MUSCLE BOMBER - THE BODY EXPLOSION
( Saturday Night Slam Masters )
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マッスルボマー
ザ・ボディー・エクスプロージョン
©Capcom 1993,1994
Release: 1994-03-30 (¥9980)
Cartridge SHVC-ZW
Fighting game
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Released in America as SATURDAY NIGHT SLAM MASTERS
( SNS-ZW-USA )
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Muscle Bomber is a one-on-one fighting game and
conversion of Capcom's arcade game originally released in 1993.
Unlike their other popular franchises (such as Street Fighter), Muscle Bomber
features wrestlers. The goal of the game is to become the CWA champion (Capcom Wrestling
Association) and to defeat not less than ten opponents. Each fighter has
of course his own set of moves, but also his own introduction's dance
and music theme. It is also possible to fight outside the ring and
use any elements there, like chairs or bottles. Controls are fairly
simple - three action buttons are used and allow the player to either
hit, jump or spin. However, if the player attacks an opponent in close range, this action will
trigger a sort of grapple mode. Special moves are also available for
each fighter. Another great originality of this title is to offer
team games where four wrestlers can fight at the same time, either
two players against the CPU or up to four players against each other.
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It is interesting to notice that all the artwork and character design for
the Muscle Bomber series was done by the famous Japanese artist Tetsuo Hara,
creator of Hokutono Ken ( Fist of the North Star ).
All the fighters have these typical hyper-muscled bodies and
thick necks that made their author famous.
It is also amusing to notice that some characters from other Capcom games are
also featured in this title such as Haggar from Final Fight.
Muscle Bomber was also released for the FM Towns Japanese
computer and for Sega's Megadrive (1994).
Two sequels were also created by Capcom and only released in the arcades
as far as I know : Muscle Bomber Duo : Heat up warriors (1993)
and Super Muscle Bomber : The International Blowout (1994).
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Add your Pov here !
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Muscle Bomber is a fun game and is a nice variation of the
Street Fighter genre. Graphics are colorful and detailed,
all the quality check you would expect from a Capcom game, really.
All the different entrances are fun and the overall ambiance
quite entertaining. Once again, I wonder why
it was renamed Saturday Night Slam Masters in America... anyway.
Without being an amazing title, Muscle Bomber manages to mix very interesting
features, the four simultaneous player option being certainly one of
the best. It has however kind of aged compared to other
more recent titles.
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