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name	publisher(developer)	year	description	platform
Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring	Slang;Konami (Sabarasa Entertainment)	?		Wii
Lucha Libre AAA: Heroes del Ring	Slang;Konami (Sabarasa Entertainment)	?		PSP
Appoooh	Sega	1984	The most strangely-named wrestling game ever. Features parodies of Antonio Inoki, Tiger Mask, Hulk Hogan, Andre the Giant, Giant Baba, Stan Hansen, Abdullah the Butcher, and Umanosuke Ueda. [Jacquismo]	Arcade
Master Wrestling	? (Mike Gibson)	1984		C64
Tag Team Wrestling	Data East (Technos)	1984	One of the first wrestling games. Includes a large selection of attacks (for 1984). The controls leave something to be desired (grab your opponent, use one button to scroll through your list of attacks, and press the other to perform it) and the computer tends to cheat. Still, it's highly addicting. The voice of the referee was later reused in Exciting Hour/Mat Mania. [Jacquismo]***I remember this game when I was stationed in Norfolk... True that it might be simplistic and outdated by today's standards -- but it had numerous moves that were easily performed and very gratifying to watch... it even had your protagonist interruptions by others running up through the crowds I dare anyone to play this game and not find it addicting {that is, if you can find the original arcade version} [Ducky]	Arcade
Champion Pro Wrestling	Sega	1985		MSX
Champion Pro Wrestling	Sega	1985	A simplistic wrestling game similar to the earlier Tag Team Wrestling, albeit not quite as much fun. Play as the hero team, consisting of parodies of Antonio Inoki and Hulk Hogan, against the masked heel team. Although characters are much larger than in Tag Team and can jump, duck, and attack without grappling first, they are limited to only moving forward and backwards, which is extremely restrictive. Control is a bit sluggish, as well. [Jacquismo]	Arcade
Champion Pro Wrestling	Sega	1985	A simplistic wrestling game ported from the arcade version. However, this version is a singles match with only one opponent, instead of a tag team bout like the original. [Jacquismo]	SG-1000
Exciting Hour	Taito;Technos	1985	This game is superb and unlike a lot of other wrestling games released, it has a great control method which in a way is better than Wrestlefest's. You are a guy who is challenging a few blokes to get to the ultimate accolade in wrestling - the World Championship Belt. The guys you come up against are your typical O.T.T. (over-the-top) WWF-style characters, who dress up in silly costumes. You are trained in many wrestling maneuvers such as the piledriver and suplex, through to basic moves like a flying kick. You can even get up on the top rope and pummel your oppenent with the "Flying Butt Crush" attack. Between each bout your are presented by a short low-down of your oppenent, by some announcer who thinks he is recruiting folks for the army. What makes this stand out amongst all the other "official" wrestling games is the ease of pulling off these moves. For example, a piledriver is UP + KICK, whereas a suplex is UP + PUNCH. This might not sound like a major feature to the game, but how often in Wrestlefest have you shouted at your character, "Don't do a bloody throw, DDT the bitch!"? I bet it's a lot.	Arcade
Rantou Puroresu	Epoch	1985		Cassette Vision
Rock'n Wrestle	Melbourne House;Thunder Mountain (Beam Software)	1985	[b]Compilation releases:[/b] - Kick... Butt... & Slam! (together with [game=#35844]Fist II[/game], [game=#36020]Rambo[/game], [game=#35756]Uchi-Mata[/game] and [game=#34613]Samurai Warrior[/game])* [3]* [4]* [15]* [52]*** [48]	C64
M.U.S.C.L.E.	Bandai (Tose)	1985	1 player or 2 players simultaneous competitive. Despite having on tag team more, a cooperative play mode is not available. [Zerothis]*I give this anime-licensed title my respect for being one of the earliest tag team wrestling games. You choose two from eight available players, which are all rather weird looking, although the graphical representation of the characters leaves much to be desired. Also the rest of the graphics are rather plain looking, which in itself is not the most important thing, because it is an early NES/Famicom game after all. More important is the playability, which is a quite bad. The move-repertoire is limited to only a few basic moves. Sometimes a power pill is thrown into the ring and the character who catches it first is enabled to use a super attack move for a few seconds. I found this element too decisive to win a fight.*Widely-ridiculed wrestling game based on the popular Kinnikuman series (known as M.U.S.C.L.E. in the U.S.). [Jacquismo]	NES
Body Slam	Sega	1986	A joshi (female) wrestling game, featuring real wrestlers from All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling (AJW) like Lioness Asuka, Chigusa Nagayo, Dump Matsumoto, and Bull Nakano. This is likely to be the very first all-women wrestling game. [Jacquismo]	Arcade
