| Pro Wrestling | |
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Pro Wrestling cover art |
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| Developer(s) | Sega |
| Publisher(s) | Sega |
| Platform(s) | Sega Master System |
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| Genre(s) | Wrestling |
| Mode(s) | Single-player Multiplayer |
| Media/distribution | Cartridge |
Pro Wrestling (Gokuaku Doumei Dump Matsumoto in Japan) is a professional wrestling video game released for the Sega Master System in 1986 (1987 in Europe)[1] by Sega. The game features usable weapons as part of the gameplay. A chair can be picked up and used by two of the teams and collected for points by the two other teams. Wrestlers also have short entrances to one of two theme songs. The game also features a referee who counts pins with an audible voice.
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The single player game has the player selecting one of four sets of tag teams:
The game's characters are all cartoony and appear in a super deformed style. The player's selected tag team contests for three titles against the other three teams in this order: the Mexican League title in Mexico, the Pacific League title - in Hawaii and finally, the World Title in New York City. The opponents faced are not specific to each city. Each match is a ten-fall match up, which means that the player has to pin one of the opponents for a three count or make him submit in ten matches before winning the title. If the opponent wins, the match must be wrestled again, but all the falls the player previously won are retained.
From a standing position, only punches, kicks and running body attacks (running into the opponent) can be performed. Once the opponent is on the ground, the player has the options of performing a grappling move, whipping the opponent into the ropes or going for the pin. Grappling moves vary from ground attacks like knee drops to pinning/submission holds like the Boston crab or German suplex. Additional moves can be after the opponent has been whipped into the ropes.
Each wrestler has an energy bar, which is replenished by standing on the apron. When the wrestler is low on energy, the energy bar turns red, indicating that he is vulnerable to a pin or submission. Pins or submissions that are unsuccessful result in the wrestler performing the pin or submission to be flat on his back. Two of the teams can also use aerial moves. The two teams that can't use aerial maneuvers can instead go outside the ring and grab a steel chair to hit the opponent with to cause maximum damage. There are barriers outside of the ring that do damage if the player runs into them.
A two player mode is also available, but there are restrictions on the match ups players can choose.
The Japanese version, Gokuaku Doumei Dump Matsumoto is directly based on a Sega System 16 arcade game Dump Matsumoto (also known as Body Slam), which featured the real-life Japanese professional wrestler of the same name. Despite featuring female professional wrestlers exclusively, the gameplay is almost the same with some moves and move names being recorded differently in the instruction manual. Instead of just a steel chair, there are a variety of weapons for use - including the ring bell. The title screen, a few graphics and some music were altered as well. Players of the Japanese version are also able to access a final, fourth match against an extraterrestrial tag team.
The teams are also different - there are two teams, "Gokuaku" (Matsumoto's stable Gokuaku Domei) and "Fresh Gals" (the game's version of Dump's rivals the Crush Gals) and each has a different version. It also has the same restrictions on the match ups in the North American version - the two different versions of the same team can't face each other.