This game came out 3 weeks before Smackdown 2, a game which has, among other things, more backstage areas.

@martynodonnell8467

2 жыл бұрын

Ironically 😆

@litodat233

2 жыл бұрын

& way better

@mathprodigy

2 жыл бұрын

The difference between a full development team and process, and a gutted development "team" just trying to fulfill contractual obligations lol

@k.daelra7657

2 жыл бұрын

It came out less than one month before WCW closed.

@iDeathMaximuMII

2 жыл бұрын

@@k.daelra7657 Game came out in November 2000

I remember playing the N64 version once. I was Sting, taking on Kevin Nash. Nash kept doing his signature taunt and wouldn't stop, like the game was broken or something, all the while Tony Schiavone kept yelling "BIG SEXY!!!" nonstop everytime Nash taunted. To make matters worse, my guy (Sting) became frozen and I had to quit the match. It was either that or continue listening to Schiavone scream "BIG SEXY!!!" for an eternity.

@mathprodigy

2 жыл бұрын

Omg youve unlocked a new nightmare no one knew they didn't want 🤣 i bet that was hilarious for a little bit though lmao

@cristiangomez4537

2 жыл бұрын

Bro I'm dead 🤣🤣🤣

@SegaDream131

2 жыл бұрын

That is magical.....😁👍

@Pharon02

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a completely authentic representative of the late WCW experience.

@nickmaazo9192

2 жыл бұрын

I played in on n64 never had a problem

One thing you’ll never hear in real life ever. That is in this game. “WHAT A MOVE BY DAVID FLAIR!!!”

People can't make an argument about graphics when Smackdown 1 & 2 look so much better than Backstage Assault, with or without upscale.

@robertJfontaine

2 жыл бұрын

Dude smackdown one and two are my favorite wrestling games of all time besides no mercy on the N64

@JM1993951

2 жыл бұрын

@@robertJfontaine those loading times were brutal, though.

@SaviorGabriel

2 жыл бұрын

They couldn't even render proper pants for most of the roster. Everyone's just got painted on clothes.

@Jimmy_Hopkins15

2 жыл бұрын

Dude don't even compare those iconic Smackdown games to this garbage ass game

@frenchtoast9926

2 жыл бұрын

@@Jimmy_Hopkins15 CJ man you still reppin the grove or did you go back to being a busta

I thought backstage assault was what Pat Patterson was accused of

@TheSerpentsEye

2 жыл бұрын

Zing!

@mathprodigy

2 жыл бұрын

Omg ☠

I see this game as a blessing in disguise. While it is godawful, it did make me appreciate certain wrestlers like L.A. Park, Chris Candido, Norman Smiley, The Hardcore Revolution, and Vampiro a whole lot more.

@wolfhurricane897

Жыл бұрын

Vampiro would appear in better games. Such as Backyard Wrestling 2 There Goes The Neighborhood and Lucha Libre AAA Heroes Del Ring.

@ksajak

Жыл бұрын

Candido was great for his time. Very dedicated to the business. Check out the new season of dark side of the ring. 1st episode is Chris and Tammy. You'll get to know even more about him

I have it for the 64. Many nights I have played this game under the influence of alcohol.

@mathprodigy

2 жыл бұрын

Must be the only way to enjoy it lol

@adamwadecaw122

2 жыл бұрын

What a torture

@Sterling20073

2 жыл бұрын

I'm the same, I've unlocked Bret Hart =]

@letsseethatsmile9620

2 жыл бұрын

Yippee!

@johnkellum1980

4 ай бұрын

Best time to play it

My personal expectations for this as a kid were so low and yet they still missed the mark. All I wanted was a more polished version of Mayhem that had Vampiro, Daffney, Crowbar, Lance Storm and so on in it. If they could of just done that- Mayhem with an updated roster and MAYBE some new locker room locations for all the younger siblings who couldn’t seem to keep the match in the ring. But much like the actual WCW, it had no clue how to pull off simple expectations of fans

@martynodonnell8467

2 жыл бұрын

Yip, it was like the game was a proper representation of WCW programming at the time, a mess.

@gst013

2 жыл бұрын

If only they could have...