Bop'n Wrestle	Mindscape (Beam Software)	1986	The cover art features charactures of Mindscape executives.*** [48]	Apple II E
Bop'n Wrestle	Mindscape (Beam Software)	1986		MS-DOS
Bop'n Wrestle	Mindscape (Beam Software)	1986		Atari 400/800
Championship Wrestling	Epyx	1986		Atari ST
Championship Wrestling	Epyx (FRS)	1986		C64
Championship Wrestling	Epyx	1986		Apple II E
Robo Wres 2001	Sega	1986	A wrestling game featuring robots (as the name implies). Choose one of 10 different sets of attacks to customize your character, and get ready to rumble! [Jacquismo]	Arcade
Robo Wres 2001	Micronet	1986		Sharp X1
Rock'n Wrestle	Melbourne Software (Beam Software)	1986		ZX Spectrum
Rock'n Wrestle	Melbourne House (Beam Software)	1986		Amstrad CPC
Tag Team Wrestling	Data East;Datasoft (Quicksilver Software)	1986		MS-DOS
Tag Team Wrestling	Data East (Quicksilver Software)	1986		Apple II E
VS Mania Challenge	Taito;Memetron	1986	A two-player version of Mat Mania that eliminates the announcer, as well as many of the characters from the original. [Jacquismo]	Arcade
Wrestle Maniac	Diecom	1986		Tandy Coco
Tag Team Pro Wrestling	Namco;Data East (SAS Sakata)	1986	You are challenged to match the awesome skills of your opponents...to gain the Title in the World Super Championships of TAG TEAM WRESTLING Teamwork and stamina are the keys, as you and your partner battle your way through the Title Matches on your quest for the Belt. Attack your opponents with Body Slams, Drop Kicks, Backbreakers, Flying Head Butts, or even throwing them out of the ring! To win, its a pin for a count of three. Nothing can match the super excitement as the crowd cheers over this mania on the mat. Prepare yourself for Tag Team Wrestling! DATA EAST BRINGS YOU ARCADE REALISM AT HOME!*One of the many early "not so good" wrestling games. The controls are strange. When you grapple with your opponent and you get the initiative you have to select one from a few different moves by scrolling through a list of moves with the second button. I found it to be too much based on luck whether you or your opponent gets the opportunity for an attack. The next huge issue is the fact that you fight against the same team again and again until you lose. There is no variety at all.*A loose translation of the original arcade game. The gameplay seems to have improved (grappling is now much more controllable), but the set of selectable attacks has been altered and the graphics are understandably more primitive. Strangely enough, the hero team in this version looks suspiciously like New Japan Pro-Wrestling's Riki Choshu and Super Strong Machine. [Jacquismo]	NES
Robo Wres 2001	Micronet	1986		NEC PC8801
Pro Wrestling	Sega	1986	[22]* [52]There are some differences between the Japanese and US/EU version of this early Master System/Mark III wrestling game. The biggest one is about the wrestlers themselves. The Japanese version features female wrestlers, while the Western versions features male wrestlers.**Pro Wrestling is somewhere between the (unrelated) NES Pro Wrestling and Sega's Body Slam. Choose one of four tag teams, which include parodies of the Road Warriors, Mil Mascaras, and Dos Caras. Punch and kick the opponent to knock him down, then toss him into the ropes and hit him with a specialty attack on the rebound. The computer announces the moves being performed with a bit of text on-screen. [Jacquismo]	Master System
Pro Wrestling: Famicom Wrestling Association	Nintendo (TRY Company)	1986	Well, I don't like old wrestling games very much, but I must say that Nintendo's Pro Wrestling is a better representative of its kind. It was the third wrestling game for Nintendo's 8-bit console so far (after the weak [game=#7971]M.U.S.C.L.E.[/game] and [game=#8294]Tag Team Pro Wrestling[/game]). You can choose between several, different enough fighters, the controls are ok as are the graphics for its time.	Famicom Disk System
Championship Wrestling	Epyx	1987		C16/Plus4
MicroLeague Wrestling	Micro League	1987	[52]*1 or 2 Players. Digitized Video Action Wrestle, Real WWF Stars Featuring Hulk Hogan. For 2 players or for one player going solo against the computer. Strap on Hulksters championship belt and decide which moves to make, body slam, leg drop all the authentic moves of each wrestler like Randy 'Macho Man' Savage and Paul 'Mr. Wonderful' Orndorff. [Stadium 64]Even has live interviews with Mean Gene Okerlund and Ringside commentary by Vince McMahon and Jessie 'The Body' Ventura. Expansion Disks Vol.#2 includes: Hulk Hogan VS. 'The Million DollarMan' Ted Dibiase Jake 'The Snake' Roberts VS. 'Ravishing' Rick Rude Expansion Disks Vol.#1 includes: Macho Man RandySavage VS. Honky Tonk Man King Harley Race VS. Hacksaw Jim Duggan --but anyway this seems* to be somewhat turn-based (?) [Garrett]	C64
