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!
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
@@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.
You have to admit it was truly ahead of its time. Seeing the old behind the scenes videos on RUclips 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.
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.
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.
38 years old guy here. I was in 3rd standard back in 1992. Went to an arcade game shop with my parents after school in school uniform. Played this game and went crazy just by seeing the graphics and gameplay. Cried a lot because I wanted the same for myself. After a few months convinced my parents to buy me a sega 16-bit, although I didn’t know that this game wasn’t on that console. So went to a shop and asked for a wwe game, he handed me wwf royal rumble cartridge, it was the best decision of my gaming life. Couldn’t be happier with worse graphics but the best gameplay ever!
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
It’s great that home consoles today have better graphics and more computing power than we could have EVER EVEN IMAGINED back when arcades was a thing but there was something special about being at the arcade and standing around shoulder to shoulder with other people watching someone do some amazing play whether it be v the computer or another person. As a late 80s 90s kid I never realized how good we had it…. I wish arcades still existed in malls minus having to pay .25 per play
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.
2024 here after finishing Nijigasaki 6th Live World Tour "I Love You, You Love Me". 39 years after release, WWF WRESTLEMANIA THE ARCADE GAME both on PS1 and Arcade versions are still AMAZING!
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 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.
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.
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.
I remember back in 1995 being 14 years old sitting in my attic room late dark winter nights playing. Had it on 3,5 diskette to hard drive. This was when wrestling was still fun with bigger than life characters.
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! 😁👌🏼
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.
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.
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36 years old and I can't forget them good old days 🤘
me to 36 yrs old. Used to play this in the local arcade.
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!
38 here...I’m with ya guys 😀
You can play for free online against other people on fightcade2🎮
42 and I loved these games lol
The graphics and effects are surprisingly good for a game like this at that time 🤯
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
Its in the arcade, usually the graphics and sounds suffers greatly when ported to consoles like SNES and Genesis
It was just awesome, I can remember it very well
@@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.
@@rdu239 The port to the PlayStation was close to arcade perfect.
The fact that Vince voiced this himself is greatly underscored.
whats this?!?!
@@bloodyplaylists1247 yeah, it does sound like he’s got dementia or something when he keeps asking that…
He did it in WWF Warzone.
UN BA LIVABLE 😃😀👍👌
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 RUclips 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.
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.
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. 😊😊😊😊😊
It's still a better game than anything 2K will ever give us..
midway was ahead of its time.
@@DemonChildCC I completely agree.
Rest in peace Yokozuna, Bam Bam Bigelow, Doink and especially Scott Hall.
Its been nearly two years long these WWE Superstars passed away.
Hard work pays off, dreams can come true; bad times don't last, but bad guys do.
lex luger still lives?
Great wrestlers and will always be remembered
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.
I remember the turkey flying out of Yokozuna what fun memories hahahahaha
@@calidag Hell yeah they were!
@@calidagits been 5 years now since Yokozuna and Bam Bam Bigelow were dead.... RIP.😢
😂😂😂😂😂 so true. If make it to the gates I wish to play this game with them.
Yoko favorite dish was turkey pieces dipped in Mayo
Best wrestling game ever…played the hell out of this growing up lol
This game was so much fun and insanely underrated. Shawn Michaels kick and frankensteiner combos were insane
And his celebration after winning too.
@@dhammdeepbhagatddBrett Hart's celebration after winning a round also is iconic.
Yes, so "underrated" that it was a huge hit when released in arcades and then become another huge hit when released on numeorus home consoles.
38 years old guy here. I was in 3rd standard back in 1992. Went to an arcade game shop with my parents after school in school uniform. Played this game and went crazy just by seeing the graphics and gameplay. Cried a lot because I wanted the same for myself. After a few months convinced my parents to buy me a sega 16-bit, although I didn’t know that this game wasn’t on that console. So went to a shop and asked for a wwe game, he handed me wwf royal rumble cartridge, it was the best decision of my gaming life. Couldn’t be happier with worse graphics but the best gameplay ever!
