WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game Longplay (Arcade) [4K]
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Developed and published by Midway in 1995
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Of all the (retro) licensed wrestling games I've played, I still consider this to be the absolute pinnacle. Even in an age where 3D was becoming all the rage, the quality and clarity of Midway's digitisation techniques really shine here. Being able to recognise your favourite wrestlers, complete with costumes and attire, is vitally important, and that couldn't really be achieved with 3D at the time.
Midway also nailed the gameplay, capturing the feel of the live bouts. Each wrestler has a roster of standard kicks, punches and throws, plus quite a number of special moves. Learning the combinations to unleash devastating combos, not to mention reversals to prevent yourself ending up face-first in the canvas, are vitally important, and is perhaps the one criticism I have of the game; with 5 buttons and so many moves, games more often descend into bouts of button mashing and furious stick waggling than demonstrations of serious skill.
Gripes aside, this really is a great arcade game. Slapping opponents silly, accompanied by play-by-play commentary from the ringside colour commentators, is great fun and highly recommended!
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36 years old and I can't forget them good old days 🤘
@MikeMessiah
2 жыл бұрын
me to 36 yrs old. Used to play this in the local arcade.
@osetin1981
2 жыл бұрын
41 years old from Russia, played it when i was young boy from 1995 to 2002 on Sega with friend and brother and now in 2022 playing with my 10 y. son and 8 y. daughter on MAME Arcade emulator. This game can be cibersport game like CS!!! Unbelievable game!
@ilovemybeard3394
2 жыл бұрын
38 here...I’m with ya guys 😀
@fiending
2 жыл бұрын
You can play for free online against other people on fightcade2🎮
@speedgoat7496
2 жыл бұрын
42 and I loved these games lol
The graphics and effects are surprisingly good for a game like this at that time 🤯
@tynao2029
2 жыл бұрын
it's pretty typical for Midway to use digitized graphics in that time period (mid 90s). They did this with many games like Mortal Kombat and NBA Jam. But this video is 4k upscaled resolution which is even better than the arcade Wolf Unit cabinet screen of 400x254
@rdu239
2 жыл бұрын
Its in the arcade, usually the graphics and sounds suffers greatly when ported to consoles like SNES and Genesis
@JohnDoe-uw9nq
2 жыл бұрын
It was just awesome, I can remember it very well
@houstonhelicoptertours1006
2 жыл бұрын
@@tynao2029 "But this video is 4k upscaled resolution which is even better than the arcade Wolf Unit cabinet screen of 400x254" This is a linear upscale, so this doesn't change anything.
@D2Kprime
2 жыл бұрын
@@rdu239 The port to the PlayStation was close to arcade perfect.
Rest in peace Yokozuna, Bam Bam Bigelow, Doink and especially Scott Hall.
@purwantiallan5089
5 ай бұрын
Its been nearly two years long these WWE Superstars passed away.
The fact that Vince voiced this himself is greatly underscored.
@bloodyplaylists1247
2 жыл бұрын
whats this?!?!
@philcorrigan5641
2 жыл бұрын
@@bloodyplaylists1247 yeah, it does sound like he’s got dementia or something when he keeps asking that…
@KickingAssDaily
2 жыл бұрын
He did it in WWF Warzone.
@iammodestykazi6914
2 жыл бұрын
UN BA LIVABLE 😃😀👍👌
@WhiteBoy40s
2 жыл бұрын
Well he was an on screen announcer before unfolding he was the owner eventually
You have to admit it was truly ahead of its time. Seeing the old behind the scenes videos on KZread with all the wrestlers performing their moves and taunts really shows they loved working on the game and they gave it their all. The sound design is beyond exceptional. The commentary from Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler is pretty great along with the crowd and makes you feel like you are watching an over the top wrestling match. Hearing Jim Johnson's WWE music is so awesome. Its cool to see that the ai would fight each other and not just you and that they could hurt themselves. It looks incredibly fun. We can all agree the roster could have been bigger and better but then again WWE were in a really bad place when this game was being made and this was the best they had. It truly did pave the way for future wrestling games.
@AL82RetrogamingLongplays
2 жыл бұрын
I think one of the most impressive achievements is how the developers managed to convey the sense that the wrestlers are genuinely holding/grappling with another person; can't have been easy.
@wave201988
2 жыл бұрын
I know right I loved playing this game with my Uncle it was so fun. And it felt like a Mortal Kombat game but with WWE Superstars. 😊😊😊😊😊
@DemonChildCC
2 жыл бұрын
It's still a better game than anything 2K will ever give us..
@adzelbur6580
2 жыл бұрын
midway was ahead of its time.
@evanhanley6437
2 жыл бұрын
@@DemonChildCC I completely agree.