MicroLeague Wrestling	Microprose;Micro League	1987	[22]* [52]*Welcome to a new arena for the World Wrestling Federation - on your home computer with Micro League's WWF Match Disk. It's your strategy, not eye-hand coordination, that guide the moves of your wrestler. You can play against another competitor or go up against the computer who manages the opposing wrestler. In either case you call the moves and if they're executed, you'll boost your power and inflict grievous damage on your opponent. Once a wrestler's damage reaches a certain level, which depends on the type of match, one can go for the pin! There are different odds for being able to execute a move, odds which vary depending on what your move is, the strategy move by the other wrestler, and by the relative dominance of each wrestler at any particular point in the match. The odds aren't stacked by the computer to favor any wrestler because your strategy and maneuvers determine who wins the match. Whether Hulk Hogan, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, or Paul "Mr. Wonderful" Orndorff win the Heavyweight Championship - it's all up to you. But, keep in mind that one match won't decide it forever. Just like in the WWF, in Micro League Wrestling the tides of wrestling warfare do change and no two bouts will proceed the same way. Add the ringside commentary of Vince McMahon, Bruno Sammartino, and Jesse "The Body" Ventura, and anything can happen!	Atari ST
Robo Wres 2001	Micronet	1987		MSX
Robo Wres 2001	Micronet	1987		MICRO 7 - FM7
Tag Team Wrestling	Data East (Quicksilver Software)	1987		C64
Title Match Pro Wrestling	Absolute Entertainment	1987	An extremely primitive wrestling game. Even if you're desperate for some wrasslin' action, take a pass on this one. [Jacquismo]	Atari 2600
Pro Wrestling	Nintendo (Human;TRY Company)	1987	[17]* [4]* [49]* [22]* [52]* [47]First released for the Famicom Disk System in Japan, Nintendo brought this wrestling game to the western world in 1987 on cartridge. The game didn't change in the process. Well, I don't like old wrestling games very much, but I must say that Nintendo's Pro Wrestling is a better representative of its kind. It was the third wrestling game for Nintendo's 8-bit console so far (after the weak [game=#7971]M.U.S.C.L.E.[/game] and [game=#8294]Tag Team Pro Wrestling[/game]). You can choose between several, different enough fighters, the controls are ok as are the graphics for its time.1 player or 2 players simultaneous competitive. I'm not sure how this entry was marked with UPC:0-45496-63029-6; an invalid code. The valid UPC is 0-45496-63029-6; and is seen on boxes from the USA and Spain. [Zerothis]*This game is a true classic! When people think of wrestling on the NES, this is usually what they think of. The wrestlers are colorful and interesting (watch out for the Amazon's head bite!). It's fun to play with a friend, too! Never forget: A winner is you. [Jacquismo]	NES
Body Slam	Firebird	1988		C64
Body Slam Super Pro Wrestling	Intellivision Productions (Realtime Associates)	1988	A primitive wrestling game with a humorous twist. [Jacquismo]	Intellivision
Take Down Wrestling	Gamestar (Alien Technology Group)	1988		C64
The Main Event	Konami	1988	[57]***A tag-team wrestling game. Choose two of eight characters obviously inspired by real wrestlers like Mil Mascaras, Hulk Hogan, and Ricky Steamboat, then get ready to rumble. An announcer that calls the in-ring action as it happens. The large Action button does various things depending on your wrestler's position, and another button allows you to tag out once you've gotten close to your partner. Up to four players can get into the game at the same time. [Jacquismo]	Arcade
Champion Wrestler	Taito	1989	- Press Button 1 for punch, Button 2 for kick, ->-> for run and both buttons for cover. - Move your stick and hit buttons as fast as you can to make power moves. - Each Wrestler have his own move. Try them all to find your favorite fighting style.***A wrestling game featuring Taito's own Rastan! Not anything real special, but it might be worth a try at least once if you're willing to sacrifice a quarter. [Jacquismo]	Arcade
International Championship Wrestling	Hewson;Avatar Consulting (Digital Wizards)	1989		Amiga
MicroLeague Wrestling	Micro League	1989		MS-DOS
MicroLeague Wrestling	Micro League (Up Front Software)	1989		Amiga
Take Down Wrestling	Gamestar (Alien Technology Group)	1989		MS-DOS
Title Match Pro Wrestling	Absolute Entertainment	1989		Atari 7800
Wrestle War: Sega Wrestling Alliance	Sega	1989	An okay wrestling game with a slightly disorienting viewpoint. Prepare to mash buttons like crazy to win grapples or kick out. The graphics are large, colorful, and very detailed. As with most non-licensed games of its type, the wrestlers are take-offs of real wrestlers like Bruiser Brody, Road Warrior Hawk, and Hulk Hogan. [Jacquismo]	Arcade

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