Slap Fight MD

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Slap Fight MD
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Tengen
Developer: Toaplan, MNM Software
Licensor: Toaplan
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Genre: Shooting
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code JP 1993-06-11 ¥7,800 (8,034)7,800e T-48093 KR 199x GM8100JT

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Slap Fight MD (スラップファイト) is a Sega Mega Drive vertical shoot-'em-up game developed by MNM Software and published by Tengen. Released in Japan in June 1993, the game is an enhanced port of the 1986 Toaplan arcade game Slap Fight.

The game was featured on the Japanese and Asian versions of the Mega Drive Mini in 2019 with several alterations. All mentions of Tengen were removed from the game and it's packaging, with further modifications made for the game's manual released through the system's official website. In addition, an in-game sprite resembling one of the Invaders from Space Invaders was modified likely due to copyright concerns.

Gameplay

Slap Fight MD mode title screen.

Two games are available: a port of Toaplan's 1986 arcade shoot-'em-up Slap Fight with the choice to use either remastered music or the original sound, and a separate game called Slap Fight MD, that has the same gameplay mechanics but new art, levels, weapons, and music (composed by Yuzo Koshiro). The option to switch between Slap Fight and Slap Fight MD is in the Options menu under "Game Mode," with Normal enabling Slap Fight and Special enabling Slap Fight MD.

shoots rapidfire; fires a single shot. In either case, the shots will not reach the end of the screen, so proper positioning is necessary. On the side of the screen is a menu of powerups. Some enemies leave stars that, when collected, moves a cursor to an item on that menu; press to use the powerup. If the player loses a life before using a powerup, the cursor is moved to the "speed up" powerup.

History

Release

The late and limited release of Slap Fight MD meant that reportedly only about 5,000 copies were sold in total.

Legacy

Slap Fight MD was later re-released as one of the 42 pre-installed games on the Mega Drive Mini in Japan and other Asian countries.

Production credits

• Game Designed by: Tatsuya Uemura*, Jun Shimizu
• Graphic Designed by: Kohji Wada, Hiroki Tatemukai
• Sound Composed by: Yuzo Koshiro, Mikito Ichikawa†
• Programmed by: Jun Shimizu
• Sound Programmed by: Takeshi Maruyama
• Supervised by: Mikito Ichikawa†
• Produced by: Tatsuya Uemura*

Legend: names with a * are Toaplan staff; names with a † are MNM Software staff.

Digital manuals

• SlapFightMD MD JP digital manual.pdf

  Mega Drive Mini JP manual

Magazine articles

Main article: Slap Fight MD/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-07: "July 1993" (1993-06-08)

Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1993-10: "October 1993" (1993-09-08)

Physical scans

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Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 30 Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J 73 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK) 76 Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J 65 Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J 70 MegaTech (UK) NTSC-J 83 Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-J 76 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 86

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Slap Fight MD

Mega Drive, JP
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Cart Manual

Mega Drive, KR
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Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
✔	CRC32 d6695695 MD5 989f8effd6fbbd93dcabd0be8fd41f8a SHA-1 3cb992c70b4a5880a3e5f89211f29fe90486c0e0	1MB	1993-07	Cartridge (JP)
?	CRC32 dbb62949 MD5 ea2d65c39e67519ecb1e5615ffb9c93b SHA-1 2add264816b97ca20d3efc5ae541997aa1b82a59	1MB		EPROM cartridge				Page

External links

• Eurogamer article