Ready 2 Rumble Boxing

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Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
System(s): Sega Dreamcast
Publisher: Midway, Sega (JP)
Developer:
Peripherals supported: Dreamcast VGA Box, Dreamcast Jump Pack, Dreamcast Arcade Stick
Genre: Sports

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Dreamcast
JP
¥5,8005,800 HDR-0051
Sega Dreamcast
US
T-9704N
Sega Dreamcast
US
(Sega All Stars)
$19.9519.95[5]
Sega Dreamcast
EU
T-9704D-50
Sega Dreamcast
DE/FR/NL
T-9704D-51
Sega Dreamcast
ES/UK/IT
T-9704D-61
Sega Dreamcast
AU
$94.9594.95[6]
Sega Dreamcast
BR
197196

Ready 2 Rumble Boxing (レディ・トゥ・ランブル・ボクシング) is a boxing game and published by Midway for a variety of platforms including the Sega Dreamcast in 1999. It was a launch title for the system in the west and was both critically and financially successful, making it into the budget Sega All Stars range and spawning a sequel, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing: Round 2.

The game is similar to Nintendo's Punch Out!, in that many of the boxers are comically designed. It was also one of the first games of its type to feature visible bruising and other facial damage as the fight progressed, something that saw much appraisal at the time of release.

Ready 2 Rumble Boxing initially shipped with errors and so was actually released twice. Newer versions can be identified by the "Hot! New" logo.

Magazine articles

Main article: Ready 2 Rumble Boxing/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) #1: "September 1999" (1999-08-24)
also published in:
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Print advert in Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #124: "November 1999" (1999-10-05)
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Print advert in Official Dreamcast Magazine (US) #2: "November 1999" (1999-10-05)
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Print advert in Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) #2: "Décembre 1999/Janvier 2000" (1999-12-xx)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
100 №13, p96/97[8]
94 №93, p80/81
100 №216, p88/89[2]
80 №2, p16-19[9]
90 №3, p58/59[10]
89 №1, p58-60[11]
90 №2, p78[12]
80 №77, p88/89[13]
90 №101, p68-71[14]
90 №1, p40[3]
77 №2000-02, p23[15]
70 №579, p29
81 №, p34[16]
Sega Dreamcast
87
Based on
13 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Ação Games (BR)
96
[17]
Arcade (UK) PAL
100
[8]
Consoles + (FR) PAL
94
[18]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
100
[2]
Dreamcast Arena (IT) PAL
80
[19]
Dreamcast Monthly (UK) PAL
90
[10]
DC-UK (UK) PAL
80
[9]
Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel (FR) PAL
80
[20]
Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin (DE) PAL
75
[21]
Dreamcast Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
77
[22]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK)
89
[11]
Dreamcast Magazine (UK) PAL
90
[23]
Dorimaga (JP) NTSC-J
81
[24]
Edge (UK) PAL
80
[25]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
88
[26]
Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast (RU)
83
[27]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
70
[28]
Fun Generation (DE) PAL
100
[29]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
89
[30]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
98
[31]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
87
[32]
GameZine (UK)
90
[33]
Gamers' Republic (US) NTSC-U
58
[34]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
85
[35]
Man!ak (PL)
92
[36]
Man!ak (PL)
75
[37]
Man!ak (PL)
85
[38]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
85
[39]
Neo Plus (PL)
80
[40]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-U
75
[41]
neXt Level (DE) PAL
80
[42]
Next Level (AR)
93
[43]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (UK)
90
[44]
Official Dreamcast Magazine (US)
60
[45]
PC Expert (FR) PAL
70
[46]
Player One (FR)
90
[14]
Playmag (FR) PAL
80
[47]
Revista Oficial Dreamcast (ES) PAL
90
[3]
Strana Igr (RU)
85
[48]
Strana Igr (RU)
73
[49]
Video Games (DE) PAL
83
[50]
Sega Dreamcast
84
Based on
41 reviews

Ready 2 Rumble Boxing

Dreamcast, US
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Cover
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Inlay
Dreamcast, US (Hot! New!)

