What platforms is Greatest Heavyweights on?

Greatest Heavyweights was released on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.

When did Greatest Heavyweights release?

Greatest Heavyweights was first released on June 26, 1994.

Greatest Heavyweights

Jun 26, 1994SportSega Mega Drive/Genesis

Greatest Heavyweights — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Greatest Heavyweights on?: Greatest Heavyweights was released on Sega Mega Drive/Genesis.
When did Greatest Heavyweights release?: Greatest Heavyweights was first released on June 26, 1994.

About Greatest Heavyweights

Eight World Heavyweight Champs Answer the Bell in this ultimate showdown to decide who's #1! Muhammad Ali, Jack Dempsey, Joe Frazier, Larry Holmes, Evander Holyfield, Joe Louis, Rocky Marciano, and Floyd Patterson - all in their prime and looking for knockouts! Each Champion looks and boxes in their signature styles. It's Ali's speed against Marciano's power, Holmes' stinging jab versus Frazier's devastating hook!

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Developer: Acme Interactive
Publisher: Tec Toy
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Themes: Non-fiction

Details via IGDB.

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Fake risk
Sega Genesis	1993	$9	$17	$75	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

Loose

Complete

$17

Sealed

$75

few sales

Other releases and variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
European (PAL) release	$20	$38	—
Japanese release	$28	$53	—

How often it sells

Loose: about once a week
Complete: about once a week
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 $0.67 in Oct 2007, $8.38 five years ago, and $8.74 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2008	$0.93	—
Jan 2009	$1.25	—
Jan 2010	$1.00	—
Jan 2011	$0.74	—
Jan 2012	$0.87	—
Jan 2013	$1.98	—
Jan 2014	$4.19	$5.99
Jan 2015	$4.95	$14.00
Jan 2016	$3.99	$9.74
Jan 2017	$6.88	$10.50
Jan 2018	$6.26	$10.98
Jan 2019	$6.94	$10.75
Jan 2020	$6.23	$12.75
Jan 2021	$9.63	$16.35
Jan 2022	$6.21	$13.81
Jan 2023	$9.12	$19.92
Jan 2024	$5.29	$23
Jan 2025	$7.14	$19.49
Jan 2026	$6.92	$16.98
Oct 2026	$8.74	$17.42

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	December 1993	1228	010086012286	171-6584A · MPR-15754 W41
Europe / PAL	21 January 1994	670-3623	—	171-6584A · MPR-16211-SM
Japan	27 May 1994	G-5539	—	—

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: NA+EU+JP
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 strategy-minded Sega boxing game that is cheap in North America and dearer elsewhere.

Greatest Heavyweights is a boxing game published by Sega for the Genesis, developed by Acme Interactive, and it is a follow-up to Evander Holyfield's Real Deal Boxing. It came out in North America in December 1993, in PAL territories in January 1994 and in Japan in May 1994. It features eight of history's top fighters.

Gamefan's December 1993 review praised the emphasis on strategy over heavy arcade action and called the play excellent if a little difficult. Game Players was cooler, finding it little different from other boxing games, and named its compatibility with the Activator and Sega's six-button controller as its one bright spot.

What the press said at the time

“The fact of the matter is that I don't want to play it — and if you have any sense, neither will you.”
— Mega, March 1994

Before you buy

Among US carts it sits a little below the middle. The European cart usually costs far more than the US one, and the Japanese cart costs more again. Sega Retro lists the six-button pad as used and the Activator as supported.