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WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game
System(s): Arcade, Sega Mega Drive, Sega 32X, Sega Saturn, DOS, PlayStation, SNES
Publisher: Acclaim
Developer:
Genre: Action

















WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game is a WWF game developed by Sculptured Software and published by Acclaim for the Sega Mega Drive, Sega 32X and Sega Saturn, as well as DOS computers, the Sony PlayStation and Super Nintendo Entertainment System. As the name suggests, it originally started life out in the arcades as WWF: Wrestlemania, and is unrelated to other games bearing that title made in later years.

Unlike most wrestling games, WrestleMania is a one-on-one versus fighter, similar to the likes of Mortal Kombat. Both games were originally developed by Midway. Later a sequel called WWF In Your House was released for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and DOS.

Gameplay

The game plays more like a standard fighter than the wrestling games that would follow it. Attacks are quick and each character has special moves and can perform combos. Rather than a single match the fight is broken up into rounds with two wins needed to become the victor. Single player game modes include Intercontinental Championship and the WWF Championship. Multi-player game modes include Head to Head and Cooperative. Commentary is provided by Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler, who can be seen sitting in the background at the announcers table.

Playable characters are: Bam Bam Bigelow, Bret Hart, Doink the Clown, Lex Luger, Razor Ramon, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker and Yokozuna.

Ports

In comparison to the SNES version the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis port contains all 8 characters instead of 6. It also allows 4 characters onscreen at once but with slowdown, but not as much as found in the SNES port. Most of the voice and commentary is present although much of Jerry Lawlers commentary is dropped.

The 32X port was an enhanced Mega Drive port thus is not as close to the arcade as it could have been if it were built from the ground up. The graphics and audio was improved somewhat but the frame rate was reduced to 30 FPS instead of the 60 FPS found in other versions. This does however help to avoid slowdown issues.

The CD-ROM versions (including Saturn) is more accurate to the arcade version than other ports. Graphically it is similar although not as sharp and the sprites are slightly smaller. There is no in-game music. Loading time is of course, increased, this includes when loading the next character in a Battle Royal.

Physical Scans

Mega Drive Version

32X Version

Saturn Version



WWF franchise games for Sega systems
Sega Master System
WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge (1993)
Sega Mega Drive
WWF Super WrestleMania (1992) | WWF Royal Rumble (1993) | WWF Raw (1994) | WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game (1995)
Sega Game Gear
WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge (1993) | WWF Raw (1994)
Sega Mega-CD
WWF Rage in the Cage (1993)
Sega 32X
WWF Raw (1995) | WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game (1995)
Sega Saturn
WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game (1996) | WWF In Your House (1996)
Sega Dreamcast
WWF Attitude (1999)
Arcade
WWF Royal Rumble (2000)
Pinball
WWF Royal Rumble (1994)