This game is legendary for us in the 80s. I would have my pockets full of quarters and play non-stop. My cousins and I still say "AW COME ON" because of this game. Thanks for sharing.😂👍👍👍
This one brings back a ton of memories playing it at my local Wal-Mart and local Pizza Hut back in the late 80s. As I understand it, it is somewhat of a rarity because very early into it's life the WWF got it pulled from arcades because it claimed infringement.
This was one of my favorite arcade games, I may hold a record, playing continually for over 4 straight hours on 1 quarter, my strategy was simple , Use El Condor and Saturn Six as a team, but El Condor was all I needed. Once the bell rung, I'd wait for the opponent to come to my corner, I'd hit the rope and shoulder block him ( which caused opponent to fall) then I'd apply the Figure 4 leg lock. My fast reflexes pressing the Action button would cause a submission within 4 seconds. I used this strategy for over 4 hours on 1 quarter and with my fingers aching and my wrestlers still fighting, I walked away from the arcade machine. Thanks for the video!! AWESOME!
I always went with Conan the Great and Alan the Empire for my Tag Team until Alan didn't come out and assist me in not getting pinned and because of that, I had to go with a different partner just so I could face him one way or another over it.. LOL
Wow this takes me back. I was young at the time couldn't play for crap but loved watching my brother and cousin play. Remembering my cousin beating the hell out of the button to where we were told to leave or to cool it. Lmao
My friend and I used to team up as El Condor (masked wrestler) and Kamikaze Ken (the Rick Steamboat lookalike). They had a speed advantage over the rest of the characters. This video shows how effective being able to mash the single button with drumroll-like rhythm was in getting a submission or kicking out. But it doesn't show very well how to time double team moves or how to effectively prevent an opposing team's partner from arriving for the save. Also, it doesn't show the failsafe method of winning by count out as many times as you'd like. With Ken or El Condor, drag (via headlock) or lure the opponent near the top right corner. From there, you could inflict some damage. Then suplex the opponent over the top rope to the floor. Jump out to the floor off the top turnbuckle, landing a flying body press. When the opponent gets up wobbling, drag him to the bottom right corner. Irish whip him and he will run himself all the way into guardrail on the bottom right. Follow after him and Irish whip again. He'll run himself into the guardrail on the opposite side. In the meantime, have your character roll back into the ring after the second Irish whip. The opponent will get counted out and you will win. Alternatively, if you are getting bored or just want to have some fun, you can stay outside the ring for a double countout. The ref will leave the ring and there will be an all-out four-man brawl. Even if you eventually "win" the brawl, it's officially a double count out and no energy gets restored. But it is fun to do if you've built up a lot of energy. As El Condor or another cheating heel (with the biting/choking moves) you can do a lot of weardown damage. But if you damage them too much... too many slams, knee drops, they'll "Hulk up" and completely rejuvenate their energy. The double team moves had to be timed perfectly and you both had to be in the right position-- especially the double dropkick. The easiest double team was the illegal man punches to the back of the opponent's head, the legal man lands a move as the opponent staggers and then you both stomp away til the illegal man automatically goes back to their corner. One final trick, which is demonstrated many times. The super heavyweights are very slow and miss a lot of punches. It's quite easy to get them to miss, stagger and then inflict damage. This whole game is about where you are positioned relative to the opponent when you hit the big single button. The set of moves is a bit random but there are a couple of possible moves per your positioning relative to the opponent. So it is possible, for example, for El Condor to get in a quick series of wear down moves, an aerial or cheating move and then slap on the figure four when you want him to.
If I recall correctly, this game only had one large button to push. You had no control over what moves the wrestlers performed. This game was a lot of fun back in the day though.
indeed. Gauntlet was usually the candidate for conversion of both Main Event and Crime Fighters. After TMNT came out, Konami began to create dedicated 4 player cabinets (while still making conversion kits for Gauntlet and Gauntlet II).
