WWF Rage in the Cage

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WWF Rage in the Cage
System(s): Sega Mega-CD
Publisher: Arena, Acclaim Japan (JP)
Developer:
Genre: Sports

















Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code

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WWF Rage in the Cage, known as WWF Mania Tour (WWFマニア・ツアー) in Japan, is an wrestling game for the Sega Mega-CD.

It offers the biggest selection of characters of all the WWF games released during the 16bit era, but is curiously lacking a tag team mode, made even more curious by the inclusion of popular tag team wrestlers such as the Nasty Boyz and the Headshrinkers. While there is no official reason for this, palette restrictions are a likely reason, although these were obviously worked around in the Sega Mega Drive WWF games, as these feature modes where up to 4 wrestlers can be seen simultaneously.

The extra space offered by the CD storage medium was used to add speech samples played before matches and (low quality) video files of each wrestler's signature move. Interestingly the wrestlers' intro music was not recorded but rerecordedfor the game using lower quality instruments.

Gameplay

Gameplay is virtually identical to other Acclaim wrestling games. A new mode is the cage match, where the player has to escape the caged ring by climbing out while his opponent is knocked down.

The game also supports the Six Button Control Pad (Mega Drive).

Promotional Material

Physical Scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
86 №27, p100/101
71 №18, p52
72 №26
87 №16, p86-88[1]
61 №38, p120
79 №2, p99/100[2]
81 №51, p56/57
81 №29, p44/45
Sega Mega-CD
77
Based on
8 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
60
[3]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
53
[4]
Freak (IL)
88
[5]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
85
[6]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
83
[7]
Gamers (DE)
73
[8]
Joypad (FR) PAL
86
[9]
Mega (UK) PAL
71
[10]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
84
[11]
Mega Force (FR)
77
[12]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
78
[13]
Mega Machines (UK) PAL
70
[14]
Mega Power (UK) PAL
84
[15]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
72
[16]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
87
[1]
Player One (FR)
61
[17]
Power Up! (UK)
81
[18]
Power Unlimited (NL)
89
[19]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
79
[20]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
81
[21]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
81
[22]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
74
[23]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
53
[24]
Todo Sega (ES) PAL
84
[25]
Video Games (DE) PAL
79
[26]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
90
[27]
Sega Mega-CD
77
Based on
26 reviews

WWF Rage in the Cage

Mega-CD, US
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Cover
WWFRitC MCD US Disc.jpg
Disc
Wwfrageinthecage mcd us manual.pdf
Manual
Mega-CD, EU
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Cover
WWFRitC MCD EU spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
Mega-CD, JP
WWFMANIATOUR MCD JP Box Back.jpgWWFRitC MCD JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
WWFMANIATOUR MCD JP Spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
WWFMANIATOUR MCD JP Disc.jpg
Disc
Mega-CD, BR
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Cover



WWF franchise games for Sega systems
Sega Master System
WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge (1993)
Sega Mega Drive
WWF Super WrestleMania (1992) | WWF Royal Rumble (1993) | WWF Raw (1994) | WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game (1995)
Sega Game Gear
WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge (1993) | WWF Raw (1994)
Sega Mega-CD
WWF Rage in the Cage (1993)
Sega 32X
WWF Raw (1995) | WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game (1995)
Sega Saturn
WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game (1996) | WWF In Your House (1996)
Sega Dreamcast
WWF Attitude (1999)
Arcade
WWF Royal Rumble (2000)
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  2. File:OfficialSegaMagazine_UK_02.pdf, page 99
  3. Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1994" (JP; 1994-06-08), page 19
  4. Famitsu, "1994-07-01" (JP; 1994-06-17), page 1
  5. Freak, "3/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1
  6. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 86
  7. GamePro, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 82
  8. Gamers, "Mai/Juni 1994" (DE; 1994-05-06), page 38
  9. Joypad, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 100
  10. Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 52
  11. Mega Action, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-28), page 42
  12. Mega Force, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 1994-01-08), page 98
  13. Mega Fun, "03/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 114
  14. Mega Machines, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 28
  15. Mega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 38
  16. MegaTech, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 80
  17. Player One, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 120
  18. Power Up!, "Saturday, February 19, 1994" (UK; 1994-02-19), page 1
  19. Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 5, Mei 1994" (NL; 1994-04-27), page 62
  20. Sega Magazine, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-10), page 100
  21. Sega Power, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-06), page 56
  22. Sega Pro, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 44
  23. Sega Zone, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 56
  24. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  25. Todo Sega, "Mayo 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 56
  26. Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 38
  27. VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 86