When you showed the Rey Mysterio model, my first thought was “huh, I didn’t know Kurt Angle worked for WCW”

@joshuabroz

2 жыл бұрын

I thought it was Konnan

@RNCV-uf7wu

2 жыл бұрын

Poor Rey, bet he wished he had his mask after seeing this, the model looked like a bald drag queen

@johnkellum1980

4 ай бұрын

😁

@tafua_a

3 ай бұрын

The only reason why I know it was Rey was because of the overalls. This game looks like ass.

@78deathclutch

2 ай бұрын

I enjoyed this game even though it wasn't the greatest

"It's Stoooooooooooong!!!" - Tony Schiavone

The visual of Jimmy Hart dominating Tank Abbott is almost as hilarious as those crappy wrestler models.

@Mrtfarrugia

2 жыл бұрын

He's a scappy little guy.

@TheFriendlyWeirdo

2 жыл бұрын

@@Mrtfarrugia I guess he really was too legit to quit,

@RNCV-uf7wu

2 жыл бұрын

Lol, Jimmy had no fear against "The Tank"

@whosaidthat84

Жыл бұрын

Tank Abbot prayed that Jimmy Hart wouldn't join UFC.

They really should have gone for something similar to Power Stone for a backstage only wrestling game, something quick and arcadey. trying to go the sim route would have never worked.

@justintaylor3569

2 жыл бұрын

I agree, but!!!! Helllo, youuuuuuu (I just had to do it lol)

@EasyE3939

2 жыл бұрын

Ain't nothing sim about this game lol

@DNAsGhostzHouze

2 жыл бұрын

It's EA Larry, if it doesn't start with the name Madden, they don't give a toss.

@EasyE3939

2 жыл бұрын

Capcom needs to bring Power Stone back

@Bestintheworld182

2 жыл бұрын

So the Backyard Wrestling games?

Such a shame that we didn't get a decent wcw game after revenge. I was a wcw guy from 94-99. I get that we can use mods and stuff but a genuine wcw game, with the full roster, schiavone and brain on commentary, mean gene on mic, Michael buffer the MC in modern graphics would be unreal.

@martynodonnell8467

2 жыл бұрын

In the modern day it would be. Perhaps it will be realised at some point. I’m surprised WWE didn’t do more to commemorate the 20th anniversary of buying WCW out, a game like that would have been awesome. The closest thing we got to your idea was the Legends Of Wrestling games. Back in the PS2 era days. The 3rd instalment had an awesome roster, with the old WCW announcers doing commentary. The game play, for the most part, was a let down though.

@richeyd12

2 жыл бұрын

You are absolutely right!!!

@acork7601

2 жыл бұрын

Feel the Bang Mod

@litodat233

2 жыл бұрын

When wcw lost thq as the publisher the games went down hill and wwe games got better

@jamesobanner9156

2 жыл бұрын

If only 2k would make a pure wcw game

An end of life cycle product for both WCW AND the ps1/n64 generation. You've made me grateful i never bit on this one back in the day haha

15:05 this freeze frame has to be soul crushing for Lance Storm.

I guessed Chris Kanyons character as the Giant and Vince Russo just scared the Hell outta me 😂

@TheSerpentsEye

2 жыл бұрын

Yes! I also guessed the Giant.

@Rob_Thorsman

2 жыл бұрын

Vince Russo has that effect on people.

@mathprodigy

2 жыл бұрын

@@Rob_Thorsman lmfao🤣

@Danfrombackhome

9 ай бұрын

I guessed russo as dr death 😂

@tafua_a

3 күн бұрын

I got Kanyon and Rey right, guessed Russo as Dr. Death and Shane Helms as Kid Romeo

That's a good-looking handheld device you got there. Looks smooth. 😮

I never thought I'd see a wrestling game that made Vince Russo look like Steve Lombardi

@mathprodigy

2 жыл бұрын

Lmfao

@thecarolinabull01

Жыл бұрын

He looked more like Dr. Death Steve Williams to me.

oh man this game was headache inducing when I played it as a kid. But those t-shirts you're selling look spectacular! I know what I'll be asking for for my birthday in March!!!! thank you for wasting so much of your precious free time to give all of us a solid review of this abysmal game!

