WWF WRESTLEMANIA ARCADE HISTORY - Story of the MORTAL KOMBAT Wrestling Game!!

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Today, Top Hat Gaming Man discusses the history of WWF Wrestlemania Arcade game the 1995 Arcade game from the creators of Mortal Kombat!
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@jesust760 3 жыл бұрын

24 hit combo with Razor Ramon was my go to ass-kicking move.

@TheEddieJ1984 3 жыл бұрын

Oh man, I need to see if I can still pull that off, the one that ends with a sweet uppercut.

@jamesbounds 3 жыл бұрын

It's a shame the game had a short roster. Would have been cool if Diesel and Owen Hart were in the game.

@sororitysleepawaymortuary1659 3 жыл бұрын

could have used Diesel for sure. the game still has great replayability though. it's fast paced and well made. i still do a run through and try to beat it quite often. the sequel In Your House had Owen Hart but was missing Mankind.

@jamesbounds 3 жыл бұрын

@James Ervin Would be cool.

@sororitysleepawaymortuary1659 3 жыл бұрын

@James Ervin that would be amazing. theres this demo with mortal kombat characters but it's not playable apparently. it's amazing though. someone needs to make it playable. have you seen it?

@sororitysleepawaymortuary1659 3 жыл бұрын

@James Ervin yeah man. i will try to fin you the link. it's so awesome.

@rouju 3 жыл бұрын

Strangely, this game is still more fun than modern WWE / F game somehow. Bonkers, quirky but most of all fun ha ha

@UltimateGamerCC 3 жыл бұрын

insanely fun, rather than trying to tech it up and make it a snooze fest they made it accessible and fun, to a point that it is quite timeless.

@kadosho02 3 жыл бұрын

This is an awesome one. Never played it, but to know they took a risk using real wrestlers, capturing their performance and taking it to another level. Back then, wrestling fans must have been losing their minds.

@duffyboy1986 3 жыл бұрын

This game has a special place in my heart

@sleepalaska 3 жыл бұрын

we most certainly lost our minds..great game, great times, wish i could go back.

@askashik 3 жыл бұрын

Me, my older brother, AND my friends sure did. The game is still awesome!

@78zappaf 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, yes we did lose our minds!

@boomdaddycool4328 3 жыл бұрын

When this gem hit the arcades my 11 yr old self was on cloud 9 two of my favorite things in the world combined WWF(not E) and Mortal Kombat I love this game so much I played it in the arcade then got it for Christmas on the SEGA Genesis and then again on PS1 when I bought my first PlayStation and I still have them all i break out the ol PS1 version atleast a couple times a year every year 💪🏾

@eviltom17 3 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised that there was no mention of Undertaker's 'Fatality' in the game. The only wrestler who got a finishing move in the game.

@UziGameGP 3 жыл бұрын

I wish everyone had fatalities

@aaronjjacques 3 жыл бұрын

bam bam had one if you jumped off the top rope. You basically flame on them with the splash.

@donaldramsey6222 3 жыл бұрын

sean michaels had one also, a heartbreak hotel would fall on them

@saltygh0st124 3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, that's the reason I often picked The Undertaker when playing this at the arcade. I think they all were supposed to have finishers, but time restraints cut that short. WWF's In Your House however, everyone has a finisher, though most of them are pretty awful.

@saltygh0st124 3 жыл бұрын

@@donaldramsey6222 In Your House

@p.d.l7023 3 жыл бұрын

Pit Fighter was photo-realistic game during that short window.

@TheAoalec14 3 жыл бұрын

Game was literally button masher the simulation though

@PosthumusArt 3 жыл бұрын

Pit Fighter and this game for Sega....oh the memories

@JoeyJ0J0 3 жыл бұрын

So was Narc

@willh3972 3 жыл бұрын

Pit fighter was one of my first gaming memories, the look was just so unique

@MikeDeeJackson 3 жыл бұрын

I was waiting for this one!! I don't care what anyone says, I loved this game as a kid. THEY NEED TO REMAKE THIS GAME

@UltimateGamerCC 3 жыл бұрын

indeed, WWE should contact the boys at Netherealm Studios, a modern remake with tons of modes, wrestlers and finishers is something we all want to see.

@AnthonyBellJr 3 жыл бұрын

I remember the first time I me and my cousin played this at Disneyland. It was hard to find this cabinet in the majority of the arcades. But when it finally came to home consoles!!! Dream come true

@sororitysleepawaymortuary1659 3 жыл бұрын

that's awesome! i first played it at an arcade and i was blown away. i couldn't believe how awesome it looked and played. Shawn Michaels swinging a baseball bat. mind blown.

