Wrestling games

[tbp]

You seem having difficulty to be agreee about only one game.
What is the best wrestling game on Genesis ?
I mean which has aged well and is fun to play.

[NeoVamp]

Normal wrestling games weren't that good until the AKI N64 titles.

Not true, Fire Pro Wrestling became amazing around the time of Super Fire Pro Wrestling Premium.

[M4R14NO94]

Completely forgot about Slam Masters. It's also awesome.

Isn't it coincidental how two of the best ones for the system (Slam Masters and Wrestlemania) are arcade ports?

[midnightrider]

6 year old thread, but I've been playing Thunder Pro Wrestling Retsuden, which still doesn't have a review here, but as of some point last year, now has a guide at GameFAQs.

Through this game, I think I understand the split in the series, with the timing difference. Before the women's special game/Super Fire Pro Special, the grappling system was to wait for a change in the animation before you hit the button(s). For example, when you do a front grapple, the arms lock(which is when most players now are used to pressing the button(s), which is what would screw them over here), then after a second or so, lower, which is when you want to press the button(s) in the earlier Fire Pro games.

Funny enough, this game was the key to understanding that because of it's Beginner difficulty setting in the options mode. On the Beginner setting a white arrow would show up to demonstrate when to push the button(s).

Anyway, once you get it, it's easily the best(though not necessarily the most fun, which I'm not sure any Fire Pro has the distinction of) wrestling game the Genesis/MegaDrive has.

[Mr Smith]

There are no good wrestling games. Close this thread.

[Seingalt]

There are no good wrestling games. Close this thread.

I know that this will get me perma-banned but obviously I have to disagree ferociously with you on this. All Mega Drive wrestling games are superb (especially Royal Rumble, of course). People who say otherwise are just bad losers in my experience.


Great to see the legend return to Sega-16!

[SEGA-Jorge]

There are no good wrestling games. Close this thread.

Lol, the quality of your contribution it off the charts! Them old, jaded Sega-16 veterans never fail to entertain...

All sarcasm aside, the wrestling games on the Genesis definitely provide a great window into the wrestling game design theory of the time. Arcade games felt like they had better, more fleshed out competitive/layered mechanics, while the console exclusive stuff really helped establish the multi-faceted nature of wrestling games to come. Wrestling games were ahead of their time in regards to providing players with multiple ways to enjoy the game mechanics, multiplayer support, and multiple gameplay types using small to large game mutators. It was a really fun time.

My personal favorites were Raw for the more authentic wrestling experience, and Wrestlmania the Arcade game and Slam Masters for the arcade/ competitive wrestling games.

[NeoVamp]

*play old wrestling game*

*75% of the cast is dead now*

ohkaaaay...

[midnightrider]

John Candy's been dead for 23 years, that won't stop me from watching Planes, Trains, and Automobiles every Thanksgiving.

Plus, when the day comes that Vader dies, there's a MegaDrive wrestling game where he's OP(Yokuzuna is easily in that spot for Wrestlemania: Arcade).

[LinkueiBR]

WWF Wrestlemania Arcade>>>>>>>>>