Based on the arcade game......sort of. Opinions needed

[Raccoon Lad]

Is Pro Wrestling on the SMS based on the arcade game Body Slam?
Before you answer, take a look at this, it's the Japanese version of Pro Wrestling:
http://www.smspower.org/db/gddumpmatsumoto-sms-jap.shtml
And here's the arcade game Dump Matsumoto, and it's US counterpart Body Slam:
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=D&game_id=7666
http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?letter=B&game_id=7177

The Games are very close, and almost certainly arcade ports, but the US Pro Wrestling was almost localised to the point of being a different game.

What do you think, should the DP guide say Pro Wrestling is based on Body Slam, and have a small blurb in the game description mentioning Dump Matsumoto?

[1bigmig]

Here is a link to the vgmuseum Pro Wrestling shots:
http://www.vgmuseum.com/pics3/pro.html

I dont think it would be incorrect to say it was based on Body Slam. Maybe something like:

"Originally based on coin-op Body Slam in Japan, but heavily localised for the US market"

[TheRedEye]

I'm with 1bigmig, that's how I'd say it.

[sniperCCJVQ]

Are you guys was able to run Body Slam in the lastest MAME release ?

I'm still using the 0.68. The game work well until you start a match and it's say "Game Over".

[Raccoon Lad]

I've got5.5, and it didn't work, so I tried an older version of MAME I had 3.7, and it worked fine.

Actually, I think if i tried starting a game (in 5.5) as the "Fresh Gals" I'd get the instant game over, but if I tried playing the "Evil challenge", Mame would Crash.