As a person that only played the PlayStation wrestling games smackdown blew my mind when I first saw it and I begged my mom for a month straight to buy it for me. One day I came home from school went to play OG GTA and lo and behold smackdown starts up! My mom bought it for me and hid it in my PlayStation One of the better memories for my childhood
One thing I loved about Smackdown 1's season mode is that there's some super rare cutscenes that I only ever saw once despite playing many seasons with different characters.
My sister and me did a season mode with each having our own character and she was already getting things before I was. Stable confrontations, ring interferences and title shots to before I even had 1 feud.
I miss the sea of camera flashes in modern wrestling. There is something about all those flashing bulbs in the audience that made moves feel more special and impactful. That is one of the things I remember most about this game!
Yeah camera flashes were awesome, in any sport to be honest. When something exciting was happening, they just popped up all at the same time like fireworks. It was as if the athletes could generate them with the epic stuff they were doing, like anime characters during fights. :P
I remember buying this game after winning a gift voucher for a school computer competition, WWF Smackdown game was such a breath of fresh air and me and my friend (RIP) would play this every week. It was a great time to not only be a wrestling fan but a hardcore gamer as well. The THQ series is still to this day the best collection of wrestling games ever made. Thanks for covering this and taking me on this amazing trip down memory lane.
I bought this game with my first paycheck from working at Best Buy in high school. Got fired a month later for letting my friends use my employee discount
Thank you for sharing your story man! I think Smackdown 1 is pretty underrated as far as how revolutionary it was. To think it started a series that went on for *20 Years* is just mind-blowing
@@jordanflores5687 i played all of that but there's no debating that the 1st smackdown game was definitely a game changer. You knew that it was something special.
@@solidussnake2987 I mean maybe at the time but even then no mercy was far better like I said before the intros were the only thing better it was fun I owned it dont get me wrong but game changer and groundbreaking???? Ehhh l
Ahh, the memories of this game. I played it so much, that my grandmother took it away from me for a while. And only in this game could you see something like Debra suplexing Mark Henry! LOL
@@brophymusprime593 bro said funcoland !! I remember going online at the library & searching up games on their website. I wonder if they’re still around
This game was revolutionary. The season mode had flaws but it was a million times better than previous games where you'd win the title and the game was over.
This game was so huge at the time since wwf didn’t have a great game outside of WM 2000 & no mercy (Nintendo exclusive) still remember the first time playing this game & it was instantly amazing. It blew attitude & warzone out the waters
@@tavius88 I love the convenience of online gaming today, but that will never come close to actually meeting up with your friends & all being there while playing. The trash talking, the secret alliances, the mind games, the backstabs, the laughs, the arguments lol.. Glad I experienced that.
Nah I like WWF Attitude way better than this. Attitude has a way, way better create a wrestler, was much more realistic, had commentary and was just much more fun. WWF Smackdown 1 just isn't that great. The gameplay is way too fast, arcadey, no one sells anything, and the create a wrestler is downright terrible with only 4 create slots.
I rented this game from a local rental spot so much that they ended up just giving me the game. I cannot tell you how much i played this and the second one! Thanks for bringing those memories back!
WWF Smackdown! 2 has basically brought me into wrestling - I've never watched it before. Early Yuke's WWF Smackdown games were awesome, Here comes the pain was arguably the best.
No mercy and here comes the pain are the all time GOATs of wrestling games. I'm like you except WWF no mercy brought me to wrestling fan status. I always liked wrestling but I didn't really follow it until no mercy blew my 13 year old mind.
I remember putting hours into this game when I was 17/18. Though I will say I always found the soundtrack more fitting to a survival horror game than a wrestling game, but that's just me.
I have such nostalgia for that dino head. I paired with the spacesuit look and he actually won the title. When he returned in Smackdown 2, he had a normal head and rode his own motorcycle.
This game was a huge part of my childhood gaming. It's also real coincidental you upload this because I recently purchased it and it's supposed to arrive tomorrow.
Can honestly say this game got me into the WWF - it fuelled me to want to know more and see all of these colourful characters in action. Stayed into wrestling to this day (aside from about a year and a half or so not watching around 2002-2003)
I remember getting this game right when it came out, man was I blown away…. Went from playing WWF war zone, to Attitude, then to this game. Next to wrestlemania 2000, smackdown was definitely the best.
