Super Fire Pro Wrestling [Model SHVC-FP]

35 Years old Nintendo Super Famicom cart. Human Ent. [Japan]

Super Fire Pro Wrestling © 1991 Human Ent.

Super Fire Pro Wrestling marks the inaugural entry of the legendary Fire Pro series on Nintendo’s 16-bit hardware. Unlike the later iterations that defined the series' complexity, this title focuses on core fundamentals, offering single, tag-team, 5-on-5 elimination matches, and an 8-man tournament mode. It serves as a foundational "dream match" simulator, providing a rigorous Trial Mode to help players master the timing-based grappling system that would become the series' hallmark.

TECHNICAL

GAME ID: SHVC-FP
BARCODE: 4959143600010

Players: 2
Control: 8-Way Joystick
Buttons: 4
=> [Y] Weak strike/grapple, [B] Medium strike/grapple, [A] Strong strike/grapple, [X] Run

TRIVIA

Super Fire Pro Wrestling was released on December 20, 1991 in Japan.

Hardware Evolution: As an early Super Famicom title, this release does not support the four-player functionality seen in its predecessors on the PC Engine. It is strictly limited to two-player simultaneous action, a technical limitation that was quickly rectified in future sequels.

The "Masked" Roster: The game features 21 wrestlers based on real-world stars. Due to the lack of official licensing, Human Entertainment employed a "false name" strategy. While the likenesses and signature moves were accurate, the names were changed, creating a unique historical catalog of wrestling parodies from the early 90s:

Victory Musashi = Antonio Inoki (New Japan Pro Wrestling)
Great Shiba = Giant Baba (All Japan Pro Wrestling)
Axe Duggan = Hulk Hogan (World Wrestling Federation)
Thunder Ryu = Genichiro Tenryu (Super World of Sports)
Hurricane Rikimaru = Riki Choshu (New Japan Pro Wrestling)
Shinya Hatamoto = Shinya Hashimoto (New Japan Pro Wrestling)
Takashi Kajiwara = Yoshiaki Fujiwara (Universal Wrestling Federation)
Masakatsu Higaki = Masakatsu Funaki (Universal Wrestling Federation)
Mitsuhide Hikawa = Mitsuharu Misawa (All Japan Pro Wrestling)
Tommy Bomber = Jumbo Tsuruta (All Japan Pro Wrestling)
Super Kaiser = Jushin Liger (New Japan Pro Wrestling)
Phantom Guy = Pegasus Kid (New Japan Pro Wrestling)
Bloody Allen = Bad News Brown (New Japan Pro Wrestling)
Mad Tiger = Tiger Jeet Singh (All Japan Pro Wrestling)
Knight Blaster = Hawk (All Japan Pro Wrestling)
Iron Blaster = Animal (All Japan Pro Wrestling)
Blade Musha = The Great Muta (New Japan Pro Wrestling)
Astro Blaster = The Ultimate Warrior (World Wrestling Federation)
Akira Saeha = Akira Maeda (Universal Wrestling Federation)
Hitman Saber = Big Van Vader (New Japan Pro Wrestling)
Star Bison = Stan Hansen (All Japan Pro Wrestling)

Reviews:
May 1992 - Joypad N.8 (Page 142-143) [FR]: 72/100

TIPS AND TRICKS

To watch two computer controlled opponents go at it, hold down Button X and select Exhibition (second option of the main menu) in either Single or Tag Team match. Choose a wrestler(s) while still holding X, then pick controller 2 to select the other wrestler(s). When done correctly, the selected wrestlers will be controlled by the computer.

There are three wrestlers who aren't normally usable, these are:

Ittetsu Wakamoto = Kotetsu Yamamoto (New Japan Pro Wrestling)
Rikiouzan = Rikidozan (Japan Wrestling Association)
B.G. Bull = Bruiser Brody (All Japan Pro Wrestling)

You can play as each of them in World Championship mode by doing the following. Hold the L Button and highlight the fourth option of the main menu. Select it with B, and a window will appear at the bottom right. Press Y. The game highlights the first option (World Championship) press Start, then select either Single or Tag with Start button. The wrestler select screen will appear with the three additional wrestlers available. To play as these characters in any mode other than World Championship and the Dojo, simply hold L and press Start until you reach the wrestler select screen.

Enter CHACHA at the Password screen for Chagamimaru referee. Enter WOMAN for a female referee. These work even though they don't use up all 30 spaces on the Password screen.

05B0X N703W 2W = Use this password to face the team of Star Bison and B.G. Bull at the end of the Tag World Championship
FOV5B 4PH5Z A2 = This password starts the Single World Championship in Hard Mode
KYDXR QCEFP LW = Starts the Tag World Championship in Hard Mode
PJ3TW ESEQD AK = Face Rikiouzan at the end of the Hard Mode World Championship
05B0X JHO3W KW = Go up against the special tag team of Rikiouzan and B.G. Bull at the end of the Hard Mode World Championship

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ROM dump (MAME).