@@sjwilson1079tell him. If he's seen NARC this is like the same graphics engine. If not the same like Hella similar. These digitized graphics were a thing for a moment. The batman and Robin game looked like this.
Even the announcer Howard finkel died a few years back. I believe it was cancer. The only people that survived in this entire cast of the game is Vince McMahon, Jerry Lawler, Shawn Michaels, undertaker, and of course Bret Hart.
This game looked so real back then! My dad got my big brother this game and NFL Quarterback Club '96 around his birthday for the Sega Genesis when we were kids around 1996-97 while on a trip to Las Vegas. My bro probably wanted to play QB Club more, but I was FAR more excited to play Wrestlemania than him because this era was the beginning of more or less a lifelong love of wrestling for me, and maybe it was at the tail end of my bro's infatuation with wrestling. During the 4 and a half hour drive back home to LA, which seemed like FOREVER, I could NOT wait to play it. Imagine just looking at the box and reading the instruction manual for 4-5 hours in your dad's van, just waiting to finally play. When we finally got home, my bro put in QB Club '96 first. That was fun, but I was waiting to FINALLY play Wrestlemania. He finally turned off QB Club and put in Wrestlemania. But when he did, and turned it on to play it, it didn't work! Screen just stayed black! Tried for hours and of course we didn't know anything about refunds and my dad wasn't about to drive us back to Vegas to return it lol. A few months later, my big cousin stayed at the house for a few weeks and said he could fix it by doing some "magic." He put the cartridge in between his palms and rubbed it and blew inside the cartridge among other things and said to the cartridge, "work." He put it into the Sega Genesis and turned it on... and IT ACTUALLY WORKED! Now the only thing was we could only choose Bret Hart and Razor Ramon. If we tried to choose anyone else the game would freeze lol, even if I tried to recreate the "magic" my cousin did to make it work. But we were thankful that the game actually worked to some extent, and my big brother, big sister and I had fun playing as Bret and Razor. Sometimes, I occasionally come back to watch videos like this to imagine how my playing experience would have been if I had been able to play as the other wrestlers. Seeing these videos in some way makes me feel less deprived and undoes some of the trauma I experienced with the huge disappointment of missing out on being able to fully enjoy the game as a kid. I'm thankful for that.
That's because they videotaped the real wrestlers doing these moves and inserted their clips into the game. That's the real Shawn Michaels, the real Undertaker and the real Bret Hart etc. doing these moves.
I feel u, I still got the genesis version and the PS1 version today. And a goofy movie was the business when we was kids, I use to know damn near every line to that movie, man I wore that tape out😄😅😀😁👊🏽😎
It shows that it was done by Midway, the special effects, the character modeling, the sound effects and even the character selection screen which reminds me of MK2. They were really ahead for the time.
One of the best fighting games ever! I wish they had added more wrestlers... The unique moves, styles to each character and the special moves and weapons, talk about details!
Omg good times going to my nearest Arcade had this game Mortal Kombat 1&2 ,Total Carnage ,NBA JA, Mace Of The Dark Age and Killer Instinct 1 at da same damn time 👍🏽😎💙
I got this game for Christmas in '95 on the SNES. I hate that Bam Bam and Yoko were not included in that version but I spent countless hours as Razor or Shawn. Great upload!
The reason why both Bam Bam Bigelow and Yokozuna got cut from the Super NES port was due to Nintendo's censorship at the time. Nintendo won't allow Midway to release the Super NES version unless Bam Bam Bigelow and Yokozuna are altered to be less menacing, to not had to deal with Nintendo's bs censorship Midway simply choose to not include both Bam Bam Bigelow and Yokozuna in the Super NES version thus making it the most inferior port of all the ports.
@@VOAN Ummm that's a...dumb assumption made by Nintendo when they have a "Dead man" known as the Undertaker in the video game. Nintendo smdh I swear.... Thank God they changed their ways when they decided to add blood in MK2 when they didn't for MK1.
@@VOAN I doubt all of that. Much like with the SNES version of Shaq Fu, the developers cheaped out on cart size compared to the Genesis versions and chose to cut a couple of characters to save money.
I spent so many hours playing this game with cousins and friends. So fun and addictive learning the big combo strings. This game was pure fun! Nostalgia off the charts! ❤️😃😁🔥🔥🔥
When I got my first ps1 soon it drop later after..remember my mom told me my Bru wat game we wanted..this was I our first ps1 game,and crash, tekken.i was 13 then
Commentary is provided by Vince McMahon and Jerry "The King" Lawler, who also appear in the game sitting at the announcers' table to the right of the ring, and Howard Finkel welcoming players to Wrestlemania at the start screen.