I honestly think what makes these games stand out and remembered was because they were simple, easy for people who hadn’t played a wrestling game to get into, simple controls, fast paced arcade like fun and an epic pumping soundtrack that fits in perfectly with the pace of the game. Of course other smack down games were fantastic but to me the fun will always lie in the first 2 smack down games but that’s just my opinion
Love this series and your channel! Thank you for the nostalgic trip. Can’t wait until you cover the Raw games! I remember being stoked for that seeing screenshots and then Raw 1 was rouggghh
This one should be great as always. I hope we get to see an in depth look at No Mercy, I know it's been covered a lot but it's still an excellent game!
Growing up with a Playstation WWF Smackdown was the game that made me enjoy WWE games cause I hated the controls and clunkiness of the Acclaim games. The sequel SmackDown 2 is one of my favorite games ever because it expanded so much on the first. The first sparked a foundation that spawned classic sequels and made the PlayStation WWE games top tier for years to come.
I recently bought a PlayStation and a copy of WWF smack down, I’m currently playing as the undertaker and I’ve gone through three seasons so far. Wild gameplay is great for the most part it’s certainly not a perfect game with nonsensical cut scenes that seem to repeat throughout each season with with the occasional cut scene being differentmaybe.
I adore this game. there wasn't anything like it at the time and I couldn't get enough of it.I enjoyed the create a wrestler and the entrances so much, plus the season mode was a first and exciting
Playing this at the time was like playing the future!! WB is up there with the most underrated RUclips channels, the entertainment value of this channel is off the charts
I think you're right about it being so positively compared to the previous games - I was 13 when I got this and my brother was 8. He really struggled to play Attitude whereas this was so accessible. We had a multi tap too which meant Royal Rumbles when my friends were over were a lot of fun.
I remeber this was one of the first game for px1 that I bought with my money. I played this through out my birthday that summer everyday. This is a classic.
Another awesome upload from the greatest wrestling channel on the net. Although I was more of an N64 wrestling game fan back in the day. I can remember my friends talking about this one back in the day. It was massive. I don’t think I ever got round to playing it. Still good to have a review of it.
I still have that game!!! I remember mom renting it for me from blockbuster back in the late 90s. I got the game for weeks after that for having good grades on my report card from school.
I remember playing this with my uncle on his PS1 when I was a kid. This one was one of my favorites because the controls were so much easier for 6-7 year old me. So many hours spent beating up Vince and Shane to my delight.
As an N64 owner, I was so blown away when I played this game at my cousins house and saw the FMV entrance videos and the high quality theme songs. Wrestlemania 2000 had better game play IMO, but this game was a much better experience overall.
I remember walking past GameStation in the UK and seeing a CRT TV in the window with Smackdown playing in demo mode showing 4 wrestlers in the ring duking it out. My jaw hit the floor when I saw the way the ropes wobbled and moved and how fast paced the action was....... Then I went home and my mom called a friend at work and the next day I had a totally 100% legit copy of the game ;)
The DEMO blew my F***ing socks off! "The Rocks Eyebrow moves, he takes off his elbow pad" It was the best looking wrestling game by far. Something that maybe not so important now, but back then was how fast the game loaded, especially compared to attitude! No smackdown game ever came close when it came to load times. Also I personally prefer season mode in Smackdown 1 over 2. SD2 season mode had loads more loading screens and the annoying bars that would fight each other.
You make a lot of great points! I def remember the feeling of Playstation finally getting a wrestling game that was actually great at that time! I remember seeing the Rock actually do the people's elbow in game! No mercy had it but it wasnt like in SD! All the new backstage areas were just great too! It was the 1st wrestling game that PS fans could be proud of during that time period lol! It was so far ahead of WarZone & Raw! There finally was a PS1 game that made some N64 fans really want to play it!
Seeing this game uploaded on this video reminds me why I miss playing this game. Played the demo so much and I need this game back. Always loved choosing Jeff Hardy lol
I was a little bummed that I couldn't get wwf wrestlemania 2000 for Christmas because n64 games were a lot more expensive. I got the first smackdown instead and ended up LOVING it. It's so fun. Not as good as the n64 games imo but it does different things, giving a very arcade experience. To the point where I was hype as hell to get smackdown 2 when it came out!
My biggest memories from this game is using the character creator to put The Rocks head on the Undertakers everything else and calling him The Overtaker.... i dont know why but i legitimately think about it too much
Smackdown 1 and 2 were my favorite games from the ps1 era I played it so much as a kid..would stay up all night with friends to play these iconic games
Smackdown had one of the best story/career modes ever! It always kept you intrigued and the mode went as you went. If you lost, it went “this way”, if you win, it went “that way”, but it wasn’t already forced and predetermined.
