Fighting Masters
Fighting Masters — frequently asked questions
- What platforms is Fighting Masters on?
- Fighting Masters was released on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
- When did Fighting Masters release?
- Fighting Masters was first released on December 6, 1991.
About Fighting Masters
A Giant Red Sun will go Nova within hours... 12 Star systems will be destroyed... One contest will decide who, or what, survives... Climb into the interstellar ring! Go One-on-One with another player, or battle for the survival of your civilization! 12 different Alien champions to select! From the snapping, tearing claws of Zygrunt to the bludgeoning ecto-clubs of Rotundo, each warrior has a deadly force all their own!
Summary via IGDB.
Game details
- Developer
- Almanic Corporation
- Publisher
- Treco
- Themes
- Science fiction
Details via IGDB.
Reception
Every version compared
Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release
| Platform | Year | Loose | Complete | Sealed | Period reviews | Fake risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sega Genesis | 1992 | $11 | $31 | $35 | 16 reviews | Low |
Also released on: Sega Mega Drive/Genesis. We haven’t priced or authenticated that version yet.
Collector value & authenticity
Sega Genesis · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-29
Other releases and variants
| Release | Loose | Complete | Sealed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese release | $18 | $45 | — |
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 $0.75 in Apr 2008, $14.07 five years ago, and $11.17 as of Oct 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2009 | $2.69 | — |
| Jan 2010 | $2.69 | — |
| Jan 2011 | $2.99 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $1.69 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $2.12 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $4.75 | $10.50 |
| Jan 2015 | $4.30 | $16.95 |
| Jan 2016 | $5.69 | $11.92 |
| Jan 2017 | $5.95 | $31 |
| Jan 2018 | $7.40 | $25 |
| Jan 2019 | $8.99 | $20 |
| Jan 2020 | $6.49 | $21 |
| Jan 2021 | $7.64 | $23 |
| Jan 2022 | $11.99 | $35 |
| Jan 2023 | $15.00 | $45 |
| Jan 2024 | $11.26 | $35 |
| Jan 2025 | $11.27 | $43 |
| Jan 2026 | $12.33 | $28 |
| Oct 2026 | $11.17 | $31 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.
Release record
| Territory | Date | Product number | Barcode | Known board |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North America | February 1992 | T-24056 | 039471907068 | 171-5703 · MPR-14635-S |
| Japan | 6 December 1991 | — | 4909508320015 | — |
- Region
- JP+NA
- Released
- 1992
- Authenticity
- Low
A sound two-player brawler with a strange alien cast, and a cheap US cart.
Fighting Masters is a one-on-one fighting game from Aicom and ALU, published by Treco. It came out in Japan on 6 December 1991 and in North America in February 1992. You fight a procession of aliens to reach Lord Valgasu. It was co-directed by Hajime Kusano and Ramo Kobayashi, with some of the team who later worked at Almanic on E.V.O.: Search for Eden.
Period reviews agreed it is better with a friend. Computer and Video Games called it the closest the Mega Drive had come to Street Fighter and great fun in two-player mode, with the one-player game less so. Mean Machines found it an enjoyable fighter with weak music, and Sega Force felt nothing made it stand out.
What the press said at the time
| Mean Machines Sega Issue 3 | December 1992 | 81% |
| Sega Pro Issue 22 | August 1993 | 30% |
| Sega Pro Issue 36 | September 1994 | 30% |
| Computer and Video Games | 91% | |
| GamesMaster | 65% | |
| Beep! Mega Drive | 6.5/10 | |
| Consoles + | 72% | |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+ | |
| Games-X | 2.5/5 | |
| Génération 4 | 84% | |
| Hippon Super! | 70/100 | |
| Joystick | 82% | |
| Mega | 50% / 20% | |
| Mega Drive Advanced Gaming | 44% | |
| MegaTech | 86% / 84/100 | |
| Power Play | 17% |
“Graphics are fine, sound'sa tad whiffy, but gameplay has been well designed for maximum laffs. In one player mode the game can become a tad samey. but find a chum to fight with end this cart really takes oft! Everyone will fine their”
“But overall, there’s nothing that makes Fighting Masters stand out from others of this genre.”
“Fighting Masters’ game play earns it a technical KO over the competition.”
“As a one player game Fighting Masters falls flat on its face. The two-player mode is a different kettle of fish.”
Undated scores are from the review table in the game's Wikipedia article, limited to reviews of the Genesis version.
Before you buy
Among US carts it sits a little below the middle. The Japanese cart usually costs noticeably more than the US one and has a different cartridge shape, so it needs an adapter or two plastic tabs removed from a Western console's slot. A complete US copy means the case, cartridge and manual.
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