That split second of Stacey Keibler unlocked some very, very special memories. God bless the Miss Hancock storyline.

I had this game on a copy and paid £5 for it. I still felt like I got robbed. And I was a die hard WCW fan. I do remember hearing the game was developed in 6 months by a tiny group of people and they copy and pasted the credits from Mayhem, when in reality it was only developed by a small team.

@mathprodigy

2 жыл бұрын

Damn so basically it's borderline just a knock off title lol

@JM1993951

2 жыл бұрын

I was 7 and my sister let me borrow $20 to get it. Imagine having to pay that money back.

7:40 "Heres Scott Oh Jesus! Heres Scott Hall..." 😂😂😂😂😂😂

I remember when this came out as a kid, even though it was a terrible game, I actually really enjoyed it and completed it too. Also, 'Stong' haha.

To think how much better Yukes’ “outside the arena” areas in Shut Your Mouth and Here Comes The Pain were, and they were _optional_ .

To quote a video game poet: What were they thinking?

I play this game before I thought it was gonna be the greatest game ever and after I finished I questioned my life choices

@kawimason361

8 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

So, to unlock Eric Bischoff you have to unlock Vince Russo first and to unlock Bret Hart you have to wrestle 35 matches. Brilliant idea.

@declangaming24

Жыл бұрын

Bro russo is a character with a generic moveset same as Eric

This is a Certified Hood Classic …….. 🔥

@mathprodigy

2 жыл бұрын

They don't know about them trench games cuz

@Rschr101

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao

How can I forget about WCW Backstage Assault? It was one of my Christmas presents, from back in the day. Granted, it wasn't one of my favorites, but still...

This was…strangely one of the first Wrestling Bios videos I ever watched like a year ago. Suggestions brought me to it again and as far entertainment value, it’s still one of my favorites because of your reactions to the gameplay and graphics. Hall and Hogan’s appearance reactions are just gold, brother.

I guessed Kanyon correctly. But I thought Rey Mysterio was Tony Atlas and had no clue who the rest were.

Me and my friends had so much fun with WCW vs NWO on N64. It was awesome lol

@martynodonnell8467

2 жыл бұрын

The earlier WCW games were awesome on the N64. After WCW VS NWO, we had Revenge. Then WWF brought out Wrestlemania 2000 and No Mercy, so many fond memories.

@cappy2282

2 жыл бұрын

@martynodonnell8467 lol ya I never played those other ones but i bet they were good time "indeed!" I just remember me and my one friend would have epic battles playing WCW vs NWO. I would always pick Jericho because he could do that pin where he put one foot on chest and flexed 😂

@martynodonnell8467

2 жыл бұрын

@@cappy2282 yeah I remember the one 🤣

@cappy2282

2 жыл бұрын

@@martynodonnell8467 lol you could never get the 3 count but my friend would be pissed

@mathprodigy

2 жыл бұрын

@@cappy2282 this my friends is what the 90s was about

Imagine asking for No Mercy and getting this.

@mathprodigy

2 жыл бұрын

Moment of silence for anyone out there this applies to lol

@darthken815

Жыл бұрын

Yikes.

Welcome back! I’ve been waiting for the new videos. Thank you!

I remember buying this with my own money. 50$ I played it and then cried to my mother and told her what they had done to me and she gave me my money back and I never played the game again. That ugly blue cartridge got tossed in the closet.

Your frustration in this video is hilarious, I love it 😂 I remember playing this when it came out, clearly I blocked out that memory 😂

Had it on N64. Hated how editing a wrestler took up a CAW spot. I had to leave DDP wearing slippers.

Man I must have been really patient to complete this game 100 percent lol

@mathprodigy

2 жыл бұрын

You're in a league all your own sir lol

I'll never forget the review I saw in a playstation magazine at the time that referred to it as WCW backpassage assault

@xperia1ii755

Жыл бұрын

🤣

The roster is unique. There are plenty of wrestler who only appear in this game like Daffney, Johnny Stamboli or Russo.