Smack down 2 was sooo classic. Can’t wait to see the review on it. I remember me and my friends had the multitap and we used to play the season mode crazy lol.
One of the things I like most about wrestling, is even though I don't like wrestling, I still love hearing about it despite not watching it for 19 years. I stopped in 2003, I've tried a couple of times since, the odd mania, but nothing ever got me back into it. It seems a lot of people share that view too, the fact you used to like it has you in it for life, even after you can't bear to watch it anymore.
You nailed it. It might not be the best wrestling game of the bunch but when we were stuck extremely mediocre games like War Zone and and Attitude this was a MUCH welcome change. I played this and almost this exclusively from the release til Smackdown 2 came out. Creating your own PPV i found fascinating and would do that for hours!
I bought a PS3 last year, and as it plays all PS1 games I immediately bought all the old wrestling games I could find... Power Move, WCW vs the World, and Smackdown 1 and 2 are all proudly in my library...
I worked at an import game shop near Baltimore, MD and someone who worked on this game used to come in a lot. One day he slipped me a burned disc of an early playable version, maybe a few months before it released. It surprisingly had the whole roster that made the retail version, but I'll always remember how weird it was that anyone who didn't have their finisher animated yet, like Jeff Hardy, just used a German suplex.
This game is what introduced me to WWF and made me start watching it. Thus becoming a fan So this game has a very special place in my heart But I must admit. After replying it again in 2018. It has aged badly but still has a special place in my heart
That game .... played so much of it as a teen with my friend living only 3 house down the road , even living so close we were sleeping over just for never stop playing Ahaha .... great memories .
Okay, so I picked this up a few years ago and just kinda tired it up to test it, but didn’t spend too much time with it. I was hoping you were going to cover this game, so watching this is even more awesome right now personally! This game has WAY more depth to it than I was aware of, and this is totally awesome! I’ll definitely have to play this sometime soon! Thanks for the awesome in-depth coverage of this game!
You really had to be there for this, a lot of people love no mercy and all that but I had the ps1 as a kid and smack down 1 and 2 was my FAVORITE. I still go back and revisit them
Damn this brought back some memories! I'd only played Attitude before this came out, I remember getting the Demo with a PSX magazine and my first match I failed hard because it was so different to what I was used to lol. But I was blown away by how it looked and the fast pace. Sank so many hours into that season mode.
Having things like a ladder match, an actual Royal Rumble, having more than 4 wrestlers in the ring. These are all absolute game changera. The finishers were so good here too. The only goofy thing I remember about the controls here was everyone had an option to catapult your opponent. A lot of times just off into nothingness
I went to a local gaming store in my community and tried it out. After five minutes of playing it, I immediately bought Smackdown! I remember when many WWF fans thought it was a big mistake for the WWF to leave Acclaim to have THQ & Yukes develop WWF wrestling games, as the WCW games were a disaster on PS1. But Yukes was a new gaming developer. After that, Yukes had great WWF/WWE games for many years. Smackdown 1 & 2 are the best wrestling games on PS1 in my opinion.
I remember coming home on release day after school and just seeing smack down right on the dining room table waiting for me my dad was the best he always got me every wrestling game I was so happy and excited to play it I had so much fun playing smack down alone and with my friends story mode was fun too I loved the whole smack down series up until here comes the pain after that I stopped playing and didn’t play again until WWE 13
I still love this Game. SD 1 and 2 Great Memories, I remember back in those Days when me an 3 of my best friends played this all day long. I had this Multitab where you could play with 4 players in the same ring. That was so much fun.
I still enjoy this game Getting into Wrestling back in Jan 2000 *WCW World Wide on Channel 5 Friday Nights then about a month later learning the WWF was on Channel 4 for Sunday Night Heat mid day* I just wanted more Wrestling and after recording so many VHS Tapes of WCW and WWF the next step was playing Wrestling Games and this right here was my 1st ever one and I think about 4 months later I saw Smackdown 2 Know Your Role :)
Hey man, love the channel, been getting back into old wrestling lately, complimenting it with your videos. Really love the old wrestling game videos, was so obsessed with any new wrestling game when I was a youngster. Will you be covering any of the overhaul mods for any games? Here Comes the Pain 2.0 is pretty neat, updated roster and added wrestlers. I doubt one could fill a video but maybe just take a look at a few for one? Just a thought. Cheers, take care.
Congrats on all your milestone's man, you're definitely dedicated to Pro Wrestling and it shows. Keep up the good work. Can't wait to see you get to 300K.