@rustyshack155 3 жыл бұрын

It was either Disneyland or Knott's Berry Farm that carried the most rarest of the Arcade Games. I remember it was in Knott's Berry Farm that I first got to try Soul Calibur since I couldn't find any other arcade that had it, even the hot spots for arcade comp.

@AnthonyBellJr 3 жыл бұрын

@@rustyshack155 it wasn't even by space mountain which was weird. It was by the main entrance. We only seen it on the way out. I would've rather spent my whole day there instead of Disneyland at that age lol

@OptimumTaurus 3 жыл бұрын

I remember having a blast with this game. I feel like Capcom's equivalent would have been Saturday Night Slam Masters. I'd have to give the slight edge to Slam Masters but I still loved this game too. Edit: great, now I need to watch your Slam Masters video

@FishBeeProductions 3 жыл бұрын

This is still a great game!

@muttonssun9003 3 жыл бұрын

Wrestle mania 94-98 was my favourite years bizarre yet colourful.still memorable

@GameOnRadio1 3 жыл бұрын

The Attitude Era

@sodokami6347 3 жыл бұрын

This man deserves more subscribers

@TheRealDustinNunn 3 жыл бұрын

The best versions of WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game are the 32X and MS-DOS versions of the game because they are closer to the arcade version. This old game needs an online play remake and it needs to be renamed WWE WrestleMania: The Arcade Game with an updated roster, the options to create your own wrestler and your own move-set, the option to play online with your friends and vice versa.

@claumasstickpro1680 3 жыл бұрын

I hope a Remastered and extended version of this underrated game. It would be refresh for the current wrestling & fight titles

@p.d.l7023 3 жыл бұрын

I was playing the home version of this game when my sister went into labor. Had to stop playing and drive her to the L&D during a blizzard.

@richardatthegate 3 жыл бұрын

Geez... Not only did she make you stop playing, but made you drive in a blizzard? Couldn't you have handed her some duct tape to keep everything inside until the storm passed at least?

@Deathtank75 3 жыл бұрын

@@richardatthegate 🤣

@Chickenplop89 3 жыл бұрын

Please do 'In your house'😍. That and 'Wrestlemania Arcade' are some of my fave childhood games that I played with friends. Feeling the nostalgic now! Thank you for the great video , just subscribed 💪

@blakfloyd 3 жыл бұрын

5:37 The actual Nightwolf shoving Yokozuna. We weren't expecting this crossover.

@BluesElwoo2 3 жыл бұрын

That music to the attract mode of Wrestlefest! Man, how can you not like it? Good stuff!

@frankohbk 3 жыл бұрын

Still one of the best wrestling and fighting games ever made! Excellent video mate!

@Scotty4988 3 жыл бұрын

I was just thinking bout this game. Thank you for the video.

@PrinceAkkanatan 3 жыл бұрын

9:36 - that's Phil Apollo, who is a different guy from Ray Apollo/Liacelli (who played Doink), common mistake actually.

@ArkVogel 3 жыл бұрын

16:32 which was HUGE since the Sushi X Collective (yes I'm with *that* camp) was in charge of fighting games and had a high pass threshold.

@spoonimefan 3 жыл бұрын

YES! Sushi X of EGM! I remember those days, when the reviewers had cartoon drawings represent them in the magazine. One used a Battletoad.

@sororitysleepawaymortuary1659 3 жыл бұрын

this game is very well done. i still have fun playing it. great replay value if you can master it.

@acesandoval4467 3 жыл бұрын

Outstanding video!👍

@johnniez 3 жыл бұрын

THGM, were you always good at drafting essays throughout university? Your breakdowns are always on point, in structure and focus of content. Just well constructed stuff.... and consistent. Bravo.

@ShinyArjunSingh 3 жыл бұрын

wow man, made my life... nice one, subscribed...keep'em comin...

@retrostyle7962 3 жыл бұрын

Keep up the videos for the wrestling games.

@brianwatts5185 3 жыл бұрын

I always love when someone makes a Teddy Long reference when talking about tag team matches playas and when talking about...THE UNDATAKA!!!

@daniellacomb917 3 жыл бұрын

Played the hell out of this on the snes when it was new. Undertaker is the man, and doink! Dont forget the first wcw and wwf games for the N64 in your next videos!