Dreamcast, US (Sega All Stars)

Dreamcast, UK
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Cover
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Disc
Dreamcast, UK/IT/ES
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Cover
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Disc
Dreamcast, DE/FR/NL
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Cover
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Disc
Dreamcast, DE/FR/NL (re-rated)
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Cover
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Disc
Dreamcast, JP
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Cover
Dreamcast, BR
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Cover
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Disc
Ready2RDCBRManual.pdf
Manual
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Inlay
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Contrato De Licenca
Dreamcast, BR (Alt)
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Cover

External links

  • Sega of Japan catalogue pages (Japanese): Dreamcast

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 File:DreamcastMagazine UK 03.pdf, page 7
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 File:CVG UK 216.pdf, page 88 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 216.pdf_p88" defined multiple times with different content
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 File:ROD ES 01.pdf, page 40 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:ROD ES 01.pdf_p40" defined multiple times with different content
  4. Press release: 1999-09-02: Sega Dreamcast Launch Titles and Peripherals
  5. File:Hyper AU 074.pdf, page 54
  6. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1999" (US; 1999-10-05), page 214
  7. 8.0 8.1 File:Arcade UK 13.pdf, page 96 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:Arcade UK 13.pdf_p96" defined multiple times with different content
  8. 9.0 9.1 File:DCUK 02.pdf, page 16 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:DCUK 02.pdf_p16" defined multiple times with different content
  9. 10.0 10.1 File:DreamcastMonthly UK 03.pdf, page 58 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:DreamcastMonthly UK 03.pdf_p58" defined multiple times with different content
  10. 11.0 11.1 File:DreamcastMagazine UK 01.pdf, page 58 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:DreamcastMagazine UK 01.pdf_p58" defined multiple times with different content
  11. File:DreamcastMagazine UK 02.pdf, page 76
  12. File:Edge UK 077.pdf, page 88
  13. 14.0 14.1 File:PlayerOne FR 101.pdf, page 68 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:PlayerOne FR 101.pdf_p68" defined multiple times with different content
  14. File:DCM_JP_20000121_2000-02.pdf, page 23
  15. File:Dorimaga_20021011_JP.pdf, page 34
  16. Ação Games, "Novembro 1999" (BR; 1999-xx-xx), page 40
  17. Consoles +, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 84
  18. Dreamcast Arena, "Gennaio 2000" (IT; 2000-01-10), page 77
  19. Dreamcast: Le Magazine Officiel, "Octobre/Novembre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 80
  20. Dreamcast: Das Offizielle Magazin, "November 1999" (DE; 1999-11-11), page 54
  21. Dreamcast Magazine, "2000-02 (2000-01-21,28)" (JP; 2000-01-07), page 23
  22. Dreamcast Magazine, "No. 2" (UK; 1999-10-21), page 78
  23. Dorimaga, "2002-18 (2002-10-11)" (JP; 2002-09-27), page 34
  24. Edge, "Autumn 1999" (UK; 1999-10-01), page 90
  25. Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1999" (US; 1999-09-07), page 216
  26. Entsiklopediya igr dlya Dreamcast, "Izdaniye chetvertoye, dopolnennoye" (RU; 2002-xx-xx), page 168
  27. Famitsu, "2000-01-21" (JP; 2000-01-07), page 29
  28. Fun Generation, "11/99" (DE; 1999-10-13), page 56
  29. GameFan, "Volume 7, Issue 10: October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 20
  30. GamePro, "October 1999" (US; 1999-xx-xx), page 154
  31. GamesMaster, "December 1999" (UK; 1999-11-02), page 92
  32. GameZine (UK) (+0:00)
  33. Gamers' Republic, "October 1999" (US; 1999-09-18), page 70
  34. MAN!AC, "12/99" (DE; 1999-11-03), page 84
  35. Man!ak, "Grudzień 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 73
  36. Man!ak, "Wrzesień 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 59
  37. Man!ak, "Listopad 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 37
  38. Mega Fun, "01/2000" (DE; 1999-12-01), page 60
  39. Neo Plus, "Listopad 1999" (PL; 1999-xx-xx), page 31
  40. Next Generation, "November 1999" (US; 1999-10-19), page 119
  41. neXt Level, "Januar 2000" (DE; 1999-12-03), page 30
  42. Next Level, "Noviembre 1999" (AR; 1999-xx-xx), page 28
  43. Official Dreamcast Magazine, "November 1999" (UK; 1999-09-30), page 66
  44. Official Dreamcast Magazine, "November 1999" (US; 1999-10-05), page 108
  45. PC Expert, "Hors-série December 1999: Gamespot.fr Magazine" (FR; 1999-1x-xx), page 54
  46. Playmag, "Octobre 1999" (FR; 1999-xx-xx), page 94
  47. Strana Igr, "Noyabr 1999 2/2" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 54
  48. Strana Igr, "Sentyabr 2000 2/2" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 20
  49. Video Games, "12/99" (DE; 1999-11-17), page 74