WWF Raw

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WWF Raw
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega 32X, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Acclaim
Developer:
Sound driver:
Sega Mega Drive
Sega 32X
GEMS
Peripherals supported: Team Player
Genre: Sports

















Number of players: 1-4
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
JP 		¥8,8008,800[3] T-81316-50
Sega Mega Drive
US 		$64.9564.95[1] T-81316
Sega Mega Drive
EU 		T-81316-50
Sega Mega Drive
AU 		$129.95129.95[4]
Sega Mega Drive
AU
(Sega Sport) 		FWWF03SMC
Sega Game Gear
US 		T-81258
Sega Game Gear
EU 		T-81258-50
Sega Game Gear
PT 		GG81258
Sega 32X
JP 		¥9,8009,800 T-8101A
Sega 32X
US 		$69.9569.95[6] T-8103B
Sega 32X
EU 		T-8103B-50
Sega 32X
AU

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WWF Raw is a wrestling game developed by Sculptured Software and published by Acclaim for the Sega Mega Drive, Sega 32X, Sega Game Gear, Game Boy and Super NES. This is the only Genesis WWE game to support up to four players. It is a sequel to WWF Royal Rumble. New to the series is differing attributes and a new tug-of-war grapple system.

For whatever reason, the Japanese Mega Drive release uses the European box style with a sticker that translates to "Mega Drive version with Japanese Manual" on the front, and stands as one of the rarest games for the console in that region.

It was the last game in the semi realistic wrestling game series as publisher Acclaim greenlighted a different gameplay style with Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game and WWF In Your House.

Gameplay

In addition to standard punch and kick attacks the player can perform a grapple which brings up a new tug-of-war meter. When this appears the player must rapidly press buttons to pull the energy to their side. When the bar has moved to their side enough it is possible to perform moves. When the players energy is low enough it is also possible to use a signature move.

Game modes include: One-on-One match (One Fall, Brawl, and Tournament is available), Tag Team, Bedlam, Survivor Series, Royal Rumble, and Raw Endurance.

Characters

Mega Drive and 32X versions

Notavailable.svg 1-2-3 Kid
Notavailable.svg Bam Bam Bigelow
Notavailable.svg Bret Hart
Notavailable.svg Diesel
Notavailable.svg Doink the Clown
Notavailable.svg Kwang
Kwang is a secret character, who is exclusive to the 32X version.
Notavailable.svg Lex Luger
Notavailable.svg Luna Vachon
Notavailable.svg Owen Hart
Notavailable.svg Razor Ramon
Notavailable.svg Shawn Michaels
Notavailable.svg The Undertaker
Notavailable.svg Yokozuna

Game Gear version

Notavailable.svg Bam Bam Bigelow
Notavailable.svg Bret Hart
Notavailable.svg Crush
Notavailable.svg Diesel
Notavailable.svg Lex Luger
Notavailable.svg Randy Savage
Notavailable.svg Razor Ramon
Notavailable.svg Shawn Michaels
Notavailable.svg The Undertaker
Notavailable.svg Yokozuna

Versions

The 32X version of RAW has Kwang as a secret playable character. He is unlocked by pressing Down+A+B on the wrestler select screen. He shares moves with other characters such as using Diesel's & Bam Bam Bigelow's finisher and Doink's mega move. Some lighter wrestlers can do a schoolboy pin my standing behind a groggy pin and the taunt pin that the heavy wrestlers are slightly different. The commentator team images change between Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler and the team of Gorilla Monsoon and Stephanie Wiand. There is also alternating referees. The intro and character select screen is slightly different and has new music. Lex Luger's theme music is also updated. A sign with RAW on it and a medical kit case can be found on the outside of the ring to be used as weapons. The ring apron and Turnbuckles are a purplish instead of red and blue.

While the 32X version offers more colours than the Mega Drive, the frame rate is halved.

The Game Gear version has fewer wrestlers and does not include the Bedlam, Royal Rumble, or Raw Endurance match types. All characters share the same moveset except for their signature moves. There are no Mega Moves. The game runs slower. Two exclusive characters are present: Crush and Randy Savage.

Production credits

32X version

A Sculptured Software Production
  • Programmed by: Arti Haroutunian
  • Additional Programming: Dan Enfield
  • Project Manager: Kevin Shapiro
  • Lead Artist: Dan Witthington
  • Artists: Jeff Knight, Chad Johnson, Joel Izzat, Russ Chancelor, Ray Cornia, Clark Sorenson
  • Music and Sound Effects: Dean Morrell, James Hebdon, Chris Braymen
  • Quality Assurance: Vince Bracken, Gary Rowberry, Chandler Holbrook, Chris Olson
  • Special Thanks: Ned Martin, Pam Burns
Acclaim Development by The Black Team
  • Associate Producers: Michael Archer, Douglas Yellin, Tyrone Miller
  • Analysts: J.J. Mazziotto, Simon Gouldstone
  • Special Thanks: Linda Spelman, David Sanchez, Dale Taylor, Eric Samulski, Derek Phillips, Craig Cassanelli, Jim Dunn
Source:
In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: WWF Raw/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Mega Drive/Game Gear US print advert
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32X US print advert
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Print advert in GamePro (US) #64: "November 1994" (1994-xx-xx)
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Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
71 [8]
83 №27, p71
76 [9]
81 №28, p52-53
81 [10]
86 [11]
58 [12]
80 [13]
86 №63, p70-71
70 [14]
80 [15]
Sega Mega Drive
 77
Based on
11 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
50
[16]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
91
[17]
Freak (IL)
89
[18]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
71
[1]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
85
[19]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
76
[9]
Mega (UK) PAL
81
[20]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
81
[10]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
86
[11]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
58
[2]
Player One (FR)
80
[21]
Play Time (DE) PAL
86
[22]
Sega Magazin (DE)
85
[23]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
86
[24]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
66
[25]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
78
[26]
Video Games (DE) PAL
70
[27]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
80
[28]
Sega Mega Drive
 78
Based on
18 reviews

