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Founded in 1988, WCW was one of the top professional wrestling promotions in the United States, and was a significant competitor to the dominant World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE), at one...
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The History of WCW Video Games Part V - From New Beginning To Bitter End. An in depth look at the entire run of video games under the World Championship Wrestling umbrella. The sports ...
In 11 years WCW managed to release 11 games for various platforms.
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- 10 The First WCW Game Was in 1990
- 9 Steve Austin’s First Game Appearance Was in WCW: The Main Event
- 8 WCW vs. The World Is A Localization of A Japanese Game
- 7 The Aki WCW Games Featured Lots of Look-Alike Characters
- 6 Nitro and Thunder Had Special Character Select Screens
- 5 WCW Superbrawl Was The only WCW Release on The SNES
- 4 Nitro and Thunder Also Had Ridiculous Unlockable Characters
- 3 WCW Mayhem Delivered Several Innovations
- 2 A Sequel to WCW Mayhem Was Canceled
- 1 The Last-Ever WCW Game Was Backstage Assault
The year 1989 brought the release of a video game called Super Star Pro Wrestling on the Famicom, the Japanese version of the Nintendo Entertainment System. The game was localized and released the following year as WCW Wrestling, with its 12-man Japanese roster — including Antonio Inoki, Jumbo Tsuruta, and Riki Choshu — being replaced by WCW stars ...
Pro wrestling games released on handheld systems don’t get a whole lot of love or attention, and 1994’s WCW: The Main Event for the Nintendo Game Boy is no exception. Poorly received even when the handheld system’s limitations are taken into account, The Main Event does have one unique distinction as far as pro wrestling games are concerned. Its ni...
The Japanese game developer AKI — now known as The Man Breeze — is renowned for its pro wrestling games, especially its WCW-licensed releases. The first of this series was WCW vs. The World, released in 1997 for the original Sony PlayStation, but fans might be unaware that it’s actually based on another game. RELATED: The 10 Wrestling Video Games W...
Despite the localization mentioned above, the non-WCW wrestlers didn’t go to waste in the Western release of the Virtual Pro Wrestling games. In WCW vs. The World, most of the non-WCW wrestlers remained, but with some changes. The most obvious change can be seen in the character selection screen as recognizable wrestlers like The Great Muta, Mil Ma...
Not every WCW game of the era was handled by AKI, however. After WCW vs. The World, the following two WCW games — WCW Nitro and WCW Thunder — on the PlayStation were handled by Inland Productions. In addition to impressively large rosters, these games are fondly remembered for their unique character selection screens. Upon highlighting a given wres...
Between the NES and PS1/N64 eras was the 16-bit era, mainly represented by the Super Nintendo Entertainment System and the Sega Genesis, a period that only yielded one WCW game. Released in 1994, and named after the promotion’s annual pay-per-view, WCW SuperBrawl only featured a 12-man roster, but included a surprising amount of audio clips, includ...
No pro wrestling game would be complete without unlockable characters, and the original PlayStation’s WCW Nitro had them in spades. In addition to wrestlers people might want like Ultimo Dragon, Syxx, and old school surfer Sting, Nitroalso featured random fabricated playable characters with names like “Ivan the Bear” and “Dweeble The Clown.” RELATE...
The last traditional WCW game ever released, 1999’s WCW Mayhem was unfortunately not the most well-received game in the franchise. However, the game did end up securing its place in pro wrestling video game history thanks to a number of innovations that have become commonplace in the genre. In addition to fully recorded audio commentary — not just ...
WCW Mayhem wasn’t actually meant to be the last traditional WCW in-ring game. In 2001, a sequel to WCW Mayhem was actually in the works with AKI reportedly developing — they didn’t work on the original — and slated for the PlayStation 2. Unfortunately, Mayhem 2 would never see the light of day thanks to WWE’s purchase of WCW in the spring of 2001. ...
As alluded to, Mayhem was only the last traditional WCW game to be released. In 2000, Electronic Arts released WCW Backstage Assault, which took the backstage brawling aspect of WCW Mayhem and built an entire game around it, with no in-ring competition at all. Unfortunately, the experiment failed to work out. While the backstage fighting was a cool...
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- 1 WCW/nWo Revenge (Nintendo 64, 1998) As far as pro wrestling video games are concerned, WCW/nWo Revenge was a turning point for the genre. Expanding and improving on many of the innovations developer AKI Corporation implemented in their previous games, Revenge boasted a huge roster of nearly every WCW star a player would want to control, accurate signature moves, and an intuitive grappling system.
- 2 WCW Vs. NWO: World Tour (Nintendo 64, 1997) A localization of Japan’s Virtual Pro Wrestling 64, the influence of WCW vs. nWo: World Tour can’t be understated.
- 3 WCW Vs. The World (PlayStation, 1997) Developed by AKI Corp. back when they had the interesting name, The Man Breeze, comes easily the best WCW game fans can play on the original Sony PlayStation, WCW vs. The World.
- 4 WCW SuperBrawl Wrestling (SNES, 1994) The only WCW game to appear on the Super Nintendo, WCW SuperBrawl Wrestling offered a surprising number of modes -- singles, tag, gauntlet, and even a tournament -- as well as the ability to win title belts.
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Game Information. Take control of your favorite professional wrestler and step inside the ring in this action-packed sports video game – WCW Mayhem! WCW Mayhem is a professional wrestling video game that was released back in 1999 for various home gaming consoles including the Nintendo 64 (N64).
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