A big reason Kevin Owens is one of my favorites is because his moveset is almost exactly the same as my created wrestler from this game, Big Poppa Punk. Visually, he was Raven with a kilt and green mohawk.
After all these years, all I still hear is "Everybody on the ground, Will Smith is selling crack." when I hear those gibberish vocals. Great video as usual.
This was truly a great time to be a wrestling fan and gamer. The aki games on n64 and smackdown on playstation were a big gamechanger. Before wrestling games all felt so janky but these companies brought 2 different but easily accessible and very fun options.
The thing that makes Smackdown's in-ring visual presentation so much better than War Zone and Attitude's is the variety of camera angles, and the lighting. The lighting in Attitude and War Zone was very flat, with minimal cast shadows from a single light source; whereas Smackdown is rendering multiple cast shadows from various light sources - just how it is in an arena, along with core shadows and reflected light on the models themselves, which gives a more convincing and true to life appearance.
I remember playing smack down shut your mouth before I played this classic I got it a couple days ago and man its amazing how fun it is when it comes to the controls and gameplay I’m in year 12 of season mode with ministry undertaker and I see this as the best ps1 wrestling game because of how good the season mode and 1999 wwf roster which I prefer to smackdown 2 roster and this video is what got me interested in the game and is was worth the 20 bucks I spent to get it
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i hated GM mode
Power Move kind of reminds me of Legends Of Wrestling
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As a person that only played the PlayStation wrestling games smackdown blew my mind when I first saw it and I begged my mom for a month straight to buy it for me. One day I came home from school went to play OG GTA and lo and behold smackdown starts up! My mom bought it for me and hid it in my PlayStation One of the better memories for my childhood
Nice. Cool story and definitely cool mom 😎.
I love this story! That's what I call an awesome parent. 👍
Here comes the pain was and still my favorite one
Moms rock.
That's awesome
One thing I loved about Smackdown 1's season mode is that there's some super rare cutscenes that I only ever saw once despite playing many seasons with different characters.
My sister and me did a season mode with each having our own character and she was already getting things before I was. Stable confrontations, ring interferences and title shots to before I even had 1 feud.
I remember a blood bath scene that I only saw once.
@@dantalksscentsuk woww i never saw that even tough going through a long season 😭
I played the season for years and only saw the cut scene of undertaker and his symbol in the ring once .. it was amazing lol
@@dantalksscentsuk yes I remember that that was crazy!
I miss the sea of camera flashes in modern wrestling. There is something about all those flashing bulbs in the audience that made moves feel more special and impactful. That is one of the things I remember most about this game!
I always wonder why you don't see people taking pictures anymore. Haven't been to a live event in well over a decade
Reminds me of Hogan vs. Rock at WM 18.
Yeah camera flashes were awesome, in any sport to be honest. When something exciting was happening, they just popped up all at the same time like fireworks. It was as if the athletes could generate them with the epic stuff they were doing, like anime characters during fights. :P
@@IlkvomitThe people who go to wrestling are smarks not mainstream
Get mainsteam back you'll see the flash
I miss it so much.
Smackdown 2 was my obsession when it first released, spent so many hours in it. Can’t wait to see your video on it.
It was my fav too, even compared to the ones that came after
I remember buying this game after winning a gift voucher for a school computer competition, WWF Smackdown game was such a breath of fresh air and me and my friend (RIP) would play this every week. It was a great time to not only be a wrestling fan but a hardcore gamer as well. The THQ series is still to this day the best collection of wrestling games ever made.
Thanks for covering this and taking me on this amazing trip down memory lane.
Best wrestling game for weapons and overall randomness even if not as good as THQ games.
I bought this game with my first paycheck from working at Best Buy in high school. Got fired a month later for letting my friends use my employee discount
That and the aki series on 64
Thank you for sharing your story man! I think Smackdown 1 is pretty underrated as far as how revolutionary it was. To think it started a series that went on for *20 Years* is just mind-blowing
Man this game was groundbreaking at the time
This and Smackdown 2 were the bars set for me with wrestling games
Yall must've nvr played wrestlemania 2000 or no mercy the only thing those smackdown games had was dope intros
@@jordanflores5687 i played all of that but there's no debating that the 1st smackdown game was definitely a game changer. You knew that it was something special.
