championship Edition (1992) \| Mutant League Football (1993) \| Madden NFL '94 (1993) \| Bill Walsh College Football (1993) \| Bill Walsh College Football '95 (1994) \| Madden NFL '95 (1994) \| Madden NFL 96 (1995) \| College Football USA 96 (1995) \| Madden NFL 97 (Mega Drive) (1996) \| Madden NFL 97 (Saturn) (1996) \| College Football USA 97 (1996) \| Madden NFL 98 (Mega Drive) (1997) \| Madden NFL 98 (Saturn) (1997)
Baseball
Tony La Russa Baseball (1993) \| MLBPA Baseball (1994) \| La Russa Baseball 95 (1994) \| Triple Play 96 (1995) \| Triple Play: Gold Edition (1996)
Basketball
Lakers versus Celtics and the NBA Playoffs (1990) \| Bulls vs Lakers and the NBA Playoffs (1991) \| Jordan vs Bird (1992) \| Team USA Basketball (1992) \| Bulls versus Blazers and the NBA Playoffs (1993) \| NBA Showdown '94 (1994) \| NBA Live 95 (1994) \| NBA Live 96 (1995) \| Coach K College Basketball (1995) \| NBA Live 97 (Mega Drive) (1996) \| NBA Live 97 (Saturn) (1996) \| NBA Live 98 (Mega Drive) (1997) \| NBA Live 98 (Saturn) (1997)
Golf
Zany Golf (1990) \| PGA Tour Golf (1990) \| PGA Tour Golf II (1992) \| PGA Tour Golf III (1994) \| PGA European Tour (1994) \| PGA Tour Golf II (1995) \| PGA Tour 96 (1995) \| PGA Tour 97 (1996)
Ice Hockey
NHL Hockey (Mega Drive) (1991) \| NHLPA Hockey '93 (1992) \| NHL Hockey '94 (1993) \| Elitserien 95 (1994) \| Mutant League Hockey (1994) \| NHL 95 (1994) \| NHLPA Hockey (1994) \| Elitserien 96 (1995) \| NHL 96 (1995) \| NHL Hockey (Game Gear) (1995) \| NHL 97 (Mega Drive) (1996) \| NHL 97 (Saturn) (1996) \| NHL 98 (Mega Drive) (1997) \| NHL 98 (Saturn) (1997)
Racing
Mario Andretti Racing (1994) \| Andretti Racing (1996) \| NASCAR 98 (1997)
Rugby
Rugby World Cup 1995 (1994) \| Australian Rugby League (1995)
Soccer
FIFA International Soccer (8-bit) (1993) \| FIFA International Soccer: Championship Edition (1994) \| FIFA Soccer 95 (1994) \| FIFA Soccer 96 (Mega Drive) (32X \| Saturn \| Game Gear) (1995) \| FIFA Soccer 97 (Gold Edition) (1996) \| FIFA Road to World Cup 98 (Mega Drive) (1997) \| FIFA Road to World Cup 98 (Saturn) (1997)
Misc.
EA Sports Double Header (1992) \| IMG International Tour Tennis (1994) \| Toughman Contest (1994)

[:File:GamePro_US_070.pdf_p44-1] 1.0 ^1.1 File:GamePro US 070.pdf, page 44 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 070.pdf_p44" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:MeanMachinesSega30UK.pdf_p79-2] 2.0 ^2.1 ^2.2 Mean Machines Sega, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-28), page 79

[:File:CVG_UK_161.pdf_p88-3] 3.0 ^3.1 File:CVG UK 161.pdf, page 88 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 161.pdf_p88" defined multiple times with different content

[:File:GamesWorld_DE_0708.pdf_p79-4] File:GamesWorld DE 0708.pdf, page 79

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_042.pdf_p90_.2890.2F91.29-5] Consoles +, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 90/91 (90)

[:File:CVG_UK_161.pdf_p88_.2888-89.29-6] Computer & Video Games, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-15), page 88-89 (88)

[:File:MeanMachinesSega30UK.pdf_p79_.2878.2F79.29-7] Mean Machines Sega, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-28), page 78/79 (79)

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_052.pdf_p102_.28102.2F103.29-8] Player One, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 102/103 (102)

[:File:VideoGames_US_76.pdf_p92_.2892-93.29-9] VideoGames, "May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 92-93 (92)

[10] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 250

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_042.pdf_p90-11] Consoles +, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 90

[digitiser1995-05-22-12] Digitiser (UK) (1995-05-22)

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_33.pdf_p82-13] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 82

[:File:GamePlayers_US_0805.pdf_p40-14] Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 5 May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 40

[:File:GameInformer_US_024.pdf_p18-15] Game Informer, "April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 18

[:File:GameInformer_US_077.pdf_p104-16] Game Informer, "September 1999" (US; 1999-0x-xx), page 104

[:File:Joypad_FR_041.pdf_p60-17] Joypad, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 60

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-05.pdf_p60-18] MAN!AC, "05/95" (DE; 1995-04-12), page 60

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-05.pdf_p68-19] Mega Fun, "05/95" (DE; 1995-04-19), page 68

[:File:MegaPlay_US_0603.pdf_p49-20] Mega Play, "June/July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 49

[:File:MicroKidsMultimedia_FR_06.pdf_p60-21] Micro Kid's Multimédia, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 60

[:File:Migr_4_RU.pdf_p68-22] Magazina Igrushek, "4/1995" (RU; 1995-xx-xx), page 68

[:File:NextGeneration_US_05.pdf_p101-23] Next Generation, "May 1995" (US; 1995-04-18), page 101

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_052.pdf_p102-24] Player One, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 102

[25] Power Up!, "Saturday, April 08, 1995" (UK; 1995-04-08), page 1

[:File:Score_CZ_16.pdf_p38-26] Score, "Duben 1995" (CZ; 1995-04-01), page 38

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_16.pdf_p80-27] Sega Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-03-15), page 80

[:File:SegaPower_UK_66.pdf_p42-28] Sega Power, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-03-16), page 42

[:File:SegaPro_UK_43.pdf_p54-29] Sega Pro, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-23), page 54

[:File:Sega_Mega_Drive_Review_2_RU.pdf_p153-30] Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 153

[:File:TodoSega_ES_26.pdf_p47-31] Todo Sega, "Mayo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 47

[:File:TopConsoles_FR_02.pdf_p118-32] Top Consoles, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 118

[33] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 205

[:File:VideoGames_US_76.pdf_p92-34] VideoGames, "May 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 92

[:File:Hyper_AU_023.pdf_p68-35] 35.0 ^35.1 Hyper, "October 1995" (AU; 1995-xx-xx), page 68

[:File:GameFan_US_0306.pdf_p111-36] GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 6: June 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 111

[:File:GamePro_US_071.pdf_p66-37] GamePro, "June 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 66

[:File:GameInformer_US_026.pdf_p50-38] Game Informer, "June 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 50

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-08.pdf_p49-39] MAN!AC, "08/95" (DE; 1995-07-12), page 49

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1995-08.pdf_p73-40] Mega Fun, "08/95" (DE; 1995-07-19), page 73

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_21.pdf_p16-41] Sega Magazin, "August 1995" (DE; 1995-07-12), page 16

[:File:SegaMagazine_UK_20.pdf_p90-42] Sega Magazine, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-13), page 90

[:File:SegaPro_UK_47.pdf_p50-43] Sega Pro, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-06-08), page 50

[:File:VideoGames_US_78.pdf_p98-44] VideoGames, "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 98

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Toughman Contest

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Contents

Gameplay

Versions

Production credits

32X version

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

32X version

Technical information

ROM dump status

References