This was my favorite game in the arcade. I was able to finish the game without losing one bar of health. I would use Big Boss Man/Macho Man or Big Boss Man/ Ultimate Warrior. Landing that flying clothesline by Macho Man on Andre the Giant was awesome.
2 Spots you can do in this game that nobody ever would have thought to try in 1989: Hulk Hogan can hit a leg drop from the top rope to the outside Run across the ring and dive over the ropes to the floor (brutal when you do it as Bossman)
I had just started watching wrestling in 1992 and I remember I stayed at a hotel in Massachusetts that had this in its gameroom. I always picked Warrior and Macho because the Ultimate Maniacs were a team at the time. Great times!
@tims4502 Rick Rude was actually planned to be in the game, so it makes sense that it's more of a Rude Awakening. Brutus Beefcake was originally planned to be in it also.
This game is underrated. I preffer this over Wrestlefest. If they would only do a modern game like this with old & new characters. If done right, it would be the perfect game.
They have. There is a WWF Wrestlefest remake, and I think there is even a version called Retromania which has a bunch of guys who the WWF didn't have rights to, lol.
@@EGarrett01 First off, that was Wrestlefest. This is Superstars. The graphic styles are different in Wrestlefest. Secondly, Retromania sucked. Mainly because of the roster. You can be LOD, and a couple other older wrestlers, but that's it. No Andre, no hogan, no warrior, no flair, no Taker. If they are gonna make a game like that they should have everyone that was in the original game + more. I would never waste my time or money with Rero mania. The Undertaker & Warlord were originally in Wrestlefest, but they took them out. They should have had them. I dont care about guys like the blue meanie & tommy dreamer. That game was done wrong.
@@jamesmuller1481 First off, I know this was called Superstars. The game is still using a very similar if not the same engine. Second off, modern games in this style have been made even if you don't like them. Third, if you're old enough to have played this, you shouldn't write such a stupid and immature reply.
Ah, the memories. IMO, this was slightly more difficult than the iconic Wrestlefest, particularly the Mega Bucks. Now I did have a lot of trouble beating LOD, that is until I found my forever championship team: SGT.Slaughter & Earthquake!! Ran thru the whole game twice on $2!!
Yeah, I was about to say Duggan’s finisher was the three point stance clothesline. And Hogan did go for a piledriver on Andre at Wrestlemania 3 on the outside of the ring, after pulling back the mat. Andre reversed it, though, and backdropped Hogan with ease.
@@paulmillercanada acclaim couldn't get it Right till attitude. Ljn couldn't get it right either. Or rare. Yes that rare. They were responsible for the WWF Nes games.
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Technos was the perfect arcade game developer to make a WWF game. I wish they made more besides WrestleFest. The Midway ones were fun, but they were more like a fighter.
I find it funny that Ultimate Warrior Finisher still had that botch feel to it because it reflects how Ultimate Warrior was unsafe with other wrestlers.
I can just imagine what Brutus Beefcake’s and Rick Rude’s animations would have looked like. It would have meant that Ted Dibiase and Andre would not have been the only wrestlers who could submit their opponents.
Keep in mind this game was made in Japan where wrestlers don't really have "finishing moves", which is mostly a western element in wrestling. Duggan does have his clothesline, but he doesn't have the football pose he does before it. What's weird is Boss Man has the big splash, which I never saw him do and Warrior doesn't even though it WAS his finisher.
@eyemixmusic6328 They don't have finishing moves as in each having one move only they do, that almost always ends the match. Any wrestler might use whatever they like, and while something like the burning hammer is very likely to end a match it's not assured.
@@Foamhead Sorry, that just isn't true. Finishing moves are much more protected in Japan, and much more likely to end a match, and there are loads of moves that are famously associated with one wrestler.