@@solidussnake2987 I mean maybe at the time but even then no mercy was far better like I said before the intros were the only thing better it was fun I owned it dont get me wrong but game changer and groundbreaking???? Ehhh l
No mercy is one of the greatest video games ever created. By far. People still play that to this day
Ahh, the memories of this game. I played it so much, that my grandmother took it away from me for a while. And only in this game could you see something like Debra suplexing Mark Henry! LOL
She did the right thing, hopefully she took it away and replaced it with a nice book
Are you saying Debra couldn’t suplex Mark Henry in real life!! That is so sexist!! 😂😂😂😂
@@MJPamuru20 IKR.. just because she's a woman she can't suplex a 350lb gorilla.. sexism at its finest.
@@stevelowe2647what about your racism at it’s finest? “Gorilla”? C’mon bro. Smh.
This game brings back many good memories. I'd go through years on the season mode and I usually always picked Undertaker. Fun times...
One of the coolest things about the early SD games were the camera flashes going off during big moments.
Played the demo to absolute death. Hour upon hour. Loved this when it came out. Such a big improvement on the Acclaim games.
I vaguely remember doing the same. I got the demo on a disk from a video game magazine that came with a membership at funcoland
@@brophymusprime593 SAME!!!! 😭🤣
@@brophymusprime593 bro said funcoland !! I remember going online at the library & searching up games on their website. I wonder if they’re still around
@@MR.__G I believe gamestop nbought them
What could you do in the demo?
This game was revolutionary. The season mode had flaws but it was a million times better than previous games where you'd win the title and the game was over.
This game was so huge at the time since wwf didn’t have a great game outside of WM 2000 & no mercy (Nintendo exclusive) still remember the first time playing this game & it was instantly amazing. It blew attitude & warzone out the waters
Yea man I miss those times in gaming and life lol a lot more simple
@@tavius88 I love the convenience of online gaming today, but that will never come close to actually meeting up with your friends & all being there while playing. The trash talking, the secret alliances, the mind games, the backstabs, the laughs, the arguments lol.. Glad I experienced that.
I thought Warzone had the most realistic physics but in terms of game features it was nowhere near Smackdown 2
It really did. I was so bummed I didn't have N64 for the sole purpose of WM2000. But I actually liked Smackdown for PS1 even better!
Nah I like WWF Attitude way better than this. Attitude has a way, way better create a wrestler, was much more realistic, had commentary and was just much more fun. WWF Smackdown 1 just isn't that great. The gameplay is way too fast, arcadey, no one sells anything, and the create a wrestler is downright terrible with only 4 create slots.
I rented this game from a local rental spot so much that they ended up just giving me the game. I cannot tell you how much i played this and the second one! Thanks for bringing those memories back!
WWF Smackdown! 2 has basically brought me into wrestling - I've never watched it before. Early Yuke's WWF Smackdown games were awesome, Here comes the pain was arguably the best.
No mercy and here comes the pain are the all time GOATs of wrestling games. I'm like you except WWF no mercy brought me to wrestling fan status. I always liked wrestling but I didn't really follow it until no mercy blew my 13 year old mind.
Same dude
*thq games
I remember putting hours into this game when I was 17/18. Though I will say I always found the soundtrack more fitting to a survival horror game than a wrestling game, but that's just me.
Remember this game looking like GOLD in Toys R’ Us and not being able to get it
I have such nostalgia for that dino head. I paired with the spacesuit look and he actually won the title. When he returned in Smackdown 2, he had a normal head and rode his own motorcycle.
This game was a huge part of my childhood gaming. It's also real coincidental you upload this because I recently purchased it and it's supposed to arrive tomorrow.
The WWE has had some Great Video Games over the Years and glad to see them being Covered here … 🔥
Yes! 👍🏻
WWF Smackdown (2000) =
,,A Breath of fresh air"
Perfect Summary for the feeling i had during playing this game back then as a young gamer, WB!
Can honestly say this game got me into the WWF - it fuelled me to want to know more and see all of these colourful characters in action. Stayed into wrestling to this day (aside from about a year and a half or so not watching around 2002-2003)
I loved this game, I still do, I always wished it had a bigger selection of moves to choose from
Still have my copy and it runs fine.
I actually liked the entrances with the tron in the background.
I thought they did a great job at copying the actual entrances
Hell yes. The way they did the entrances was perfect
I remember getting this game right when it came out, man was I blown away…. Went from playing WWF war zone, to Attitude, then to this game. Next to wrestlemania 2000, smackdown was definitely the best.
