I used to literally hear this game in my sleep, when I was in the Navy, we had this game on the ship and it was right outside my berthing area, so I could always hear the demo playing. I was also in charge of the games on the ship, so of course I always gave myself free credits!
Back in the day when we were so poor we had foodstamps but back then they gave out paper food stamps and I would steal the dollar ones from my mom and go buy a 25 cent pack of gum and get 3 quarters back and pump them into this, double dragon, and street fighter.
16 years ago my dad bought this from someone for $150 and needless to say this game is still bad ass. I wasnt born yet when the game came out but 29 years later here we are. It cant be replacated
ahh the memories.. This game had a hold on me, back in the days where every mall and 7-11 had an arcade. This game used to get me everytime I spent many quarters on this puppy.
Short list of wrestlers & associates from your youth that have passed. Randy Savage, British Bull Dog, Big Boss Man, Kona Crush, Mr Perfect, Rick Rude, Bam Bam, The original Doink, Elizabeth, Sherri, Bad News Brown, Eathquake, Paul Bearer, Giant Gonzalez, Luna Vachon, Owen heart, Hawk, The Sheik, Yokozuna, Gorilla Monsoon, Brian Pillman.
7 Eleven, back in the early 1990's, my late aunt Marliyn Sherman; after taking me to the Cunningham Pool complex in my hometown of Vallejo, Ca I would play this game (My favorite arcade at the time) constantly it seemed like, ahhh yah heartwarming good memories.
The announcer was fucking rad in this game. I love the way he calls the match. Best announcer of all wrestling video games. Period. Gorilla Press. Ultimate Spear. Ultimate Splash. 1-2-3 R.I.P.
all time the best wwf arcade game and probably one of the better simpler wwf games in their history ..... takes me back id always spend money on that game
I always wished they didn't have demolition and instead put in Bret Hart and Randy Savage. That would have made this probably the best selection of wrestlers in a wrestling game ever.
Neil A yeah why the hell didn't they have "Macho Man? He was more "over" than any of those other superstars with the two exceptions of "Hulk Hogan" & ' "Warrior" after all.
I remember I used to LOVE going to Vegas with the family just because I was able to spend the entire day at the arcade and play games like this. Ahhhh to be a kid in the 90's again.
I used to spend a lot of lunch money at the local video store in high school to play this game with friends during off campus lunch break. We'd all put in and just play and talk shit to one another. Great times back then.
A true classic this one. The gameplay was quick and moves were more fluid than that of other similar games like it.The only dissapointment was in tag tournament mode you couldn't choose Animal and Hawk "Legion of Doom" as a tag team, even after beating them twice. However I too agree best wrestling game all time.
Hogan & The Road Warriors back then those 3 and of course Ultimate warrior were the only reason I watched Wrestling. I’m a huge Hall & Nash fan but to this day imo Road Warriors are the greatest tag team of all time. Getting to play as them in this game was insane to me lol
I downloaded some of these guys which weren't on WWE 2K14, and had a battle royal with them, on a downloaded WrestleFest arena. Pretty Nostalgic. R.I.P. Mr. Perfect, Big Boss Man, Earthquake, Road Warrior Hawk, and Crush. Bossman, Warrior, Earthquake, Demolitian, and Jake Roberts need to be in the Hall of Fame.
LOVED this game! I fondly (well, now) remember being eliminated in the Royal Rumble mode in a matter of seconds, left to wonder WTF just happened...? Thanks for sharing!
Not sure if this released after the Hart Foundation split and Bret started his singles career, but I would've loved had him and Anvil been included in WrestleFest along with probably Macho Man Randy Savage and British Bulldog. A 16-man roster on this would've made this game 10x more epic.
I remember going to the arcade and running straight to this game. I have it as an emulator but for some reason it doesn't feel the same to me playing on a desktop. It's still my favorite wrestling game of all time mainly because my team Demolition is in it.
I remember the "CHEAT" where you got to the title match and joined in two player and you could play ad the LOD! classic game and got told off so many times as a kid for hanging round the chippy to play it!
Sgt. Slaughter's Cobra Clutch in this game should've been the same as Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Dream, then it would've been the one that we knew of.
I agree , although the game is 2D TECHNOS reproduced pretty perfectly wrestling stadium mood , wrestlers gestures and techniques . I get bored when I play todays 3D wrestling games , wrestlers looks realistic , but thats all .
They need to revise this with some extra guys like Rick Rude, Randy Savage, Hart Foundation, etc from that time. Then just add some more matches and enhance gameplay. I would get it for sure
@DVAcme I could NEVER understand what the fuck they were saying, Thanks for clearing that up!! I always thought it was down to the noise of all the other arcade games!!