(Commenting an old video). Had a great time with this game back in the day! I had the arcade board at one point, and hooked up a turbo joypad to it. ;) You can get pretty far with a turbo pad, and every pin was guaranteed to be a 3-count! But, eventually I couldn't knock the computer down at all, the match just kept going forever. Still fun!
Loved the game. My brother and I would play. Instantly tag in the other guy and you can double team then go for the pin. Hit the button until you got callouses. :) I don't remember how much we won or lost but I remember how much fun it was.
I dominated this game. I played forever with just one quarter. They called me the Wizard. Couldnt beat the game though cause it only goes to 99 then starts over infinitely.
Funny how a lot of these old games have near copies of actual wrestlers. Here you have Hulk Hogan (with a little more hair), Andre the Giant (with red hair), King Kong Bundy (with a bit of hair added), Ricky Steamboat, Mil Mascaras and Koko B.Ware. The two others are a little more original, although they do kind of look like one is based on Demolition/the Road Warriors and the other perhaps on Billy Jack Haynes or some other wrestler.
I remember this game because Gauntlet and Gauntlet 2 cabinets were replaced by this game in arcades in Cleethorpes....Funny thing is that in one of the arcades they had this game and forgot to replace the Gauntlet display ..they finally did it after about a year LOL!!!
If I had a nickel for every quarter I lost trying to play this game and losing on the first pin attempt... well, I'd have some nickels but no quarters.
***** The biggest problem was Conan the Great's resemblance to Hulk Hogan. Konami thought they could get around it by having Conan in white and red instead of Hogan's yellow and red, not realizing that Hogan did have a white & red outfit (he just stopped wearing it after a while).
+4a8p9x Welcome to TH-cam, where 99% of commenters are trolls and other assorted toxins. My team used to be El Condor and Conan the Great, and for a time before that, I'm pretty sure I used Bigfoot Joe. For a while I didn't know what the hell I was doing in this game, but for the last several years, I have been with you - Conan and Alan all the way. I'm so upset with Microsoft for completely disabling Game Room for the 360. I purchased this game in it along with several others, and now it's impossible to play any of the ones you paid for in it.
check the forums i'll post a pick.Its the only place on the map where a fairy and the ladder is enabled.You'll need a bomb to blow it up.Its located around the top-middle-right of the map
that was practically the fun of Main Event - following the cliche of Konami's games which encourage mindless button abuse (a.k.a. relentless button mashing) in order to beat the opponent team. Interestingly enough, some voice samples in Main Event are recycled from 1987's Blades of Steel.
About a month ago, I purchased a brand new table top arcade machine with 3000 Games on it that included this game, The MAIN EVENT along with Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong JR. etc and it's awesome.. I paid $1200.00 for it and it's the Best thing they ever came out with.. Check them out online folks!!
My brother and I spent 100s of hours playing this game at the Daytona beach Florida boardwalk arcade:) awesome memories from more then 30 years ago.
I spent hours playing at the Flyibg Horses arcade in Martha's Vineyard
I spend more than your brother!!!! This game was fantastic!!!!! Wow the story of videogames!!!!!
This game is legendary for us in the 80s. I would have my pockets full of quarters and play non-stop. My cousins and I still say "AW COME ON" because of this game. Thanks for sharing.😂👍👍👍
This one brings back a ton of memories playing it at my local Wal-Mart and local Pizza Hut back in the late 80s. As I understand it, it is somewhat of a rarity because very early into it's life the WWF got it pulled from arcades because it claimed infringement.
This was one of my favorite arcade games, I may hold a record, playing continually for over 4 straight hours on 1 quarter, my strategy was simple , Use El Condor and Saturn Six as a team, but El Condor was all I needed. Once the bell rung, I'd wait for the opponent to come to my corner, I'd hit the rope and shoulder block him ( which caused opponent to fall) then I'd apply the Figure 4 leg lock. My fast reflexes pressing the Action button would cause a submission within 4 seconds. I used this strategy for over 4 hours on 1 quarter and with my fingers aching and my wrestlers still fighting, I walked away from the arcade machine. Thanks for the video!! AWESOME!