I honestly think what makes these games stand out and remembered was because they were simple, easy for people who hadn’t played a wrestling game to get into, simple controls, fast paced arcade like fun and an epic pumping soundtrack that fits in perfectly with the pace of the game. Of course other smack down games were fantastic but to me the fun will always lie in the first 2 smack down games but that’s just my opinion
Love this series and your channel! Thank you for the nostalgic trip. Can’t wait until you cover the Raw games! I remember being stoked for that seeing screenshots and then Raw 1 was rouggghh
This one should be great as always. I hope we get to see an in depth look at No Mercy, I know it's been covered a lot but it's still an excellent game!
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@@BoboMcBooboy Gotta keep on risin'....😉
Risin risin
Stone Cold Triple H and The Rock were always my favorite couldn't beat the game without anyone of them
Growing up with a Playstation WWF Smackdown was the game that made me enjoy WWE games cause I hated the controls and clunkiness of the Acclaim games. The sequel SmackDown 2 is one of my favorite games ever because it expanded so much on the first. The first sparked a foundation that spawned classic sequels and made the PlayStation WWE games top tier for years to come.
I know you remember how long it took to navigate through know your role 😂😂 those loading screens were hell in that game
Don't get why people keep complaining about Attitude and Warzone. Back then, the controls weren't an issue. Only untll this era where people complain.
I recently bought a PlayStation and a copy of WWF smack down, I’m currently playing as the undertaker and I’ve gone through three seasons so far. Wild gameplay is great for the most part it’s certainly not a perfect game with nonsensical cut scenes that seem to repeat throughout each season with with the occasional cut scene being differentmaybe.
I adore this game. there wasn't anything like it at the time and I couldn't get enough of it.I enjoyed the create a wrestler and the entrances so much, plus the season mode was a first and exciting
Playing this at the time was like playing the future!!
WB is up there with the most underrated RUclips channels, the entertainment value of this channel is off the charts
My first ever wrestling videogame, even when I watched WCW and before know the entire WWE roster. Great memories.
I think you're right about it being so positively compared to the previous games - I was 13 when I got this and my brother was 8. He really struggled to play Attitude whereas this was so accessible. We had a multi tap too which meant Royal Rumbles when my friends were over were a lot of fun.
I remeber this was one of the first game for px1 that I bought with my money. I played this through out my birthday that summer everyday. This is a classic.
Another awesome upload from the greatest wrestling channel on the net.
Although I was more of an N64 wrestling game fan back in the day. I can remember my friends talking about this one back in the day. It was massive. I don’t think I ever got round to playing it. Still good to have a review of it.
Smackdown 2 was my jam. I made RVD in that one and he was so close to the real guy.
Me too 👏🏻
I still have that game!!! I remember mom renting it for me from blockbuster back in the late 90s. I got the game for weeks after that for having good grades on my report card from school.
I remember playing this with my uncle on his PS1 when I was a kid. This one was one of my favorites because the controls were so much easier for 6-7 year old me. So many hours spent beating up Vince and Shane to my delight.
The Smackdown game on PS1 was one of my favorite video games ever ....the Royal Rumble mode was so fun
As an N64 owner, I was so blown away when I played this game at my cousins house and saw the FMV entrance videos and the high quality theme songs. Wrestlemania 2000 had better game play IMO, but this game was a much better experience overall.
I remember walking past GameStation in the UK and seeing a CRT TV in the window with Smackdown playing in demo mode showing 4 wrestlers in the ring duking it out. My jaw hit the floor when I saw the way the ropes wobbled and moved and how fast paced the action was....... Then I went home and my mom called a friend at work and the next day I had a totally 100% legit copy of the game ;)
The DEMO blew my F***ing socks off! "The Rocks Eyebrow moves, he takes off his elbow pad" It was the best looking wrestling game by far. Something that maybe not so important now, but back then was how fast the game loaded, especially compared to attitude! No smackdown game ever came close when it came to load times.
Also I personally prefer season mode in Smackdown 1 over 2. SD2 season mode had loads more loading screens and the annoying bars that would fight each other.
You make a lot of great points! I def remember the feeling of Playstation finally getting a wrestling game that was actually great at that time! I remember seeing the Rock actually do the people's elbow in game! No mercy had it but it wasnt like in SD! All the new backstage areas were just great too! It was the 1st wrestling game that PS fans could be proud of during that time period lol! It was so far ahead of WarZone & Raw! There finally was a PS1 game that made some N64 fans really want to play it!
