WWF Royal Rumble (Sega)

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For the Sega Mega Drive game, see WWF Royal Rumble (Acclaim).

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WWF Royal Rumble
System(s): Sega NAOMI, Sega Dreamcast
Publisher:
Arcade (NAOMI)
Sega
Sega Dreamcast
THQ (US/EU)
Sega Dreamcast
Yuke's (JP)
Developer:
Licensor: World Wrestling Federation Entertainment
Peripherals supported:
Sega Dreamcast
Dreamcast VGA Box, Dreamcast Arcade Stick, Visual Memory Unit
Genre: ProWres Action (プロレスアクション)[1][2], Action[3]

















Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code
Arcade (NAOMI)
US
$? 840-0040C






















Sega Dreamcast
JP
¥3,800 (3,990)3,800e[2] T-45101M
Sega Dreamcast
US
T-10005N
ESRB: Teen
Sega Dreamcast
EU
T-10003D-50
ELSPA: 15+ OK
Sega Dreamcast
DE
DM 8989[5] T-10003D-50
USK: 16
Sega Dreamcast
FR
T-10003D-50
SELL: 12+
Sega Dreamcast
UK
£39.9939.99[4] T-10003D-50
ELSPA: 15+ OK
Sega Dreamcast
AU
$89.9589.95[6]

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Sega's WWF Royal Rumble (WWF ロイヤルランブル) is a 2000 game for their NAOMI arcade platform ported to the Dreamcast the next year by Yuke's.

Production credits

Yukes Staff
  • Executive Producer: Yuke Taniguchi
  • Executive Director: Norifumi Hara
  • Production Coordinator: Hiromi Furuta
  • Game Design
  • Lead Game Designer: Hironobu Kama
  • Game Designer: Osamu Hashimoto
  • Game Design Supervisor: Toshihiko Kitazawa
  • Programming
  • Software Lead Engineer: Sumiaki Kawasaki
  • Software Engineer: Masakatsu Mouri
  • Menu Programmer: Katsumi Nakagaki
  • Software Programming Supervisor: Shintaro Matsubara
  • Art
    • Lead Modeler: Makio Yamanaka
    • Modelers: Makoto Yamamoto, Masamichi Ito, Keita Yokoyama, Jyunya Yoshikawa, Akiyoshi Kontani, Ryo Ichimura, Yukie Okamoto, Koji Makino, Taku Mito
    • Lead Animator: Kiyotaka Azuma
    • 3D Animators: Taku Chihaya, Tsuyoshi Fukuhara, Masahiro Nakatani, Kaori Hodoyama, Maiko Hayaishi, Koji Makino, Yoshihiro Tamura, Kanako Hayashi, Masataka Yamada
    • Menu Graphic Designer: Yasuhiro Tsukahara
  • Sound: A M S Co., Ltd.
    • Sound Producer: Momo Michishita
    • Sound Engineers: Masafumi Ogata, Kei Morioka, Rei Shimizu
    • Special Thanks: Tokuichi Kitaguchi, Daisuke Doi, Shingo Yoneda
Thq Staff
  • Executive Producer: Jim Boone
  • Producer: Sanders Keel
  • Assistant Producers: Michael Sparks, Yasutaka Asakura
  • Senior Product Manager: Craig Rechenmacher
  • Assistant Product Manager: Chris Sturr
  • Director of Quality Assurance: Donn Nauert
  • Senior Testers: Reza Sadafi, Cory Ledesma
  • Testers: David Arranaga, Julian Brummit, Angel Sisson, Brian Turner, Chris Callozo, Shaun Wharton, Mike Gentile, Jon Garibay, David Ritchie, Chris Wallock, John Bowles, Scott Dunbar, Tom Reyes, Jessica Hall, Tom Harrison
  • Visual/Audio Transfer: Tommy Tallarico
  • Special Thanks: Brian Farrell, Jeff Lapin, Michael Rubinelli, Yoji Takenaka, Peter Dille, Yuke Taniguchi, Yukes, Derek Phillips, Wwf, Stephen Berman, Jakks Pacific, Helo Lucich, Jakks Pacific, Howard Liebeskind, Kirk Somdal, Liz Pieri, Stephanie Kavoulakos, Don Choi
To All of The True Wwf And Pro Wrestling Fans of The World, Who Not Only Continue To Show Great Support For The Sport But Also Show Great Support For Us And Our Games.
Thank You Very Much.
This game would not be possible without you.
Source:
In-game credits (JP)

