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name	publisher(developer)	year	tags	description
Appoooh	Sega	1984	horizontalscreen mame prowrestling	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]
Tag Team Wrestling	Data East (Technos)	1984	mame prowrestling tagteam verticalscreen	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 True that it might be simplistic and outdated by today's standards -- but it had numerous moves that were easily performed and very gratifying to watch...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]
Champion Pro Wrestling	Sega	1985	horizontalscreen mame prowrestling sg1000arcade-hw	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]
Exciting Hour	Taito;Technos	1985	mame prowrestling verticalscreen	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.
Body Slam	Sega	1986	endless gameplayinn mame prowrestling system16a-hw	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]
Robo Wres 2001	Sega	1986	future horizontalscreen mame prowrestling robots	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]
VS Mania Challenge	Taito;Memetron	1986	mame prowrestling verticalscreen	A two-player version of Mat Mania that eliminates the announcer, as well as many of the characters from the original. [Jacquismo]
The Main Event	Konami	1988	horizontalscreen konamitmnt-hw mame prowrestling	[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]
Champion Wrestler	Taito	1989	horizontalscreen mame prowrestling taitolsystem-hw	- 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]
Wrestle War: Sega Wrestling Alliance	Sega	1989	mame prowrestling system16b-hw	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]
WWF Superstars	Technos;Titan Sports	1989	custom-hw mame prowrestling verticalscreen	[22]***WWF Superstars is a great arcade tag-team wrestling game featuring greats like Hulk Hogan, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, and the Ultimate Warrior. All previous WWF games pale in comparison. Punch, kick, body slam, and elbow drop your way to the championship match with the Mega-Bucks, "The Million Dollar Man" Ted DiBiase and Andre the Giant! [Jacquismo]
WWF WrestleFest	Technos	1991	horizontalscreen mame prowrestling	The best wrestling game of all time.***A classic wrestling game featuring Jake "The Snake" Roberts, Sgt. Slaughter, Demolition, and more! Play in either the Royal Rumble (a battle royale) or a tag team mode to battle to the champions, the Legion of Doom! This is one of the first games to feature a match in a steel cage. WrestleFest is a huge improvement over its predecessor, WWF Superstars, especially graphically. [Jacquismo]
Ring Rage	Taito	1992	f3sys-hw mame prowrestling
Saturday Night Slam Masters	Capcom	1993	cps1-hw horizontalscreen mame prowrestling uvl-partialtitle
Muscle Bomber Duo - Ultimate Team Battle	Capcom	1993	cps1-hw enemyhealthdisplay horizontalscreen mame prowrestling uvl-partialtitle	TEAM BATTLE ROYAL! 2 WRESTLERS TEAM UP WITH EACH OTHER AND FIGHT WITH THE OTHER TEAM. SAME CHARACTER VS. SAME CHARACTER! UP TO 4 PLAYERS CAN SELECT A SAME CHARACTER JOIN-IN ANYTIME! YOU CAN JOIN IN AT ANY TIME DURING THE PLAY MORE MOVES! EACH WRESTLER HAS AT LEAST 2 NEW MOVES INCLUDING DUAL SIDE ATTACK AND VACUUM MOVE. IMPROVED CONTROL! 1 LEVER + 3 BUTTONS. (GRAB, ATTACK, JUMP) YOU CAN THROW THE OPPONENT ANYTIME AND BLOCK THE OPPONENT'S ATTACK***[media=youtube]__q97k4syKo[/media]
Blazing Tornado	Human	1994	mame metro-hw prowrestling	- Press Button 1 for light attack, Button 2 for power attack, Button 3 for run. - 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.
Ring of Destruction - Slam Masters II	Capcom	1994	cps2-hw mame prowrestling
WWF WrestleMania	Bally Midway	1995	digitizedimages mame midwaywolf-hw prowrestling
Shin Nihon Prowrestling Toukon Retsuden 3 Arcade Edition	Tomy;Yukes	1997	namcosystem12-hw prowrestling toukonretsuden-series
Zen Nippon Pro Wrestling featuring Virtua	Sega	1997	horizontalscreen mame prowrestling stvtitan-hw
Giant Gram 2: All Japan Pro Wrestling In Nippon Budokan	Sega	1999	horizontalscreen mame naomi-hw prowrestling
Giant Gram 2000: All Japan Pro Wrestling 3: Brave Men Of Glory	Sega	2000	horizontalscreen naomi-hw nomame prowrestling
WWF Royal Rumble	Sega	2000	naomi-hw prowrestling

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