WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game

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WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega 32X, Sega Saturn
Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment
Developer: Sculptured Software, The Black Team
Licensor: Titan Sports, Midway Manufacturing
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Developer(s) of original games: Midway Manufacturing
Sound driver: GEMS, SCSP/CD-DA (12 tracks)
Peripherals supported: Six Button Control Pad
Genre: Sports
Number of players: 1-2
Release Date RRP Code US 1995-11 $69.9569.95 T-81546 EU 1995 T-81546-50 AU 1995 BR 199x 047190 JP 1996-08-09 ¥5,8005,800 T-8112G US 1996-05-30 T-8112H EU 1996-06 T-8112H-50 DE 1996-06 T-8112H-50 PT 199x STJAK0273 STPDV1060 UK 1996-06 £44.9944.99 T-8112H-50 PL 1996 US 1995-11 $74.9574.95 T-8110B
Non-Sega versions Arcade IBM PC PlayStation Super NES
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WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game (レッスルマニア・ジ・アーケードゲーム) is a 1995 wrestling game developed by Midway Manufacturing for the arcades. Sculptured Software was licensed to produce ports to various home consoles, including the Sega Mega Drive, Sega 32X and Sega Saturn; Acclaim published these versions in 1995 and 1996.

Unlike most wrestling games, WrestleMania is a one-on-one versus fighter, similar to the likes of Mortal Kombat. Both games were originally developed by Midway Manufacturing. Later a sequel called WWF In Your House was released for the PlayStation, Sega Saturn, and DOS.

Gameplay

The game plays more like a standard fighter than the wrestling games that would follow it. Attacks are quick and each character has special moves and can perform combos. Rather than a single match the fight is broken up into rounds with two wins needed to become the victor. Single player game modes include Intercontinental Championship and the WWF Championship. Multi-player game modes include Head to Head and Cooperative. Commentary is provided by Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler, who can be seen sitting in the background at the announcers table.

Playable characters are: Bam Bam Bigelow, Bret Hart, Doink the Clown, Lex Luger, Razor Ramon, Shawn Michaels, The Undertaker and Yokozuna.

Versions

In comparison to the SNES version the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis port contains all 8 characters instead of 6. It also allows 4 characters onscreen at once but with slowdown, but not as much as found in the SNES port. Most of the voice and commentary is present although much of Jerry Lawlers commentary is dropped.

The 32X port was an enhanced Mega Drive port thus is not as close to the arcade as it could have been if it were built from the ground up. The graphics and audio was improved somewhat (rendering in-game at 320x224 vs 256x224) but the frame rate was reduced to 30 FPS instead of the 60 FPS found in other versions. This does however help to avoid slowdown issues.

The CD-ROM versions (including Saturn) is more accurate to the arcade version than other ports. Graphically it is similar although not as sharp and the sprites are slightly smaller. There is no in-game music. Loading time is of course, increased, this includes when loading the next character in a Battle Royal.

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Acclaim Development by the Black Team

• Associate Producers: Michael Archer, Douglas Yellin, Tyrone Miller, Pax
• Analysts: J.J. Mazziotto, Simon Gouldstone
• QA Supervisor: Carol Caracciolo, Adam Ingberman
• Lead Analyst: Jim Dunn
• Game Testers: CP McBee, Chris Shanley, Chad Chamberlain, Mat T. Kraemer, David Chopard
• QA Computer Support: Harry Reimer, Howard Perlman
• Special Thanks to: Kristen Muzer, Linda Spelman, Roger Booth, Derek Phillips, Kevin Denehy, Eric Samulski, Craig Cassanelli, Jim Herzner

Midway Development by

• Mark Turmell, Sal DiVita, Jason Skiles, Josh Tsui, Eugene Geer, Jake Simpson, Mike Lynch, Tony Goskie

A Sculptured Software Production

• Project Management: Al Mecklenburg
• Lead Programmers: Rob Nelson, Altair Lane
• Additional Programming: Omar Canon, Jundong Ma
• Production Assistant: Joe Buffington
• Lead Artists: Chad Johnson, Heinee Hinrichsen
• Artists: Gavin Evertson, Mike Ulrich, Mike Lott, John Kilbourn, Kelly Kofoed, John Olsen, Keith Musig, Russ Chancellor, Michael Hunter, Joel Izatt, Virginia Sargent, Daniel Whittington
• Sounds and Music: Dean Morrell, Victor Crews, Chris Braymen
• Tools: Gary Penacho, Mike Callahan, Steve Aguirre, Patrick Alphonso
• Testing
  • Manager: Gary Rowberry
  • Supervisor: Chris Olson, Chandler Holbrook
  • Michael Bashford, Chris Debry, Todd Dowd, Brian Edwards, Garon Galloway, David Hanks, Scott Hanks, John Howa, Jason Humphrey, Morgan Jones, Ryan McBride, Ryan McCormick, Mark Melville, Ryan Milligan, Greg Murphy, Ben Nielson, Andrew Parker, Cole Richins, Jerry Roberts
• Special Thanks to: Kevin Kralian, John Blackburn, Lynn Pugh, Todd Blackburn, Jim Henn, Adam Clayton

32X version

Acclaim Development by the Black Team

• Associate Producers: Michael Archer, Douglas Yellin, Tyrone Miller, Pax
• Analyst: J.J. Mazziotto, Simon Gouldstone
• Q.A. Supervisor: Carol Caracciolo, Adam Ingberman
• Lead Analyst: Jim Dunn
• Game Testers: CP McBee, Chris Shanley, Chad Chamberlain, Mat T. Kraemer, David Chopard
• Q.A. Computer Support: Harry Reimer, Howard Perlman
• Special Thanks to: Kristen Muzer, Derek Phillips, Linda Spelman, Craig Cassenelli, Roger Booth, Eric Samulski, Jim Herzner, Kevin Denehy

