Saturday Night Slam Masters
Reviewed by Jeremy Peeples
This is a review of Saturday Night Slam Masters for the Sega
Genesis, it was developed and distributed by Capcom. It is
an arcade port of a game of the same name, a version of this
game is also available for the Super Nintendo, it is
basically the same game as this, only with a Team-Battle
mode (like the arcade version), this mode was scrapped from
the Genesis version (presumably to make room for the Death
Match mode.) This game was released in 1995 and will be
scored based on other games from that time period (this
mainly means other wrestling games as well as fighting games.)
Graphics-8/10- Large characters with good animation,the only
real downside is the slowdown that occurs when you're on the
floor (note: this slowdown is bad when weapons ase used,at
times it is almost unplayable.) Overall, the graphics are
great, the sprites are huge and they animated fluidly.
Sound-6/10- The music tracks are good, but they are
repetitious, this causes them to get old fast,however the
sound effects (i.e. weapon shots, punches,kicks etc.) and
voices are well done(they are surprisingly clear,but they
are minorly garbled.) Overall, the sound is great for a
Genesis game, the music isn't tinny and the voices are, for
the most part, quite clear.
Story-3/10- standard wrestling game fare (win title, defaend
title) nothing new or innovative; this is to be expected
though seeing as how it was originally an arcade game the
bad story can easily be overlooked.
Control-9/10- Very crisp,smooth control, the game uses
Street Fighter II button mostions for most of It's special
moves. The responsive control helps when doing some of the
more complicated moves in the game,(i.e. moves with 3 or 4
button combonations.) Overall, the control is great, the
only problem area is the special moves.
Replay Value-6/10- No Team Battle Royale mode (from the SNES
and arcade versions),but a death match mode was added,.it
features a ring from Slam Masters 2 as its venue (a
ringcovered in bombs, with bomb roards littering the outside
of the ring). (Note: Slam Masters 2 was canned before coming
out in arcades.), ECW fans or fans of Japanese death matches
will love this mode even though it can only be played in
2-player.)
Overall-8/10- This game combines great graphics, exceptional
sound, super-responsive control, and timeless gameplay to
make a game that few who ever played it will ever forget.
Rent or Buy?- Buy- This game is quite rare and can be sold
for a large amount of money (I've seen copies for $100 on
E-bay.) If you are lucky you'll be able to find a copy of it
for under $20 ( I payed $10 and bought this game from my
local Funcoland.)
For Sega Nomad owners- The Nomad is a portable form of the
Genesis. This game looks great on it, there is very little
blurring and the text is very easy to read (however, with
very flashy moves the blurring does pose a problem.)
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