Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing — frequently asked questions
- What platforms is Ready 2 Rumble Boxing on?
- Ready 2 Rumble Boxing was released on Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Dreamcast, Game Boy Color.
- When did Ready 2 Rumble Boxing release?
- Ready 2 Rumble Boxing was first released on September 9, 1999.
About Ready 2 Rumble Boxing
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing is a boxing game for the Dreamcast, PlayStation, and Nintendo 64 and it was released in 1999 by Midway. The success of the Dreamcast version led to it becoming one of the few Sega All Stars titles. Like Nintendo's Punch-Out!! series it features many characters with colorful personalities (i.e. Afro Thunder, Boris "The Bear" Knokimov, etc.); however, unlike the Punch-Out!! series, Ready 2 Rumble Boxing is in 3D, thus allowing for more control over your character in the ring, and also enables the players to choose whichever fighters they want. Throughout the fights in the game, there is a special RUMBLE meter which fills up, one letter at a time, until the word "RUMBLE" is spelled at the bottom of the screen. Letters can be obtained by successfully landing hard blows or taunting the opponent. Once the meter is full, the player can power himself up, enabling access to a special move called "Rumble Flurry", which might as well instantly knock the opposite player out cold. One unique graphic feature of the game is the gradual bruises gained by players as the fight progresses (like hematomas and swellings), present in all fifth-generation versions. While this is not necessarily a new feature to games (it had been implemented before in SNK's 1992 game Art of Fighting), it garnered much appraisal from reviewers, because of the added fun factor this element supply to the game
Summary via IGDB.
Game details
- Platforms
- Nintendo 64, PlayStation, Dreamcast, Game Boy Color
- Developer
- Midway
- Publisher
- Midway
- Game modes
- Single player, Split screen
- Themes
- Comedy
Details via IGDB.
Reception
Every version compared
Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release
| Platform | Year | Loose | Complete | Sealed | Period reviews | Built by | Fake risk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nintendo 64 | 1999 | $13 | $35 | $109 | 11 reviews | Point of View | Low |
Release timeline
- DreamcastSep 9, 1999
- Nintendo 64Oct 31, 1999
- PlayStationOct 31, 1999
- Game Boy ColorNov 1999
- Handheld Electronic LCD2000
First release on each platform, from IGDB’s records of this game’s ports and editions. Remakes are separate games with their own pages, so they are not listed here.
We haven’t priced or authenticated the versions without a section on this page yet.
Collector value & authenticity
Nintendo 64 · PriceCharting sold data · Verified 2026-10-22
Other releases and variants
| Release | Loose | Complete | Sealed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PAL release | $15 | $34 | $163 |
What it needs to play
- RequiredController Pak — to save your progress: the game saves to a Controller Pak, not to the cartridge (game manual).
- OptionalRumble Pak — supported (game manual).
How often it sells
- Loose: about 3 times a week
- Complete: about once a week
- Sealed: about once a month
Sales frequency from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, as of 2026-10-22.
Price over time
- Loose
- Complete
A loose copy sold for about $2.35 in Jan 2007, $12.56 five years ago, and $12.97 as of Oct 2026.
Show as table
| Month | Loose | Complete |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 2007 | $2.35 | — |
| Jan 2008 | $0.98 | — |
| Jan 2009 | $0.99 | — |
| Jan 2010 | $1.50 | — |
| Jan 2011 | $2.00 | — |
| Jan 2012 | $1.55 | — |
| Jan 2013 | $1.65 | — |
| Jan 2014 | $4.77 | $7.99 |
| Jan 2015 | $4.99 | $10.99 |
| Jan 2016 | $4.49 | $3.25 |
| Jan 2017 | $6.97 | $13.75 |
| Jan 2018 | $7.06 | $14.66 |
| Jan 2019 | $5.95 | $15.00 |
| Jan 2020 | $7.79 | $15.94 |
| Jan 2021 | $10.13 | $26 |
| Jan 2022 | $12.31 | $28 |
| Jan 2023 | $12.13 | $35 |
| Jan 2024 | $9.57 | $36 |
| Jan 2025 | $12.93 | $29 |
| Jan 2026 | $13.79 | $35 |
| Oct 2026 | $12.97 | $37 |
Monthly price estimates from PriceCharting's completed-sale records, sampled quarterly, through Oct 2026.
