Saturday Night Slam Masters

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Saturday Night Slam Masters
System(s): Sega Mega Drive
Publisher: Capcom
Developer:
Original system(s): Capcom CPS-1
Genre: Action

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
T-12066
Sega Mega Drive
EU
T-12066-50
Sega Mega Drive
AU
$99.9599.95[2] FSLA00SMC
Non-Sega versions

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Saturday Night Slam Masters is a fighting/wrestling hybrid arcade game developed by Capcom, originally released for Capcom's CP System Dash arcade hardware in July 1993. The following year it was ported to the Sega Mega Drive and Super NES.

In Japan the game is typically known as Muscle Bomber: The Body Explosion, although the Mega Drive port was not released in that region. Nevertheless during development the game featured at Summer CES 1994 under the working title of Muscle Bomber, which may suggest a Japanese version was planned.

Gameplay

Saturday Night Slam Masters mixes up Capcom's one-on-one fighting system seen in games like Street Fighter II' (though here there is a vertical plane, similar to what you would typically find in arcade beat-'em-ups of the era), with the rules of professional wrestling.

The Mega Drive version allows players to use the full character roster, including bosses, in single player mode, and features an death match mode exclusive to the system. However, possibly due to colour palette restrictions, the 4-player tag team mode present in the Super NES version (wherein a multi-tap is needed) is omitted.

Character List

  • Jumbo Flapjack (sub-boss)
  • Biff Slamkovich
  • Gunloc
  • The Great Oni
  • Titanic Tim
  • El Stingray
  • Mike -Macho- Haggar (of Final Fight fame)
  • Alexander the Grater
  • King Rasta Mon
  • The Scorpion (last boss)

Magazine articles

Main article: Saturday Night Slam Masters/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
79 №30, p53
40 [3]
55 [4]
43 [5]
82 №67, p59
Sega Mega Drive
60
Based on
5 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[6]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
50
[7]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
84
[8]
GamesMaster (UK)
73
[9]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
65
[10]
Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U
58
[11]
Next Generation (US)
25
[12]
Player One (FR)
55
[13]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-U
82
[14]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-U
43
[5]
Sega Force (SE)
32
[15]
Todo Sega (ES)
80
[16]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
74
[17]
Video Games (DE) PAL
70
[18]
Sega Mega Drive
60
Based on
14 reviews

Saturday Night Slam Masters

Mega Drive, US
SNSM MD US Box.jpg
Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
SNSM MD EU Cart.jpg
Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 2fb4eaba
MD5 6531e481e57e9243f492718a88a2419b
SHA-1 7252006bf41e41b92c6261c6722766a1352a6dca
4MB 1994-12 Cartridge (US)
Sega Mega Drive
CRC32 08fa5a3f
MD5 46cf34781f2edca26059e99d422cdfe3
SHA-1 f67f324165abdf148f80aabb319375dc3a504e17
4MB 1995-02 Cartridge (EU)

References