I stayed up all night playing this game when I was attending middle school. Fun memories.
This game still kicks ass today. I remember playing this to death at the arcades and when it came out on Super Nintendo.
The SNES version of this game dont have Bam Bam Bigelow or Yokozuna.
It on sega not Nintendo
@@sofyanshaban4795 it's on the SNES too. At least on the Genesis we got all of the wrestlers.
RIP Scott Hall.Your wrestling persona was part of an amazing cast that marked the childhoods of many a fan.
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
Best wwf game ever .. RIP our memories
You mean No Mercy not this crap
@@gunsharck no mercy suck
Hell no 😂
@@maximilianoalexisbarrera7026 naw you just couldn't play 😂
@@gunsharckWWF NO MERCY < WWF WRESTLEMANIA ARCADE and Smackdown 2.
I unironically still love this game.
if you where not Doink or Taker you where not playing the game right.
Shizuku Osaka and Kasumi Nakasu also love this game, especially with fighters like HBK and Bret Hart.
@@purwantiallan5089 Bret Hart all the way
@@nunyanunya4147 Razor Ramon is my choice.
this computer crowd is more energetic than modern wwe crowds.
😳🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
BAHAHAHAAHAH damn savage
Hard to get energetic when the current product just really sucks ass..
That's why you couldn't go out in the crowd in this game, I'd be too dangerous
WHAT???
This game was definitely ahead of its time
Dude. I had no idea that casket thing was a thing. Mind blown.
I never did Dat move bak den. Least ion remember 😆
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.
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
Sega days
Als Kind der 90er habe ich dieses Spiel so sehr geliebt 😊 Da kommen schöne Erinnerungen hoch...
The nostalgia! One of the best wrestling games ever. Period.
Definitely one of the hardest wrestling games I've played!!
Saturday Night Slam Masters is much harder.
You're kidding
This game should be on Steam and Playstation 5 for $20.
Around 9:10 Bret goes into the casket, the gravestone is coming out of Razor LOL.
That grave is the Alien xD
Double fatality haha
i had no idea this game had fatalities in 25 years!
@@Ezekial2517soon quadruple fatality.😂
Specifically his trunks, which makes it even funnier
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.
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.
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!!
Insane grapics ...so real looks ...better than todays game
Reminds a little of Mortal Kombat graphics
@@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.
Yep!...
It did look good.
@@SuperN1ntendoChalmers Midway?
The combo were insane. Great game
incredible
gameplay is fun in this ....company should make a sequel
They did, but I won't say bad or good. WWF IN YOUR HOUSE
I had that too 😂 was ight back then but not this man i miss arcade days
This game sucked. It was a fighting game not a wrestling game
@@bigdaddytrips6197 take it back
You know nothing.
I remember this game, what a fun era that was
I'd wish they bring alot of these game back either remade or remasterd....
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.
this era of gaming was crazy. MK, SF, NBA JAM and this WWF. Great times
I used to play this game at Cybercafe in childhood days. Golden memories ❤️❤️
Holy shit I forgot all about this game... new memory sequence unlocked.
7:41 LOL! Imagin seeing this at Wrestlemania... the opponent flying right into the entrance titantron and smashing it :D
Best wrestling game Acclaim EVER made the sessions we had on this at the boys and girls club was legendary.
R.I.P. Bam Bam&Yokuzuna❤️❤️🖤🖤
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.
Sad to say this game was my first experience of rage quitting.
*Always wish had more characters would been EPIC*
I can't believe this game came out so long ago and is still better than all the wrestling games out right now.
When the old classics are still more fun to play then the new stuff
41 years old and that still one of my favorite WWF games. Number one for me is WCW vs NWO 64
One of my favourites back in the day... Played 2 player for hours and hours
Grappling was a head of it time the movement looks so progressive and realistic
Back in the day, this arcade was dope!
