2 for 2. First Tecmo NBA Basketball and now Tecmo Wrestling we agree are the best. Love your ranking videos as they are insightful and funny. Keep up the great work.
The first game you reviewed, wrestlemania broke this poor little kid’s heart. When I was a little kid, we were dirt poor, but I loved wrestling like nothing else in this world. To my surprise, my mom had saved enough money and bought me the wrestlemania game. After about five minutes of playing that game I knew it was easily the worst video game I had ever played in my life. That was my one birthday gift, and it was awful.
I feel you brother as Hogan would say lol. Man I had the same experience almost with Rambo. Saved up all my birthday and Christmas money and bought it and was bummed out. Unless your local rental place had it the only thing I had to go by was pics on the box. Assed out lol
I loved the wrestlemania game rented it numerous times when I was a kid I didn't realize that the theme was still playing in my head until I heard it just now
One thing you can't capture is the window of time these games came out. The first game was the only game we had. It was awesome and also frustrating. I remember sleepovers, staying up all night going back and forth in this game. It was awesome. As far as Pro Wrestling goes.... that game was a game a few friends owned. It was something we played every weekend. We learned all the tricks. What an awesome game.
WCW was my favorite wrestling game on the NES. I'm surprised you didn't go over their finishers! To pull their finishers off, wear your opponent down, and get him to drop to one knee in middle of the ring, then press both a and b buttons at the same time. If done correctly, the screen will flash, and the move will be pulled off.
All the NES wrestling games were rough, but in the same time period Wrestlefest was released in arcades (1991) and it was awesome. I wish it got ported to the SNES and Genesis.
WCW Wrestling was the best of the federation licensed games, but it still had one huge frustration for me, and that's how the final boss was basically a giant that you had to kick, punch and do running attacks on until you win, because he was so big any grappling attack automatically failed, no matter how hurt he was.
I grew up to wrestlemania the game on nes . As a 7yr old living the time of the 80s this was enough for us. Keep in mind video games were not at its peak so we were not expecting much . So it depends how old you are cause if you are 30 or younger then of course you will see it different than i would. Age matters
That is true, what mad it hard for me was because my expectations were set so high with the WWF Superstars in the arcade plus having played pro wrestling and knowing what the NES was capable of.
I love Tecmo Wrestling and Pro Wrestling man this took me back to my childhood my son who’s 15 don’t understand at that time the graphics looked good for that time
On Steel Cage Challenge, I don't think that was Mean Gene Okerlund. It looked more like Howard Finkel, and would make more sense since he was the ring announcer at the time.
@@RudetunasArcade Thanks. Great video! I agree with many of your assessments. I have a vivid memory of renting M.U.S.C.L.E. at a local hobby shop, the one place I could rent NES cartridges.
I got excited as soon as I saw Pro Wrestling at 2. Not enough people know about Tecmo World Wrestling. It's such a fantastic game, too. Great controls. Catchy music. Varied moves. It even has commentary. Dr. Guildo was always my favorite. However, I will note that the cutscenes get kind of old after awhile. It's probably the only criticism I have of the game. I don't need to see the goddamn Giant Swing cutscene in triplicate each and every single time I perform it, guys.
LOL.. I totally agree Dr. Guildo Swing did get old after a while, even to the point where I would stop doing it just so i didn't have to watch the cut scene animation.
Scott Steiner wasn’t in the WCW game because he debuted too late. Rick was with the company a year earlier and in a faction called the Varsity Club with Rotunda and Sullivan. Pro Wrestling is the Predecessor to the Fire Pro Wrestling series. The director of Pro Wrestling went on to join Human and worked on the first Fire Pro on the PC Engine.
I actually really liked Wrestlemania Challenge. Tag Team Wrestling and MUSCLE above it? Now that's a hot take! I love Tecmo World Wrestling. Definitely the best, nice to see someone giving it attention.
I'm glad you are giving Wrestlemania Challenge some love. It wasn't my cup but that's the beauty of being a gamer, we all can love different games. Thank you for repping Wrestlemania Challenge.
@@RudetunasArcade For sure. I still argue with my friends over which modern WWE games are the best. I think with Challenge I liked the roster and the slightly expanded movesets. Hated the isometric angle though!
My childhood friends and I would rent Wrestlemania every so often and have the six man round robin tournament. I typically played as Randy Savage, but sometimes I'd get Bam Bam. My best friend Henry was always Hogan, our friend Chris was always Andre, our friend Jason was whichever character I wasn't - either Randy and Bigelow - and Henry's two younger brothers got stuck with Ted and Honky. We knew the game was crap, but it was still fun to play together. I can't imagine how awesome it would have been if we had been that age during the N64 era and had access to Revenge and No Mercy. 28:10 I think that crowd noise is the same crowd noise from Punch-Out! Tecmo was my favorite once I discovered it and couldn't go back to any of the others. I beat that Blue King bastard the first time I got to him, but it was such a hard fight. The second time I fought him, I didn't feel like fighting him so I got him counted out. Take that!
