WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game
173K plays 1995 #Sport#Fighting
WWF WrestleMania (released on home consoles as WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game) is a professional wrestling arcade video game released by Midway Manufacturing Co. in 1995. It is based on the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) professional wrestling promotion.
The game features digitized representations of eight WWF performers who are pitted against each other in fast-paced matches inspired by Midway's Mortal Kombat and NBA Jam games. Commentary is provided by Vince McMahon and Jerry "The King" Lawler, who also appear in the game sitting at the announcers' table to the right of the ring, and Howard Finkel welcoming players to Wrestlemania at the start screen.
Acclaim, which published the console versions of the game, released a follow-up in 1996: WWF In Your House.
From Wikipedia's article WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0
Controls
This is a PC game: it uses the keyboard the way it did under MS-DOS, and the mouse where the game supports it. Click the game screen first so it gets your key presses.
Many DOS games start with a menu or ask a question first — read the screen and answer with the keyboard. Arrow keys, Enter, Space, Ctrl and Alt are the usual game keys.
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Controls
This is a PC game: it uses the keyboard the way it did under MS-DOS, and the mouse where the game supports it. Click the game screen first so it gets your key presses.
Many DOS games start with a menu or ask a question first — read the screen and answer with the keyboard. Arrow keys, Enter, Space, Ctrl and Alt are the usual game keys.
3.0 Good job
Players 74 · 584 votes
No critic scores found for this game: this is the players' rating.
Review scorecard
- Graphics 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Sound 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Control 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
- Fun Factor 3.0 out of 5 Overall fallback
Overall fallback: Players 74 · 584 votes. The same 74/100 overall rating fills missing categories using the face scale; these are not separate category scores. Player rating; no critic scores available.
What the reviews talk about
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What the critics said
GamePro's Scary Larry gave it a 4.5/5 for control and a perfect 5/5 in every other category (graphics, sound, and FunFactor), calling it "a great wrestling game, a great fighting game, and a great as-fun-to-watch-as-it-is-to-play game."
— GamePro, 1995 (Scary Larry)
A reviewer for Next Generation opined that it "looks great and plays even better."
— Next Generation, 1995
He remarked that the key to the game's excellence is "its immediate accessibility. After about five minutes you'll find yourself able to perform some of the most outrageous moves."
— Sega Saturn Magazine, 1996
He summarized, "Lose the basketball from NBA Jam, take away the blood from MK, throw in some famous wrestlers, and you have WWF Wrestlemania, one of the most addictive arcade games to date."
— GamePro, 1995· about another version
From the Reception section of Wikipedia's WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game article, under CC BY-SA 4.0. The words are the critics'; their full reviews are on the publishers' pages.
Scores
- AllGame 4/5; 1.5/5 (other versions)
- Computer and Video Games 1996 3/5 (other versions)
- Electronic Gaming Monthly 9/10 (other versions)
- EP Daily 8.5/10 (other versions)
- GamePro 19.5/20; 19.5/20; 18/20; 16/20 ; 17/20 (32X); 6.5/20 (other versions)
- IGN 1996 7/10; 5.5/10 (32X) (other versions)
- Mega Fun 1995 86%; 86%; 86%; 83% (other versions)
- Mean Machines Sega 1996 80/100 (other versions)
- Next Generation 3/5; 4/5 (other versions)
- Total! 1995 88/100 (other versions)
- Video Games (DE) 1995 75%; 74%; 74% (other versions)
From the review table of Wikipedia's article. The face takes, first that applies: the Metascore for this platform, GameRankings' average, our average of the critics (one number per publication, a panel averaged), one review alone, the players' rating. Critics and players are never mixed.
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