Man I played the hell out of this game as a kid. The passing of Scott Hall just made me remember it. It was so much fun, when you hit Yokozuna whole turkeys would fly out of his body. Good times man. Rest In Power to one of the greatest to ever step into the ring.
@calidag
Жыл бұрын
I remember the turkey flying out of Yokozuna what fun memories hahahahaha
@davidwhite206
Жыл бұрын
@@calidag Hell yeah they were!
@purwantiallan5089
5 ай бұрын
@@calidagits been 5 years now since Yokozuna and Bam Bam Bigelow were dead.... RIP.😢
@acedaatlien9214
21 күн бұрын
😂😂😂😂😂 so true. If make it to the gates I wish to play this game with them.
this computer crowd is more energetic than modern wwe crowds.
@kingjaven13
2 жыл бұрын
😳🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@ladistar
2 жыл бұрын
BAHAHAHAAHAH damn savage
@DaHuntersTrophy
2 жыл бұрын
If this was WCW their be trash all in the ring
@DemonChildCC
2 жыл бұрын
Hard to get energetic when the current product just really sucks ass..
@codyeveryday5432
2 жыл бұрын
That's why you couldn't go out in the crowd in this game, I'd be too dangerous
This game was so much fun and insanely underrated. Shawn Michaels kick and frankensteiner combos were insane
@dhammdeepbhagatdd
Жыл бұрын
And his celebration after winning too.
@purwantiallan5089
5 ай бұрын
@@dhammdeepbhagatddBrett Hart's celebration after winning a round also is iconic.
This game still kicks ass today. I remember playing this to death at the arcades and when it came out on Super Nintendo.
@purwantiallan5089
5 ай бұрын
The SNES version of this game dont have Bam Bam Bigelow or Yokozuna.
@sofyanshaban4795
28 күн бұрын
It on sega not Nintendo
This was one of my favorite games of the arcade era are used to go to different places and I play this game very fun and challenging
I stayed up all night playing this game when I was attending middle school. Fun memories.
Best wwf game ever .. RIP our memories
@gunsharck
2 жыл бұрын
You mean No Mercy not this crap
@maximilianoalexisbarrera7026
Жыл бұрын
@@gunsharck no mercy suck
@sweetpetergeda
Жыл бұрын
Hell no 😂
@sweetpetergeda
Жыл бұрын
@@maximilianoalexisbarrera7026 naw you just couldn't play 😂
@purwantiallan5089
5 ай бұрын
@@gunsharckWWF NO MERCY < WWF WRESTLEMANIA ARCADE and Smackdown 2.
I unironically still love this game.
@nunyanunya4147
2 жыл бұрын
if you where not Doink or Taker you where not playing the game right.
@purwantiallan5089
5 ай бұрын
Shizuku Osaka and Kasumi Nakasu also love this game, especially with fighters like HBK and Bret Hart.
@urosmarjanovic663
13 күн бұрын
@@purwantiallan5089 Bret Hart all the way
Around 9:10 Bret goes into the casket, the gravestone is coming out of Razor LOL.
@elbarry7016
2 жыл бұрын
That grave is the Alien xD
@Ezekial2517
2 жыл бұрын
Double fatality haha
@programmerkhan
2 жыл бұрын
i had no idea this game had fatalities in 25 years!
@purwantiallan5089
5 ай бұрын
@@Ezekial2517soon quadruple fatality.😂
@austinhall2259
4 ай бұрын
Specifically his trunks, which makes it even funnier
This game was definitely ahead of its time
Definitely one of the hardest wrestling games I've played!!
@chenzen191
2 жыл бұрын
Saturday Night Slam Masters is much harder.
@johnhernandez3134
2 жыл бұрын
You're kidding
@lasergame98
2 жыл бұрын
This game should be on Steam and Playstation 5 for $20.
I remember this game, what a fun era that was
@bizzothagreat
2 жыл бұрын
I'd wish they bring alot of these game back either remade or remasterd....
RIP Scott Hall.Your wrestling persona was part of an amazing cast that marked the childhoods of many a fan.
The combo were insane. Great game
@blucuzzin
2 жыл бұрын
incredible
Never played any of these WWF games at all, but watching this I can see the appeal. It's really cool that each of the wrestlers have unique moves and special attacks that reflect their motif. I love the over the top 90's SFX too.
@dhammdeepbhagatdd
Жыл бұрын
Luckily i did that. I was in a boarding school and every Sunday we used to go to a game shop paying INR 10 for a hour. Such great days.
Best wrestling game ever…played the hell out of this growing up lol
Insane grapics ...so real looks ...better than todays game
@joncal6079
2 жыл бұрын
Reminds a little of Mortal Kombat graphics
@SuperN1ntendoChalmers
2 жыл бұрын
@@joncal6079 They were both produced by the same exact people by the same exact company. It's called digitized graphics and they are my favorite.
@tomsaywer9883
2 жыл бұрын
Yep!...