@@PaleHorseShabuShabu Sounds like you guys had a blast with that game. I love hearing stories like that with friends hanging out for gaming sessions. The fun factor is all that matters. Good stuff.
I can’t deny the game is shit, but NES Wrestlemania (and Nintendo Power’s coverage of it) is what got me into watching wrestling. Earlier this year I got pictures taken with Ted Dibiase and Honky Tonk Man along with my original game cart…if someone had told me back in 1989 that would happen, I’d have called them crazy :D The game is also responsible for my fascination with wrestling entrance music, since I wanted to hear what the game music sounded like IRL. Now I’ve been collecting entrance music ever since I discovered the internet (25 years ago).
That's an awesome journey. Sometimes things happen for a reason. Some bad games can even hold a special place in our hearts, one of mines are Seicross for the NES. A terrible game but great memories.
M.U.S.C.L.E. was one of the games I got with my NES for Christmas because I was a huge fan of the toys, and after we had figured out all the special moves my friends loved playing tag team matches.
The first Two Wrestlemania and Challenge was actually made by RARE aka RAREWARE the SNES and N64 goat that made Donkey Kong Country series even the WWF music was made by David Wise !!
I have always felt that Capcom took inspiration from The Amazon of Pro Wrestling for their Street Fighter II character Blanka. Both are green monsters, both are (presumably) from Brazil (the biggest part of the Amazon rainforest is located in Brazil), and both have a special move where they bite their opponents.
@ Heh. Starman is a song by David Bowie. I grew up playing Pro Wrestling and I think Starman is the best. So I kind of combined the two things. I’m sorry… It’s more boring than you hoped for :(
WrestleMania was the very first game of any kind I owned, aside from the Mario Bros/Duck Hunt pack in with the NES. It was rough, the only thing I remember was getting some fun out of it, but never beating it. But I was like 7 years old.
Pro Wrestling is my favourite! I never knew that Kin Corn Karn's kicks and punches did more damage, to the effect that you can perform the Brain Buster or Pile Driver earlier! I never really used him because I found the timing of those punches and kicks to be clunky (same with Fighter Hayabusa's Back Brain Kick). King Slender was my guy because I liked his move set most! I also beat the game with Giant Panther first. I like how each character has some unique moves, even if they replace others like the Back Drop or Pile Driver.
Yeah Kin Corn Karn was often over looked. That is pretty impressive to beat great Puma with Giant Panther. Good job. The variety of moves for that game was amazing.
@@Skorpio420 Mastering the BBB in a "versus your (soon to be former) friend) 2P match was peak controller-throwing rage-bait in the early NES days. It's almost as good as sneakily plugging in the 2p controller and moving the ducks in Duck Hunt.
Tecmo Pro Wrestling had a lot of Wrestlers inspired by real-life Wrestlers. Akira Dragon was Antonio Inoki El Tigre was Tiger Mask Boris Chekov was Stan Hansen Pat Gordon looked a bit like Lou Thesz
Muscle was amazing. Thank you for not trashing it like so many people do. I love those little guys. 8 distinct characters and what about the electric ring?
I stopped on this video on the ice ring where you would kind slide around the ring. MUSCLE was definitely underrated in my opinion but then again we might be 2 of the few that actually liked this version of the game..lol.
I played the hell out of that Tecmo World Wrestling game as a kid, and agree it's the best nes Wrestling game. That last boss was insanely hard as a kid. He had all the moves from every character, and when he starts hitting double specials lile a powerslam special then grabbing your legs and throwing you without being able to get up that's when it was a wrap. Would spend hours trying to beat him. Great game.
I do, respectfully, disagree about wrestlemania challenge. Once you got the hang of the controls, its a lot of fun, at least considerably more than several on the list. Having a survivor series bout actually added some variety, and I appreciate that the whole ring and outside was accessible. I see that I am not alone in this opinion.
That's fair. Thank you for sharing and showing love for WrestleMania Challenge. That is how i felt about MUSCLE even though most people hate that game..lol
That's fair, I just enjoyed Tag Team Wrestling because it was more fun for me with the controls. I personally just couldn't get any of the NES WWF games to work right. But that's my own issue.
I rank Pro Wrestling over TECMO because it keeps me on my toes; it's about timing and variation, whereas TECMO is more about button mashing. And as I get older, I have less and less interest in mashing. But yeah, it's between those two.
The Amazon from Pro-Wresling is the creature from the black lagoon buuuuut... a wrestler that went by the name "Abdullah The Butcher" was the inspiration behind one of his special moves. Mainly holding the opponent in a headlock and jabbing a fork into his face repeatedly. If you look closely, what looks like repeated punches to the face is actually a fork hitting the person... not a fist. Abdullah the Butcher was known for that along with many other crazy shits.
