Best & Worst WWE Games: WWF In Your House – PSOne (1996) A bit like Reptile in the first Mortal Kombat then, except for the fact that, well, at least Reptile got over. Notable for: Years after release the developer confirmed a long-running rumor that mid-card talent Adam Bomb was a hidden character, but maintained that the grappler in question was not present in a fully completed form. Still though, it was a good bit of fun for what it was and remained a good way to distract oneself from the frankly horrendous booking that was going on in WWE at the time. I feel a bit sick now.ĭespite having a selection of wrestling moves, WrestleMania arguably felt much more like a traditional fighting game with the onus placed on racking up high combos rather than trading holds or, y’know, employing any sort of ringcraft.
Look at those digitised graphics! Imagine them in 4K! No, actually don’t. Essentially the result of an unholy marriage between the traditional wrestling games of the time and Mortal Kombat (no coincidence given that the WWE license and Mortal Kombat shared the same publisher), WrestleMania: The Arcade Game played up to the gimmicks of the wrestlers with The Undertaker smashing Tombstones over the skulls of his fellow sweaty folk and Shawn Michaels… I dunno, doing something funny with hearts.Īnyway, back then digitised sprites were the in-thing, and seeing the actual real-life representations of Bret Hart, The Undertaker and Yokozuna doing their bit was somewhat of a treat given the overly gaudy art that defined earlier wrasslin’ efforts.
What good reason is there for this little OTT gem not being featured in the PSOne Classics line-up? No good reason, that’s what. Best & Worst WWE Games: WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game – PSOne (1995)
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