When did Saturday Night Slam Masters release?

Saturday Night Slam Masters was first released on July 13, 1993.

Saturday Night Slam Masters

Jul 13, 1993FightingSportArcadeSuper Nintendo Entertainment System Sega Mega Drive/GenesisFM TownsCPS Changer

Saturday Night Slam Masters — frequently asked questions

What platforms is Saturday Night Slam Masters on?: Saturday Night Slam Masters was released on Arcade, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, FM Towns, CPS Changer.
When did Saturday Night Slam Masters release?: Saturday Night Slam Masters was first released on July 13, 1993.

About Saturday Night Slam Masters

Slam Masters is an arcade conversion of Capcom's wrestling game of the same name. Ten wrestlers with different fighting styles and individual special attacks are available. They are controlled with three buttons; one for jumping, one for attacking and one for pinning. When close to your opponents, you can grab them to perform various moves ranging from ordinary attacks to body slams to throws. Since the action takes place in a ring, it is also possible to climb the turnbuckle or use the ropes to your advantage. You can also leave the ring for a limited amount of time to fight with different weapons that can be found outside the ring. Apart from a standard Single Match mode, the SNES version also features a Battle Royal mode for up to four players. This mode is not available in the Genesis version, which features a Death Match mode that can not be found in the SNES version. A Death Match is a no rules match in which weapons can be used used and the rope is replaced with barbed wire.

Summary via IGDB.

Game details

Platforms: Arcade, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, FM Towns, CPS Changer
Developer: Capcom
Publisher: Capcom
Game modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Themes: Action

Details via IGDB.

Reception

IGDB rating

70/100

from 9 ratings

Every version compared

Prices, contemporary reception and the studio credited for each release

Platform	Year	Loose	Complete	Sealed	Fake risk
Sega Genesis	1994	$44	$155	$273	Medium

Also released on: Arcade · Super Nintendo Entertainment System · Sega Mega Drive/Genesis · FM Towns · CPS Changer. We haven’t priced or authenticated those versions yet.

Collector value & authenticity

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

Loose

$44

Complete

$155

Sealed

$273

few sales

Other releases and variants

Release	Loose	Complete	Sealed
European (PAL) release	$107	$474	—

How often it sells

Loose: about once a week
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 $13.25 in Oct 2007, $43 five years ago, and $44 as of Oct 2026.

Show as table

Month	Loose	Complete
Jan 2008	$9.74	—
Jan 2009	$5.70	—
Jan 2010	$3.74	—
Jan 2011	$2.99	—
Jan 2012	$8.97	—
Jan 2013	$11.99	—
Jan 2014	$9.95	$18.50
Jan 2015	$20	$35
Jan 2016	$14.99	$33
Jan 2017	$20	$66
Jan 2018	$21	$57
Jan 2019	$25	$52
Jan 2020	$25	$68
Jan 2021	$32	$118
Jan 2022	$43	$103
Jan 2023	$48	$170
Jan 2024	$33	$113
Jan 2025	$36	$150
Jan 2026	$37	$155
Oct 2026	$44	$155

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

Release record

Territory	Date	Barcode
North America	1994	013388160075
Europe / PAL	1994	—

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
Released: 1994
Authenticity: Med

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

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

A boisterous Capcom wrestling game with its own Death Match mode, now one of the pricier US carts.

This is the Genesis version of Capcom's Saturday Night Slam Masters, a wrestling game with character designs by Fist of the North Star artist Tetsuo Hara. Capcom published it for North America and PAL territories in 1994. Unlike the Super NES version, the Genesis game replaces the Team Battle Royal with an exclusive Death Match mode, and it lets you pick The Scorpion and Jumbo in Single Battle.

Next Generation's reviewer panned it as generic and unoriginal, saying only the barbed-wire ring of the Death Match saved it from being horrible, and urged wrestling fans toward WWF Raw.

How the Sega Genesis version differs

GameFan's April 1995 preview called the Genesis game's graphics mighty impressive for the system.

Also on other platforms

Arcade · Super NES · FM Towns · CPS Changer

Arcade

Capcom

Arcade. The Japanese arcade version sets Haggar's appearance before he became mayor in Final Fight, while the English version calls him the former Mayor of Metro City.

Before you buy

Among US carts it is one of the pricier ones, and the risk tier is Med, so ask for a photo of the board before paying a high price. The European cart usually costs far more than the US one.