@roberthagmaier9603
2 жыл бұрын
It did look good.
@planetX15
2 жыл бұрын
@@SuperN1ntendoChalmers Midway?
The Graphics is amazing,funny thing is I probably played this when I was a kid,since I use to play WWF Games back in the day but this is just refreshing my memory
@noegarcia9239
2 жыл бұрын
Sega days
gameplay is fun in this ....company should make a sequel
@BrianPhantom27
2 жыл бұрын
They did, but I won't say bad or good. WWF IN YOUR HOUSE
@mikebanks4602
2 жыл бұрын
I had that too 😂 was ight back then but not this man i miss arcade days
@bigdaddytrips6197
2 жыл бұрын
This game sucked. It was a fighting game not a wrestling game
@rocconido2192
2 жыл бұрын
@@bigdaddytrips6197 take it back
@korvus1248
2 жыл бұрын
You know nothing.
I used to play this game at Cybercafe in childhood days. Golden memories ❤️❤️
7:41 LOL! Imagin seeing this at Wrestlemania... the opponent flying right into the entrance titantron and smashing it :D
Dude. I had no idea that casket thing was a thing. Mind blown.
Best wrestling game Acclaim EVER made the sessions we had on this at the boys and girls club was legendary.
Sad to say this game was my first experience of rage quitting.
Holy shit I forgot all about this game... new memory sequence unlocked.
Als Kind der 90er habe ich dieses Spiel so sehr geliebt 😊 Da kommen schöne Erinnerungen hoch...
Grappling was a head of it time the movement looks so progressive and realistic
I always thought that fatality-esque thing where he puts them in the tomb was just a urban legend guess I was wrong. Mind blown!!
I remember this game being hard to beat but you did beat it so easily, memories ❤️
This is such a Midway game lol. I wore this game out. And when I tell you I wore this game out, I mean I WORE THIS GAME OUT! It was all I would play as soon as I got home from school and it never got old. It's crazy to think that I'll be 40 when this game turns 30 (which is soon I might add). And it hasn't lost a step. It still looks as good as it did when I laid eyes on it. Thank you for this nostalgia trip down memory lane. To have been a kid in the 90s man I swear nothing compares.
That was a great video.thank you, the nostalgia
I remember making a temporary exchange of my SF2 champion edition on Sega mega drive for this cartridge back in the 90's. Then being blown away by how much the game play impressed me.
I miss Midway this and their MK
I remember playing game. Watching this video brings me back lots of good memories 🤘👍
That was awesome. I've seen some moves I never seen before. Excellent play
This game was legendary n still is fun to play
@Funrunner008
2 жыл бұрын
So is NBA jam
One of my favourites back in the day... Played 2 player for hours and hours
Great, groundbreaking wrestling game for 1995. WCW vs the World is another one of the same caliber. Played the hell out of this in 1996 on my Sega Genesis. It took me until a year later to realize that Diesel was in WWF Monday Night Raw (1994) but not in this game (1995)? Other glaring omissions from this game are Owen Hart, Tatanka, IRS, The 1-2-3 Kid, Men on a Mission, The Smoking Guns and Bob Backlund.
When the old classics are still more fun to play then the new stuff
This game had phenomenal graphics
Back in the day, this arcade was dope!
Wow this bring back so many memories great video
Omg 90s arcades lol amazing 👏👏👏 great times
This game out as so advanced...I fell in love the first time I saw it. Then I was able to own it for SNES. Classic
@korvus1248
2 жыл бұрын
I had it on snes too. But that's the worst one. It's also missing yokozuna and bam bam.
I can't believe this game came out so long ago and is still better than all the wrestling games out right now.
This game brings back memories
Great and funny run! Thx for the good video aspect ratio 😁😁
@DereckDotCom
12 күн бұрын
All runs are funny with this game
Spends all summer school holidays 2months day by day with this game 1996
This was a great time to be a wrestling fan unlike today ❤😊
This looks fun 😁
That was a Great Game! IT was so Fun in Coop Play! 😀❤️👍🏻
Thank you AL
This was actually super awesome!
I loved this game when I was a kid.
Makes me want to play this for the first time!
Dude. Back when i was a kid. I know i dont have good strategy as a kid and 2 vs 1 was like a hell to me back then. But you nailed 3 v 1 like a pro. Lol thanks for the memories
I remember there being some move that allowed you to do 3 tombstones (piledrivers) with some kind shade/ delayed outlining. (similar to the finish move when you put the opponent in the coffin.
I remember playing this a lot, in the 90s. I fuk'n loved this game! It kinda had a Mortal Kombat vibe to it.
@rocconido2192
2 жыл бұрын
Made by same company. Midway
Remember this was cutting edge back in the day, so authentic, realistic, great looking etc. Played it a few times, robbed me of my £1 coins, it was hard, really tempting just to keep sticking coins in it. Great arcade game though!. Back when wrestling was great, just crap nowadays.