Magazine articles

Main article: WWF Royal Rumble (Sega)/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #134: "September 2000" (2000-08-08)
also published in:
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Print advert in Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) #12: "October 2000" (2000-09-07)
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Print advert in Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) #7: "Décembre 2000/Janvier 2001" (2000-1x-xx)
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Physical scans

NAOMI version

NAOMI, JP
WWFRoyalRumble NAOMI Cart.jpg
Cart

Dreamcast version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
100 [9]
60 [10]
75 №646, p34
91 [11]
70 [12]
Sega Dreamcast
79
Based on
5 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Computer & Video Games (UK)
100
[4]
Dreamcast Monthly (UK) PAL
70
[13]
Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
60
[10]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
91
[14]
Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J
91
[11]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
50
[15]
Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
60
[16]
Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
83
[17]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
75
[18]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
78
[19]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
78
[20]
GamesMaster (UK)
63
[21]
Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-U
58
[22]
Hyper (AU) PAL
68
[6]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
54
[23]
Neo Plus (PL)
50
[24]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
50
[25]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
70
[26]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) NTSC-U
60
[27]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
67
[5]
Video Games (DE) PAL
61
[28]
Sega Dreamcast
68
Based on
21 reviews

WWF Royal Rumble (Sega)

Dreamcast, JP
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Cover
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Spinecard
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Disc
Dreamcast, US
WWFRoyalRumble DC US Box Back.jpgWWFRoyalRumble DC US Box Front.jpg
Cover
WWFRoyalRumble DC US Disc.jpg
Disc
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Inlay
Dreamcast, EU
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Cover
WWFRoyalRumble DC EU Disc.jpg
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Dreamcast
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
2000-05-17 Page

External links

  • Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

References

  1. File:WWFRoyalRumble DC JP Box Back.jpg
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 http://sega.jp/dc/db/010412.html (Wayback Machine: 2004-02-27 21:06)
  3. https://sega.jp/history/hard/dreamcast/software_l.html#tab02 (Wayback Machine: 2020-02-01 22:57)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Computer & Video Games, "October 2000" (UK; 2000-09-13), page 100
  5. 5.0 5.1 Sega Magazin, "November 2000" (DE; 2000-10-02), page 21
  6. 6.0 6.1 Hyper, "November 2000" (AU; 2000-09-27), page 74
  7. GamePro, "October 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 27
  8. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "December 2000" (US; 2000-10-30), page 17
  9. Computer & Video Games, "October 2000" (UK; 2000-09-13), page 100-101 (100)
  10. 10.0 10.1 Dreamcast Magazine, "2001-12 (2001-04-27,05-04)" (JP; 2001-04-13), page 27
  11. 11.0 11.1 Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 33
  12. Official Dreamcast Magazine, "October 2000" (UK; 2000-09-07), page 74-76 (74)
  13. Dreamcast Monthly, "November 2000" (UK; 2000-09-28), page 78
  14. Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 13" (UK; 2000-09-07), page 48
  15. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 2000" (US; 2000-09-05), page 176
  16. Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 191
  17. Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 301
  18. Famitsu, "2001-05-04" (JP; 2001-04-20), page 34
  19. GameFan, "Volume 8, Issue 10: October 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 19
  20. GamePro, "October 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 146
  21. GamesMaster, "November 2000" (UK; 2000-10-02), page 101
  22. Gamers' Republic, "September 2000" (US; 2000-xx-xx), page 68
  23. MAN!AC, "11/2000" (DE; 2000-10-04), page 75
  24. Neo Plus, "Październik 2000" (PL; 2000-xx-xx), page 45
  25. Next Generation, "October 2000" (US; 2000-09-19), page 115
  26. Official Dreamcast Magazine, "October 2000" (UK; 2000-09-07), page 74
  27. Official Dreamcast Magazine, "November 2000" (US; 2000-10-03), page 106
  28. Video Games, "12/2000" (DE; 2000-11-02), page 96