It's in the playstore on the app arcade games. I play it often
I always went with Conan the Great and Alan the Empire for my Tag Team until Alan didn't come out and assist me in not getting pinned and because of that, I had to go with a different partner just so I could face him one way or another over it.. LOL
Wow this takes me back. I was young at the time couldn't play for crap but loved watching my brother and cousin play. Remembering my cousin beating the hell out of the button to where we were told to leave or to cool it. Lmao
My friend and I used to team up as El Condor (masked wrestler) and Kamikaze Ken (the Rick Steamboat lookalike). They had a speed advantage over the rest of the characters. This video shows how effective being able to mash the single button with drumroll-like rhythm was in getting a submission or kicking out. But it doesn't show very well how to time double team moves or how to effectively prevent an opposing team's partner from arriving for the save. Also, it doesn't show the failsafe method of winning by count out as many times as you'd like. With Ken or El Condor, drag (via headlock) or lure the opponent near the top right corner. From there, you could inflict some damage. Then suplex the opponent over the top rope to the floor. Jump out to the floor off the top turnbuckle, landing a flying body press. When the opponent gets up wobbling, drag him to the bottom right corner. Irish whip him and he will run himself all the way into guardrail on the bottom right. Follow after him and Irish whip again. He'll run himself into the guardrail on the opposite side. In the meantime, have your character roll back into the ring after the second Irish whip. The opponent will get counted out and you will win. Alternatively, if you are getting bored or just want to have some fun, you can stay outside the ring for a double countout. The ref will leave the ring and there will be an all-out four-man brawl. Even if you eventually "win" the brawl, it's officially a double count out and no energy gets restored. But it is fun to do if you've built up a lot of energy. As El Condor or another cheating heel (with the biting/choking moves) you can do a lot of weardown damage. But if you damage them too much... too many slams, knee drops, they'll "Hulk up" and completely rejuvenate their energy. The double team moves had to be timed perfectly and you both had to be in the right position-- especially the double dropkick. The easiest double team was the illegal man punches to the back of the opponent's head, the legal man lands a move as the opponent staggers and then you both stomp away til the illegal man automatically goes back to their corner. One final trick, which is demonstrated many times. The super heavyweights are very slow and miss a lot of punches. It's quite easy to get them to miss, stagger and then inflict damage. This whole game is about where you are positioned relative to the opponent when you hit the big single button. The set of moves is a bit random but there are a couple of possible moves per your positioning relative to the opponent. So it is possible, for example, for El Condor to get in a quick series of wear down moves, an aerial or cheating move and then slap on the figure four when you want him to.
If I recall correctly, this game only had one large button to push. You had no control over what moves the wrestlers performed. This game was a lot of fun back in the day though.
It also had a smaller "tag" button (which doubled as an irish whip/grab chair button)
There was a little control, but it was a great button masher
indeed. Gauntlet was usually the candidate for conversion of both Main Event and Crime Fighters. After TMNT came out, Konami began to create dedicated 4 player cabinets (while still making conversion kits for Gauntlet and Gauntlet II).
Conanmania is runnin' wild, brother!
(Commenting an old video). Had a great time with this game back in the day! I had the arcade board at one point, and hooked up a turbo joypad to it. ;) You can get pretty far with a turbo pad, and every pin was guaranteed to be a 3-count! But, eventually I couldn't knock the computer down at all, the match just kept going forever. Still fun!
My buddy and I got pretty good at this. One run we ended up with over 10 title defenses before finally losing to the 2 big fat wrestlers.
I've been trying to remember this game for years. Only one big button...lol. it was fun as hell. "You can win the next round. Go for it!"
It's in the playstore if you know how to find it
We called it the wrestling game with the big button at our local arcade as kids.im 43 now....good memories!
@@williamcartright6931 you mean a mame download?
I loved El Condor because he could slap on the Figure-Four!!
Ha, ha, yea remember that
Loved the game. My brother and I would play. Instantly tag in the other guy and you can double team then go for the pin. Hit the button until you got callouses. :) I don't remember how much we won or lost but I remember how much fun it was.
