Super Muscle Bomber: The International Blowout (Japan 940831)

Capcom CPS-II cart. published 30 years ago:

Super Muscle Bomber - The International Blowout (c) 1994 Capcom Company, Limited.

Fourteen selectable wrestlers fight to win the belt in this cross over wrestling/2D fighting game.

- TECHNICAL -

Runs on the "CP System II" hardware.
Green Board [Japan]

Players: Up to 2.
Control: 8-way joystick per player.
Buttons: 5 per player.
=> [1] Grab, [2] LP, [3] HP
=> [5] LK, [6] HK

- TRIVIA -

Super Muscle Bomber was released in August 1994 in the Japanese arcades. It was known as the 6th video game released on the CPS2 hardware.

This game is known outside Japan as "Ring of Destruction - Slammasters II". Here is a list of known Export releases:
"Ring of Destruction - Slammasters II [Blue Board]"
"Ring of Destruction - Slammasters II [Grey Board]"
"Ring of Destruction - Slammasters II [Orange Board]"

Hara Tetsuo, who designed the characters in the Muscle Bomber games, is a popular manga artist in Japan. He is famous for his work on Hokuto no Ken (aka Fist of the North Star).

Sony Music Entertainment released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Super Muscle Bomber Arcade Game Track - SRCL-2919) on October 21, 1994.

- TIPS AND TRICKS -

* BIFF
- SUPER 1 : Catch then Up, UpLeft, Left
- SUPER 2 : Catch then Up, UpLeft, Left then Catch

* BLACK WIDOW
- SUPER 1 : Catch then Down, Left, Up
- SUPER 2 : Catch then Down, Left, Up then Catch

* GRATER
- SUPER 1 : Catch then Right, UpRight, Up
- SUPER 2 : Catch then Right, UpRight, Up then Catch

* GUNLOC
- SUPER 1 : Catch then Up, UpLeft, Left
- SUPER 2 : Catch then Up, UpLeft, Left then Catch

* HAGGAR
- SUPER 1 : Catch then 360°
- SUPER 2 : Catch then 360° then Catch

* JUMBO
- SUPER 1 : Catch then Half Circle toward
- SUPER 2 : Catch then Half Circle toward then Catch

* ONI
- SUPER 1 : Catch then 360°
- SUPER 2 : Catch then 360° then Catch

* ORTEGA
- SUPER 1 : Catch then Left, Down, DownLeft
- SUPER 2 : Catch then Left, Down, DownLeft then Catch

* RASTA
- SUPER 1 : Catch then Down, Up
- SUPER 2 : Catch then Down, Up then Catch

* SABER
- SUPER 1 : Catch then DownRight, UpRight
- SUPER 2 : Catch then DonwRight, UpRight then Catch

* SCORPION
- SUPER 1 : Catch then Up, Down
- SUPER 2 : Catch then Up, Down then Catch

* STINGRAY
- SUPER 1 : Catch then Right, Down, DownRight
- SUPER 2 : Catch then Right, Down, DownRight then Catch

* TITAN
- SUPER 1 : Catch then DonwLeft, Down, Up
- SUPER 2 : Catch then DonwLeft, Down, Up then Catch

* WRAITH
- SUPER 1 : Catch then Right, UpRight, Up
- SUPER 2 : Catch then Right, UpRight, Up then Catch

- SERIES -

1. Muscle Bomber - The Body Explosion [CP-S No. 27] (1993)
2. Muscle Bomber Duo - Heat Up Warriors [CP-S No. 28] (1993)
3. Super Muscle Bomber - The International Blowout [Green Board] (1994)

- STAFF -

Character Designer & Illustrator : Tetsuo Hara
Planners : Tomy, Ari
Object Designers : Ikusan Z, Imomushi, Kakkun, Yorio, Rikagon, K. Takechan, Hirohito, Kamameshi (Kamamesi), Rumichan
Scroll Designers : Ziggy, Miyao, Taka
Programmers : Kazuhito Nakai, Shaver, Yuko Kawamura (Tate), Hiroshi Nakagawa (Raoh)
Sound : Toshio Kajino, Syun Nishigaki (Shun), Isao Abe (Oyaji)
Assists : B G, Batayon, Hideo, Tora, Hin-Hans, Ponta, Hiroaki Kondo
Special Thanks : MB&MBD, Pacho Team, Lovelies, Shinchan-Men, Takuya Shiraiwa (Mr. Shira), Original Staff