Software:Tag Team Match: MUSCLE

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Tag Team Match: M.U.S.C.L.E.
MUSCLE game.jpg
Cover art of M.U.S.C.L.E.
Developer(s)TOSE
Publisher(s)Bandai
Platform(s)Family Computer/NES
Release
  • JP: November 8, 1985
  • NA: October 1986
Genre(s)Action
Wrestling
Mode(s)Single-player
Multiplayer (up to two players)

Tag Team Match: M.U.S.C.L.E., known in Japan as Kinnikuman: Muscle Tag Match,[lower-alpha 1] is a fighting game based on characters from Yudetamago's manga and anime series Kinnikuman.

It has eight playable characters, each with his own special move. The game was followed by a 1987 Japan-only sequel for the Famicom Disk System titled Kinnikuman: Kinniku-sei Ōi Sōdatsusen (キン肉マン キン肉星王位争奪戦, Kinnikuman: Scramble for the Throne).[1]

Gameplay

  • One Player versus Computer - Tag team wrestling match.
  • One Player versus Two Player - Tag team wrestling match.

The A button jumps, and B punches or activates a special move after collecting an energy ball that is randomly thrown by the boy called "Meat".

Moves that can be done, punch, jump, drop kick, shove, shove into ropes, flying body attack (jump into ropes and rebound), lariat aka clothes line, shove enemy into ropes and then hit A, back drop aka suplex (press B close behind the enemy).

Although the game goes on endlessly, it officially has 255 rounds, after those rounds, the player enter round 0 (completing the 8 bit variable for rounds number), on which the speed level resets and the time per round returns to 30:00 (from round 100 reduced to 10:00).

It is believed that the maximum score one could get from this game is 99,999,999 points, but it is unknown what will happen afterwards, but it will probably return to 0 as well.

Characters

Kinnikuman (North American version – Muscleman)
Finisher: Kinniku Driver, carries opponent and jumps off screen straight up and comes down. One of the if not the most damage inducing moves in the game.
Terryman
Finisher: Bull Dog Headlock, basically a speedy version of the lariat move in the game without having to rebound off the ropes and can be done repeatedly.
Ramenman
Finisher: Leg Lariat, basically a faster longer version of the regular drop kick move.
Robin Mask
Finisher: Tower Bridge, Argentine back breaker (Lex Luger's torture rack) from pro-wrestling
Buffaloman (North American version – Terri-bull)
Finisher: Hurricane Mixer, for a short distance he can burst charge you with his horned head.
Warsman
Finisher: Bear Claw, covers longer distance than the hurricane mixer
Ashuraman
Finisher: Ashura Buster
Brocken Jr. (Japanese version only)
Finisher: Nazi Gas Attack
Geronimo (North American version only)
Finisher: Apache War Cry

Note that Brocken Jr. and Geronimo are the same in this game, just slightly different graphics.

Release

The game was released in Japan on November 8, 1985.[2] It was released in North America on October 1986.

The Gold Edition of the Japanese version of the game has been a sought-after collector's item, and is considered the "Holy Grail" of the Famicom collection. In 2017, the Gold Edition of the Famicom version has been valued at ¥2,000,000 ($18,200 USD).[3]

Reception

The game sold 1.05 million units in Japan.[4]

See also

  • Kinnikuman

Notes

  1. ↑ Japanese: キン肉マン マッスルタッグマッチ Hepburn: Kinnikuman: Massuru Taggu Matchi

References

  1. ↑ Kinnikuman: Kinniku Ookurai Soudatsusen (FDS) VGChartz
  2. ↑ "キン肉マン マッスルタッグマッチ [ファミコン"]. https://www.famitsu.com/cominy/?m=pc&a=page_h_title&title_id=19836. 
  3. ↑ Schanen, Naomi (2017-08-18). "Blasts from the past: Japan's gaming classics get a retro revival" (in en-US). The Japan Times Online. ISSN 0447-5763. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2017/08/18/business/blasts-past-japans-gaming-classics-get-retro-revival/. 
  4. ↑ "Japan Platinum Chart Games". http://www.the-magicbox.com/Chart-JPPlatinum.shtml. 




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