Midway Development by

• Mark Turmell, Eugene Geer, Sal DiVita, Jake Simpson, Jason Skiles, Mike Lynch, Josh Tsui, Tony Goskie

A Sculptured Software Production

• 32X Development Team
  • Lead Programmer: Kevin Kralian
  • Additional Programming: Hung Nguyen
• Genesis Development Team
  • Lead Programmers: Rob Nelson, Altair Lane
  • Additional Programming: Omar Canon, Jundong Ma
  • Project Management: Al Mecklenburg
  • Production Assistant: Joe Buffington
  • Lead Artists: Chad Johnson, Heinee Hinrichsen
  • Artists: Gavin Evertson, Keith Musig, Mike Ulrich, Russ Chancellor, Mike Lott, Michael Hunter, John Kilbourn, Joel Izatt, Kelly Kofoed, Virginia Sargent, John Olson, Dan Whittington
  • Sounds and Music: Dean Morrell, Chris Braymen
  • Tools: Mike Callahan, Steve Aguirre, Gary Penacho, Dean Ertel, Tom Tolman
• Testing
  • Manager: Gary Rowberry
  • Supervisor: Chris Olson, Chandler Holbrook
  • Chris Debry, Ryan McBride, Todd Dowd, Ryan McCormick, Brian Edwards, Mark Melville, Garon Galloway, Ryan Milligan, David Hanks, Greg Murphy, Scott Hanks, Ben Nielson, Jason Humphrey, Andrew Parker, Morgan Jones, Cole Richins, Hohn Jowa, Jerry Roberts
• Special Thanks to: Joanna Bear, Randy Linden, Todd Blackburn, John Blackburn, Lynn Pugh, Adam Clayton

Magazine articles

Main article: WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in VideoGames (US) #82: "November 1995" (1995-10-24)

Print advert in Next Generation (US) #18: "June 1996" (1996-05-21)
also published in:

• GamePro (US) #93: "June 1996" (1996-xx-xx)
• Next Generation (US) #19: "July 1996" (1996-06-18)
• Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) #84: "July 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

Saturn print advert in Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) #9: "July 1996" (1996-06-20)
also published in:

• Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) #10: "August 1996" (1996-07-20)

Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 60 1700 igr dlya Sega (RU) 60 Cool Gamer (RU) 80 Fun Generation (DE) 80 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 80 Gamers (DE) PAL 73 GamesMaster (UK) PAL 87 Hobby Consolas (ES) PAL 82 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 68 Mega Fun (DE) PAL 86 Secret Service (PL) 95 Sega Magazin (DE) PAL 85 Sega Power (UK) PAL 90 Todo Sega (ES) 88 Tricks 16 bit (RU) 79 VideoGames (US) NTSC-U 80

	80
Based on 16 reviews

WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Cart

32X version

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source

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Based on 0 review

Sega Retro Average
Publication Version Score GamePro (US) NTSC-U 85 Secret Service (PL) 95 Ultimate Gamer (US) NTSC-U 60

	80
Based on 3 reviews

WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game

32X, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Saturn version

Sega Retro Average
Publication Score Source GamesMaster (UK) 83

	83
Based on 1 review

Sega Retro Average

Publication Version Score Consoles News (FR) PAL 80 Computer & Video Games (UK) 50 Fun Generation (DE) NTSC-U 70 GameFan (US) NTSC-U 89 GamePro (US) NTSC-U 90 Joypad (FR) PAL 90 MAN!AC (DE) PAL 67 Mega Fun (DE) NTSC-U 86 Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL 80 Player One (FR) 78 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 57 Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J 59 Secret Service (PL) 95 Sega Power (UK) PAL 82 Sega Saturn Magazine (UK) PAL 86 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 63 Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J 65 Total Saturn (UK) PAL 82 Total Saturn (UK) PAL 74 Video Games (DE) PAL 69 VideoGames (US) NTSC-U 80

	76
Based on 21 reviews

WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, US
Cover
Disc Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover

Saturn, PT
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System	Hash	Size	Build Date	Source	Comments
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✔	CRC32 719d6155 MD5 31a85dffa93dc8f2db6934fc43b38615 SHA-1 7b76ddf26f11ad0e2da81f1cfe96e60a45fa7c33	256kB	1993-03	EPROM cartridge				Page
✔	CRC32 61833503 MD5 8456cae9975ba6cb041c4ef2be54b1a1 SHA-1 551eedc963cba0e1410b3d229b332ef9ea061469	4MB		Cartridge (US)
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	605,905,776		CD-ROM (EU)	T-8112H-50 V1.001
✔	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	605,915,184	1996-06-18	CD-ROM (JP)	T-8112G V1.001
?	CRC32 MD5 SHA-1	605,905,776		CD-ROM (US)	T-8112H V1.001

References

WWF franchise games for Sega systems
	WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge (1993)
	WWF Super WrestleMania (1992) | WWF Royal Rumble (1993) | WWF Raw (1994) | WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game (1995)
	WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge (1993) | WWF Raw (1994)
	WWF Rage in the Cage (1993)
	WWF Raw (1995) | WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game (1995)
	WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game (1996) | WWF In Your House (1996)
	WWF Attitude (1999)
	WWF Royal Rumble (2000)
	WWF Royal Rumble (1994)