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Ring no Ohja 1988 Konami

1988

Ring no Ohja (c) 1988 Konami.
A wrestling game in which you select 2 wrestlers from a choice of 8 and compete in tag-team battles.

>>> TECHNICAL DETAILS
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Game ID : GX799
Main CPU : HD6309 (@ 3 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips : K007232 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), UPD7759 (@ 640 Khz)
Screen orientation : Horizontal
Video resolution : 288 x 224 pixels
Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz
Palette colors : 256
Players : 2
Control : 8-way joystick
Buttons : 3

>>> TRIVIA
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Released in June 1988.
The title of this game translates from Japanese as 'King of the Ring'.
This game is known outside Japan as 'The Main Event'.
A number of wrestlers in the game are based on real-life wrestlers. For instance, Kamikaze Ken is based on Ricky 'The Dragon' Steamboat, Bigfoot Joe is based on King Kong Bundy and Alan the Empire is based on the late Andre the Giant. In another example, Conan the Great is loosely based on Hulk Hogan.
The game's commentator can also heard on fellow Konami games, 'Blades of Steel' and 'Hard Puncher'.
King Records released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Konami Game Music Collection Vol.0 - 276A-7708) on 21/07/1989.

>>> OTHER GAME RESOURCES
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Game's rom.

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