ClayFighter

n/a

ClayFighter

System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Virtual Console

Publisher: Interplay, Ballistic

Developer:

Visual Concepts

Ringler Studios

M2

Sound driver: GEMS

Genre: Action

Number of players: 1-2

Release	Date	RRP	Code
US	1994-12		T-125036
EU	1995-01^[1]		T-125036-50
PT	199x
UK	1995-01^[1]	£44.9944.99^[2]	T-125036-50
GR	199x
AU	199x		FCLA03SMC
BR	1995		046700
US ▼	2009-05-25^[3]	800pts800^[3]
EU ▼	2009-02-06^[4]^[5]	800pts800^[4]
AU ▼	2009-02	800pts800^[6]

Non-Sega versions
Super NES

PEGI

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ClayFighter, is a fighting game developed by Visual Concepts and published by Interplay in 1994 for the Sega Mega Drive. This game is a port from the Super Nintendo, with several gameplay changes taken from the updated SNES version, Clay Fighter: Tournament Edition. The game was most known for its colorful graphics, with each character rendered from clay to give the game its unique look.

Interestingly enough, Interplay opted to use the Mega Drive version for the Virtual Console release of the game, rather than any of the SNES versions.

Gameplay

The game features eight playable characters, battling each other to become the 'King of the Circus'. The one-player game has the selected character battle through several matches, including a few rematches against previously beaten opponents, before fighting the game's final enemy, N. Boss. Each character has a set of special moves performed with special button combinations. When a character receives heavy damage, the word 'KO!' will appear above them, if they are hit with a special move during this time, they will take extra damage.

Characters

	Bad Mr. Frosty

	Taffy

	Tiny

	The Blob

	Blue Suede Goo

	Ickybod Clay

	Helga

	Bonker

	N. Boss

Versions

Debuting a year after its Super NES counterpart, ClayFighter on the Mega Drive is roughly the same as on Nintendo's console, but makes a number of graphical cutbacks (particularly in the introduction sequence) to accommodate for the lack of native sprite scaling and rotation. Most of the in-game graphics employ dithering techniques to cater for the Mega Drive's smaller colour palette and lack of semi-transparency support, and the top heads-up-display features a solid black background, masking the top portion of the in-game scenery.

Many voice clips are also missing in the Mega Drive version.

History

Legacy

A sequel, ClayFighter 2: Judgment Clay, was released for the SNES in early 1995. A Sega 32X version was announced but ultimately cancelled.

Magazine articles

Main article: ClayFighter/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in EGM² (US) #1: "July 1994" (1994-07-19)
also published in:

EGM² (US) #2: "August 1994" (1994-0x-xx)^[7]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #62: "September 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[8]
GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)^[9]
EGM² (US) #5: "November 1994" (1994-1x-xx)^[10]
Sega Visions (US) #22: "December/January 1994/1995" (1994-xx-xx)^[11]
VideoGames (US) #72: "January 1995" (199x-xx-xx)^[12]

Print advert in Mega Force (FR) #34: "Décembre 1994" (1994-12-02)

Print advert in Sega Megazone (AU) #49: "March 1995" (1995-0x-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

30

^[13]

Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)

80

^[14]

Consoles + (FR)

79

^[15]

Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US)

NTSC-U

67

^[16]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

66

^[17]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

80

^[18]

Games World: The Magazine (UK)

PAL

66

^[2]

Joker (SI)

82

^[19]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

81

^[20]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

54

^[21]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

47

^[22]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

47

^[23]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

56

^[1]

Player One (FR)

86

^[24]

Play Time (DE)

PAL

47

^[25]

Sega Magazin (DE)

47

^[26]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

55

^[27]

Sega Pro (UK)

PAL

49

^[28]

Sega Megazone (AU)

77

^[29]

Todo Sega (ES)

89

^[30]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

59

^[31]

VideoGames (US)

80

^[32]

	65
Based on 22 reviews

ClayFighter

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, US (cardboard)
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual PCB

Mega Drive, FR

Manual

Mega Drive, PT
Cover

Mega Drive, GR
<div style="margin:auto; max-width:Expression error: Unexpected < operator.px"> 320x120px Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, AU
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, AU (alt)
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart

Mega Drive, ZA

Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	b12c1bc1
MD5	c7a12f405a2120594254fce61ea0c516
SHA-1	9cd15c84f4ee85ad8f3a512a0fed000724251758

2MB

1994-11

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	1aaf7707
MD5	98191aadab9bf8d02e8a6e3be1f73a36
SHA-1	1cde95b5c2571555dfd6461c3fd7f15912197d0d

2MB

1994-11

Cartridge (EU)

