ID a wrestling game for me?
Hey guys,
I have been wondering what this wrestling game was that I played at a USO as a kid was. The time was probably ~1986. I looked at klov.com under "W" for wrestling and it's not "Wrestle War". I didn't know how else to search through that list. Any ideas? I don't think it was a WWF game because I don't remember fighting over who could be the Iron Sheik.
Thanks in advance!
The-Bavis
The only arcade wrestling game I could think of with an "Iron Sheik" clone would be Ring Rage.
Pit-Fighter esque wrestler.
But if you're talking 1986, that might be a bit too early for that ...
could be "The Main Event"
Last edited by Frankie_Says_Relax; 07-11-2008 at 07:38 PM.
"And the book says: 'We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.'"
around 1986 im thinking it could of been mat mania or the main event maybe.you remember any of the wrestlers names in it?
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Originally Posted by pookninja
YOU are right! It's Mat Mania!
Thanks for the help guys. That was the thing about it: I couldn't remember any names of anybody and I was pretty sure there weren't any.
Time to try and play it again. It's been over 20 years!
Thanks!
The-Bavis
Mat Mania rocks.
YOU are right! It's Mat Mania!
Thanks for the help guys. That was the thing about it: I couldn't remember any names of anybody and I was pretty sure there weren't any.
Time to try and play it again. It's been over 20 years!
Thanks!
Easily a STRONG inspiration for the NES version of Pro Wrestling.
Love the Darth Vader and the guy in the 80's new wave band logo shirt in the audience ... what band was it again? I thought it was Nitzer Ebb ... but I think it's something different.
I wonder why the hell this game didn't end up on any Taito Legends collections!!
"And the book says: 'We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.'"
I read up on this game I didn't remember too clearly. After looking at the screens and stuff, it's obvious it was heavily borrowed from by Pro Wrestling. Of course, it looks like Mat Mania borrowed from a lot of things itself. I checked the U.S. Taito collections and was sad to see it didn't make it. Not sure about the superior Japanese collections, though.
Maybe this will inspire me to start using MAME finally.
The-Bavis
Einsturzende Neubauten
The shirt was definately a play on that.
"And the book says: 'We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.'"
Heres ALL the info you could ever want about this game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat_Mania. Not only does it list all the crowd celebrities, it also list the official sequal and....wait for it.....a few home console versions
ALL HAIL THE 1 2 P
The Wiki doesn't mention the einsturzende neubauten shirt guy!Heres ALL the info you could ever want about this game: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mat_Mania. Not only does it list all the crowd celebrities, it also list the official sequal and....wait for it.....a few home console versions
I'm more observant than a Wiki article!
"And the book says: 'We may be through with the past, but the past ain't through with us.'"
It doesn't mention Bruce Lee, either. I need to go through and update that Wiki for them!
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