Brings back a lot of memories 😢good ol’ days
One of the best games ever!
Better than 2k20
So much charm in this game. Looking like Mortal Kombat, flying like NBA Jam, sounding like live WWF.
One of the best wwe games Ive played. So much memories
Even the bats agree that undertaker's choke slam dunk isn't fake.
Ese videojuego de los 90 era más divertido que muchos videojuegos actuales
Midway was awesome both Mortal Kombat 3 Ultimate and WWF WrestleMania was incredible 💗💗
Dil khush ho jata hai purani cheez ko dekhke
If only midway did a WWF/MK crossover game…lol
@jayh4911
2 жыл бұрын
It's called "Immortals"
I was the best player of this game on SEGA 😍 absolutely amazing game! Razor Ramon my fav character 👍🏼😂 Oh and I remember one combo I made with him, it was 30+ hits and I launched my opponent over the moon in that match. It's was so orgasmic! 😁👌🏼
@nickatrop
2 жыл бұрын
Nobody messes with razor Ramon
Gotta love the days of the games for Marks. When the action was able to be even more over the top. Now it's all about simulation, which is fun for tried and true fans of the actual events, sure, but there's something awesome and visceral about grabbing your opponent and whipping them around like a ragdoll and then slamming them to the floor of the ring with a thunderous crash
INCREDIBLE COMBINATIONAL !!!
Even that I was very good at doing full combos for most of the fighters, I never seen "fatalities" in this game. I guess there are none in the SEGA version.
@jamierose9095
2 жыл бұрын
There was supposed to be fatalities for everyone, but only Undertaker's was done. There were rumors that Yokozuna could drop the house lights on his opponent, but it's not in the game.
How does Breat Hart look better on this than a game over 20 years later.
@davidnec571
2 жыл бұрын
I agree. I miss the days when they would actually put effort into making Bret Hart's character model look cool like they did in this game.
This game a classic. Man I miss the 90s
This take me back to a kid ❤
@1:11 Taker just crushed Razor's machismo hahaha
If there wasn't a time limit it would actually be pretty good
Remember playing this! Midway used to put so much love in their games for sure. Amazing graphics and playability. Also great channel. Suscribed ❤
Nice job, AL.
R.I.P. Bam Bam&Yokuzuna❤️❤️🖤🖤
they should have threw some mortalkombat characters in this game
for me the best wwf game, never liked the 3d ones
@DrePeezy415
2 жыл бұрын
You’re an odd one for not liking any of the 3d ones. Especially from the early 2000’s
@ncnuggets
2 жыл бұрын
No Mercy.
@kb.9651
2 жыл бұрын
I think WCW Revenge kicked it off, that game got so much praise then WM2000, and then No Mercy from WWF/E. Edit: I definitely forgot about Warzone & Attitude. Those games were awesome.
@brannonhill4046
2 жыл бұрын
I think it was WCW/NWO World Tour that kicked it off and then Revenge
@ncnuggets
2 жыл бұрын
@@brannonhill4046 it was.
loved that game so much
So many childhood memories
The unrealistic aspects is the bad aspect for me. They made a mortal kombat-like version and is kind of off putting
@coleykeith8820
2 жыл бұрын
Mixed with nba jam
@Jackfromshack
2 жыл бұрын
Unrealistic aspects are the best thing in this game! Wrestling has never been a serious spectacle. No modern wrestling game has the brains, imagination and balls to do something like this. That's why they all die pretty quickly, if they live at all.
@Zontar82
2 жыл бұрын
Oh right because WRASSLIN Is realistic right lol
@Zontar82
2 жыл бұрын
@@Jackfromshack exactly. This was famous and still remembered because of that. Modern WWF are Just all the same , Just a guy with a different Speedo than yours and that's It
@kooleeylee3378
2 жыл бұрын
This is a classic back in the arcade day's
Man, if they had this available to download on my PS5, i would get it in a heartbeat
Brings back good memories
Man this brings back memories
This game was so fun.
I played this game in the arcade (Enchanted Castle) as a child and had it on both Sega Genesis and PC. Every blue moon I play it on my PC via MAME. This is my all-time favorite video game. Undertaker and Brett Hart were my preferred choices. Great memories here! I miss the 90s.
I'm gonna tell my kids this is marvel vs capcom.
This was one of my top games I played as a kid, I rented this multiple times from Blockbuster.
@jimmys8492
2 жыл бұрын
We need this on PSN and XBOX Store
Minha nossa, eu adorava esse game! Bons tempos.
Half of the rosters in this game had passed away. First, Yokozuna. Then, Bam Bam Bigelow. After that, Doink The Clown. Now, Razor Ramon. The rest had retired with good life.