WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game

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WWF WrestleMania
Developer(s)	Midway
Publisher(s)	Midway
Release date(s)	1995
Genre(s)	Fighting
Mode(s)	Up to 2 players, simultaneous
Platform(s)	Arcade, Sega Mega Drive, SNES, PlayStation, Sega Saturn, PC
Input	Joystick, 5 buttons
Arcade cabinet	Upright
Arcade system(s)	Midway Wolf Unit hardware Sound CPU: ADSP2150 Midway Digital Compression System (DCS) - Amplified Mono
Arcade display	Raster resolution 400x254

WWF WrestleMania also known as WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game (for the console versions) is a professional wrestling arcade game released by Midway. Despite being based on professional wrestling, the game's digitized graphics and fast-paced gameplay make it more of a fighting game in the vein of Midway's Mortal Kombat series. The game is regarded as over the top for its use of attacks - such as the Undertaker using purple fireballs and Shawn Michaels wields a baseball bat for his attack. Ports were made for Sega Mega Drive/Genesis, SNES, PlayStation, Sega Saturn and PC.

The game was followed up by WWF In Your House for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn

[edit] Roster

The ports had minor or major changes depending on the system. For example, the SNES version does not feature the endings of the Arcade version, and also lacks two characters: Bam Bam Bigelow and Yokozuna. It was rumored that Bigelow could be played in the European version via a cheat code. However, this has been proven false. There was also a popular rumor that Adam Bomb was available on the Sega 32X version of the game. This too, was proven false.

Another aspect of the game that brough ire to fans was that the World Wrestling Federation Champion at the time of the game's release, Diesel, was not a character in the game.

• Bam Bam Bigelow
• Bret "The Hitman" Hart
• Doink the Clown
• Lex Luger
• Razor Ramon
• Shawn Michaels
• The Undertaker
• Yokozuna

[edit] References

• Coin-Op Museum. Retrieved on December 9, 2005.

List of video games based on World Wrestling Entertainment
SmackDown! series
Original series SmackDown! | Know Your Role | Just Bring It | Shut Your Mouth | Here Comes The Pain
SmackDown! vs. RAW SmackDown! vs. RAW | 2006 | 2007
Xbox games
RAW | RAW 2 | WrestleMania 21
Nintendo games
Nintendo GameCube WrestleMania X8 | WrestleMania XIX | Day of Reckoning | Day of Reckoning 2
Nintendo 64 War Zone | Attitude | WrestleMania 2000 | No Mercy
Game Boy (Color, Advance) Superstars | Superstars 2 | King of the Ring | Betrayal | Road to WrestleMania | Road to WrestleMania X8 | Survivor Series
NES/ SNES/ Sega Genesis WrestleMania Challenge | Steel Cage Challenge | Super WrestleMania | Royal Rumble (1993) | RAW (1994) | WrestleMania: Arcade Game
Miscellaneous
Superstars | WrestleFest | In Your House | Rage in the Cage | Royal Rumble (2000) | Crush Hour