WWF Raw

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Mega Drive, JP
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Cover
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Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, AU (Sega Sport)

32X version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
80 №45, p160
70 [29]
77 [30]
81 [31]
68 [32]
71 №21, p88-89
65 №48, p58-59
70 [33]
Sega 32X
 73
Based on
8 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Consoles + (FR)
80
[34]
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
70
[29]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
65
[6]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
77
[30]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
81
[31]
Player One (FR)
68
[35]
Play Time (DE)
80
[36]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
58
[37]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
71
[38]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
65
[39]
SuperGamePower (BR)
64
[40]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-U
70
[41]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[42]
Sega 32X
 71
Based on
13 reviews

WWF Raw

32X, US
WWERaw 32X US Box.jpg
Cover
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Cart
Wwfraw 32x us manual.pdf
Manual
32X, EU
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Cover
WWFRaw 32X EU Cart.jpg
Cart
32X, JP
WWERaw 32X JP Box.jpg
Cover
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WWFRaw32x MD JP Cart.jpg
Cart
Wwfraw 32x jp manual.pdf
Manual

Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
50 №50
50 [43]
52 [44]
80 [45]
50 [46]
72 №14, p97
47 №42, p46
58 [14]
80 [15]
Sega Game Gear
 60
Based on
9 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Game Players (US) NTSC-U
50
[47]
Games World: The Magazine (UK) PAL
59
[48]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
52
[44]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
80
[5]
Player One (FR)
50
[49]
Play Time (DE) PAL
52
[50]
Sega Magazine (UK) PAL
72
[51]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
47
[52]
Video Games (DE) PAL
58
[27]
VideoGames (US)
80
[28]
Sega Game Gear
 60
Based on
10 reviews

WWF Raw

Game Gear, US
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Cover
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Cart
WWF Raw GG US Manual.pdf
Manual
Game Gear, EU
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Cover
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Cart

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega 32X
✔
CRC32 8eb7cd2c
MD5 b3788f861803d21cfa0e559695835f44
SHA-1 94b974f2f69f0c10bc18b349fa4ff95ca56fa47b
4MB Cartridge
Sega Game Gear
 ?
CRC32 8dc68d92
MD5 d810e851ad60ed5ba50b6246c2ce12f2
SHA-1 585e147026bd998062e64ed3c0aaa0a07e6ee734
512kB Cartridge (US/EU)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 54
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Mean Machines Sega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 88
  3. ↑ http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/md/soft_licensee.html
  4. ↑ Sega Megazone, "January 1995" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 33
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Mean Machines Sega, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 80
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 GamePro, "August 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 56
  7. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-06-26), page 44
  8. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 2 February 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 54-55 (54)
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 MAN!AC, "01/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 66
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 Mega Force, "Janvier 1995" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 64
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Mega Fun, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 101
  12. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-11-30), page 88-90 (88)
  13. ↑ Player One, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 86-87 (86)
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 120-121
  15. ↑ 15.0 15.1 VideoGames, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 48-49 (48)
  16. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 270
  17. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 84
  18. ↑ Freak, "1/95" (IL; 1995-xx-xx), page 1
  19. ↑ GamePro, "February 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 44
  20. ↑ Mega, "January 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 52
  21. ↑ Player One, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 86
  22. ↑ Play Time, "1/95" (DE; 1994-12-07), page 108
  23. ↑ Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1994" (DE; 1994-11-17), page 67
  24. ↑ Sega Power, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-15), page 70
  25. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "2" (RU; 1996-01-03), page 169
  26. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 227
  27. ↑ 27.0 27.1 Video Games, "12/94" (DE; 1994-11-23), page 120
  28. ↑ 28.0 28.1 VideoGames, "January 1995" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 48
  29. ↑ 29.0 29.1 Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 7 July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 50
  30. ↑ 30.0 30.1 MAN!AC, "06/95" (DE; 1995-05-10), page 58
  31. ↑ 31.0 31.1 Mega Fun, "06/95" (DE; 1995-05-24), page 83
  32. ↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 115 (117)
  33. ↑ Video Games, "6/95" (DE; 1995-05-17), page 93 (89)
  34. ↑ Consoles +, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 160
  35. ↑ Player One, "Juillet/Août 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 117
  36. ↑ Play Time, "7/95" (DE; 1995-06-07), page 112
  37. ↑ Saturn Fan, "1995 December" (JP; 1995-11-08), page 70
  38. ↑ Sega Magazine, "September 1995" (UK; 1995-08-13), page 88
  39. ↑ Sega Pro, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-13), page 58
  40. ↑ SuperGamePower, "Agosto 1995" (BR; 1995-0x-xx), page 56
  41. ↑ Video Games, "6/95" (DE; 1995-05-17), page 93
  42. ↑ VideoGames, "July 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 70
  43. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 4 April 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 100
  44. ↑ 44.0 44.1 Mega Fun, "02/95" (DE; 1995-01-18), page 86
  45. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "February 1995" (UK; 1994-12-30), page 80-81 (80)
  46. ↑ Player One, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 108 (106)
  47. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 8 No. 3 March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 75
  48. ↑ Games World: The Magazine, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-01-26), page 21
  49. ↑ Player One, "Février 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 108
  50. ↑ Play Time, "2/95" (DE; 1995-01-04), page 110
  51. ↑ Sega Magazine, "February 1995" (UK; 1995-01-15), page 97
  52. ↑ Sega Pro, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-01-26), page 46



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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