Saturday Night Slam Masters, known as Muscle Bomber: The Body Explosion (マッスルボマー ザ・ボディー・エクスプロージョン, Massuru Bomā: Za Bodī Ekusupurōjon) in Japan, is a 1993 arcade game, which was ported to the SNES and Sega Genesis home consoles in 1994. It is the first game in the Slam Masters series.
The game was updated and retitled "Muscle Bomber Duo: Ultimate Team Battle" and followed by a sequel, Ring of Destruction: Slam Masters II. The game features character designs by Tetsuo Hara, known for his work on the famous Fist of the North Star manga series.
Gameplay[]
Saturday Night Slam Masters, along with Muscle Bomber Duo, is played like a traditional wrestling game, only it uses a view similar to that commonly used in the fighting game genre. Each character has a lifebar and have three buttons to push (an attack button, a jump button, and a pin button).
Each character has also two special attacks to use in the game (one used normally outside of a grapple and one that is performed during a grapple, commonly known as a finisher). When an opponent's life is depleted, he must either be pinned for a three-count or forced to submit. Defeating all of the other wrestlers results in winning the championship belt, which must then be defended against the entire roster.
Characters[]
Playable Fighters |
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Biff Slamkovich |
Gunloc |
The Great Oni |
Titanic Tim |
El Stingray |
Mike Haggar |
Alexander The Grater |
King Rasta Mon |
Jumbo Flapjack |
The Scorpion |
Non-Playable Fighters |
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Victor Ortega |
Jessica |
Harry Hicks - The wrestling referee who is seen in the first two Muscle Bomber games. He makes the most accurate judgements and is very trustworthy and reliable. |
Chun-Li (Cameo) |
Story[]
Professional wrestling experienced a sudden increase in popularity during the early 1980s, where many professional wrestling organizations were started all over the world. A severe rivalry existed among the organizations.
In order to resolve this conflict, 8 organizations combined to form the Capcom Professional Wrestling Association (CPWA), led by Victor Ortega, the CPWA’s first champion.
One day, Ortega suddenly vanished. He was considered to be the axis of the sport and his unexpected disappearance caused the CPWA to enter an age of confusion and disorder. The Blood Professional Wrestling Association (BPWA), a dark underground wrestling organization, chose to take advantage of this opportunity and began moving. With "Fighters of Muscle Bomber = Destiny" as the theme, the CPWA chief executives decided to hold a world tour called the “Crash Carnival,” to decide the new king of the CPWA.
The gong that determines the new “Master of Muscle Bomber” is sounded…
Muscle Bomber Duo: Ultimate Team Battle[]
Muscle Bomber Duo: Ultimate Team Battle (マッスルボマーデュオ アルティメット・チーム・バトル, Massuru Bomā Duo: Arutimetto Chīmu Batoru) is a Japan-only update of Saturday Night Slam Masters. It was never ported to home consoles.
"To decide who will enter the Team Battle Royal as Number One, the "Heat Up Scramble" is held! Which team will be titled the strongest?"
Other than being a very minor upgrade (like some of the Street Fighter games revisions), Muscle Bomber Duo actually did feature some changes from the original game. Now, instead of walking into an opponent and automatically grabbing him, the player had to press the grapple button (previously known as the pin button) at the right moment.
The player could either play the game with three other people, or with a CPU-controlled partner against another team.
Credits[]
Arcade Version [Staff] [Slam Masters][]
Planning: Tomy, Saddy, koguma
Object: Mount-S, Ikusan Z, Q;clever, Imomushi, KAZZ.1st, YORiO, Tom, Chama©, Rikagon
Scroll: Buppo, Okachan, Taka
Program: H.M.D., B・I・N, Shaver, Semari!, Yu BONO
Sound Des,: T'Yomage, Toshi, Syun, Kiyo, Nobu
Assist: Eripon, Ball-Boy, Yuusuke, Chin, Go, Iwai, Tetsuya., Tenman, Vlad T.
Special Thanks: Kihaji, Poo, Akiman, Nin, K-Man, Meshi, All Capcom Staff, and
- USA Support: DJames "Mon", Alex J., Dr. Dave W.
The game also credits some of its staff in its default Ranking Display tables (the initial rankings are the same between Single Match and "Team" Battle Royal modes), which are as follows (Muscle Bomber Duo uses the same table):
- Champ 100000 CAP
- 1st 95000 COM
- 2th 90000 C P
- 3th 85000 SYS
- 4th 80000 TEM
- 5th 75000 TOM
- 6th 70000 SDY
- 7th 65000 JOE
- 8th 60000 HMD
- 9th 55000 BIN
- 10th 50000 MIK
FM Towns Version [FM-Towns Staff] [Slam Masters][]
Planning: Tono, Monji
Graphic: Bonoto, Mighty Joe, K.Seta, Saru-P
Program: Fuzzball, K E N, Sky
Sound: Ike-Bomb, Nobu
Producer: Crimson
SNES Version [Slam Masters][]
- From Boot-Up/Attract Demo
Illustration Partly by Shueisha Inc. and Mr. Tetsuo Hara
- Though an ending credit list doesn't exist for this version, the default Ranking Display tables do credit some of the game's staff:
Single Match
- Champ 100000 YLM
- 1st 95000 HIG
- 2th 90000 CHP
- 3th 85000 BMB
- 4th 80000 ROC
- 5th 75000 KAM
- 6th 70000 YOS
- 7th 65000 YAM
- 8th 60000 HMD
- 9th 55000 RAI
- 10th 50000 B.Z
"Team" Battle Royal
- Champ 100000 YKN
- 1st 95000 JAM
- 2th 90000 MIN
- 3th 85000 GEN
- 4th 80000 SAT
- 5th 75000 NAO
- 6th 70000 KIN
- 7th 65000 OMY
- 8th 60000 HMD
- 9th 55000 SCR
- 10th 50000 KAZ
Genesis/Mega Drive Version [Slam Masters][]
- From Boot-Up/Attract Demo
Illustrations Partly by Shueisha Inc. and Mr. Tetsuo Hara
- Though an ending credit list doesn't exist for this version, the default Ranking Display table does credit some of the game's staff:
Single Match
- Champ 100000 IXA
- 1st 95000 MAR
- 2th 90000 HAJ
- 3th 85000 SAT
- 4th 80000 CHO
- 5th 75000 SIN
- 6th 70000 IMA
- 7th 65000 KEN
- 8th 60000 STD
- 9th 55000 KRO
- 10th 50000 MEG
Additionally, Yoshinori Ono is known to have ported the music for this version as his first project with Capcom, as confirmed in a 2015 interview with WIRED.
Arcade Version [Staff] [Duo][]
Planning: Tomy, Saddy, koguma, Ari, Usagikun
Object: Mount-S, Ikusan Z, Q;clever, Imomushi, KAZZ.1st, YORiO, Tom, Chama©, Rikagon
Scroll: Buppo, Okachan, Taka
Program: H.M.D., B・I・N, Shaver, Semari!, Yu BONO
Sound Des,: T'Yomage, Toshi, Syun, Kiyo, Nobu
Assist: Eripon, Ball-Boy, Yuusuke, Chin, Go, Iwai, Tetsuya., Tenman, Vlad T.
Special Thanks: Kihaji, Poo, Akiman, Nin, K-Man, Meshi, All Capcom Staff, and
- USA Support: Alex J., Dr. Dave W.