WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game
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| WWF WrestleMania | |
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 Arcade Flyer for WWF WrestleMania. |
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| Developer(s) | Midway |
| Publisher(s) | Midway, Sculptured Software (Console ports) |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Mega Drive, SNES, PlayStation, Saturn, DOS, Sega 32X |
| Release date(s) | August 10, 1995 (v 1.30) |
| Genre(s) | Fighting, wrestling |
| Mode(s) | Up to 2 players, simultaneous |
| Input methods | Joystick, Buttons:5 (HP, LP, BLOCK, HK, LK) |
| Cabinet | Upright |
| Arcade system | Midway Wolf Unit hardware Sound CPU: ADSP2150 Midway Digital Compression System (DCS) - Amplified Mono |
| Display | Raster resolution 400 x 254 (Horizontal) Palette Colors 32768 |
WWF WrestleMania (also known on console versions as WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game) is a professional wrestling arcade game released by Midway Manufacturing Co. (now Midway Amusement Games, L.L.C.) in 1995. It is based on the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) professional wrestling promotion.
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[edit] Gameplay
Despite being based on professional wrestling, WrestleMania's digitized graphics and fast-paced gameplay make it more of a fighting game in the vein of Midway's Mortal Kombat series.[1] The game is regarded as over the top for its use of attacks. While actual wrestling moves are present, matches consist primarily of special strike attacks and insane combos, such as the Undertaker casting spirits at an opponent and Doink shocking the opponent with a joy buzzer. There are other similarities to the Mortal Kombat games, such as the winner being the victor of two out of three rounds and players being awarded flawless victories, which are simply called "perfect" here.
WrestleMania's one-player mode has the player choose one of eight wrestlers (Bam Bam Bigelow, Bret "The Hitman" Hart, Doink the Clown, Lex Luger, Razor Ramon, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker or Yokozuna) and then go for either the Intercontinental Championship or the WWF Championship by fighting through several matches. In the Intercontinental Championship mode, the player must win four one-on-one matches, two two-on-one matches, and one three-on-one match to win the title. In the more difficult WWF Championship mode, the player must win four two-on-one matches, two three-on-one matches, and finally a "WrestleMania Challenge," where the player must defeat every wrestler in the game in a gauntlet, starting with a three-on-one setup, with each eliminated opponent being replaced with another until all eight have been defeated.
The game also features two multi-player modes; head to head, a one-on-one match between two players, or cooperative, where the two players team up in a tag team version of the WrestleMania Challenge in which they must defeat the game's eight wrestlers in groups of two to become the Tag Team Champions.
Commentary is provided by Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler, who also appear in the game sitting at the announcers' table to the right of the ring.
The game was followed up by WWF In Your House for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and DOS.
[edit] Ports
Ports were developed for Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis, 32X, SNES, Playstation, Sega Saturn, and DOS. The releases found on CD based consoles are the most similar to the Arcade given superior hardware capabilities.
The SNES version lacked two characters from the original game, (Bam Bam Bigelow and Yokozuna).
Visually the SNES version features audio and graphics more reminiscent to the Arcade when compared to the Genesis. However the overall experience of the DOS port is more true to the Arcade. The Sega 32X release offered superior graphics and audio than both SNES and Genesis ports with similar gameplay of the Genesis release, although the frame rate was reduced to 30 FPS in the 32X port compared to 60 FPS in all other versions.
[edit] Featured wrestlers
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SNES version |
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[edit] References
- ^ *"WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game at MobyGames". http://www.mobygames.com/game/wwf-wrestlemania-the-arcade-game. Retrieved on May 2009.
[edit] External links
- WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game at MobyGames
- WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game at GameFAQs
- WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game at GameSpot
- WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game at the Killer List of Videogames
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