Uh... why do that when it is a completely outdated technology in every way possible? For aesthetic? Aesthetic can be COPIED flawlessly IF someone wanted to make a throwback, but why even do this for something no one even has to?
There aren't many photo framed styled fighters out there. You can't replicate a photo with full motion without making it look to cartoonish. The only reason this stopped was cause it was thought it'd be cheaper than hiring real people. Yes, tech has moved up but still with somethings you can't make it any better
The concept was quite impressive for its time. It's a side-scroller Mortal Kombat-style game with WWF wrestlers. I almost forgot that Midway had owned MK before Warner.
Yeah, the studio that WB owns is Netherrealm Studios, and is basically, the last remembrance of what once was Midway. That's why MK games haven't lost a step and keep progressing.
Used to play this on the mega drive and we went for holiday to southafrica, the famous sun city. I found an arcade machine that had this game. After playing for 5 minutes i looked back and had about 15 people was stood behind me watching.... all those hours payed off for that 1 moment lol
@@davidcurry332 man I'm not gonna lie I miss the simplicity of games they didnt have graphics but it was still good enough to make you play and the game play was good
Games these days are so focused on graphics that forgot about the feel the players should be getting from it. Nintendo was the only one with they Wrestle mania series that could match the arcade game styles
This arcade game was simply Epic (The machine itself) The HQ Audio (It's Midway doing what they did best creating something eye catching it felt very special putting a quarter in the machine and playing this game! Every 90's Midway Cabinet was awesome imo (I remember seeing the The Total Carnage Machine for the 1st time still to this day it's a surreal memory (so many younger people can never experience these points and time (Is sad) at the time it had a huge line of teens/adults wanting to play it very much like MK3, Ultimate MK3 and MK4........ Awesome footage
This game had it all. The fun factor was through the roof. Man, I wish young people could experience the fun of leaving the house and going to an arcade and trying out moves you got from magazine. LOL
this style of wrestling games is so underrated. i think this completely holds up still to this day, i remember playing "in your house" i believe on dreamcast it was and its the same engine as this arcade game.
@@jonpaul3868 I'm 33, lol. I grew up playing Sega Genesis, SNES, PSone, N64, but i stopped buying consoles after the PS3 and 360 because games have massively degraded in quality now. I wish i would of known about this game growing up. i would of been addicted instantly.
I remember this game this game takes me back to my childhood this game is very hard to play I never give up I kept playing in until I got used to it and started winning matches
My favorite part is when the Undertaker is all like “now that you’re down and out, let’s take a peek at what you got going on down… WHOA! WHAT?! BATS?!!”
What a hell of a video game. If i remember correctly i had this for the sega genesis or the ps1. Man what a great time in life. I played the hell out of this game. I think i played this in the actual arcade too. We need a Shawn Michaels play through. I mean just listen to the commentary. This game was way ahead of its time.
Midway was the masters of digitized actors in fighting games all thanks to mk. Theres a history video about this game by patman. One little history is that Taker would allow them to digitize him in the game BUT under 1 condition: he asked for a large bottle of jack daniels. Another is there was going to be others in the game but the production was already done and those wrestlers were cut from the game.
Maldita sea,no recordaba este juego,masterpiece game!! vince and jerry en comentarios wow,mi infancia,the undertaker,el mas grande de la historia!!!!!!!!!!!!.r.i.p !! ⚰⚰⚰⚰
syit looks way better than the crap they are offering these days in the name of CGI. even the gameplay is straight forward with all their moves. It shows how much effort they put in with the limited technology and data they had those days.
Midway made this and mortal kombat, using the same engine. Along with NFL Blitz. Another game that needs a reboot. Even just a remaster would be great for this game. A couple wrestlers in this game had since passed away though, so it would be a good dedication to them. Saturday Night Slam Masters would be awesome with n HD remake as well.
I had Blitz for the N64, and mastered everything in the game. Then, my local arcade had gotten the coin op, and I never lost a game. though you had to pay more money to continue each quarter. So it would cost me $2 for a full game. If another person challenged me, I would always leg drop on them after I tackled them.
the saddest thing about this gem of a game is that there was never a sequel. nowadays this could go on forever like Smash Ultimate on Switch, just add different arenas based on PPV/TV events, add J.R and King Voicework, add new characters to the roster on the regular. that game would would be played for years. Vince these days really is just about turning down easy money.