I remember burning this game back in the day. After playing it for half an hour I realized that I had wasted a blank CD.

@xperia1ii755

Жыл бұрын

🤣

The Last Ever WCW Video Game I had this on N64

I await the day Wrestling Bios reviews the Simpsons Wrestling Game...... probably wishing Homer did a Simpson Stunner or Milhouse made his entrance like Shawn Michaels or something like that.

I do like how they went for true authenticity and gave Nash his tiny skinny chicken legs like he always had IRL.

Hogan going into a rainbow epileptic fit is the best thing I've seen today!

To be fair, the Bam Bam Bigelow character looked pretty cool looking. 19:36 I practically FORGOT he was EVEN in WCW during that time period... 🤔

The Vince Russo character looks like Bone saw in Spider-Man

I got this game after watching WCW Halloween Havoc 2000, was advertised a lot, played it on PS2 and hated it, did the story with Booker T and couldn't get passed Scoot Steiner 😞

Where do you get the handheld from ,it would be great to take on a flight if Boris lets me go on holiday

Character models in this look like the developers made them as CAWs on Attitude first, then imported them into their own bleak ass game. Such a shame, I would have loved a decent late stage WCW game with that roster back in the day.

I completely forgot about Stong. Big ups taking the time to recreate such a sorely underappreciated wrestler in this masterpiece

Great job on the game review as always! Would love to see another review in the same as vein as the EncyRAWpedia if you can actually find some sorta wrestling non DVD/Game media

What's the music at the beginning of the video? I know it's a wcw theme. Was it a wrestler's theme?

I remember getting this 1st day and playing my dream match at the time Mike Awesome vs Scott Steiner and thinking it can’t get any better then this lol

@mathprodigy

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha that's awesome. Imeant Mike Awesome. Lol

where do you get your background music?

I will be 100% honest, this game is more playable than wwe 2k20🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

I love my RG351P! I have the same color too, and loaded it up with my own roms. I played the entirety of Super Metroid on it last year while recovering from treatment. Would you recommend it for PS1 games?

My jaw dropped at Vince Russo. That looked horrible and I’m fairly sure that’s not even his face for the scan.

why don't i remember scott steiner coming down the ramp with a tiger!?

Vince Russo being included in the game or any game for that matter is hilarious.

@Rschr101

2 жыл бұрын

Bro!

Cool to see you're into Anbernic devices - you have the exact same color and model as me! Good taste.

It was supposed to be a PS2 game, but WCW was being sold. The game was rushed.

I haven't laughed so hard in a long time. This was a perfect representation of where WCW was at the time.

I remember having this game and I was talking to someone from a game store (Electronics Boutique IIRC). Got into an argument with the employee because he swore this game did not exist even after I told him I literally played it before coming in there. I obviously see now the EA MIB completely neuralyzed the poor bastard!

Kevin Nash stick legs got me dyin'

This just needs to be remade to be redeemable lol. I played with my mom on the N64 and she said what a waste of money and took the game out of the console put it on the floor grabbed a hammer and smashed the cartridge right in front of me lol.

@timbartschwolfman

2 жыл бұрын

Really wow

@mathprodigy

2 жыл бұрын

Damn ur mom actually loves you lol

@MissAlmostFine

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@FerraristDX

2 жыл бұрын

The Angry Video Game Mom

@martynodonnell8467

2 жыл бұрын

So they didn’t keep the receipt?

I've got a copy of this game (still sealed) on both PS1 and N64, I don't plan on taking them out of their containers unless I feel like destroying them due to their tainted legacy.

Since it’s life cycle is coming to an end it would be great to see you talk about wwe 2k19

I got this used in like 01, loved it lol, unlocking stuff by simply playing like it'l pop up "wrestler unlocked" after throwing opponent into a crate. I liked it can't deny, played through and unlocked every wrestler on n64 in 2016 and I'll play it again

I didn't even bother looking at this game. I was playing Wrestlemania2000 and No Mercy.

I like the way they just lob the weapons into the air like catapults.

This is coming off the heels of wCw vs. nWo and wCw/nWo Revenge! HOW did this game HAPPEN?!?!