Are you saying if they made a mortal Kombat game with digitized sprites today like they already did in the 90s? Not trying to be a smart-ass but the way that you're saying it I can't determine whether you are suggesting they make a mortal Kombat game like this which they already did or if you want them to go back to making mortal Kombat games like this. They use the same technology on mortal Kombat that they used on this game. Digitized
![WRESTLING VIDEO GAMES EVOLUTION [1983 - 2023]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/cmVP7zl5xJQ/mqdefault.jpg)
![WRESTLING VIDEO GAMES EVOLUTION [1983 - 2023]](/img/tr.png)
The Midway days back when arcades were king. They are deeply missed. Half of the wrestlers on this roster are gone.😞😔
Damn you right didn't even notice that 😢
The L pattern it still alive, upside down L passed away. Isn't that kind of creepy in a way?
@@danielmas5493 Yup😐
What L pattern?
@@cannon59the people still alive in the character selection screen form an L with their pictures. The passed away ones form an upside down L.
This game was ahead of its time
Not really. It was full of 90s cheese lol
@@sjwilson1079 I’m talkin bout graphic wise
@@Mir215philly not really. The arcade machines were really coming into their own
@@sjwilson1079tell him. If he's seen NARC this is like the same graphics engine. If not the same like Hella similar. These digitized graphics were a thing for a moment. The batman and Robin game looked like this.
Complete Classic!!😅
Good memories for a golden game
RIP Doink The Clown, Razor Ramon, Yokozuna and Bam Bam Bigelow
Even the announcer Howard finkel died a few years back. I believe it was cancer. The only people that survived in this entire cast of the game is Vince McMahon, Jerry Lawler, Shawn Michaels, undertaker, and of course Bret Hart.
@@shadowpeople89 you forgot about Lex Luger he's still alive
That’s no coincidence
I love how this was WWF's own twist of Mortal Kombat
The graphics for this game were state-of-the-art at the time, and they hold up gloriously.
They really do.
They are not graphics 🤦🏽♂️🤦🏽♂️, they are just still photos , you don’t know nothing about game development
@@Therealstarbel lol oh boy, I don't know anything about game development even though I don't study it. What else do you want to tell me, genius?
This game was so ahead of its time!!!! It looks amazing and fun af!!!
This game looked so damn real back in 1995 ..😂😂
These graphics with realistic gameplay would've been awesome
It still looks real tbh 😅
It feels real because all the movements were recorded on camera. You can see making of Mortal Kombat to understand the process.
The game looks pretty good. The gameplay could've been better, but graphics wise it's pretty good, especially for it's time.
Because it is real
This game looked so real back then! My dad got my big brother this game and NFL Quarterback Club '96 around his birthday for the Sega Genesis when we were kids around 1996-97 while on a trip to Las Vegas. My bro probably wanted to play QB Club more, but I was FAR more excited to play Wrestlemania than him because this era was the beginning of more or less a lifelong love of wrestling for me, and maybe it was at the tail end of my bro's infatuation with wrestling. During the 4 and a half hour drive back home to LA, which seemed like FOREVER, I could NOT wait to play it. Imagine just looking at the box and reading the instruction manual for 4-5 hours in your dad's van, just waiting to finally play. When we finally got home, my bro put in QB Club '96 first. That was fun, but I was waiting to FINALLY play Wrestlemania. He finally turned off QB Club and put in Wrestlemania. But when he did, and turned it on to play it, it didn't work! Screen just stayed black! Tried for hours and of course we didn't know anything about refunds and my dad wasn't about to drive us back to Vegas to return it lol. A few months later, my big cousin stayed at the house for a few weeks and said he could fix it by doing some "magic." He put the cartridge in between his palms and rubbed it and blew inside the cartridge among other things and said to the cartridge, "work." He put it into the Sega Genesis and turned it on... and IT ACTUALLY WORKED! Now the only thing was we could only choose Bret Hart and Razor Ramon. If we tried to choose anyone else the game would freeze lol, even if I tried to recreate the "magic" my cousin did to make it work. But we were thankful that the game actually worked to some extent, and my big brother, big sister and I had fun playing as Bret and Razor. Sometimes, I occasionally come back to watch videos like this to imagine how my playing experience would have been if I had been able to play as the other wrestlers. Seeing these videos in some way makes me feel less deprived and undoes some of the trauma I experienced with the huge disappointment of missing out on being able to fully enjoy the game as a kid. I'm thankful for that.
This is also why I really miss the 90's
I still like these graphics. This has aged a lot better than even more modern wrestling games.
