When you mention wrestling video games, few will undoubtedly come to mind, and for some, it won’t be long before they think of WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game. Developed by Midway in 1995, Mortal Kombat made sense considering it was one of the biggest games at the time. As a result, the game featured heavy motion capture and similar graphics, and Bret Hart ended up doing quite a bit of it in the process. During the most recent episode of that’s coolHart revealed that the process was fun but took a toll, saying he remembers feeling like he’d been punched in the ribs all day.
“It was a really fun experience. I had to go into their warehouse where they were all set up. We had to dive and jump, just like you do those moves on the invisible man, but nothing there. It took a lot of me,” Hart said. I remember feeling like someone had been punching me in the ribs all day. But it shows in the quality of the game.”
The roster was small at just 8 characters, but it featured Hart, Bam Bam Bigelow, Razor Ramon, Shawn Michaels, Yokozuna, Doink The Clown, Lex Luger, and The Undertaker. At the time, Hart was the company’s top star, so he was also prominent in the game’s marketing, including an advertisement with the game cabinet and a segment in the home edition that had him giving players advice on how to play the game and beyond. Viewer details of its making.
Like Mortal Kombat, WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game was done entirely with digital graphics rather than the familiar sprites of other fighting games like Street Fighter, and although it did feature WWF Superstars, it played mostly like a fighting game. You had health bars and super moves like in most fighters, but the superstars also kept their signature moves, only up to 11.
Undertaker, for example, didn’t just hit people with his grave marker move. Instead, he literally had a gravestone and hit him over the head with it. However, he could still move across the ring and hit you with a Choke Slam, and everyone else had equally ridiculous accents to their signature moves already. It was absurdly over-the-top and fun, and it would be amazing to see what WWE can do with the same premise now, especially seeing what the Mortal Kombat franchise has done over the past few years.
What is your favorite wrestling game of all time and why? Let us know in the comments and as always you can talk all things wrestling with me on Twitter @MattAguilarCB!
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