Yeah I think you are absolutely correct. A couple of people have said the same thing. Thank you for sharing. I wondered about this guys origins for years.
Did you say the SNES wrestling games were god awful? Congrats, you've now lost any credibility you had. Those games set the template of the grapple system we still use to this day. Not only that, but Royal Rumble and RAW were outstanding titles.
Well you are entitled to your opinion. But sorry SNES WWF Raw and Royal Rumble sucked. And they certainly DID NOT set the template we use today. Most wrestling games today use the timing grappling and reversal system instead of the "mashing" grappling system used the 2 games you mentioned. Most wrestling games abandoned that method back in the mid 90s. Also you must have never played Slam masters for the SNES or the Japanese import wrestling games like the FirePro Series that was on the Super Famicom System. THOSE my friend are great SNES wrestling games. Check out Super Fire Pro Wrestling X Premium ... you're welcome.
I was going to mention that M.U.S.C.L.E is by far the worst wrasslin' game but your segment on it caused me not to do that. So instead I left a comment regarding my decision to not leave a comment. Oh...while I'm here, M.U.S.C.L.E figures are awesome...and Han shot first 👽~~~~💥🔫
I loved tag team wrestling i got real good after each victoty i had a huge trophy to show progress but eventually you cant really beat the wrestlers in the ring so you had to get them outside and time it just right for the countout victory.
Can't argue with all the WWF games being at the bottom, though I'd put Tag Team Wrestling down there as well. Think you gave King of the Ring way more credit than it deserves though. It was released really late in the NES lifespan title & it looks worse than all the WWF games outside of Wrestlemania. Sure the characters are large but they lack definition with wrestlers like Yokozuna, Undertaker & Bam Bam Bigelow have much the same body shapes as the other wrestlers. The move set considering all the games before it is incredibly limited & also matches go on for way too long. The novelty of stomping the opponent down to zero health wears off really quickly. Then just to add more of Mr. Fuji's salt to the wound, you have to go through the slowest 3 count ever to prolong the match even more. I may have too much nostalgia for Steel Cage challenge but at least it tried (& mostly failed) to provide something new with the Steel Cage Match. King of the Ring provides a King of the Ring mode & a tournament mode which are the exact same match type just one provides you an end screen being crowned the King of the Ring. By 1992 companies were pushing the limits of what the NES hardware could do but by 1993, King of the Ring looks, controls & plays like an early NES title from a company who is just starting out making video games. LJN only published the game but they definitely just took the bag like Tyson & Jake Paul in their boxing match. Wrestlemania Challenge is at best passable but it is the best of the NES bunch & to me it's not even close. The wrestlers are most detailed in Challenge compared to the other WWF NES games with the more cartoony art style. Plus there are finishers! You kept doing Duggan's 3 point stance throughout. Rick Rude does look like Popeye for sure but seeing Popeye give people the Rude Awakening makes up for it. Your video is great & your commentary is spot on. I had King of the Ring for the Gameboy & I didn't know there was an NES version until much later but considering the limitations of each hardware respectively, the Gameboy version offers nearly an identical experience outside of a few less wrestlers & no chipset grunts that the NES was capable of.
@krebyrocks77 Man, sounds like you definitely experienced all the WWF games on the NES. The one that haunts me the most from my childhood is probably Wrestlmania. Mostly because the arcade game called WWF Superstars I wanted so much more from the home version. I know I was living a fantasy but that what what I was hoping for, not to mention how well NES Pro Wrestling played, I was just upset that the game was so bad. I think Tag Team Wrestling got better praise from me based on nostalgia and my experience with the game. But it definitely needs alot of work. Thank you for sharing your insight on these games and thank you for watching.
Wrestlmania was awful playing as a kid. That’s how you know it was really bad. Kids usually don’t give a shit, naw that shit was ass back then and forever 🤣🤣
Innocence was lost when i thought wwf wrestlemania was the best ever..then walking on the streets of far rockaway queens there was this pizzeria with the wwf superstars arcade machine..it blew my mind and i felt ripped off..wondering why cant i have THAT at home..also..tecmo wrestling i could only win if i had a controller with turbon button functions..
Yeah I agree, WWF Superstars did set a high bar for a wrestling game. As far as Tecmo Wrestling goes, do what you gotta do. Lots of kids had the NES advantage turbo controller. I still got mine..lol
Wrestlemania challenge is a good wwf game. It was developed by rare. LJN didn’t make any games it was just a way for acclaim to get around Nintendo’s development rules. I would probably put Challenge 3rd behind Tecmo 1 and Pro Wrestling 2. I loved the WCW game too probably put it 4 mostly because I had to use the nes advantage to beat it. Ok ok so I had to use the advantage to beat tecmo too 😂!