Seeing this game uploaded on this video reminds me why I miss playing this game. Played the demo so much and I need this game back. Always loved choosing Jeff Hardy lol
First time a segway into an advert has made me laugh out loud 😂 fair play! 👏
I was a little bummed that I couldn't get wwf wrestlemania 2000 for Christmas because n64 games were a lot more expensive. I got the first smackdown instead and ended up LOVING it. It's so fun. Not as good as the n64 games imo but it does different things, giving a very arcade experience. To the point where I was hype as hell to get smackdown 2 when it came out!
My biggest memories from this game is using the character creator to put The Rocks head on the Undertakers everything else and calling him The Overtaker.... i dont know why but i legitimately think about it too much
I bet he was a champion pro biker.
Smackdown 1 and 2 were my favorite games from the ps1 era I played it so much as a kid..would stay up all night with friends to play these iconic games
I'm playing Here Comes the Pain on my smartphone right now.
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This was the beginning of a great gaming franchise
Smackdown had one of the best story/career modes ever! It always kept you intrigued and the mode went as you went. If you lost, it went “this way”, if you win, it went “that way”, but it wasn’t already forced and predetermined.
Smack down 2 was sooo classic. Can’t wait to see the review on it. I remember me and my friends had the multitap and we used to play the season mode crazy lol.
"There's a reason why the Smackdown games where King Of The Mountain"
Right.... future TNA video games retrospective coming soon lol
One of the things I like most about wrestling, is even though I don't like wrestling, I still love hearing about it despite not watching it for 19 years. I stopped in 2003, I've tried a couple of times since, the odd mania, but nothing ever got me back into it. It seems a lot of people share that view too, the fact you used to like it has you in it for life, even after you can't bear to watch it anymore.
I'd love to see these games re-released. The first two Smackdown games have aged very well.
Never played this title, but just wanted to say that there's no other RUclips channel I look forward to as much as this one.
What made these great was the pace. It's how games should be, fast paced and OTT. Why they went more realistic as the years went by is beyond me.
You nailed it. It might not be the best wrestling game of the bunch but when we were stuck extremely mediocre games like War Zone and and Attitude this was a MUCH welcome change. I played this and almost this exclusively from the release til Smackdown 2 came out. Creating your own PPV i found fascinating and would do that for hours!
Really enjoyed this video. Hope to see more video game content in the future. Your takes on them are always entertaining.
I bought a PS3 last year, and as it plays all PS1 games I immediately bought all the old wrestling games I could find... Power Move, WCW vs the World, and Smackdown 1 and 2 are all proudly in my library...
I don't think I ever realized how good the OG theme song was, and the entrance videos are nicely done for the time. Giving this one a shot!
I enjoy all your content, but I like these video game reviews. I hope you keep at these. We are all still waiting for Day of Reckoning 2 review. ;)
I’m proud to be a part of the family who went out and bought this game. After WCW Nitro, and WWF Attitude, this was refreshing.
I had this game back then, I love playing the season and create your own superstar. Miss those times...
I worked at an import game shop near Baltimore, MD and someone who worked on this game used to come in a lot. One day he slipped me a burned disc of an early playable version, maybe a few months before it released. It surprisingly had the whole roster that made the retail version, but I'll always remember how weird it was that anyone who didn't have their finisher animated yet, like Jeff Hardy, just used a German suplex.
This game is what introduced me to WWF and made me start watching it. Thus becoming a fan
So this game has a very special place in my heart
But I must admit. After replying it again in 2018. It has aged badly but still has a special place in my heart
I used to love booking my own ppvs just to see how a rating I could get. I would spend hours doing it. Good times.
That game .... played so much of it as a teen with my friend living only 3 house down the road , even living so close we were sleeping over just for never stop playing Ahaha .... great memories .
This 20plus year old game had more backstage options and more match types than the newest wwe 2k game. Let that sink in..
Okay, so I picked this up a few years ago and just kinda tired it up to test it, but didn’t spend too much time with it. I was hoping you were going to cover this game, so watching this is even more awesome right now personally! This game has WAY more depth to it than I was aware of, and this is totally awesome! I’ll definitely have to play this sometime soon! Thanks for the awesome in-depth coverage of this game!
You really had to be there for this, a lot of people love no mercy and all that but I had the ps1 as a kid and smack down 1 and 2 was my FAVORITE. I still go back and revisit them
You should cover a game called Wrestling Empire, it's very funny and the career mode is surprisingly good
Damn this brought back some memories! I'd only played Attitude before this came out, I remember getting the Demo with a PSX magazine and my first match I failed hard because it was so different to what I was used to lol. But I was blown away by how it looked and the fast pace. Sank so many hours into that season mode.
