When did Best of the Best: Championship Karate release?

Best of the Best: Championship Karate was first released on November 1, 1992.

Best of the Best: Championship Karate

Nov 1, 1992FightingSportSuper Nintendo Entertainment System Sega Mega Drive/GenesisDOSAmigaAmstrad CPC

Best of the Best: Championship Karate — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Best of the Best: Championship Karate on?: Best of the Best: Championship Karate was released on Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Super Famicom, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy.
When did Best of the Best: Championship Karate release?: Best of the Best: Championship Karate was first released on November 1, 1992.

About Best of the Best: Championship Karate

Best of the Best: Champion Karate is an earlier fighting-style game. It focused on the kick-boxing style of fighting, and incorporated a championship-style linear play.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, DOS, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Super Famicom, Nintendo Entertainment System, Game Boy
Developer: Loriciels
Publisher: Loriciels
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Themes: Action

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

51/100

from 11 ratings

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Fake risk
Sega Genesis	1993	$8	$23	$89	Low

Also released on: Super Nintendo Entertainment System · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · DOS · Amiga · Amstrad CPC · Super Famicom · Nintendo Entertainment System · Game Boy. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

Sega Genesis · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-29

Loose

Complete

$23

Sealed

$89

few sales

Other releases and variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
Japanese release (Kick Boxing)	$25	$38	—

How often it sells

Loose: about once a month
Complete: about once a month
Sealed: about once a year

Prices marked “few sales” rest on about one recorded sale a year, so treat them as a rough guide: the next copy could sell well above or below. Expect to wait for one to come up.

Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-29.

Price over time

Loose
Complete

A loose copy sold for about $1.84 in Oct 2007, $7.94 five years ago, and $8.19 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2008	$1.90	—
Jan 2009	$2.77	—
Jan 2010	$2.05	—
Jan 2011	$1.00	—
Jan 2012	$0.66	—
Jan 2013	$2.74	—
Jan 2014	$8.94	$8.97
Jan 2015	$3.89	$13.50
Jan 2016	$4.99	$7.43
Jan 2017	$6.50	$9.49
Jan 2018	$5.59	$10.50
Jan 2019	$4.47	$11.28
Jan 2020	$5.95	$13.50
Jan 2021	$6.91	$18.29
Jan 2022	$9.12	$23
Jan 2023	$7.00	$19.99
Jan 2024	$9.42	$22
Jan 2025	$5.75	$23
Jan 2026	$9.89	$22
Oct 2026	$8.19	$23

Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.

Release record

Territory	Date	Barcode
North America	June 1993	099451707552
Japan	29 January 1993	—

Source: Product numbers: MAME's Mega Drive software list and the No-Intro serial records in the libretro database, published where both agree on the same cartridge dump, or from the libretro records alone where MAME lists no number for that dump. Board and ROM numbers: MAME's software list

Region: JP+NA
Released: 1993
Authenticity: Low

Modern re-releases, such as Sega Ages, the Genesis Mini and Nintendo Switch Online, are not tracked hereLow counterfeit risk

Sega Genesis prices, all games & how to spot a fake

A competent but plain kick boxing game, notable mainly for supporting Sega's Activator, and cheap to own.

This is the Genesis version of Best of the Best: Championship Karate, made by Loriciel and published by Electro Brain in North America. In Japan it came out as The Kick Boxing. You fight your way through a series of kick boxing masters to win the championship. It is an updated version of Panza Kick Boxing, which appeared in 1990 on European computers and on the TurboGrafx-16.

Video Games & Computer Entertainment's reviewer enjoyed the variety of attacks and solid play in December 1992, though the magazine's editors were disappointed, especially next to the TurboGrafx-16 original.

How the Sega Genesis version differs

The Genesis version is one of the few games to support the Sega Activator motion controller.

Also on other platforms

Amiga · Amstrad CPC · MS-DOS · NES · Super NES · Game Boy

Amiga. The Australian Commodore & Amiga Review called it almost a reproduction of Panza Kick Boxing, the same crowd, referee and moves with only an added advanced stage at the end.

Before you buy

Among US carts it is on the cheap side, below the middle. The Japanese cart (The Kick Boxing) usually costs much more than the US one, both loose and complete, and its cartridge has a different shape from a Western one. Sega Retro lists the game as working with the Sega Activator, which matters only if you own one.