WWF Rage in the Cage

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WWF Rage in the Cage
System(s): Sega Mega-CD
Publisher: Arena Entertainment (US, Europe), Acclaim Entertainment (Japan)
Developer:
Licensor: Titan Sports
Peripherals supported: Six Button Control Pad
Genre: Action[1], Sports[2] (wrestling)

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega-CD
JP
¥6,8006,800 T-81024
Sega Mega-CD
US
$49.9549.95 T-81015
Videogame Rating Council: GA
Sega Mega-CD
EU
T-81015-50
Sega Mega-CD
UK
£49.9949.99[5] T-81015-50
Sega Mega-CD
AU
OFLC: Parental Guidance (PG)
Sega Mega-CD
BR
063340
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WWF Rage in the Cage, known as WWF Mania Tour (WWFマニア・ツアー) in Japan, is an wrestling game for the Sega Mega-CD.

It offers the biggest selection of characters of all the WWF games released during the 16bit era, but is curiously lacking a tag team mode, made even more curious by the inclusion of popular tag team wrestlers such as the Nasty Boyz and the Headshrinkers. While there is no official reason for this, palette restrictions are a likely reason, although these were obviously worked around in the Sega Mega Drive WWF games, as these feature modes where up to 4 wrestlers can be seen simultaneously.

The extra space offered by the CD storage medium was used to add speech samples played before matches and (low quality) video files of each wrestler's signature move. Interestingly the wrestlers' intro music was not recorded but rerecorded for the game using lower quality instruments.

Gameplay

Gameplay is virtually identical to other Acclaim wrestling games. A new mode is the cage match, where the player has to escape the caged ring by climbing out while his opponent is knocked down.

The game also supports the six button control pad.

Wrestlers

Undertaker
Bret Hart
Tatanka
Big Boss Man
Nasty Boy Knobbs
Nasty Boy Sags
Rick Martel
Shawn Michaels
Yokozuna
Bam Bam Bigelow
Ted Dibiase
Razor Ramon
Lex Luger
IRS
Headshrinker Fatu
Headshrinker Samu
Randy Savage
Mr. Perfect
Crush
Kamala

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English WWF Rage in the Cage WWF Rage in the Cage
English (US) WWF Rage in the Cage WWF Rage in the Cage
Japanese WWFマニア・ツアー: RAGE IN THE CAGE WWF Mania Tour

Production credits

  • : Paul Samulski, Mark Flitman, "Iron" Mike Arkin, J.J. Mazziotto, Jim "MK" Fink, Linda Spelman
  • Special Thanks to: Eric Samulski, Felicia Beech, Joe Allocco
  • Programming: Arti Haroutunian
  • Sound Programming: Rob Nelson
  • Art Technician: Paul McCarl
  • Video Capture: Melissa Griego
  • Artists: Ray Cornia, Clark Sorenson, Les Pardew
  • Additional Artists: Virginia Sargent, Kelly Kofoed, Joel Izzat
  • Morphs by: Linda Olsen
  • Musicians: Paul Webb, Dean Morell, Scotty Fulmer
  • Original Scores by: H. Kingsley Thurber
  • Quality Assurance by: Matt Grate, Brian Miller, Lee Smith, Joe Buffington, Vince Bracken
  • Project Manager: Harald Seeley
  • Special Thanks to: Ned Martin
Source:
In-game credits
WWFManiaTour MCD JP SSCredits.pdf
[6]

Magazine articles

Main article: WWF Rage in the Cage/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in VideoGames (US) #61: "February 1994" (1994-0x-xx)
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Print advert in Beep! MegaDrive (JP) #1994-07: "July 1994" (1994-06-08)
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Physical scans

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Publication Score Source
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Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
60
[7]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
53
[8]
Freak (IL)
88
[9]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
85
[10]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
83
[11]
Gamers (DE)
73
[12]
Joypad (FR) PAL
86
[13]
Mega (UK) PAL
71
[14]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
84
[15]
Mega Force (FR)
77
[16]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
78
[17]
Mega Machines (UK) PAL
70
[18]
Mega Power (UK) PAL
84
[19]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
72
[20]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
87
[21]
Player One (FR)
61
[22]
Power Up! (UK)
81
[23]
Power Unlimited (NL)
89
[24]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
79
[25]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
81
[26]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
81
[27]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
74
[28]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
53
[29]
Todo Sega (ES) PAL
84
[30]
Video Games (DE) PAL
79
[31]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
90
[32]
Sega Mega-CD
77
Based on
26 reviews

WWF Rage in the Cage

Mega-CD, JP
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Cover
WWFMANIATOUR MCD JP Spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
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Disc
Mega-CD, US
WWFRitC MCD US Box Back.jpgWWFRitC MCD US Box Front.jpg
Cover
WWFRitC MCD US Disc.jpg
Disc
Wwfrageinthecage mcd us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega-CD, EU
WWFRitC MCD EU Box Back.jpgWWFRitC MCD EU Box Front.jpg
Cover
WWFRitC MCD EU spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
WWF Rage in a Cage MCD EU Disc.jpg
Disc
WWF Rage in a Cage MCD EU Manual.jpg
Manual
Mega-CD, AU

Mega-CD, BR
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Cover

Technical information

Main article: WWF Rage in the Cage/Technical information.

References

  1. File:WWFMANIATOUR MCD JP Box Back.jpg
  2. 2.0 2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-06-10 17:56)
  3. GamePro, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 213
  4. 4.0 4.1 Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 106
  5. Sega Pro, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 45
  6. File:WWFManiaTour_MCD_JP_SSCredits.pdf
  7. Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1994" (JP; 1994-06-08), page 19
  8. Famitsu, "1994-07-01" (JP; 1994-06-17), page 1
  9. Freak, "3/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1
  10. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 86
  11. GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 82
  12. Gamers, "Mai/Juni 1994" (DE; 1994-05-06), page 38
  13. Joypad, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 100
  14. Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 52
  15. Mega Action, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-28), page 42
  16. Mega Force, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 1994-01-08), page 98
  17. Mega Fun, "03/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 114
  18. Mega Machines, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 28
  19. Mega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 38
  20. MegaTech, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 80
  21. Mean Machines Sega, "February 1994" (UK; 1993-12-28), page 87
  22. Player One, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 120
  23. Power Up!, "Saturday, February 19, 1994" (UK; 1994-02-19), page 1
  24. Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 5, Mei 1994" (NL; 1994-04-27), page 62
  25. Sega Magazine, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-10), page 100
  26. Sega Power, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-06), page 56
  27. Sega Pro, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 44
  28. Sega Zone, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 56
  29. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  30. Todo Sega, "Mayo 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 56
  31. Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 38
  32. VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 86


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