Release record
| Territory | Date | Cartridge serial | Known board |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | 16 November 1999 | NUS-NRDE-USA | NUS-01A-02 |
| Europe / PAL | 10 December 1999 | NUS-NRDP-EUR / NUS-NRDP-EUU | — |
- Region
- NA+EU
- Released
- 1999
- Authenticity
- Low
A cartoonish arcade boxer that works as a party game, though the Dreamcast original was the better-looking version.
Ready 2 Rumble Boxing is Midway's arcade-style boxing game. It began on the Dreamcast, with Midway Studios San Diego as developer; Point of View made the Nintendo 64 and PlayStation ports, which reached North America in November 1999. The PAL regions followed in December 1999. Each version has its own exclusive boxer.
Electronic Gaming Monthly's May 1999 preview noted that the network play in the Dreamcast version would be missing from the PlayStation and N64 versions. Next Generation's Adam Pavlacka found the N64 version hard to accept after months with the Dreamcast one, while N64 Magazine thought it just about adequate for filling the gap between wrestling games.
What the press said at the time
| GameRankings (aggregate) | 78% | |
| AllGame | 3.5/5 | |
| CNET Gamecenter | 8/10 | |
| Electronic Gaming Monthly | 7/10 | |
| Game Informer | 6.5/10 | |
| GameFan | 85% | |
| GameRevolution | C− | |
| GameSpot | 6.7/10 | |
| IGN | 7.8/10 | |
| Next Generation | 3/5 | |
| Nintendo Power | 7.9/10 |
“If you're looking for something to fill the gap between wrestling titles, Ready 2 Rumble is just about adequate.”
“Other than a couple of exclusive characters, nothing's changed, except for the onset of slightly choppier control. Fans of the sweet science are advised to pass on Ready 2 Rumble in favor of the superior Knockout Kings 2000.”
Undated scores are from the review table in the game's Wikipedia article, limited to reviews of the Nintendo 64 version.
How the Nintendo 64 version differs
Each version has its own exclusive boxer, and J.R. Flurry is the one exclusive to the Nintendo 64.
Also on other platforms
Dreamcast · PlayStation · Game Boy Color
| Nintendo 64 | Point of View |
| PlayStation | Point of View |
| Game Boy Color | Crawfish Interactive (publisher) |
| Dreamcast | Midway Studios San Diego |
- Game Boy Color. The Game Boy Color version was one of the few games for that system with built-in rumble.
- Dreamcast. The Dreamcast original was developed by Midway Studios San Diego and released in September 1999, ahead of the ports.
How the other versions reviewed
| Dreamcast | GameRankings | 84% |
| Game Boy Color | GameRankings | 64% |
| PlayStation | GameRankings | 76% |
| Dreamcast | AllGame | 4/5 |
| Game Boy Color | AllGame | 3.5/5 |
| PlayStation | AllGame | 4/5 |
| Dreamcast | CNET Gamecenter | 9/10 |
| PlayStation | CNET Gamecenter | 8/10 |
| Dreamcast | Edge | 8/10 |
| Dreamcast | Electronic Gaming Monthly | 8.75/10 |
| PlayStation | Electronic Gaming Monthly | 6.5/10 |
| Dreamcast | Famitsu | 28/40 |
| Dreamcast | Game Informer | 7.25/10 |
| PlayStation | Game Informer | 6.5/10 |
| Dreamcast | GameFan | 89% |
| PlayStation | GameFan | (T.R.) 84% / 79% |
| Dreamcast | GameRevolution | B+ |
| PlayStation | GameRevolution | B− |
| Dreamcast | GameSpot | 8.7/10 |
| PlayStation | GameSpot | 7.3/10 |
| Dreamcast | GameSpy | 7.5/10 |
| Dreamcast | IGN | 9.1/10 |
| Game Boy Color | IGN | 6/10 |
| PlayStation | IGN | 6.5/10 |
| Dreamcast | Next Generation | 4/5 |
| Game Boy Color | Nintendo Power | 7.3/10 |
| PlayStation | Official PlayStation Magazine | 3.5/5 |
These are the other versions’ scores, not this one’s. Ports of this era were frequently built by different studios, so they do not transfer.
Before you buy
Low fake risk, and the US cart sits below the library median on price. PAL copies cost slightly more loose and about the same complete. The game saves to a Controller Pak, so budget for one; the Rumble Pak is optional. A complete copy costs more than twice the loose price.
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