@antman1001000

2 жыл бұрын

Cause the company who made those games became WWF exclusive with games like Wrestlemania 2000 and No Mercy.

@voidstrudel

2 жыл бұрын

EA got the license.

@jedite7503

2 жыл бұрын

Don’t forget there was Mayhem before this.

The background music... is that the RAW 2 CAW song? Holy Jesus that takes me back!!! That game had one of the best CAWs of any wrestling game!!! Remember spending hours making legends, new wrestlers and other wrestlers from the indies and watching a lot of the women's titantrons (I was 15) Could you please upload a copy of that track or link it in description?

I thought Vince Russo was Bunkhouse Buck from just the screen shot.

I rented this once back in the day never again proud subscriber wrestling bios love the content man

I remember one of the reviews for this game at the time referring to it as back passage assult

@mathprodigy

2 жыл бұрын

💀💀Jesús Christ man lmao

Hilarious to hear Bischoff bragging about getting a deal with EA. Dude had no idea WCW already had by far the best wrestling franchise with AKI, which then went on to work with WWF and get better and better.

More like Backstage Ass. This game assaulted both my eyes and my intelligence 😠

@mathprodigy

2 жыл бұрын

Lmao "backstage ass" touche

I have been loving your reviews and catching up on your channel. I am lucky enough to own a vita which is a great retro handheld as well as modding is easier these days. Wouldnt it be nice to see fire pro world hacked onto these systems. I would imagine this was rushed out by wcw before it went or the publisher to make the most oft he licence but most likely this is the rough edition of a more ambitious game

4:44 wow Vince Russo as a playable character. Anyone know of any other game that has Russo in it?

@mathprodigy

2 жыл бұрын

A Google search turns up nothing further... so this is the only game you can whip his ass in

At the time I was only allowed to get 1 game per year, thank god I chose No Mercy.

Was Sid in any other games? I know he was in WrestleMania on the SNES but I don't remember him in anything else

10:23 The Vince Russo in this game looks like Brian Zane's impression of him lol

I thought Shane helms was billy Kidman

I owned it. It was great to pass the time

@Matthew-mf6xg

2 жыл бұрын

The game sucked but I played the hell out of it.

My god, you just brought back the frustrating childhood memories 😂 excuse me, I'm gonna go play Revenge to make up for it!

I had this game on N64 as a kid and I genuinely loved it. I loved the variety of different locations you could unlock, and seeing all the different weapons they had. I used to laugh my ass off tearing toilets off the walls in the bathroom and beating people with them. It sounds weird to say this about a wrestling game of all things, but this game has a lot of really good atmosphere. All the different areas are actually very well detailed (if not necessarily of high graphical fidelity), have unique ambient soundscapes, and the audio work in general with the reverb on the sound effects and grunts really helps sell the sense of place. Really cool game to play if you're a fan of liminal spaces. I'm also slut for that Y2K edgy drum n bass/industrial aesthetic, which late WCW was drenched in even more thickly than Attitude Era WWF. Even the menus in this game and the music that plays in them is wonderfully Y2K, and I also love all of the weird, creepy original designs for the custom parts you can use in create a wrestler. I remember there was this one mask that looked like a skull, crossed with a hockey mask, crossed with something from Silent Hill. Also, the reason that the character models in this game look so much worse than Mayhem is because they made it so that all of the wrestlers' clothing and details are editable, like in the AKI games. In Mayhem the character models were each uniquely textured, which allowed them to put a lot of character specific detail into each model. In Backstage Assault the characters are made up of various separate generic parts, so each wrestler only has as much detail as a create-a-wrestler would. And although they may look aesthetically worse, they are on a technical level a lot more demanding of the hardware. You can actually see a similar (though not nearly as drastic) drop in texture fidelity between WCW/NWO Revenge and WrestleMania 2000. In Revenge each wrestler could only have their clothes changed between pre-set outfits, and their heads/faces were totally static. The texture work on the wrestlers is a lot more complex Revenge for this reason. They could put in a lot more detail because they didn't have to worry about how tons of different parts and layers would interact. If you look at WrestleMania 2000 and No Mercy, all of the faces in those games are completely monochromatic. Just translucent grayscale textures applied over the flesh tone models. In Revenge the faces have color detailing and generally had more care put into how they were mapped over the models. Now, none of that is to say that the graphical fidelity of the wrestlers in Backstage Assault is acceptable. But there IS a reason. It was a very poor implementation, likely due to lack of time (and possibly budget) for a complete overhaul like that. They clearly put the most effort into the locations, which was probably the right call given that they're the central focus of the game.