Those mode descriptions are hilariously Engrish. "Choose 1 wrestler and beat wrestlers one after another come to fight with. Get them out of the ring of get fall and be a champion."
i ran out of quarters and died, some guy comes along and says, mind if I play? I said yeah, he put in quarters, and i went and told my dad he told the guy to let me play, I ended up playing on that guys money lol
I could've owned the arcade with all the quarters and tokens I put into that game. Man, that's the business right there!!! Nowdays these video game companies wanna make isht difficult!!! Wanna make sure the virtual half-naked chick look realistic enough, instead of focusing on more funfactor. No wonder the games NOW are more easier to beat than yesteryear's games. Very refreshing to see that game again. Now why the hell they didn't put it on SNES or Genesis??
I've beat this game. My tag team I came up with was the Big Boss Man and Jake the Snake Roberts. Ending of each match would be the Boss Man Slam and then have Jake finish them off with the ddt
Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior in the early 90's.... wow.... when these two got together either as a team or across the ring from each other there was always this crazy electricity. Not the best two technical wrestlers. But damn could these guys pack a stadium.
R.I.P CURT HENNING AKA MR PERFECT R.I.P MICHAEL JAMES HEGSTRAND AKA HAWK R.I.P RAY TRAYLOR AKA BIG BOSS MAN R.I.PJOHN TENTA AKA EARTHQUAKE R.I.P BRIAN ADAMS AKA CRUSH !!!!!!!
I used to literally hear this game in my sleep, when I was in the Navy, we had this game on the ship and it was right outside my berthing area, so I could always hear the demo playing. I was also in charge of the games on the ship, so of course I always gave myself free credits!
Always fascinated me how those carriers were basically floating cities. Thanks for your service.
Was you an SH? SK?
My eyes are literally tearing up watching this. I can remember going to the co-op arcades as a kid and playing this game for hours. Loved this game
I felt it too all hall of famers on this game
Back in the day when we were so poor we had foodstamps but back then they gave out paper food stamps and I would steal the dollar ones from my mom and go buy a 25 cent pack of gum and get 3 quarters back and pump them into this, double dragon, and street fighter.
My all time favorite arcade game! It's the only wrestling game that I can remember that has Demolition..
I think this is the only video game that has smash in it
that demo music get's me so PUMPED!!
I hear you! That intro music is epic!
I live next to a college back in the days and they had a small arcade with this game in it and me and my cousin always went over there to play as kids
16 years ago my dad bought this from someone for $150 and needless to say this game is still bad ass. I wasnt born yet when the game came out but 29 years later here we are. It cant be replacated
So cool
I remember this at the Odeon Brighton along with The Simpsons arcade game.
Street Fighter was at the swimming pool restaurant.
ahh the memories.. This game had a hold on me, back in the days where every mall and 7-11 had an arcade. This game used to get me everytime I spent many quarters on this puppy.
Short list of wrestlers & associates from your youth that have passed.
Randy Savage, British Bull Dog, Big Boss Man, Kona Crush, Mr Perfect, Rick Rude, Bam Bam, The original Doink, Elizabeth, Sherri, Bad News Brown, Eathquake, Paul Bearer, Giant Gonzalez, Luna Vachon, Owen heart, Hawk, The Sheik, Yokozuna, Gorilla Monsoon, Brian Pillman.
what a great INTRO!!!
7 Eleven, back in the early 1990's, my late aunt Marliyn Sherman; after taking me to the Cunningham Pool complex in my hometown of Vallejo, Ca I would play this game (My favorite arcade at the time) constantly it seemed like, ahhh yah heartwarming good memories.
Just for clarity:
Animal: Listen up! We snack on danger, dine on death!
Hawk: You'll fail like every gerbil face stinks we've faced! Hyaaa!
Dang, RIP to half the roster
Back in the day when you could say the word "wrestling" in Vince's program.
The announcer was fucking rad in this game. I love the way he calls the match. Best announcer of all wrestling video games. Period. Gorilla Press. Ultimate Spear. Ultimate Splash. 1-2-3 R.I.P.
WWF Wrestlefest is the best wrestling game ever made in my opinion. To me it just captures the essence of the WWF.
RIP mean gene 😢
all time the best wwf arcade game and probably one of the better simpler wwf games in their history ..... takes me back id always spend money on that game
I always wished they didn't have demolition and instead put in Bret Hart and Randy Savage. That would have made this probably the best selection of wrestlers in a wrestling game ever.
+Neil A If you look at the stickers on the cabinet, you'll find a Bushwackers sticker. Can you imagine what they would have been like in the game?
