12th December 2020
This week Joe and Stevie discuss the sheer balls of Sega to actually put Hulk Hogan on the cover of an unlicensed game without even removing the word Hogan from his bandanna. Also, despite including the top star in wrestling, the only playable character is some jobber named Bruce Blade. What a rib!
We take a look at what happened when Acclaim invested in ECW and applied that license to the WWF Attitude Era template. Will the fresh roster and branding be enough new content?
ListenThe first game to feature an announcer with some interesting mispronunciations in the English translations. It’s the 1989 NES classic, Tecmo World Wrestling.
ListenWWF debuts on the Xbox. The graphics were stunning but did the gameplay match up?
ListenIt’s the first of the WWF AKI video games, Wrestlemania 2000. We talk about the game, backstage stories and of course Ahmed Johnson promos.
ListenIt’s rap meets wrestling! What could possibly go wrong? It turns out not much, with developers AKI who produced this highly underrated and unconventional classic.
ListenWe take a look at this All Japan Pro Wrestling Super Nintendo Classic and of course play some totally irrelevant Ahmed Johnson promos. What else could you want!?
ListenJoe and Stevie take a look at the 1991 Gameboy title WWF Superstars. We love retro tunes and roster but will it stand the test of time.
ListenIt’s 1987 and turn-based WWF games are in. Joe and Stevie discuss how developers successfully brought the action of WWF to an 8-bit console
ListenIt’s one of the most controversial and best entries in the Fire Pro Series with the darkest story arc to ever appear in a video game
ListenThis week, the team discuss the infamous WCW game where almost none of the featured wrestlers are actually with WCW at the time. That plus random catch phrases being assigned to wrestlers that they have never used!
ListenThe first 128 bit wrestling game is up for review. It has polished visuals and fun gameplay, but does the game provide enough depth to stand the test of time?
ListenJoe and Stevie are back to officially licensed games and this time it’s the NES and Master System’s 19 year old WWF Wrestlemania: Steel Cage Challenge, which randomly got a re-release in 2018!
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