I am glad you actually enjoyed the WWF wrestling games for the NES. They were not my cup but that doesn't mean they did not appeal to other gamers like yourself. I think it is cool that you are showing love for the WWF games. LOL..the NES advantage was super cool. I actually bought one at a resell shop a few years back.
You gave the wrong information. LJN didn't actually program or develop any games, LJN was a toy and video game publisher. For example WrestleMania for NES was actually programed by RARE and developed by Acclaim Software. RARE developed some of the best video games in the 90s.
@RudetunasArcade Yeah Nintendo of America had this rule that 3rd party publishers can only release 5 a year so Acclaim made their toy branch into a second publisher to release their B-list. Konami also did this same trick with Ultra as a dummy corp.
Yea, the WWF(wwe) games weren't so great on the platform. They ranged from bad to average at best. MUSCLE and Team Team Wrestling were ok. Pro Wrestling was iconic for sure. The producer of that game, Masato Masuda, went on to create the famous Fire Pro Wrestling game series. Sadly he is no longer with us now. The WCW game was a reskin of the Famicom game, Super Star Pro Wrestling. Tecmo World Wrestling is indeed the better wrestling game for the system.
using turbo for ower... nahh your telling the story of the steroid scandle that rocked the wwf at the time etc etc etc and with wrestling.... its all cool
That was Howard Finkel, the WWF's ring announcer, not Mean Gene
Yeah I dropped the ball on that one. Good catch.
The hard-core old school fans know who Howard Finkle is but in all fairness, him and Mean Gene do kind of look alike in the game 😂
@@mariorodriquez3913I'm not old skool but I'm pretty sure his name was Speen Oakland not Mean Gene, use your head and watch some old videos! 🤦
@mariorodriquez3913 that's true
Beat me to it
2 for 2. First Tecmo NBA Basketball and now Tecmo Wrestling we agree are the best. Love your ranking videos as they are insightful and funny. Keep up the great work.
Thank i really appreciate it. And I am glad you enjoyed the videos.
The first game you reviewed, wrestlemania broke this poor little kid’s heart. When I was a little kid, we were dirt poor, but I loved wrestling like nothing else in this world. To my surprise, my mom had saved enough money and bought me the wrestlemania game. After about five minutes of playing that game I knew it was easily the worst video game I had ever played in my life. That was my one birthday gift, and it was awful.
LOL. I am sorry to hear that. But hey at least we did get better wrestling games in the future.
I feel you brother as Hogan would say lol. Man I had the same experience almost with Rambo. Saved up all my birthday and Christmas money and bought it and was bummed out. Unless your local rental place had it the only thing I had to go by was pics on the box. Assed out lol
I know your mom is a lovely woman but shame on her for ruining your birthday 😂😂
Man, I was psyched for Wrestlemania, had a weekend to spend on it and was PISSED. That game really sucked. Sorry about your birthday dude.
@@ChancellorMartok1147 😂😂😂
I loved the wrestlemania game rented it numerous times when I was a kid I didn't realize that the theme was still playing in my head until I heard it just now
I am glad you enjoyed it. they did a pretty good job with the music.
One thing you can't capture is the window of time these games came out. The first game was the only game we had. It was awesome and also frustrating. I remember sleepovers, staying up all night going back and forth in this game. It was awesome. As far as Pro Wrestling goes.... that game was a game a few friends owned. It was something we played every weekend. We learned all the tricks. What an awesome game.
WWF WrestleMania was the first game I ever bought with my own money. I saved my $5 allowance for months to get this game.
It was so bad, I cried.
I'm sorry bro, i cant blame you.
WCW was my favorite wrestling game on the NES. I'm surprised you didn't go over their finishers! To pull their finishers off, wear your opponent down, and get him to drop to one knee in middle of the ring, then press both a and b buttons at the same time. If done correctly, the screen will flash, and the move will be pulled off.
Flair's finish was a backdrop or something, wtf?
All the NES wrestling games were rough, but in the same time period Wrestlefest was released in arcades (1991) and it was awesome. I wish it got ported to the SNES and Genesis.
Wrestling games did improve over time but yeah a legit wrestlefest release would have been awesome.
WCW Wrestling was the best of the federation licensed games, but it still had one huge frustration for me, and that's how the final boss was basically a giant that you had to kick, punch and do running attacks on until you win, because he was so big any grappling attack automatically failed, no matter how hurt he was.
I grew up to wrestlemania the game on nes . As a 7yr old living the time of the 80s this was enough for us.
Keep in mind video games were not at its peak so we were not expecting much . So it depends how old you are cause if you are 30 or younger then of course you will see it different than i would. Age matters
That is true, what mad it hard for me was because my expectations were set so high with the WWF Superstars in the arcade plus having played pro wrestling and knowing what the NES was capable of.
I remember being able to do the rude awakening in Wrestle Mania challenge and I liked it for that, one of my favorite finishers
This is a well done video. Can’t wait for more!
Thank you and there are more to come.
