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Was WWF Wrestlefest the best arcade game ever?
« on: May 23, 2016, 06:57:08 AM »
I think so! I was so obsessed with it that I had to get it!

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Re: Was WWF Wrestlefest the best arcade game ever?
« Reply #1 on: May 24, 2016, 06:05:49 AM »
That was a classic, I was always the Warrior...

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Re: Was WWF Wrestlefest the best arcade game ever?
« Reply #2 on: May 24, 2016, 06:58:18 PM »
That was a classic, I was always the Warrior...

same here. the running flying clothesline was badass
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Re: Was WWF Wrestlefest the best arcade game ever?
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2016, 07:44:28 PM »
I think WCW vs. nWo: World Tour was the best wrestling game. The Asmik Engine changed the game, literally, for wrestling.

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Re: Was WWF Wrestlefest the best arcade game ever?
« Reply #4 on: May 25, 2016, 03:32:35 PM »
I think WCW vs. nWo: World Tour was the best wrestling game. The Asmik Engine changed the game, literally, for wrestling.

Maybe. But based on a pure replay value nothing beats Wrestlefest.

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Re: Was WWF Wrestlefest the best arcade game ever?
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2016, 11:51:35 AM »
Maybe. But based on a pure replay value nothing beats Wrestlefest.

I don't know.  There was another wrestling game around in the past (maybe a few years before??) that was pretty  much a rip off of WWF characters.  They had a giant mountain type like Andre, a Snuka type in lion clothe that did high flying moves, a power muscle type, etc...   you wrestled in tag teams for like 5 matches before reaching the last match that was for the championship.  I think the 4th match along the way (sometimes randomly) was a steel cage match.  You could throw the opponent into the ropes but they would bounce off the cage instead.

Wish I could remember the name of it.

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Re: Was WWF Wrestlefest the best arcade game ever?
« Reply #6 on: May 31, 2016, 11:57:02 AM »
I remember a ton of quarters being spent on Street Fighter 2, Wrestlefest and Run N Gun basketball in my youth.

No question the best wrestling arcade game ever.

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Re: Was WWF Wrestlefest the best arcade game ever?
« Reply #7 on: June 02, 2016, 05:59:28 PM »
Mat Mania was also pretty good for the arcade back in the day.

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Re: Was WWF Wrestlefest the best arcade game ever?
« Reply #8 on: June 11, 2016, 07:39:48 AM »
I have a modded Xbox..
I have all the classic arcade game and others from the good old days of arcades.. before the home systems came out.
I remember spending my $1 allowance playing wrestlefest at my local 7-11 store. Also love playing wwf superstars... good memories...

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Re: Was WWF Wrestlefest the best arcade game ever?
« Reply #9 on: August 03, 2016, 05:52:17 PM »
I have a modded Xbox..
I have all the classic arcade game and others from the good old days of arcades.. before the home systems came out.
I remember spending my $1 allowance playing wrestlefest at my local 7-11 store. Also love playing wwf superstars... good memories...

Great memory back in simpler times.