Best wrestling game ever?

12/20/2008 1:31:40 PM

kind of like most awesome tasting Brussel sprouts ever

12/20/2008 1:33:03 PM

Haha I had that game and played the hell out of it. I think I had all of those THQ wrestling games.

12/20/2008 1:36:53 PM

Yes

Ever

Although the original, WCW vs NWO world tour, holds a special place in my heart also.

12/20/2008 1:37:12 PM

i burned up many, many hours on these games when i was younger


awesome memories

12/20/2008 1:39:43 PM

this thread has hit the nail right on the head

12/20/2008 1:41:27 PM

winner

12/20/2008 2:28:03 PM

For those interested, Project64 is a great emulator.

http://www.pj64-emu.com/downloads/

And also:

http://www.romnation.net/srv/roms/58876/n64/WCW-nWo-Revenge.html

Have fun!

12/20/2008 2:37:43 PM

They were definitely both the best I have ever played.

And I appreciate the emulator and ROM links. I wont be doing shit the rest of the day.

12/20/2008 3:58:26 PM

There are two things you gotta do before you can play a match in WCW/NWO Revenge

1) Rename Konnan to Panty Hose Face
2) Rename Eric Bischoff to Eric Bitchoff

Okay now you can play it

12/20/2008 4:22:43 PM

Kanyon > Konnan

12/20/2008 5:13:01 PM

I wholeheartedly agree. That shit rocked.

12/20/2008 5:50:50 PM

this game was awesome as hell

12/20/2008 7:13:26 PM

the last of the good days of pro wrestling


i loved the ref more than anything

ROPE BREEEEEEEEAK!

12/20/2008 7:16:52 PM

I still have my cartradge and n64 in a box somewhere.


Will not sell

12/20/2008 7:41:30 PM

I'm off to do a 4 man cruiserweight battle. Psychosis, Rey Mysterio Jr., Ultimo Dragon, and La Parka.

12/20/2008 8:05:54 PM

i custom made a 7', 400 pounder named billy venom. greatest game ever

12/20/2008 9:47:48 PM

La Parka owned every belt on our system

12/20/2008 10:51:34 PM

both games rocked! Before I found those games I thought all wrestling games sucked, these were quite revolutionary.

12/20/2008 11:41:28 PM

this reminded me to watch new botchamanias

61 has every single oversell from michaels/hogan at summerslam

LOLz abound 2:00-4:00

12/20/2008 11:56:58 PM

hahahah at shawn michaels

12/21/2008 12:39:02 AM

wow... i'd never seen that RIDICULOUS overselling from HBK.

It's like he was Owen Hart and Hogan was a bag of popcorn.

12/21/2008 1:07:10 AM

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"both games rocked! Before I found those games I thought all wrestling games sucked, these were quite revolutionary."

There were some good wrestling games in the NES and SNES days, But these were by FAR the best of the era.

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"the last of the good days of pro wrestling "

You're damn right, during the summer as a kid I would have Monday night parties at my house every few weeks, and set up 2 TVs to watch Raw and Nitro simultaneously.

WCW was so much better than WWF

12/21/2008 1:08:34 AM

remember the old wwf arcade game?

that was the shit

12/21/2008 4:10:20 AM

Has anybody tried this game? I almost picked it up at gamestop for like 10 bucks, it is filled with some old school wrestlers like the Roddy Piper, Road Warriors, Hart brothers etc.

12/21/2008 8:45:58 AM

You wanna know why I don't read any online dirt sheets any more, aside from a glance at Meltzer?

Because I've realized that nearly everyone who writes/posts for them is a complete and utter moron.

I went looking for reviews of that Hogan/Michaels match for some tasty zingers, and all I could find was stuff like, "Hogan is old and broken down, but Michaels sold like a champ and made him look good."

Anyone who can't see what's going on after that crotch "spot" and a fucking backflip on the leg drop...I have no words.

Is it wrong that I want a Santino t-shirt?

12/21/2008 8:50:36 AM

i too played the buttons off my controller with this game.

The whole intro/fireworks was incredibly sick at the time

12/21/2008 2:06:01 PM

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"For those interested, Project64 is a great emulator. http://www.pj64-emu.com/downloads/ And also: http://www.romnation.net/srv/roms/58876/n64/WCW-nWo-Revenge.html Have fun! "

I've known of project64 for a while but it always seemed like it wouldn't be fun to play without a n64 controller.

[Edited on December 21, 2008 at 2:58 PM. Reason : .]

12/21/2008 2:58:13 PM

scott norton was unbelievable in that game, ftw

12/21/2008 4:50:19 PM

oh, how sad the times were when Vicious and Delicious were actually winning tag matches.