@mirotrevino9662 3 жыл бұрын

I hope with all this coverage of old school wrestling games that Top Hat doesn't forget about King of Monsters. The first game in the series was a straight up wrestling game with a pin mechanic.

@FallouFitness_NattyEdition 2 жыл бұрын

The 90s was a magical time for gaming.

@guynarcomey4205 3 жыл бұрын

I love this game. friends and i use to play this game a lot on SNES. I remember it bein crazy, you can tell whoever made it did a lot of work on it, lots of small details. Thanks. Good Review. Appreciate it

@ultimateman55 3 жыл бұрын

I received this by request for Christmas in 1995 on Playstation. It was an absolute blast to play with friends, and less so against the cheap CPU. The outrageous move sets of the characters combined with the combo system did give it a fighting game feel and I still consider it a sort of fighting game today. Definitely one of those games that I'll never forget.

@JoeyJ0J0 3 жыл бұрын

I had this game for Genesis and I loved it, I was a wrestling fan back then and a Mortal Kombat fan. This game holds up nicely

@yonnylayna9768 3 жыл бұрын

I love that collage aesthetic

@nickofthelivingdead88 3 жыл бұрын

I can still nail a 33 hit combo with Razor Ramon, I will admit I am god tier when it comes to this game😅

@JasonMontell2501 3 жыл бұрын

I just found your channel. Looks promising. Thank you

@Sephiroth144 3 жыл бұрын

Was a staple in the arcade near me in the mid/late nineties; remember playing this game between games of Ultimate MK3

@dustman820 3 жыл бұрын

I still play Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game from time to time. One of my guilty pleasures. Not a deep game like most arcade ports at the time, but it is very fun to play. I like the ridiculous moves like Doink's Joy Buzzer, Undertaker using an actual Tombstone, Yokozuna flying across the ring to sit on an opponent and Bam Bam Bigelow's top rope headbutt setting the opponent on fire if it connects just to name a few.

@WorldofMrGrey 3 жыл бұрын

Wresltefest without a doubt my favourite of the lot

@jmluna86jl 3 жыл бұрын

back when wrestling was great!

@themadrapper101 3 жыл бұрын

New Generation Era 1993-1996 is a little underrated period

@sororitysleepawaymortuary1659 3 жыл бұрын

they had the arcade cabinet of Wrestlemania The arcade Game at a 7-11 near me at the time when it came out. they also had many great wrestling magazines there too, back when wrestling was really fun and interesting.

@josephespitia5084 3 жыл бұрын

I don't know if I miss it. But, you forgot to mention about undertaker's fatality. When the undertakers shoves his opponent in a coffin,buries them and a tombstone appears in the ring. It's really cool.

@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries 3 жыл бұрын

Video was well put together but you missed out on a lot of the behind-the-scenes drama. Undertaker refused to do any filming until somebody got him a bottle of Jack, Shawn Michaels and Bret Hart were true professionals but razor was bombed out of his mind. It took yoko literally in our to walk from the front to the building to the back of Midway studios where the filming was taken place. The super Nintendo version was missing both Yoko and Bam Bam due to the slower processor speed and memory constraints. I did a pretty comprehensive video on its which is up on my channel if you're curious. I also show a picture of Adam bomb doing the motion capture work for his character.

@stupid5pin 3 жыл бұрын

You missed mentioning that the Undertaker has a Fatality on the arcade version 🤷‍♂️ But I'd say to just keep the arcade theme going with Royal Rumble next

@imdifferentchet 3 жыл бұрын

I also spent time as an Independent Wrestler, here in the States, and am also a huge gaming collector/enthusiast.... would love to chat directly or contribute to the channel in some way! Thank You! Love the Channel!

@Rustoization 3 жыл бұрын

I am DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED that you didnt discuss the "blood" that comes out of each respective wrestler (bowling pins for Doink, food for Yokozuna, jewlery for Razor Ramon, etc). How DARE you.

@TopHatGamingManChannel 3 жыл бұрын

It was in the original script, but sometimes I cut stuff out in the edit to make things flow better. This was one of those occasions.

@nubatman 3 жыл бұрын

No one messes with the bad guy. Razor was always my favorite character to play.

@LucasJodokast 2 жыл бұрын

man no mention of the PC DOS port... my mates & i were hooked from the moment we played it, it was basically identical to the arcade

@petersiddorn1369 3 жыл бұрын

I say to do In your house next since it was the next game in the timeline.

@MatMadikGCA 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome!!!

@Zero8880 3 жыл бұрын

Saturday Night Slam Masters was the Street Fighter of Wrestling Games. God I loved that game.

