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|title=<center>Arm Champs I </center> | |title=<center>Arm Champs I </center> | ||
|image=Arm Champs I | |image=Arm Champs I Arcade Title Screen.png | ||
|imagecaption= | |imagecaption=Title Screen. | ||
|status=<span style=""color:green;">'''Found'''</span> (Japanese version)<br> | |||
<span style="color:red;">'''Lost'''</span> (English version) | |||
|datefound=30 Sep 2022 | |||
|foundby=[https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/8cde357c1534e45cefc0c920171b61d1ae11d54f Phil Bennett] | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''''Arm Champs''''' was an arm wrestling arcade game released by Jaleco in 1988. The game was later followed by its more popular 1992 sequel ''Arm Champs II''. | '''''Arm Champs''''' was an arm wrestling arcade game released by Jaleco in 1988. The game was later followed by its more popular 1992 sequel ''Arm Champs II''. | ||
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==Availability== | ==Availability== | ||
While there are ROM dumps of ''Arm Champs II'' available online, ''Arm Champs'' | While there are ROM dumps of ''Arm Champs II'' available online, due to how uncommon the original ''Arm Champs'' was, it never received a ROM dump for many, many years. It wasn't until September 29th, 2022 when Twitter user ''Phil Bennett'' announced that he had acquired the Japanese boardset of ''Arm Champs'' and had it dumped and running on MAME within a day.<ref>[https://twitter.com/PhilBennett3D/status/1575365588846751744 Tweet announcing the game was dumped]</ref> However, an English boardset is also known to exist, which has not been emulated. | ||
==Videos== | ==Videos== | ||
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|description1 =Footage of an ''Arm Champs'' arcade machine in Wales. | |description1 =Footage of an ''Arm Champs'' arcade machine in Wales, running the English version. | ||
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==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
*[http:// | *[http://wikiwand.com/ja/ARM_CHAMPS Wikiwand description of ''Arm Champs'' and ''Arm Champs II'' (Japanese Only)] | ||
*[http://unmamed.mameworld.info/non_jaleco.html#ArmChamps ''Arm Champs'' listed on a category of "unMAMEd Jaleco Games"] | *[http://unmamed.mameworld.info/non_jaleco.html#ArmChamps ''Arm Champs'' listed on a category of "unMAMEd Jaleco Games"] | ||
*[https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=2911&image=1 The arcade flyer for the ''Arm Champs'' 1988 Jaleco arcade game.] | *[https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=2911&image=1 The arcade flyer for the ''Arm Champs'' 1988 Jaleco arcade game.] | ||
*[https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=2911&image=2 Another arcade flyer showing the five opponents and how to play the game.] | *[https://flyers.arcade-museum.com/?page=flyer&db=videodb&id=2911&image=2 Another arcade flyer showing the five opponents and how to play the game.] | ||
*[https:// | *[https://thearmwrestlingarchives.com/armwrestling-amusement-devices.html A page from The Armwrestling Archives that lists ''Arm Champs'' and ''Arm Champs II''.] | ||
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Latest revision as of 15:47, 13 April 2024
Title Screen.
Status: Found (Japanese version)
Lost (English version)
Date found: 30 Sep 2022
Found by: Phil Bennett
Arm Champs was an arm wrestling arcade game released by Jaleco in 1988. The game was later followed by its more popular 1992 sequel Arm Champs II.
Gameplay
The objective of the game is to beat your opponent in an arm wrestling match with the arm strength of the player being measured during each round. The game has two modes. One mode allows the player to freely select an opponent to arm wrestle against. The second mode is a tournament mode where the player cannot select an opponent and instead must arm wrestle each opponent in order of difficulty. The game has five opponents each representing a country from around the world. There is Nessie Papillon (a female champ and a British professional wrestler), Mad Foreman (an unemployed man from Germany), Cho Yeongping (a Chinese fisherman), Mike Robinson (a South African miner), and Wolf Adams (an American convoy driver).
Availability
While there are ROM dumps of Arm Champs II available online, due to how uncommon the original Arm Champs was, it never received a ROM dump for many, many years. It wasn't until September 29th, 2022 when Twitter user Phil Bennett announced that he had acquired the Japanese boardset of Arm Champs and had it dumped and running on MAME within a day.[1] However, an English boardset is also known to exist, which has not been emulated.
Videos
External Links
- Wikiwand description of Arm Champs and Arm Champs II (Japanese Only)
- Arm Champs listed on a category of "unMAMEd Jaleco Games"
- The arcade flyer for the Arm Champs 1988 Jaleco arcade game.
- Another arcade flyer showing the five opponents and how to play the game.
- A page from The Armwrestling Archives that lists Arm Champs and Arm Champs II.