12/21/2008 5:31:05 PM

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"You're damn right, during the summer as a kid I would have Monday night parties at my house every few weeks, and set up 2 TVs to watch Raw and Nitro simultaneously. WCW was so much better than WWF "

O MY GOD yes i gave raw my live rating and recorded Nitro


i disagree wit ya though, WWF was way better


lol shawn michaels is my all time favorite wrestler and though i stopped watching wrestling long before michaels made his comeback, i am amazed as to why the hell he was overselling liek that lol


does anyone know why?? fuckin awesome though but michaels can get away with that he put in his work

[Edited on December 21, 2008 at 6:40 PM. Reason : d]

12/21/2008 6:38:28 PM

The original plan was that Hogan would go over clean at SS and then at the next PPV Michaels would go over in a cage match. However, Hogan's contract had full creative control, and he refused to put Michaels over clean in a cage, so they scrapped the second match and Michaels made Hogan look like an idiot with the overselling. There's a promo he cut as well that's basically HBK saying, "NO ONE COULD EVER BEAT HULK HOGAN, HE'S THE ULTIMATE EVERYTHING" etc.

12/21/2008 9:04:53 PM

haha that overselling was money

hbk 4 life

12/21/2008 9:35:19 PM

haha man i love michael higgenbottom

12/21/2008 9:37:14 PM

vinylbandit is a damn renaissance man

12/21/2008 10:15:55 PM

Hogan is like the worst thing to happen to professional wrestling.

12/21/2008 10:22:58 PM

^haha, gtfo with that shit

12/21/2008 10:27:46 PM

he really is though

12/21/2008 10:44:02 PM

must be a double edged sword or something cause wrestling wouldnt have made it out of the 80's without ppl like hogan imo

12/21/2008 10:47:18 PM

Quote :

"Yes"

12/21/2008 10:58:01 PM

HULK HOGAN aka HOLYWOOD HOGAN

IS
WRESTLING


and always will be...

12/22/2008 12:41:15 AM

Hogan/Flair/etc made wrestling what it is today

The fact that they refuse to leave the sport is what made it ridiculous

I believe the wrestling era that we grew up in was by far the best, kids these days have no idea what it is to actually root for the good guy instead of the dumbass morons that just curse a ton and have assistants with their DDD boobs hanging out

I'm not complaining, but I'm just saying that's not what wrestling was about when we were kids.

And seriously, have any of you watched it any time recently? It's usually one match, then about 30 minutes of mic time, then another pointless match, followed by another 30 minutes of banter. Worthless.

12/22/2008 9:37:32 AM

That's why I liked the WCW so much more.

It seemed more focused on quality wrestling with the plots being secondary.

[Edited on December 22, 2008 at 9:59 AM. Reason : Also, was there ever a worse role model for kids than Stone Cold Steve Austin?]

12/22/2008 9:58:28 AM

^until '96.

12/22/2008 10:06:45 AM

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"There were some good wrestling games in the NES and SNES days, But these were by FAR the best of the era."

I agree with that (Pro Wrestling NES and Super Wrestlemania). I used to play the NES Wrestlemania and would just laugh at how horrible it was. It was so bad that it was almost entertaining.

12/22/2008 10:24:32 AM

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"That's why I liked the WCW so much more. It seemed more focused on quality wrestling with the plots being secondary."

I liked WCW better as well, but I don't think it was because they had the plots secondary. The best time of wrestling to me was the start of NWO and the whole Hogan/Sting plot that went on for like a year and the whole Four Horsemen/NWO feud was also a quality plot to me. I mean, they actually had entertaining wrestling matches as well but I'm not so sure the plots were secondary.

I also turn on RAW or something from time to time just to see how it is and you're exactly right about the 30 minutes of mic time in between one boring match. I mean, just look at their stars now... John Cena? Give me a break.

WWF has always been more focused on plots, even when I watched it a while ago but the difference now is that their plots are lamer than hell. Mankind/Undertaker, Stone Cold/Rock, DX.... those were all quality plotlines and they had some pretty decent matches to go along with it.

12/22/2008 11:25:30 AM

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"NWO and the whole Hogan/Sting plot"

fuck yeah

12/22/2008 11:27:19 AM

WWF had the best wrestling style


WCW was too theatrical, it was alot easier to suspend disbelief with WWF matches and angles than it was wth WCW

i liked my prowrestling a little more realistic and less flyin around

the most well-performed match that ive ever seen in prowrestling was the1 hour iron man match between bret and shawn

it actually looked very convincing and they kept it up that entire hour and 10 minutes or so with a convincing ass sweetchin music

i liked that they used a lot of wear down holds and had both wrestlers change up their typical "Styles" in the attempt to strategize for an hour fight

[Edited on December 22, 2008 at 12:47 PM. Reason : d]

12/22/2008 12:45:42 PM

It's always bothered me that the superkick has evolved into HBK's unstoppable finisher, because he and Jannetty used to do twin superkicks as a part of their regular arsenal of moves.

12/22/2008 1:23:46 PM

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"the most well-performed match that ive ever seen in prowrestling was the1 hour iron man match between bret and shawn"

ha...I remember that. That was Wrestlemania 12. It happened the day my family moved back to Charlotte after almost a year of living in Florida.

For that reason, I'll always remember it. That was a good one.

12/22/2008 1:34:39 PM