Can someone help?? How do you download this to play on a modded psp please

I like how the throwing animation is just the regular weapon attack animation except the weapon just launches out of their hands

Recently played WWE2K Battlegrounds and it definitely be in the conversation of worst wrestling game ever.. just a terribly bland and boring game.

@DuckTheHeel

2 жыл бұрын

Got it free on psn. Deleted after an hour. Who wanted that game?

Kevin Nash looks like a oversized Keiji muto with a blonde wing Ric flair looking like a shirtless kurt angle with a rich boy haircut

The N64 version on actual N64 hardware is faster than the ps1 version. Other than loading into the match, load times are almost nonexistent. Plus it feels a lot better. It’s definitely better than Nitro on ps1 or N64.

3:47 Man, Breat Hart lookes as Happy as Usual on his Photo

Surprisingly I always found this game somewhat fun to play even though the graphics stunk. It was more fun to play just exhibition matches though. May have to go dig it out and give it another go after many years of not playing it. Could be a good stress reliever 😂

I've got the RG350, Anbernic make quality handheld devices, can't wait to see what they bring out this year.

Wrestling games were pretty good in '00s especially the smackdown vs raw series

I remember that for some reason they didn’t have the actual theme songs for everyone. Like Bret Hart. Hart had lie 1 of the 2 or 3 generic songs that was made for the game.

Flawed game, but I loved it back in the day and still do. It had a very original idea and was a ton of fun. Loads of unlockables too.

Jeff Jarrett looks like a Slap Nut in this

🥵🥵 BEHIND THE SCENES REASON WHY BACKSTAGE ASSAULT CAME OUT SO SCREWED UP 🥵🥵According to articles online: "WCW did not intend to make their game for the PS1 or N64 in 2000. The idea was to make WCW Backstage Assault for the newly announced Playstation 2. Huge plans were made to give the game a full script, top-of-the-line graphics, a story mode, interactive areas, and innovative hardcore matches. When it seemed like WCW was not going to survive to see the Playstation 2, the developers shot out an emergency game to the last generation consoles. Kodiak Interactive picked up the slack and this abomination was born.". While the Playstation 2 came out in October 2000 in the U.S and November 2000 throughout Europe, Backstage Assault wasn't suppose to come out till much later during 2001 for the Playstation 2. As early as holiday season of 2000, there were rumblings that WCW was in very serious trouble due to the amount of money they were losing combined with AOL / Turner merger that took place earlier in 2000 and rumblings of them wanting to get wrestling off of TNT and TBS. EA didn't want to take a chance of WCW going under before the game was released (very wisely so because WCW ended during March 2001 and the game they had in mind for Playstaton 2 wouldn't have been released till later in 2001) and EA pretty much said "screw it, forget making this thing for Playstation 2 with a 2001 release, just quickly throw it together for PS1 and N64 for the 2000 holiday season so we can make a quick cash grab and call it a day". WCW Backstage Assault for Playstation 1 and Nintendo 64 came out Novemember 8th, 2000 (almost an entire year ahead of the original development schedule). Developers were told to QUICKLY throw it together and were given only a FEW WEEKS to make PS1 and Nintendo 64 versions of a game that was suppose to come out a year later during 2001 exclusively for the next gen Playstation 2. I don't know how many weeks, but it wasn't much (some claim that development of the Playstation 1 and Nintendo 64 versions started sometime during September and they were forced to throw out what they had by early November). The developers didn't have enough time and had to slap it together due to the higher ups at EA telling them to. If WCW had survived, Backstage Assault would have had an entire year of extra development time and released exclusively for Playstation 2. Sadly, we didn't get that and we got a very poorly slapped together version of the game developed in only a few weeks.