External links

Nintendo catalogue pages: US, UK, AU

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 88
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Games World: The Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 12
↑ ^3.0 ^3.1 http://www.nintendo.com:80/games/detail/s2w8G9MCpa8iwNpN3sGc9CZ_CPpob_Qa (Wayback Machine: 2011-02-03 16:53)
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/clayfighter (Wayback Machine: 2017-06-13 22:43)
↑ https://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Virtual-Console-Wii-/Clay-Fighter--276698.html (archive.today)
↑ http://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=catalogue&prodcat_id=41&prod_id=19729&pageID=4 (Wayback Machine: 2012-04-03 03:03)
↑ EGM², "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 2
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 112
↑ GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 116
↑ EGM², "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 258
↑ Sega Visions, "December/January 1994/1995" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 148
↑ VideoGames, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 38
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 48
↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-06-xx), page 80
↑ Consoles +, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 156
↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 166
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 32
↑ GamePro, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 112
↑ Joker, "Oktober 1994" (SI; 1994-xx-xx), page 29
↑ Joypad, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 92
↑ MAN!AC, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-08), page 69
↑ Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 85
↑ Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 118
↑ Player One, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 104
↑ Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 104
↑ Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 83
↑ Sega Power, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 62
↑ Sega Pro, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-29), page 46
↑ Sega Megazone, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 32
↑ Todo Sega, "Marzo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 38
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 43
↑ VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 128

[:File:MeanMachinesSega26UK.pdf_p88-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Mean Machines Sega, "December 1994" (UK; 1994-10-28), page 88

[:File:Games_World_The_Magazine_UK_10.pdf_p12-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Games World: The Magazine, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 12

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20110203165349.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.nintendo.com:80.2Fgames.2Fdetail.2Fs2w8G9MCpa8iwNpN3sGc9CZ_CPpob_Qa-3] 3.0 ^3.1 http://www.nintendo.com:80/games/detail/s2w8G9MCpa8iwNpN3sGc9CZ_CPpob_Qa (Wayback Machine: 2011-02-03 16:53)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20170613224312.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.nintendolife.com.2Fgames.2Fmegadrive.2Fclayfighter-4] 4.0 ^4.1 http://www.nintendolife.com/games/megadrive/clayfighter (Wayback Machine: 2017-06-13 22:43)

[https:.2F.2Farchive.is.2Fpzsyo-5] ttps://www.nintendo.co.uk/Games/Virtual-Console-Wii-/Clay-Fighter--276698.html (archive.today)

[http:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20120403030357.2Fhttp:.2F.2Fwww.nintendo.com.au.2Findex.php.3Faction.3Dcatalogue.26prodcat_id.3D41.26prod_id.3D19729.26pageID.3D4-6] ttp://www.nintendo.com.au/index.php?action=catalogue&prodcat_id=41&prod_id=19729&pageID=4 (Wayback Machine: 2012-04-03 03:03)

[:File:EGM2_US_02.pdf_p2-7] EGM², "August 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 2

[:File:EGM_US_062.pdf_p112-8] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 112

[:File:GamePro_US_064.pdf_p116-9] GamePro, "November 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 116

[:File:EGM2_US_05.pdf_p258-10] EGM², "November 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 258

[:File:SegaVisions_US_22.pdf_p148-11] Sega Visions, "December/January 1994/1995" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 148

[:File:VideoGames_US_72.pdf_p38-12] VideoGames, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 38

[13] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 48

[:File:AlaabAlcomputtar_SA_1995-06.pdf_p80-14] Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-06-xx), page 80

[:File:ConsolesPlus_FR_042.pdf_p156-15] Consoles +, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 156

[:File:ElectronicGames2_US_27.pdf_p166-16] Electronic Games (1992-1995), "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 166

[:File:EGM_US_062.pdf_p32-17] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "September 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 32

[:File:GamePro_US_065.pdf_p112-18] GamePro, "December 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 112

[19] Joker, "Oktober 1994" (SI; 1994-xx-xx), page 29

[:File:Joypad_FR_040.pdf_p92-20] Joypad, "Mars 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 92

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1995-03.pdf_p69-21] MAN!AC, "03/95" (DE; 1995-02-08), page 69

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-12.pdf_p85-22] Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 85

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1994-12.pdf_p118-23] Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 118

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_052.pdf_p104-24] Player One, "Avril 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 104

[:File:PlayTime_DE_1994-12.pdf_p104-25] Play Time, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-09), page 104

[:File:SegaMagazin_DE_13.pdf_p83-26] Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 83

[:File:SegaPower_UK_62.pdf_p62-27] Sega Power, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-17), page 62

[:File:SegaPro_UK_41.pdf_p46-28] Sega Pro, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-29), page 46

[:File:Megazone_AU_44.pdf_p32-29] Sega Megazone, "October 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 32

[:File:TodoSega_ES_24.pdf_p38-30] Todo Sega, "Marzo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 38

[31] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 43

[:File:VideoGames_US_71.pdf_p128-32] VideoGames, "December 1994" (US; 1994-1x-xx), page 128

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ClayFighter

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

Characters

Versions

History

Legacy

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

External links

References