Neil A yeah why the hell didn't they have "Macho Man? He was more "over" than any of those other superstars with the two exceptions of "Hulk Hogan" & ' "Warrior" after all.
Fed this machine a high-silver coin diet as a Kid!!!!!
I remember I used to LOVE going to Vegas with the family just because I was able to spend the entire day at the arcade and play games like this. Ahhhh to be a kid in the 90's again.
I used to spend a lot of lunch money at the local video store in high school to play this game with friends during off campus lunch break. We'd all put in and just play and talk shit to one another. Great times back then.
THE BEST ARCADE EVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A true classic this one. The gameplay was quick and moves were more fluid than that of other similar games like it.The only dissapointment was in tag tournament mode you couldn't choose Animal and Hawk "Legion of Doom" as a tag team, even after beating them twice. However I too agree best wrestling game all time.
In my opinion this is the best wrestling game ever. A lot more fun than the ones out now.
Can't wait for this to come out tomorrow. Good memories of WWF/E... Unlike today.
wow this game takes me back, late 1989 and early 1990 going to the video shops and chip shops to play this!
They used to have this inside the movie theatre at my local mall I was addicted to this shit best wrestling game ever
Hogan & The Road Warriors back then those 3 and of course Ultimate warrior were the only reason I watched Wrestling. I’m a huge Hall & Nash fan but to this day imo Road Warriors are the greatest tag team of all time. Getting to play as them in this game was insane to me lol
Out of all the guys on this game, 5 have passed away, 4 are in the WWE Hall of Fame, and 3 of them haven't been seen in wrestling in years!
best gaming music!!! This and Ninja Turtles water level!
I miss fun games like this but I am impressed by WWE games graphics now.
All time favorite growing up, would play this ardcade while my mother did groceries,
So sad to see so many of that roster has unfortunately passed away.
I downloaded some of these guys which weren't on WWE 2K14, and had a battle royal with them, on a downloaded WrestleFest arena. Pretty Nostalgic.
R.I.P. Mr. Perfect, Big Boss Man, Earthquake, Road Warrior Hawk, and Crush.
Bossman, Warrior, Earthquake, Demolitian, and Jake Roberts need to be in the Hall of Fame.
warroir and jake went in this year
This game is more fun then the current games out. Considering it's age, clearly graphics dont mean anything. The fun factor is what counts.
Not holding my breath or anything but it would be a dream come true to see this game on Xbox live's Game Room.
Good old days...
A+ for humor, good sir!
I just saw Animal not to long ago near his home in Lake Minnetonka here in Minnesota. His kid is playing for the St.Louis Rams
WWF Wrestlefest was the best arcare game EVER.
The best 2D WWF game hands down!
Only half the roster is still alive. This was my childhood at Chinatown Fair
CLASSIC!!!!! I loved this game.
Love playing as Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior
LOVED this game! I fondly (well, now) remember being eliminated in the Royal Rumble mode in a matter of seconds, left to wonder WTF just happened...? Thanks for sharing!
Half of the rosters in this game are already gone.
Ultimate Warrior,
Mr Perfect,
Hawk,
Animal,
Big Boss Man,
Earthquake,
As well as Mean Gean.
RIP.
Not sure if this released after the Hart Foundation split and Bret started his singles career, but I would've loved had him and Anvil been included in WrestleFest along with probably Macho Man Randy Savage and British Bulldog. A 16-man roster on this would've made this game 10x more epic.
my childhood right here
I remember going to the arcade and running straight to this game. I have it as an emulator but for some reason it doesn't feel the same to me playing on a desktop. It's still my favorite wrestling game of all time mainly because my team Demolition is in it.
out of this lot only hogan, slaughter, smash, dibiase and roberts are alive now :/ this got me into the WWF back in the 90's great game of it's time
jazza2009uk You forgot Animal.
kinda makes you look back when hulkamania was running wild in '91.
Love it when they hit the mat. It sounds like a shotgun!!
I missed more class playing this game back in high school than any other..including MK
I loved this game so much. I used to get nasty blisters on the tips of my fingers from bashing the buttons so fast. Worth it though.
Wow. The "Winners Don't Use Drugs" PSA in a wrestling game?
Irony at its finest, especially in the early 90's.
I spent hrs playing this as a kid.
this game and street fighter 2 had the longest lines when i was a kid.
@echo036 no. Thing was that console-wise, Acclaim had the WWF franchise (this even includes the Laughing Joking Numbnuts and their Rainbow of Death)
Animal: Hahaha! We Snack On Danger! Dine On Death!
We'll Bury Every Gerbil Faced Geek We Face! Yeeeeeaaaaaahhhhh!