That's because they videotaped the real wrestlers doing these moves and inserted their clips into the game. That's the real Shawn Michaels, the real Undertaker and the real Bret Hart etc. doing these moves.
that was not graphics .. its a real motion capture
I remember when my mom got me this game for Christmas! It was this game and a goofy movie n a big box. I was so happy
I feel u, I still got the genesis version and the PS1 version today. And a goofy movie was the business when we was kids, I use to know damn near every line to that movie, man I wore that tape out😄😅😀😁👊🏽😎
I got it for 1995 Christmas as well. Good times
@@jariuswhite5035 hell yea bro
God I remember this game!!! This was the Mortal Kombat of Wrestling. Brutalities and Combos galore!
They're both made by Midway, that's why.
This was made on same lines as mortal kombat
This was my fav era of wrestling. Loved this game !
It shows that it was done by Midway, the special effects, the character modeling, the sound effects and even the character selection screen which reminds me of MK2. They were really ahead for the time.
I’ve never seen, heard, or played this game before but this gives me a strong dose of nostalgia …
The 90s was so awesome.
I miss it sooooooo much I wann go back 1 more time because ill never leave!!
One of the best fighting games ever! I wish they had added more wrestlers... The unique moves, styles to each character and the special moves and weapons, talk about details!
Just noticed, Shawn Michaels was chewing gum all along... hahaha
Love hearing the old Wwf Monday night Raw music in the back. Played a tone of this as a kid. Great content.
Vince and jerry were born to do the commentary!
NBA jam!
I actually miss these graphics. God damn.
''I wish they would update and remake video games like this for PS3 & PS4.'' 😎😎😎
From the makers of mortal kombat wwf always had the reputation of working with the top game studios of an era
This and In Your House for PS1 were the best at the time
Negative on in your house.
@@MrAmazinj facts 😁😁
I played this on my sega mega drive back in the day
Sega genesis
Love and miss this game! Bam Bam Bigelow was my favorite!
Those graphics alone make this game top tier
Wow I used to play this game on Sega Genesis when this game came out.
Omg good times going to my nearest Arcade had this game Mortal Kombat 1&2 ,Total Carnage ,NBA JA, Mace Of The Dark Age and Killer Instinct 1 at da same damn time 👍🏽😎💙
One of the best arcade fighting/ pro wrestling games ever made🔥🔥🔥
When WWF entered the MK realm. 🤣🤣This was one of my favorite games.
I got this game for Christmas in '95 on the SNES. I hate that Bam Bam and Yoko were not included in that version but I spent countless hours as Razor or Shawn. Great upload!
The reason why both Bam Bam Bigelow and Yokozuna got cut from the Super NES port was due to Nintendo's censorship at the time. Nintendo won't allow Midway to release the Super NES version unless Bam Bam Bigelow and Yokozuna are altered to be less menacing, to not had to deal with Nintendo's bs censorship Midway simply choose to not include both Bam Bam Bigelow and Yokozuna in the Super NES version thus making it the most inferior port of all the ports.
@@VOAN as a child who never had a genesis I never knew that at the time but it sure had everyone else we wanted 😅
Michael's was better in this than In Your House
@@VOAN Ummm that's a...dumb assumption made by Nintendo when they have a "Dead man" known as the Undertaker in the video game. Nintendo smdh I swear.... Thank God they changed their ways when they decided to add blood in MK2 when they didn't for MK1.
@@VOAN I doubt all of that. Much like with the SNES version of Shaq Fu, the developers cheaped out on cart size compared to the Genesis versions and chose to cut a couple of characters to save money.
Shawn Michaels specials are so much fun to watch especially with the stomps to the opponent.
This was my first wrestling addiction as games went. First at the bowling alley, then multiple platforms and emulators. Epic in its day.
brings back so many memories, dayum
I completely forgot about this game. It’s been so long when I was a kid.
By far one of the best wrestling games of all time. But can we talk about that 20 hit combo at 0:56..? he literally brutality the guy
WrestleFest was also amazing
This is beautiful. Ive never seen the game look this good.
I had a copy of this game and got it signed by Big Show when he was still going by the name The Giant
These kind of graohics shoul come back , with them REAL but us been able to control them in the game
I spent so many hours playing this game with cousins and friends. So fun and addictive learning the big combo strings. This game was pure fun! Nostalgia off the charts! ❤️😃😁🔥🔥🔥
Best wrestling game ever 😤😤😤😤 Bam Bam Bigelow and Razor Ramon combos are out of the world😤😤😤😤😤
I remember i got this game for Christmas on super Nintendo i couldn't stop playing it... It certainly was a great Christmas day
Even in 2023 this games still holds up🙌🏽💯
I remember playing it on pc. Tag team co-op was awesome. Luger, Ramon and Hart were real pita on highest difficulty
I kinda miss when wrestling games were like this and wasnt tryna be so realistic
It’s crazy how the crowd in this game looks better generated than the crowd in WWE 2K23. 2K need to work on that.
