NES WWF WrestleMania (Tournament Mode)

Can you believe I used to enjoy this game back in 1988? Well, I did.

It's horrendous to even look at nowadays. Playing it is something only a masochist would do. The AI just runs around in circles like a spinning dradle. Oh, and good luck pinning your opponent. Even when you know the correct button combination it's still a mighty task. Plus, it's near impossible to engage your opponent when they are moving up and down. You have to wait for them to move sideways it seems.

I love the fact this game was made by Rare, a company so touted in the mid to late 90s. You should see some of the pieces of crap this company was tossing out in the late 80s and early 90s.

Anyway, here's a run of the tournament mode. I use Hogan because his standing kicks have a good reach. His jumping kick has pretty good priority too. He's quick and strong.

As you can blatantly see, the cheapest move is the elbow. I think I'm gonna go ahead and name it the "Nightmare Elbow". It will knock you out quickly. The computer will lay the elbow down on you pretty thick if you get too close to them.

Those things floating by in the background are health point icons:

Hulk Hogan's Cross
Macho Man's Sunglasses
Honky Tonk Man's Guitar
Bam Bam Bigelow's Flame
Andre The Giant's Foot
Ted DiBiase's Dollar Sign

Million Dollar Man is very easy. I used him as an opportunity to show off all the moves Hogan can do. Most of the other wrestlers don't even let you body slam them. That's why you only see me do it once here. Using regular punches and headbutts are a waste of time in my opinion but you will see them in this match.

Bam Bam is probably the coolest character in the game. He's got the cartwheel move. He seems to come after you when you bounce off the ropes so I take advantage of that here.

Honky Tonk can be cheap. He's quicker than the first two wrestlers. I had to jumpkick him a few times because he can be hard to corner.

Macho Man seems weaker than Honky Tonk. His standing kick can override my jumping kick, though. He can do the elbow smash off the top ropes but you won't see it here.

Andre is a pain in the ass. He's very powerful and can take a lot more damage. He's also quick too. Basically, he's cheap as hell. I was lucky to get a pin on him so quickly here.

None of the wrestlers have any finishing moves. You just have to hope they stay down when you pin them.

Some notes:
-Played on a FCEUX emulator
-No cheats or savestates were used
-Played at full speed

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• NES
• Nintendo
• WWF
• WrestleMania
• Emulator
• Rom

[ModaNaNK]

Player who is masochist choose Ted DiBiase as a player.

It's not hard to lose first fight with Bam Bam Bigelow.

If anybody choose Hulk, is easier to win tournament. 

[bubufubu]

You're right. However, it can still easily be considered masochistic just to play this game.

Even with Hogan, it is still very tough to win.

[ghostcar82]

techmo wrestling was cool way better than this game

[bubufubu]

Everyone already knows that this game sucks. I put this video up partly for nostalgia reasons.

Never played "Tecmo Wrestling", but there's no way that it's better than WCW Wrestling. That was THE BEST wrestling game on the NES by far.

[DarkPuIse]

LOL at Honky's elbows at 2:51 being perfectly in sync with the music.

[cheeseKILLS]

just realised just how much this game sucked

[chrisdamage83]

does anyone else realize that the background song playing during the first match is strikeforce's theme song?

[lukefenderrhodes]

it didnt suck when it came out iy was 120 dollars

[intervene1284]

Dude I used to love this game!

[AmericanBulldog18]

lol at bam bam bigelows run

[MaxxTheSlash]

@bubufubu

A lot of people consider Pro Wrestling (the Nintendo-made wrestling game) and Tecmo World Wrestling the best wrestling games on the NES because they have gameplay that was borrowed by Spike, makers of the Fire Pro Wrestling games, which are themselves extremely popular.

[KilleRotom]

OMG!!! This game was made by RARE?!!??!

OMGWTFBBQ I can't believe it!

[Rob23]

Since when did Randy Savage ever wear blue pants? - he used to wear either orange or green pants with white stars

[bigevil66623]

the million dollar man looks so fat lol

[DavidFullam]

That can't be Hulk Hogan. The move set is too advanced.

[514tv]

omg that looks so depressing