I love Tecmo Wrestling and Pro Wrestling man this took me back to my childhood my son who’s 15 don’t understand at that time the graphics looked good for that time
They were awesome games. Lol, well unfortunately there's a good chance kids will not appreciate what we thought was cool and awesome back in the day.
On Steel Cage Challenge, I don't think that was Mean Gene Okerlund. It looked more like Howard Finkel, and would make more sense since he was the ring announcer at the time.
@@BeatLA24 I think you are right. I missed that. Good catch.
@@RudetunasArcade Thanks. Great video! I agree with many of your assessments. I have a vivid memory of renting M.U.S.C.L.E. at a local hobby shop, the one place I could rent NES cartridges.
I came here to say this…I’d say it’s Howard finkel too….
While he looks different Amazon uses that fork so it’s definitely Abdullah the Butcher.
I think you are absolutely correct. Thank you for sharing.
I got excited as soon as I saw Pro Wrestling at 2. Not enough people know about Tecmo World Wrestling. It's such a fantastic game, too. Great controls. Catchy music. Varied moves. It even has commentary.
Dr. Guildo was always my favorite. However, I will note that the cutscenes get kind of old after awhile. It's probably the only criticism I have of the game. I don't need to see the goddamn Giant Swing cutscene in triplicate each and every single time I perform it, guys.
LOL.. I totally agree Dr. Guildo Swing did get old after a while, even to the point where I would stop doing it just so i didn't have to watch the cut scene animation.
Scott Steiner wasn’t in the WCW game because he debuted too late. Rick was with the company a year earlier and in a faction called the Varsity Club with Rotunda and Sullivan.
Pro Wrestling is the Predecessor to the Fire Pro Wrestling series. The director of Pro Wrestling went on to join Human and worked on the first Fire Pro on the PC Engine.
Awesome video, always nice finding a new quality retro gaming channel.
@@alexshadowfax1119 Thank you so much. And welcome to the channel.
the amanzon ...based on abudalla the butcher.. known for his brutal antics and attacks
Excellent, that sounds about right he was pretty harcore back in the day before it "hard core" in wrestling was mainstream. Thank you for sharing.
I actually really liked Wrestlemania Challenge. Tag Team Wrestling and MUSCLE above it? Now that's a hot take!
I love Tecmo World Wrestling. Definitely the best, nice to see someone giving it attention.
I'm glad you are giving Wrestlemania Challenge some love. It wasn't my cup but that's the beauty of being a gamer, we all can love different games. Thank you for repping Wrestlemania Challenge.
@@RudetunasArcade For sure. I still argue with my friends over which modern WWE games are the best. I think with Challenge I liked the roster and the slightly expanded movesets. Hated the isometric angle though!
Great reviews.
Thank you so much.
My childhood friends and I would rent Wrestlemania every so often and have the six man round robin tournament. I typically played as Randy Savage, but sometimes I'd get Bam Bam. My best friend Henry was always Hogan, our friend Chris was always Andre, our friend Jason was whichever character I wasn't - either Randy and Bigelow - and Henry's two younger brothers got stuck with Ted and Honky. We knew the game was crap, but it was still fun to play together. I can't imagine how awesome it would have been if we had been that age during the N64 era and had access to Revenge and No Mercy.
28:10 I think that crowd noise is the same crowd noise from Punch-Out!
Tecmo was my favorite once I discovered it and couldn't go back to any of the others. I beat that Blue King bastard the first time I got to him, but it was such a hard fight. The second time I fought him, I didn't feel like fighting him so I got him counted out. Take that!
@@PaleHorseShabuShabu Sounds like you guys had a blast with that game. I love hearing stories like that with friends hanging out for gaming sessions. The fun factor is all that matters. Good stuff.
I can’t deny the game is shit, but NES Wrestlemania (and Nintendo Power’s coverage of it) is what got me into watching wrestling. Earlier this year I got pictures taken with Ted Dibiase and Honky Tonk Man along with my original game cart…if someone had told me back in 1989 that would happen, I’d have called them crazy :D
The game is also responsible for my fascination with wrestling entrance music, since I wanted to hear what the game music sounded like IRL. Now I’ve been collecting entrance music ever since I discovered the internet (25 years ago).
That's an awesome journey. Sometimes things happen for a reason. Some bad games can even hold a special place in our hearts, one of mines are Seicross for the NES. A terrible game but great memories.
I'd put WrestleMania Challenge higher up on the list. At worst, it's the best WWF game on the NES
yeah thats what i think. Better than WrestleMania, Steel Cage Challenge and King of the Ring
Wrestlemania Challenge was a fun game. I remember interfering so much the ring bell would just ring non-stop incessantly.
M.U.S.C.L.E. was one of the games I got with my NES for Christmas because I was a huge fan of the toys, and after we had figured out all the special moves my friends loved playing tag team matches.