30th Anniversary of WWE WrestleFest (1991-2021)
man i hope 2k sports can make they're 1st wwe game as fun as this one was
I remember the "CHEAT" where you got to the title match and joined in two player and you could play ad the LOD! classic game and got told off so many times as a kid for hanging round the chippy to play it!
Sequel to the game just came out on steam and is coming to all platforms soon. Retromania Wrestling.
Damn I can't even begin to tell you how many hours were logged and money spent at the arcade due to this game. True classic.
Sgt. Slaughter's Cobra Clutch in this game should've been the same as Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Dream, then it would've been the one that we knew of.
I'm pretty sure they did, it's by LJN. I've played it on the mega drive. It's called WWF Super WrestleMania
I wish they would re-release this game on modern gaming systems maybe even add wrestlers.
I agree , although the game is 2D TECHNOS reproduced pretty perfectly wrestling stadium mood , wrestlers gestures and techniques .
I get bored when I play todays 3D wrestling games , wrestlers looks realistic , but thats all .
They need to revise this with some extra guys like Rick Rude, Randy Savage, Hart Foundation, etc from that time. Then just add some more matches and enhance gameplay. I would get it for sure
@DVAcme I could NEVER understand what the fuck they were saying, Thanks for clearing that up!! I always thought it was down to the noise of all the other arcade games!!
If that's indeed true, then that warrants a purchase from me, and I don't even play the SvR games anymore. Thanks for the info!
this game was sick
Those mode descriptions are hilariously Engrish. "Choose 1 wrestler and beat wrestlers one after another come to fight with. Get them out of the ring of get fall and be a champion."
Classic..Mr.Perfect all day
Mr Perfect, Body Mace!
Mr Perfect, PURR-FECT PLEGHKSSS
Always had to use Hogan and Warrior or Roberts and Perfect. Once LOD hit the Doomsday Device on you, it was game over.
@SLjimbolian at the time this came out he was retired by the warrior at wrestlemania 7, I still wished they put him in.
GOOOD! i remember this in the arcade when i was young.. memories..
Mr Perfect, Big Boss Man & Earthquake RIP
RIP to:
The Ultimate Warrior
Big Boss Man
Mr. Perfect
Earthquake
Demolition Crush
Road Warrior Animal
Road Warrior Hawk
Mean Gene Okerlund
7 out of the 12 man roster has now passed away. RIP to all these legends.
@@KoTM25681 don't forget Demolition Crush that I forgot. Sorry about that.
SHOUTOUT TO YOU FOR POSTING THE UPDATED LIST OF WWF/WWE LEGENDS WE HAVE LOST!!
i ran out of quarters and died, some guy comes along and says, mind if I play? I said yeah, he put in quarters, and i went and told my dad he told the guy to let me play, I ended up playing on that guys money lol
I could've owned the arcade with all the quarters and tokens I put into that game. Man, that's the business right there!!! Nowdays these video game companies wanna make isht difficult!!! Wanna make sure the virtual half-naked chick look realistic enough, instead of focusing on more funfactor. No wonder the games NOW are more easier to beat than yesteryear's games. Very refreshing to see that game again.
Now why the hell they didn't put it on SNES or Genesis??
67th St and 11 ave Luncheonette Brooklyn NY. Yeeaaaaaah.
The best game EVER!!!!!!!!!!
Song=Awesome
BEST WRESTLING GAME
The best arcade game of all-time. Only rivaled by The Simpsons arcade game.
The quarters I spent playing this at the store while my mom bought groceries could have bought me a car today.
Legion of doom is my favorite wrestlers.
Add Ultimate Warrior to the list of the fallen. RIP to all.
RIP Ultimate Warrior.
I've beat this game. My tag team I came up with was the Big Boss Man and Jake the Snake Roberts. Ending of each match would be the Boss Man Slam and then have Jake finish them off with the ddt
loved this game...DEFO SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE ON XBOX LIVE CLASSICS DOWNLOADS!!!
5 out of the 12 guys in this game are now deceased. :-(
@tekken278 THQ is remaking this game but for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch only. Hopefully, they'll announce an Xbox Live and PSN release soon.
Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior in the early 90's.... wow....
when these two got together either as a team or across the ring from each other there was always this crazy electricity. Not the best two technical wrestlers. But damn could these guys pack a stadium.
they should come out with this game will all the current WWE Roster.
Almost every character in the game is now deceased except for Hogan and couple others.
Oh, to be six again.
R.I.P CURT HENNING AKA MR PERFECT R.I.P MICHAEL JAMES HEGSTRAND AKA HAWK R.I.P RAY TRAYLOR AKA BIG BOSS MAN R.I.PJOHN TENTA AKA EARTHQUAKE R.I.P BRIAN ADAMS AKA CRUSH !!!!!!!