The Collection Chamber: WWF WRESTLEMANIA: THE ARCADE GAME

Take WF wrestling to the extreme with intense action straight from the arcade smash! It's in-your-face mayhem with punishing head-to-head and team matchups and grueling WF and International title bouts! Pummel your senses with devastating new moves and authentic play-by-play commentary from Vince McMahon! No pain, no game!

REALISTIC WRESTLING - REVERSALS, PILEDRIVERS And BODYSLAMS

DIGITIZED GRAPHICS Means This is THE REAL YOKOZUNA!

Take it to the EXTREME - and BEYOND with MAYHEM MOVES Like The "TOMBSTONE SLAM", "SHOCKING HAND BUZZER" And More!

~ from the back of the SEGA 32X box

In what is perhaps one of the best WWF games before SmackDown at the turn of the millennium, WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game is ironically unlike most wrestling games. While there is a 3D plane represented in the digitized 2D imagery, Midway's arcade classic plays more like a one-on-one fighter in the same vein as their other coin-op cash cow Mortal Kombat.

The moves that each of the eight characters (or six for the SNES port) perform often verge on the fantastical. Doink the scary-looking clown can breathe fire, bones will fly out of the Undertaker if he takes a good hit while heavy punches could launch your opponent to a height three times your size. It makes a comparatively slow-moving faux sport frenetic and fun for your average gamer. There's enough content here that will satisfy more than just fans.

Coming out in 1995, the game received a multitude of ports, most of which played pretty well and do so to this day. The 16-bit consoles suffer the most with the SNES game reducing the fighters from 8 to 6 while the Mega Drive / Genesis port plays a little choppily. Both are playable but it's the SEGA 32X version that shines from the fourth console generation. The SEGA releases also have a button dedicated to 'run' which is used to perform moves by bouncing off the ropes. Other ports - including the arcade original - has you pressing the standard kick and punch keys simultaneously instead.

The 32-bit systems also fare pretty well. Both the PlayStation and Saturn ports each have the complete arcade experience on the discs with a little polish added to the presentation. The Saturn smarts a little with some incredibly long loading times, but it handles the vibrancy of the 2D sprites much better. Both play pretty much the same otherwise.

The DOS port is also pretty competent, almost being indistinguishable from the arcade original, but like the others, it adds nothing new. I guess it all boils down to which version you'd prefer to play and in my opinion, you can't go wrong with any of them.

To download the PC game, follow the link below. This custom installer exclusive to The Collection Chamber uses DOSBox to bring the game to modern systems. Manual included. Tested on Windows 10.

File Size: 32.6 Mb. Install Size: 45.6 Mb. Need help? Consult the Collection Chamber FAQ

Download DOS Version

To download the console collection, follow the link below. This custom installer exclusive to The Collection Chamber uses Retroarch with the MAME 2016, Genesis Plus GX, PicoDrive, SNES9X, Mednafen PSX and Mednafen Saturn cores to emulate the arcade and consoles. Manuals for most games included. Tested on Windows 10.

File Size: 412 Mb. Install Size: 6772 Mb. Need help? Consult the Collection Chamber FAQ

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PC-DOS