@@BbNaB that game was definitely underrated
The first Two Wrestlemania and Challenge was actually made by RARE aka RAREWARE the SNES and N64 goat that made Donkey Kong Country series even the WWF music was made by David Wise !!
Did you say that team was called the Strong Bads?
Hell yeah, burnination.
I have always felt that Capcom took inspiration from The Amazon of Pro Wrestling for their Street Fighter II character Blanka. Both are green monsters, both are (presumably) from Brazil (the biggest part of the Amazon rainforest is located in Brazil), and both have a special move where they bite their opponents.
That is highly possible. I never thought of that. Thank you for your insight on this.
How dare you not give starman his props…
David Bowie is sick in his grave!
Lol..I love trivia..what did I miss with Starnan and David Bowie? Please share, I like learning new things about Pro Wrestling.
@ Heh. Starman is a song by David Bowie.
I grew up playing Pro Wrestling and I think Starman is the best.
So I kind of combined the two things.
I’m sorry… It’s more boring than you hoped for :(
WrestleMania was the very first game of any kind I owned, aside from the Mario Bros/Duck Hunt pack in with the NES. It was rough, the only thing I remember was getting some fun out of it, but never beating it. But I was like 7 years old.
28:40 I never knew about this combo!!
It was hard to do and very inconsistent. You had mash and hope to get perfect frame timing. And even then I felt like it rarely worked.
RC Pro Am is my all time fav NES game. Pro Wrestling is near the top. I mean Zelda and Mario and Metroid and mega person… But Pro Wrestling was dope.
RC Pro Am was dope. It's coming up soon in my series. Stay tuned.
@@RudetunasArcade :)
Great video man! I remeber renting Tecmo wrestling probably a hundred times lol. Shit was fire for back then!!!
Thank you so much.
Royal Rumble for the SNES has the same animation and sprite movement as Steel Cage Challenge. That’s how lazy LJN was. Horrible gaming developer!
Pro Wrestling is my favourite! I never knew that Kin Corn Karn's kicks and punches did more damage, to the effect that you can perform the Brain Buster or Pile Driver earlier! I never really used him because I found the timing of those punches and kicks to be clunky (same with Fighter Hayabusa's Back Brain Kick). King Slender was my guy because I liked his move set most! I also beat the game with Giant Panther first. I like how each character has some unique moves, even if they replace others like the Back Drop or Pile Driver.
Yeah Kin Corn Karn was often over looked. That is pretty impressive to beat great Puma with Giant Panther. Good job. The variety of moves for that game was amazing.
i used the Amazon but i didnt beat the game legit lol
When I was a kid we would call corny stuff Karn stemming from him and still do haha
Fighter Hayabusa is my man. Once you master the back brain kick timing you're pretty much unstoppable.
@@Skorpio420 Mastering the BBB in a "versus your (soon to be former) friend) 2P match was peak controller-throwing rage-bait in the early NES days. It's almost as good as sneakily plugging in the 2p controller and moving the ducks in Duck Hunt.
Tecmo Pro Wrestling had a lot of Wrestlers inspired by real-life Wrestlers.
Akira Dragon was Antonio Inoki
El Tigre was Tiger Mask
Boris Chekov was Stan Hansen
Pat Gordon looked a bit like Lou Thesz
Thank you for pointing those wrestlers out.
Muscle was amazing. Thank you for not trashing it like so many people do. I love those little guys. 8 distinct characters and what about the electric ring?
I stopped on this video on the ice ring where you would kind slide around the ring. MUSCLE was definitely underrated in my opinion but then again we might be 2 of the few that actually liked this version of the game..lol.
I have a soft spot for WWF Wrestlemania 😢😂 we played the heck out of it. Now NES Pro Wrestling ROCKED ❤😊
I played the hell out of that Tecmo World Wrestling game as a kid, and agree it's the best nes Wrestling game. That last boss was insanely hard as a kid. He had all the moves from every character, and when he starts hitting double specials lile a powerslam special then grabbing your legs and throwing you without being able to get up that's when it was a wrap. Would spend hours trying to beat him. Great game.
That game was awesome. Yeah he was tough. He beat me a few times making this video..lol.
I could be wrong but don't think thats Mean Gene. I think supposed to be Howard Finkel.
Yeah someone pointed that out in the comments. Good catch tho.
I do, respectfully, disagree about wrestlemania challenge. Once you got the hang of the controls, its a lot of fun, at least considerably more than several on the list. Having a survivor series bout actually added some variety, and I appreciate that the whole ring and outside was accessible. I see that I am not alone in this opinion.
That's fair. Thank you for sharing and showing love for WrestleMania Challenge. That is how i felt about MUSCLE even though most people hate that game..lol
WrestleMania challenge beneath tag team wrestling is insane. Tag team is so god awful
That's fair, I just enjoyed Tag Team Wrestling because it was more fun for me with the controls. I personally just couldn't get any of the NES WWF games to work right. But that's my own issue.