@matthawkins2974 3 жыл бұрын

Loved this, it was very midway of the time type game mortal kombat/nba jam. I think without the crazyness of this game people wouldn't have been so hungry for a game like warzone when it came out.

@UziGameGP 3 жыл бұрын

It has so many glitches it's hilarous. Yokazuna sand toss mid animation will freeze opponents. Yoko ass drop can be glitched where yoko keeps flying up in his assdrop animation.

@khrashingphantom9632 3 жыл бұрын

Between this game WCW/NWO Revenge and WWF No Mercy I played the hell out of those games! Hopefully he does the later 2 later, but I really enjoyed this video as well.

@KokNoker 3 жыл бұрын

Call me weird, but I have to argue that the game doesn't feel complete without hams flying our of Yoko

@ogkush7355 3 жыл бұрын

I was born in 89 this is the game that I love to play when I was a kid

@devforfun5618 3 жыл бұрын

weird hearing that doink was an unlikedly choice, in brazil we caledl the game "the fighting game with a clown"

@VegaManX4 3 жыл бұрын

Not even mentioning once how fast (and creative) it is compared to other wrestling games is a blasphemy in my book.

@alexojideagu 3 жыл бұрын

This is Sparta!!!!!!!!!!

@The1upforever 3 жыл бұрын

Beef n bean

@djcactus 3 жыл бұрын

No mention of the fatalities/finishers? They werent well know back In the day to be fair

@PrinceAkkanatan 3 жыл бұрын

I was always curious about that. The only finisher I ever saw or knew about was Undertaker's

@SurMonstro 3 жыл бұрын

I remember a small pool hall next to the local barber shop had this game. I would get a haircut and play the shit out of it. Was never a huge wrestling fan but this game was too damn fun. Good times

@demogorgonzola 3 жыл бұрын

Lex Luger might have been marketed as buff MacGyver

@nosferadu 3 жыл бұрын

This was a great game that I played for many hours with my friends as a kid. I'm surprised the formula wasn't picked up by other wrestling games. This game is still pretty much unique as far as I know.

@Chaz4543 3 жыл бұрын

Royal Rumble may be an arcade game but arcades were already mostly dead when it came out so most people played the Dreamcast version. I think it makes more sense to do In Your House since it was the sequel to Wrestlemania Arcade.

@uniqutilities2831 3 жыл бұрын

Dude!!!!! You were a indie wrestler!?!?! I feel like everyone would love to hear more!

@TheJericho1123 3 жыл бұрын

Bammer`s head was on fire, not hands.

@askashik 3 жыл бұрын

His hands did catch fire, mainly during his combos where he threw punches.

@CarInMyAss 3 жыл бұрын

I have a lot of fond memories with this game

@bust2007 3 жыл бұрын

I had this game for snes .. still loved it :)

@plaztik767 3 жыл бұрын

So many people forget about High impact, and it’s sequel super high impact . Although not wrestling games (American football) they are early examples digitized sports action way before NBA jam or WWF wrestling 🤼‍♂️

@NickolasNameolas 3 жыл бұрын

Please do in your house and keep rollin through these old jams

@thefifthdoctor6780 3 жыл бұрын

Pure gold

@billcook4768 3 жыл бұрын

I missed the Wrestlefest video. Wonder if you could convert an arcade 1up cab to that. If only there was some other video game youtuber who loves wrestling as much as THGM. Yeah....

@darthv72 3 жыл бұрын

you can't really talk about this without talking about Pit Fighter. the first digitized fighting/wrestling game. There was supposed to be a Pit Fighter 2 but a beat em up was released called Guardians of the hood instead.

@sororitysleepawaymortuary1659 3 жыл бұрын

i love love love Pit Fighter! i still play the arcade version often and Guardians Of The Hood. both fun games. actually i'm pretty sure Pit Fighter 2 was going to be released after Guardians of the Hood came out and was going to feature some of the characters from both Pit Fighter and Guardians Of The Hood.

@rellmonshade3241 3 жыл бұрын

The Fighter's Den subscriber??

@20FreeWill 3 жыл бұрын

Pit fighter was trash

@sororitysleepawaymortuary1659 3 жыл бұрын

@@20FreeWill ok...

@sororitysleepawaymortuary1659 3 жыл бұрын

@@rellmonshade3241 no, is it good?i just checked their page and they trash on Guardians Of tHE hOOD and seem to praise new mortal kombat games. i'm not sure their channel is for me.