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
I had it on snes too. But that's the worst one. It's also missing yokozuna and bam bam.
Midway was awesome both Mortal Kombat 3 Ultimate and WWF WrestleMania was incredible 💗💗
This game was legendary n still is fun to play
So is NBA jam
This is one of the best Wrestling games.
I miss Midway this and their MK
Man, if they had this available to download on my PS5, i would get it in a heartbeat
This was a great time to be a wrestling fan unlike today ❤😊
I remember this game being hard to beat but you did beat it so easily, memories ❤️
It’s great that home consoles today have better graphics and more computing power than we could have EVER EVEN IMAGINED back when arcades was a thing but there was something special about being at the arcade and standing around shoulder to shoulder with other people watching someone do some amazing play whether it be v the computer or another person.
As a late 80s 90s kid I never realized how good we had it…. I wish arcades still existed in malls minus having to pay .25 per play
Great and funny run! Thx for the good video aspect ratio 😁😁
All runs are funny with this game
All wrestling games for super nes was awesome Wwf the good old times
This game had phenomenal graphics
One of the best wwe games Ive played. So much 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.
Omg 90s arcades lol amazing 👏👏👏 great times
Bro I played this game back in the Day
This game brings back memories
Spends all summer school holidays 2months day by day with this game 1996
I remember playing this a lot, in the 90s. I fuk'n loved this game! It kinda had a Mortal Kombat vibe to it.
Made by same company. Midway
I remember playing game. Watching this video brings me back lots of good memories 🤘👍
I loved this game when I was a kid.
So much charm in this game. Looking like Mortal Kombat, flying like NBA Jam, sounding like live WWF.
That was awesome. I've seen some moves I never seen before. Excellent play
This game a classic. Man I miss the 90s
That was a Great Game! IT was so Fun in Coop Play! 😀❤️👍🏻
One of the best wrestling games of all time 😌
Makes me want to play this for the first time!
This looks fun 😁
2024 here after finishing Nijigasaki 6th Live World Tour "I Love You, You Love Me".
39 years after release, WWF WRESTLEMANIA THE ARCADE GAME both on PS1 and Arcade versions are still AMAZING!
Remember playing this! Midway used to put so much love in their games for sure. Amazing graphics and playability. Also great channel. Suscribed ❤
One of the best games ever!
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
My mom use to kick my a$$ in this game with the Undertaker. Bittersweet memories lol
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.
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.
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.
I remember back in 1995 being 14 years old sitting in my attic room late dark winter nights playing. Had it on 3,5 diskette to hard drive. This was when wrestling was still fun with bigger than life characters.
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! 😁👌🏼
Nobody messes with razor Ramon
What a brilliant game this was pure nostalgia played it many many many times
Ese videojuego de los 90 era más divertido que muchos videojuegos actuales
That was a great video.thank you, the nostalgia
Even the bats agree that undertaker's choke slam dunk isn't fake.
On my god! I remember this game, this shit was hard as fuck.
How does Breat Hart look better on this than a game over 20 years later.
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.
Takes me back to those good ol arcade days.
If only midway did a WWF/MK crossover game…lol
It's called "Immortals"
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.
@1:11 Taker just crushed Razor's machismo hahaha
wrestle-mania game is my middle school friends to did memories game^^ now i'm 42 years old. pasted 28 years game.
Brings back a lot of memories 😢good ol’ days
for me the best wwf game, never liked the 3d ones
You’re an odd one for not liking any of the 3d ones. Especially from the early 2000’s
No Mercy.
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.
I think it was WCW/NWO World Tour that kicked it off and then Revenge
@@brannonhill4046 it was.
This is fire af. This is a damn multi plane 2d wrestling game in the 90s 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Better than 2k20
Never seen this game before, sweet.
If there wasn't a time limit it would actually be pretty good