Battle Monsters

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Battle Monsters
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment (US/EU), Naxat Soft (JP)
Developer:
Sound driver: SCSP/CD-DA (1 track)
Peripherals supported: Saturn 6 Player Adaptor
Genre: Fighting Action/Kakutou Action (格闘アクション)[1], Action[2]

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP 		¥5,8005,800 T-18701G
Sega Rating: 18 and Up
Sega Saturn
US 		T-8137H
ESRB: Teen
Sega Saturn
EU 		T-8137H-50
ELSPA: 11+ OK
Sega Saturn
DE 		T-8137H-50
USK: 12
Sega Saturn
PL 		199zł199
Sega Saturn
AU
OFLC: MA15

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Battle Monsters (バトルモンスターズ) is a versus fighting game released exclusively for the Sega Saturn in 1995. It was developed by Naxat Soft and is very similar to Mortal Kombat, in that it uses digitised fighters and has an emphasis on violence. The characters in this game are an array of monsters from hell. The working title for the game was Van Battle.

Production credits

  • Staff
    • Planner: Nobuhiko Ikeuchi
    • Programmer: Toshio Arai
    • Designers: Hiroyuki Suwahara, Noriko Fuzisawa, Masanao Kita, Takashi Noguchi, Yasunobu Fujii
    • Sound: Yoshio Nagashima
  • Cast
    • Makaryudo/Kuja/The Big Four: Wataru Yamada
    • Chili and Pepper: Koichi Chiba, Yuichi Aida
    • La•Fa: Doria
    • Kaf•Ka: Katsuhiko Senzaki
    • Naga: Leticia
    • Deathmask: Hisaya Yamazakaki
    • Albiole: Takashi Noguchi
    • H•H•Harn/Shion: Yoshinori Yamamoto
  • Special Thanks: Hisaya Yamazaki, Natsuhi Shibata, Hiroshi Kawasaki, Kenji Nishi
  • Supervisor: Norio Yamazaki
  • Exective Producer: Ryoichi Kado
  • Development by: Scarab
  • Produced by: Naxat Soft
Source:
In-game credits
BattleMonsters Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf
[3]

Magazine articles

Main article: Battle Monsters/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Next Generation (US) #22: "October 1996" (1996-09-17)
also published in:
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
{{{{{icon}}}|L}} Division by zero.
Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
35
[5]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
63
[6]
Gambler (PL)
54
[7]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
58
[8]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
30
[9]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) NTSC-J
76
[10]
Game Informer (US) NTSC-U
25
[11]
Hobby Consolas (ES)
60
[12]
Joypad (FR) NTSC-J
33
[13]
Joypad (FR)
40
[14]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
24
[15]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
24
[16]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
32
[17]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-J
60
[18]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
62
[19]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
63
[20]
Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL)
70
[21]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
71
[22]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
70
[23]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
90
[24]
Ultimate Future Games (UK) NTSC-J
51
[25]
Ultimate Gamer (US) NTSC-J
50
[26]
Última Generación (ES)
46
[27]
Sega Saturn
 52
Based on
23 reviews

Battle Monsters

Saturn, JP
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Cover
BattleMonsters Saturn JP Spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
BattleMonsters Saturn JP Disc.jpg
Disc
Saturn, US
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Cover
BattleMonsters Sat US disc.jpg
Disc
Battlemonsters sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, EU
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Cover
Saturn, FR (Blister pack)
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Cover
Saturn, AU

Saturn, PL (Lanser)
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Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
54,554,640 CD-ROM (EU) T-8137H-50 V1.000
Sega Saturn
✔
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
54,020,736 1995-03-15 CD-ROM (JP) T-18701G V1.001
Sega Saturn
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
54,554,640 CD-ROM (US) T-8137H V1.000

Track list

1. Data track  
2. (Unknown) (1:41) 
► Running time: 1:41

References

  1. ↑ File:BattleMonsters Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee1.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-02-27 19:54)
  3. ↑ File:BattleMonsters_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
  4. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 122
  5. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 76
  6. ↑ Famitsu, "1995-06-09" (JP; 1995-05-26), page 29
  7. ↑ Gambler, "4/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
  8. ↑ GameFan, "Volume 4, Issue 10: October 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 21
  9. ↑ GamePro, "December 1996" (US; 1996-xx-xx), page 148
  10. ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 68
  11. ↑ Game Informer, "January 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 51
  12. ↑ Hobby Consolas, "Octubre 1996" (ES; 1996-xx-xx), page 122
  13. ↑ Joypad, "Juillet/Août 1995 (Joypad International supplement)" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 25
  14. ↑ Joypad, "Septembre 1996" (FR; 1996-0x-xx), page 76
  15. ↑ MAN!AC, "04/96" (DE; 1996-03-13), page 48
  16. ↑ MAN!AC, "09/96" (DE; 1996-08-14), page 75
  17. ↑ Mega Fun, "10/96" (DE; 1996-09-18), page 48
  18. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-07-27), page 80
  19. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 September" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 56
  20. ↑ Sega Pro, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-13), page 50
  21. ↑ Świat Gier Komputerowych, "4/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
  22. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 15
  23. ↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Two" (UK; 1996-09-30), page 61
  24. ↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 15
  25. ↑ Ultimate Future Games, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-01), page 86
  26. ↑ Ultimate Gamer, "November 1995" (US; 1995-1x-xx), page 80
  27. ↑ Última Generación, "Noviembre 1995" (ES; 1995-1x-xx), page 84
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