Slaughter Sport

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Slaughter Sport
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Razorsoft (US), Sanritsu Denki (JP)
Developer:
Original system(s): PC
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥7,8007,800 T-44013
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$49.9549.95[3] T-56046

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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[4] (and then January 1991[5]). 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[4], 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.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English (US) Slaughter Sport Slaughter Sport
Japanese ファットマン Fatman

Magazine articles

Main article: Slaughter Sport/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Slaughter Sport/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
58 [6]
50 №, p85[7]
71 [8]
79 [9]
68 №111, [1]
85 [10]
80 №11, p123
60 [11]
32 №5, p93
41 №15, p77
71 [12]
89 [13]
60 №23, p53
40 №23, p54
64 №18, p65
Sega Mega Drive
 63
Based on
15 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[14]
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
80
[15]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
58
[16]
Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)
71
[8]
The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)
71
[17]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
79
[9]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
50
[5]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
60
[18]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
68
[19]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
84
[20]
Joystick (FR)
80
[21]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)
60
[11]
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK) NTSC-U
32
[22]
Mega Drive Fan (JP) NTSC-J
62
[23]
Mega (UK) NTSC-J
41
[24]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
48
[25]
MegaTech (UK) NTSC-J
71
[12]
Mean Machines Sega (UK)
71
[26]
Power Play (DE)
28
[27]
Raze (UK) NTSC-J
89
[13]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-J
50
[28]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
25
[29]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
64
[30]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
50
[31]
Tricks 16 bit (RU) NTSC-U
75
[32]
Tricks 16 bit (RU) NTSC-J
60
[33]
User (GR) NTSC-J
83
[34]
Sega Mega Drive
 62
Based on
27 reviews

Slaughter Sport

Mega Drive, US
SlaughterSport MD US Box.jpg
Cover
SlaughterSport MD US Cart.jpg
Cart
Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Fatman MD JP Cart.jpg
Cart

References

  1. ↑ http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Interview:Tom_Sloper
  2. ↑ GamePro, "December 1991" (US; 1991-xx-xx), page 108
  3. ↑ GamePro, "October 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 71
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 File:GPSG US 0203.pdf, page 16
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 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
  6. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-XX), page 21 (23)
  7. ↑ File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf, page 87
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 37
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Computer & Video Games, "December 1990" (UK; 1990-11-16), page 134
  10. ↑ GamePro, "October 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 69 (71)
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-xx-xx), page 79
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 81
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Raze, "January 1991" (UK; 1990-11-29), page 70
  14. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 211
  15. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 249
  16. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-XX), page 23
  17. ↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 51
  18. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 358
  19. ↑ Famitsu, "1990-10-26" (JP; 1990-xx-xx), page 17
  20. ↑ GamePro, "October 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 70
  21. ↑ Joystick, "Décembre 1990" (FR; 1990-1x-xx), page 123
  22. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 93
  23. ↑ Mega Drive Fan, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-08), page 87
  24. ↑ Mega, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 77
  25. ↑ Mega Play, "February 1991" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 43
  26. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 142
  27. ↑ Power Play, "1/91" (DE; 1990-12-14), page 181
  28. ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 53
  29. ↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 54
  30. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 65
  31. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  32. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 164
  33. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 273
  34. ↑ User, "Októvrios 1991" (GR; 1991-xx-xx), page 89
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