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
Sega Mega-CD
JP
¥6,8006,800[3] T-81024
Sega Mega-CD
US
$49.9549.95 T-81015
Sega Mega-CD
EU
T-81015-50
Sega Mega-CD
BR
063340

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 rerecorded for 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.

Production credits

  • Paul Samulski, Mark Flitman, "Iron" Mike Arkin, J.J. Mazziotto, Jim "MK" Fink, Linda Spelman
  • Special Thanks to: Eric Samulski, Felicia Beech, Joe Allocco
  • Programming: Arti Haroutunian
  • Sound Programming: Rob Nelson
  • Art Technician:Paul McCarl
  • Video Capture: Melissa Griego
  • Artists: Ray Cornia, Clark Sorenson, Les Pardew
  • Additional Artists: Virginia Sargent, Kelly Kofoed, Joel Izzat
  • Morphs by: Linda Olsen
  • Musicians: Paul Webb, Dean Morell, Scotty Fulmer
  • Original Scores by: H. Kingsley Thurber
  • Quality Assurance by: Matt Grate, Brian Miller, Lee Smith, Joe Buffington, Vince Bracken
  • Project Manager: Harald Seeley
  • Special Thanks to: Ned Martin
Source:
In-game credits


Magazine articles

Main article: WWF Rage in the Cage/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in VideoGames (US) #61: "February 1994" (1994-0x-xx)
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
83 №55, p80[5]
86 №27, p100/101
71 №18, p52
78 №3/94, p114[6]
72 №26
87 №16, p86-88[7]
61 №38, p120[8]
79 №2, p99/100[9]
81 №51, p56/57
81 №29, p44/45
79 №4/94, p38[10]
Sega Mega-CD
78
Based on
11 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
60
[11]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
53
[12]
Freak (IL)
88
[13]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
85
[14]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
83
[5]
Gamers (DE)
73
[15]
Joypad (FR) PAL
86
[16]
Mega (UK) PAL
71
[17]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
84
[18]
Mega Force (FR)
77
[19]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
78
[20]
Mega Machines (UK) PAL
70
[21]
Mega Power (UK) PAL
84
[22]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
72
[23]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
87
[7]
Player One (FR)
61
[8]
Power Up! (UK)
81
[24]
Power Unlimited (NL)
89
[25]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
79
[26]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
81
[27]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
81
[28]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
74
[29]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
53
[30]
Todo Sega (ES) PAL
84
[31]
Video Games (DE) PAL
79
[10]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
90
[32]
Sega Mega-CD
77
Based on
26 reviews

WWF Rage in the Cage

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

References

  1. File:GamePro US 052.pdf, page 213
  2. File:Mega UK 16.pdf, page 106
  3. 3.0 3.1 http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/mcd/soft_licensee.html
  4. File:SegaPro UK 29.pdf, page 45
  5. 5.0 5.1 File:GamePro US 055.pdf, page 82 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 055.pdf_p82" defined multiple times with different content
  6. File:MegaFun DE 1994-03.pdf, page 106
  7. 7.0 7.1 File:MeanMachinesSega16UK.pdf, page 87 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega16UK.pdf_p87" defined multiple times with different content
  8. 8.0 8.1 File:PlayerOne FR 038.pdf, page 120 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:PlayerOne FR 038.pdf_p120" defined multiple times with different content
  9. File:SegaMagazine UK 02.pdf, page 99
  10. 10.0 10.1 File:VideoGames DE 1994-04.pdf, page 38 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:VideoGames DE 1994-04.pdf_p38" defined multiple times with different content
  11. Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1994" (JP; 1994-06-08), page 19
  12. Famitsu, "1994-07-01" (JP; 1994-06-17), page 1
  13. Freak, "3/94" (IL; 1994-xx-xx), page 1
  14. Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 2 February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 86
  15. Gamers, "Mai/Juni 1994" (DE; 1994-05-06), page 38
  16. Joypad, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 100
  17. Mega, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 52
  18. Mega Action, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-28), page 42
  19. Mega Force, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 1994-01-08), page 98
  20. Mega Fun, "03/94" (DE; 1994-02-23), page 114
  21. Mega Machines, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-03), page 28
  22. Mega Power, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-02-17), page 38
  23. MegaTech, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-20), page 80
  24. Power Up!, "Saturday, February 19, 1994" (UK; 1994-02-19), page 1
  25. Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 5, Mei 1994" (NL; 1994-04-27), page 62
  26. Sega Magazine, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-10), page 100
  27. Sega Power, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-06), page 56
  28. Sega Pro, "March 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 44
  29. Sega Zone, "February 1994" (UK; 1994-01-27), page 56
  30. Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
  31. Todo Sega, "Mayo 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 56
  32. VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 86



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)