I rank Pro Wrestling over TECMO because it keeps me on my toes; it's about timing and variation, whereas TECMO is more about button mashing. And as I get older, I have less and less interest in mashing. But yeah, it's between those two.
Ted DiBiase in the intro to Wrestlemania looks more like Michael Hayes.
Tecmo Wrestling still holds up.
I played a lot of WCW as well
I enjoyed WCW as well. I liked the grappling mechanics.
Dude awesome video you just got yourself a subscriber I love the way how you describe the games in detail great work keep it up
Thank you so much and welcome to the channel.
I had WrestleMania as a kid and we love that game
Lex luger's picture in king of the ring looks like brian pillman
Lol..I can see that.
i actually liked WWF WrestleMania Challenge. Only game you can use Andre's Turnbuckle Butt Squash
The Amazon from Pro-Wresling is the creature from the black lagoon buuuuut... a wrestler that went by the name "Abdullah The Butcher" was the inspiration behind one of his special moves. Mainly holding the opponent in a headlock and jabbing a fork into his face repeatedly. If you look closely, what looks like repeated punches to the face is actually a fork hitting the person... not a fist. Abdullah the Butcher was known for that along with many other crazy shits.
Yeah I think you are absolutely correct. A couple of people have said the same thing. Thank you for sharing. I wondered about this guys origins for years.
If only tecmo wrestling and pro wrestling had tag team
I think the universe would have exploded..lol that would have been too much fun.
I like the number 1 wrestling game tecmo pro wrestling game. I remember playing that with my friends and brother.
Did you say the SNES wrestling games were god awful? Congrats, you've now lost any credibility you had. Those games set the template of the grapple system we still use to this day. Not only that, but Royal Rumble and RAW were outstanding titles.
Well you are entitled to your opinion. But sorry SNES WWF Raw and Royal Rumble sucked. And they certainly DID NOT set the template we use today. Most wrestling games today use the timing grappling and reversal system instead of the "mashing" grappling system used the 2 games you mentioned. Most wrestling games abandoned that method back in the mid 90s. Also you must have never played Slam masters for the SNES or the Japanese import wrestling games like the FirePro Series that was on the Super Famicom System. THOSE my friend are great SNES wrestling games.
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Royal and raw werent that great at all!
They are wrestling games. Your market isn't exactly rocket scientists. Just captive.
I subscribed after hearing "he looks like a drunk Willie Nelson"
Genius.
😂😂 Thank you and welcome to the channel.
@@RudetunasArcade yeah i thought that was funny lol
I was going to mention that M.U.S.C.L.E is by far the worst wrasslin' game but your segment on it caused me not to do that. So instead I left a comment regarding my decision to not leave a comment.
Oh...while I'm here, M.U.S.C.L.E figures are awesome...and Han shot first 👽~~~~💥🔫
Lol 😆 🤣 thank you.
I loved tag team wrestling i got real good after each victoty i had a huge trophy to show progress but eventually you cant really beat the wrestlers in the ring so you had to get them outside and time it just right for the countout victory.
Can't argue with all the WWF games being at the bottom, though I'd put Tag Team Wrestling down there as well. Think you gave King of the Ring way more credit than it deserves though.
It was released really late in the NES lifespan title & it looks worse than all the WWF games outside of Wrestlemania. Sure the characters are large but they lack definition with wrestlers like Yokozuna, Undertaker & Bam Bam Bigelow have much the same body shapes as the other wrestlers.
The move set considering all the games before it is incredibly limited & also matches go on for way too long. The novelty of stomping the opponent down to zero health wears off really quickly. Then just to add more of Mr. Fuji's salt to the wound, you have to go through the slowest 3 count ever to prolong the match even more.
I may have too much nostalgia for Steel Cage challenge but at least it tried (& mostly failed) to provide something new with the Steel Cage Match. King of the Ring provides a King of the Ring mode & a tournament mode which are the exact same match type just one provides you an end screen being crowned the King of the Ring.
By 1992 companies were pushing the limits of what the NES hardware could do but by 1993, King of the Ring looks, controls & plays like an early NES title from a company who is just starting out making video games. LJN only published the game but they definitely just took the bag like Tyson & Jake Paul in their boxing match.
Wrestlemania Challenge is at best passable but it is the best of the NES bunch & to me it's not even close. The wrestlers are most detailed in Challenge compared to the other WWF NES games with the more cartoony art style. Plus there are finishers! You kept doing Duggan's 3 point stance throughout. Rick Rude does look like Popeye for sure but seeing Popeye give people the Rude Awakening makes up for it.
Your video is great & your commentary is spot on. I had King of the Ring for the Gameboy & I didn't know there was an NES version until much later but considering the limitations of each hardware respectively, the Gameboy version offers nearly an identical experience outside of a few less wrestlers & no chipset grunts that the NES was capable of.