Thank you for uploading this and not only that, but for doing it with the greatest in ring performer of ALL time.❤😎❤
The good old days at fun factory😂
Get up Ramon!😅
Took me back to my childhood. i had this and Royal Rumble for Sega.
My favorite wrestling game
I play this on Super Nintendo from time to time.
Damn, Midway was like, " Hey, what if Mortal Kombat....but WWF?"
Look how good the characters look 👀!!!! Amazing!!
back in the day when u punched somebody, water comes out
Ya know ive never noticed til watching this....the OG RAW THEME is in the game WOW
And OG WWF Superstars theme too, they loop in between rounds.
@@boomdaddycool4328 never knew that!
When I got my first ps1 soon it drop later after..remember my mom told me my Bru wat game we wanted..this was I our first ps1 game,and crash, tekken.i was 13 then
I wasn’t even born yet & I like a remastered this look funner than some games today 🤣🔥🔥🔥
This game was how I began watching wrestling 🥹🫶🏾
Man I used to love this game! Crazy
You just gained a subscriber. This takes me back.
Those lovely sick comboes of Brett heart ❤❤❤❤
This game was really good , additive as anything.
This is what real life WWE should be
ULTRA COMBOOOOO!!
I remember playing this on my friends Sega Genesis, feels like yesterday but it's actually 26 years ago... what a time..
I had that game and I loved it so much I never slept as a kid played all day long
I love playing with Shawn Michaels on this game he was a beast with those kicks I do that junk all the time
This was one game I played a million times and learned all of Shawn’s moves without looking them up
As a hardcore wrestling and Nintendo fan this game was a match made in heaven 😢❤ Thank you!!!!
I remember I used to play this all the time on the PS1 when I was a kid! Still the shit to this day!
Arcade game и smackdown самые наверное динамичные и драйвовые😆
One of my all time favorite arcade games.
This game was so dope!!! Imagine a new game looking like SF6 like over the top wrestling with combos and super finishers
SF6 looks trash
@@gemini4lyfe3001 Hope you don't cut yourself from trying to be so edgy.
One of my favorite games of all time.
An hour ago I remembered about this game and now it got out in the recommendations. Our thoughts are being watched.
mortal kombat feels. If I didn’t see the intro I would have thought it was Johnny Cage with long hair minus rayban
People just don’t understand how amazing this game truly is!!
They need to go back to this style. They could probably make it look way better now with actual stills or vids of the wrestlers.
Big facts..
these graphics still hold up well as an arcade game
I used to play this and Monday night raw on Sega in the 90's
I learned most of the moves of this game. 🤣😂
Man i love this game..i was so good at it..i still know the combos of all the wrestlers
I'm not going to lie if these games stayed like this I would have kept buying these games it was ahead of is time
I had this game. I'm favorite wrestling was The British Bulldog. He had a leash like scorpion.
It was a blast it was the wrestling comparison of nba jam, what a mash up..
Imagine them doing characters mods with real humans again with 120 fps it be so dope❤
Such a fun game, I still have it on ps1
One of the first video games I ever owned on PS1.
Impressive how the graphics filter really makes a difference here looks great!
You blink and it's game over! 😂😂
I remember this for SNES!
This game brings me back to 5th grade playing at my best friends house on the weekends
This 🎮 was classic , My Cousin favorite player was S.Michaels and he was danm near unbeatable 😂😂😂🗣️ SEGAAAA💯
Commentary is provided by Vince McMahon and Jerry "The King" Lawler, who also appear in the game sitting at the announcers' table to the right of the ring, and Howard Finkel welcoming players to Wrestlemania at the start screen.
I remember this game brings back lots of memories. Had lots of fun
After more than 28 years, i love this game. So fun and great
omg i remember this game..even without the graphics we have today, the games were so fun
This game was awesome back then! I was shocked how real they looked!
Man imagine they made a mortal Kombat game in this format like this in the 90s bro it’d be a classic today I swear
Are you saying if they made a mortal Kombat game with digitized sprites today like they already did in the 90s? Not trying to be a smart-ass but the way that you're saying it I can't determine whether you are suggesting they make a mortal Kombat game like this which they already did or if you want them to go back to making mortal Kombat games like this. They use the same technology on mortal Kombat that they used on this game. Digitized
@@shadowpeople89 I also think they should go back to digitized sprites. Think how cool it would be since now we a tech to have HD sprites in 60 fps
This is oddly satisfying to watch
This game is sooo FUN😎
This is still better than most wrestling games made today :/