2:36 SATURN SIX JUST FUCKING OWNED ALAN THE EMPIRE
I dominated this game. I played forever with just one quarter. They called me the Wizard. Couldnt beat the game though cause it only goes to 99 then starts over infinitely.
I got the 2 player arcade i pick up over 20 years ago. Looking to get it restored
Funny how a lot of these old games have near copies of actual wrestlers. Here you have Hulk Hogan (with a little more hair), Andre the Giant (with red hair), King Kong Bundy (with a bit of hair added), Ricky Steamboat, Mil Mascaras and Koko B.Ware. The two others are a little more original, although they do kind of look like one is based on Demolition/the Road Warriors and the other perhaps on Billy Jack Haynes or some other wrestler.
I remember this game because Gauntlet and Gauntlet 2 cabinets were replaced by this game in arcades in Cleethorpes....Funny thing is that in one of the arcades they had this game and forgot to replace the Gauntlet display ..they finally did it after about a year LOL!!!
LoL. I like how trying to tag turned into a headbutt dance.
If I had a nickel for every quarter I lost trying to play this game and losing on the first pin attempt... well, I'd have some nickels but no quarters.
Almost every major company made their own pro wrestling game, but for most the best ones had the WWE brand made by American Technos.
***** The biggest problem was Conan the Great's resemblance to Hulk Hogan. Konami thought they could get around it by having Conan in white and red instead of Hogan's yellow and red, not realizing that Hogan did have a white & red outfit (he just stopped wearing it after a while).
+AceHuntera619 Great when you can copy/paste from Wikipedia.
At 7:48, Maui Mauler opened up a can. Good grief. 😳
There aren't scenes in wich The Condor bites his opponent. The speaker yelled "oh no!!" 😂😂😂
My team was Alan the Empire and Conan the Great. What was yours?
Your mom on her back
+voorheesbr00tal Well, that was rude
+4a8p9x Welcome to TH-cam, where 99% of commenters are trolls and other assorted toxins. My team used to be El Condor and Conan the Great, and for a time before that, I'm pretty sure I used Bigfoot Joe. For a while I didn't know what the hell I was doing in this game, but for the last several years, I have been with you - Conan and Alan all the way. I'm so upset with Microsoft for completely disabling Game Room for the 360. I purchased this game in it along with several others, and now it's impossible to play any of the ones you paid for in it.
I was Alan the Empire my brother el condor or Andrea the Giant and Mils Mascada:)
El Condor and Saturn 6
HOLY SHIT THEY WON THE TITLES WITH THE GIANT CRUSHING THAT LITTLE GUY OFF THE TOP ROPE
El Condor and the figure four ftw
Is this the game where if you lost it showed you selling hotdogs at the continue screen?
check the forums i'll post a pick.Its the only place on the map where a fairy and the ladder is enabled.You'll need a bomb to blow it up.Its located around the top-middle-right of the map
“Jumping knee drop!”
A body slam = flying knee drop lol
that was practically the fun of Main Event - following the cliche of Konami's games which encourage mindless button abuse (a.k.a. relentless button mashing) in order to beat the opponent team. Interestingly enough, some voice samples in Main Event are recycled from 1987's Blades of Steel.
About a month ago, I purchased a brand new table top arcade machine with 3000 Games on it that included this game, The MAIN EVENT along with Asteroids, Asteroids Deluxe, Donkey Kong, Donkey Kong JR. etc and it's awesome.. I paid $1200.00 for it and it's the Best thing they ever came out with.. Check them out online folks!!
PICK ALAN THE EMPIRE!
Has anyone actually tried to figure out the weights of each wrestler?
3:47 wasn't even the legal man. lol
Does anybody know if this game ever made it to a PS or Nintendo?
The game was re-released on Microsoft's game room for its Xbox 360 countrtpart.Other than that, it was never re-released on consoles
I dominated this game back in the day.
Kick ass !
CLASSIC
Was someone yelling "Beat that meat!" in there?
"He's dead meat!!"
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