@krebyrocks77 Man, sounds like you definitely experienced all the WWF games on the NES. The one that haunts me the most from my childhood is probably Wrestlmania. Mostly because the arcade game called WWF Superstars I wanted so much more from the home version.
I know I was living a fantasy but that what what I was hoping for, not to mention how well NES Pro Wrestling played, I was just upset that the game was so bad.
I think Tag Team Wrestling got better praise from me based on nostalgia and my experience with the game. But it definitely needs alot of work. Thank you for sharing your insight on these games and thank you for watching.
Wrestlmania was awful playing as a kid. That’s how you know it was really bad. Kids usually don’t give a shit, naw that shit was ass back then and forever 🤣🤣
Hahahaha
Great Puma looks like the dog from Duck Hunt.
@KevinLawler Lol..you're not the first one I heard say that 😂😂
Rick steiner started wrestling a year or two before scott... wonder if this was made before scotty's debut
I didn't know that. That would make sense because thought it was strange it only had one of the brothers. You are probably right.
he was part of the Varsity Club if im not mistaking
@michaelmarriott1177 yup... with Mike rotunda, Kevin Sullivan and I think barry windham?? don't remember the whole stable
@@ddeleckijr not Barry Windham there was Dan Spivey and Dr Death Steve Williams then later on the revival Leia Meow as the cheerleader/Valet
Wrestlemania should get a pass. Its not as bad as some of the other games on here (like Steel Cage Challenge). And it has friggin Andre the Giant.
It just wasn't my cup but it doesn't mean other people didn't enjoy it. Kudos to you for representing Wrestlemania in a positive light 👍.
That's Howard Finkle, not "Mean Gene"
Yeah i goofed on that one. Good catch.
Innocence was lost when i thought wwf wrestlemania was the best ever..then walking on the streets of far rockaway queens there was this pizzeria with the wwf superstars arcade machine..it blew my mind and i felt ripped off..wondering why cant i have THAT at home..also..tecmo wrestling i could only win if i had a controller with turbon button functions..
Yeah I agree, WWF Superstars did set a high bar for a wrestling game. As far as Tecmo Wrestling goes, do what you gotta do. Lots of kids had the NES advantage turbo controller. I still got mine..lol
Wrestlemania challenge is a good wwf game. It was developed by rare. LJN didn’t make any games it was just a way for acclaim to get around Nintendo’s development rules. I would probably put Challenge 3rd behind Tecmo 1 and Pro Wrestling 2. I loved the WCW game too probably put it 4 mostly because I had to use the nes advantage to beat it. Ok ok so I had to use the advantage to beat tecmo too 😂!
I am glad you actually enjoyed the WWF wrestling games for the NES. They were not my cup but that doesn't mean they did not appeal to other gamers like yourself. I think it is cool that you are showing love for the WWF games. LOL..the NES advantage was super cool. I actually bought one at a resell shop a few years back.
You gave the wrong information. LJN didn't actually program or develop any games, LJN was a toy and video game publisher. For example WrestleMania for NES was actually programed by RARE and developed by Acclaim Software. RARE developed some of the best video games in the 90s.
The M.U.S.C.L.E. game has almost the same play style as the Ring King boxing game..
Yeah it kind of has that vibe.
LJN = Acclaim. Same company.
Makes sense, but I wasnt 100 percent sure. It seemed like Acclaim games were slightly better.
@RudetunasArcade Yeah Nintendo of America had this rule that 3rd party publishers can only release 5 a year so Acclaim made their toy branch into a second publisher to release their B-list. Konami also did this same trick with Ultra as a dummy corp.
Spleen Mean Oakland was in WCW by then.
Thank you for clearing that up. I messed up on that.
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Yea, the WWF(wwe) games weren't so great on the platform. They ranged from bad to average at best. MUSCLE and Team Team Wrestling were ok. Pro Wrestling was iconic for sure. The producer of that game, Masato Masuda, went on to create the famous Fire Pro Wrestling game series. Sadly he is no longer with us now. The WCW game was a reskin of the Famicom game, Super Star Pro Wrestling.
Tecmo World Wrestling is indeed the better wrestling game for the system.
You know your NES wrestling games. Thank you for sharing.
Pro wresling tagteam and muscle probably the worst!
That's a fair point.
I really liked the shitty WrestleMania game. Just because it was wrestling lol.
Hours upon hours playing it. 😂
There's nothing wrong with showing some love for Wrestlemania.
ah apologiies
using turbo for ower... nahh your telling the story of the steroid scandle that rocked the wwf at the time etc etc etc and with wrestling.... its all cool
Lol..the turbo controller isn't necessary but it helps. But I see your point.
tag team wrestling is the worst wrestling game on nes
I can respect that, but i think it had its moments..lol.
Amazon is the butcher or shiek w the fork
I loved the n64 games I thought they were so fun played them alot with friends