Thanks for all the nostalgia man for real
Its crazy to me that the modern 2K games, including the revamped 22/23/24 titles, still uses Yukes code that began with this game.
Having things like a ladder match, an actual Royal Rumble, having more than 4 wrestlers in the ring. These are all absolute game changera.
The finishers were so good here too. The only goofy thing I remember about the controls here was everyone had an option to catapult your opponent. A lot of times just off into nothingness
I went to a local gaming store in my community and tried it out. After five minutes of playing it, I immediately bought Smackdown! I remember when many WWF fans thought it was a big mistake for the WWF to leave Acclaim to have THQ & Yukes develop WWF wrestling games, as the WCW games were a disaster on PS1. But Yukes was a new gaming developer. After that, Yukes had great WWF/WWE games for many years. Smackdown 1 & 2 are the best wrestling games on PS1 in my opinion.
The first time I did the people’s elbow and The Rock took off his elbow pad, my mind was absolutely blown.
I remember coming home on release day after school and just seeing smack down right on the dining room table waiting for me my dad was the best he always got me every wrestling game I was so happy and excited to play it I had so much fun playing smack down alone and with my friends story mode was fun too I loved the whole smack down series up until here comes the pain after that I stopped playing and didn’t play again until WWE 13
Man look at the graphical jump between those early games and smackdown. Smackdown 2 was even better!! Great video man.
Man this game bring back memories me and my older brother had this game and we use to play it all the time good old days, man that theme song tho
This game got me and friends into wrestling.. back in Elementary school.. And i got back into wrestling few years back
I still love this Game. SD 1 and 2 Great Memories, I remember back in those Days when me an 3 of my best friends played this all day long. I had this Multitab where you could play with 4 players in the same ring. That was so much fun.
My mom got me this game to keep me busy during spring break that year lol. One of the best weeks of my life. Loved this game.
I still enjoy this game
Getting into Wrestling back in Jan 2000 *WCW World Wide on Channel 5 Friday Nights then about a month later learning the WWF was on Channel 4 for Sunday Night Heat mid day* I just wanted more Wrestling and after recording so many VHS Tapes of WCW and WWF the next step was playing Wrestling Games and this right here was my 1st ever one and I think about 4 months later I saw Smackdown 2 Know Your Role :)
The Slobber Knocker match was really special.
As a kid I was stoked seeing the ring apron move when a move was done… seem so real
Hey man, love the channel, been getting back into old wrestling lately, complimenting it with your videos.
Really love the old wrestling game videos, was so obsessed with any new wrestling game when I was a youngster.
Will you be covering any of the overhaul mods for any games? Here Comes the Pain 2.0 is pretty neat, updated roster and added wrestlers. I doubt one could fill a video but maybe just take a look at a few for one? Just a thought.
Cheers, take care.
Congrats on all your milestone's man, you're definitely dedicated to Pro Wrestling and it shows. Keep up the good work. Can't wait to see you get to 300K.
A big reason Kevin Owens is one of my favorites is because his moveset is almost exactly the same as my created wrestler from this game, Big Poppa Punk. Visually, he was Raven with a kilt and green mohawk.
After all these years, all I still hear is "Everybody on the ground, Will Smith is selling crack." when I hear those gibberish vocals.
Great video as usual.
This was truly a great time to be a wrestling fan and gamer. The aki games on n64 and smackdown on playstation were a big gamechanger. Before wrestling games all felt so janky but these companies brought 2 different but easily accessible and very fun options.
I see Wrestling Bios vid, I like :D
The thing that makes Smackdown's in-ring visual presentation so much better than War Zone and Attitude's is the variety of camera angles, and the lighting.
The lighting in Attitude and War Zone was very flat, with minimal cast shadows from a single light source; whereas Smackdown is rendering multiple cast shadows from various light sources - just how it is in an arena, along with core shadows and reflected light on the models themselves, which gives a more convincing and true to life appearance.
Man this game brings back so much nostalgic memory's, an absolute classic!!
14:20 The nostalgia i just got hearing the create a player music ☺️
This game changed all wrestling games for the future and I sunk 100s of hrs into it! I miss the older days where games were great
The immediate flashbacks just 20 seconds into the video are insane. :D
I remember playing smack down shut your mouth before I played this classic I got it a couple days ago and man its amazing how fun it is when it comes to the controls and gameplay I’m in year 12 of season mode with ministry undertaker and I see this as the best ps1 wrestling game because of how good the season mode and 1999 wwf roster which I prefer to smackdown 2 roster and this video is what got me interested in the game and is was worth the 20 bucks I spent to get it