@theregularfolks1723 3 жыл бұрын

This game was fire... could you imagine an EVO tourney

@gedaman 3 жыл бұрын

I had this game for PlayStation. I thought it was excellent. Using the unlimited combo cheat made the game so much fun. I very vaguely remember playing it in the arcade a couple of times. Bret Hart and Shawn Michaels and Bam Bam Bigelow were some of my favorite wrestlers of the time.

@twizsilver 3 жыл бұрын

Nice to see the Ups and Downs of this game on different gaming systems though lol

@steveothehulk 3 жыл бұрын

Was my favourite game on ps1 for ages

@4713Caine 3 жыл бұрын

Loved this game. Also loved the stop motion capture or whatever over the whole anime thing. Imagine if this game was given a sequel, and further expanded to include more characters like Kane, Austin, bossman. Also imagine if they included fatalities (more than just Undertaker) and blood.

@4713Caine 3 жыл бұрын

other thing I noticed was that none of the home ports were quite as good as the arcade, even the PSX and Saturn versions were missing some sounds. Plus, insofar as I could tell, you couldn't pick the alternate colors like you could in the arcade version.

@NowUndefined 3 жыл бұрын

I'm a new subscriber and I dinged the bell

@TheDimeDrawer 3 жыл бұрын

This game was really fun to play I thoroughly enjoyed it very much 👍

@SomeOrangeCat 3 жыл бұрын

Honestly, that description fits the game perfectly.

@JamesNGames 3 жыл бұрын

What a total Slobber Knocker! 🤣👌

@p.d.l7023 3 жыл бұрын

Later this year they are releasing a Wrestlfest type sequel. They got Road Warriors, Nikita Koloff, ECW guys and a lot of indy guys.

@0nly1truth 3 жыл бұрын

I can’t work out which game I like more - as the greatest wrestling game, this arcade game or Wrestlefest. It’s actually very tough for me to choose.

@DragonAurora 3 жыл бұрын

Depends on whether you want a more serious wrestling game or an over the top game that's more about having fun.

@willh3972 3 жыл бұрын

I'd go with wrestlefest, more dramatic and the wild battle royal mode was a blast especially in multiplayer

@Tom_Van_Zandt 3 жыл бұрын

Huh...I had no idea Wrestlefest/Wrestlemania used a lot of the same elements of Double Dragon, although now that he mentioned it I can tell that both games are very similar. Plus, there's a brand new Radical Review for the Legend of Zelda.

@Darkdogfilms4life 3 жыл бұрын

I got this game when I was 6 and I used to piss my pants because I wouldn't stop playing. Good Times.

@QuickBits 3 жыл бұрын

Wasn't the In Your House PlayStation game, developed by the same team that develops Mortal Kombat?

@rickythekid 3 жыл бұрын

“In Your House” next please. 😊

@Crimefighter 3 жыл бұрын

No wonder so many WWF characters were ported to Mortal Kombat Project.

@GodFirstTalkk 2 жыл бұрын

This game is awesome wish it had more characters

@yoyoyonasa 3 жыл бұрын

same on genesis. then with a friend we put 10% of life on extreme to beat ai. 4vs 4 was crazy. my best fighting game with ssf2 on genesis

@TheBestOne382 3 жыл бұрын

I love the hell out of this game I got it when it first released for Super Nintendo best wrestling game to play ever in my book

@juiceala 3 жыл бұрын

I’m not a fan of wrestling in the slightest, yet even I had enjoyment playing this back in the day, imo if you’re not into wrestling games like me, this is the ONLY wrestling game worth checking out.

@candoentertainment9118 3 жыл бұрын

Had this on Sega. Wish Arcade1Up would make a cabinet with this, Superstars & Wrestlefest.

@tydyman2003 3 жыл бұрын

YES I played this game on an emulator, I really hope I see the arcade cabinet one day

@minimalchill 2 жыл бұрын

I’d love to see your coverage of In Your House. I mean I want Royal Rumble too, but I’m just a tad more curious in the history of In Your House:

@TopHatGamingManChannel 2 жыл бұрын

I made a IYH video :)

@famous305matrix 3 жыл бұрын

I really wish we would get another over the top wrestling game similar to this or another WWE All Stars. I grew out of wrestling games trying to be more realistic a long time ago. Also I really would like for you to do WWF ROYAL RUMBLE

@sororitysleepawaymortuary1659 3 жыл бұрын

very addictive game if you know the moves. last game i played i won the wrestlemania challenge with quite a bit of health left.