I don’t have much to say about this stupid game except I hate it.
Was not worth my 15 minutes at Walmart.
Conclusion: WORST GAME EVER (almost).
-hollywood
Shameless Promotion:
Buy This at Amazon
Other Pokemon Resources:
Contrasting Review of Pokemon Stadium 2
Review of Pokemon Stadium 2 (import)
Pokemon Banned in Saudi Arabia!!!
Pokemon Movie 3 (I’m sure this will win an Oscar)
Future here again with another lascivious review. I don’t know what that word means, but it’s probably apropos. This week I’m investigating the genre of wrestling games: Then and Now. I’ll start with WWF Wrestlemania: Steel Cage Challenge. The moment I saw the opening screen of a pixilated Hulk Hogan ripping his shirt and leering at me, I knew I was in for a hell of a time reviewing this!
In Steel Cage Challenge you can be the immortal Hulkster, the Undertaker, IRS, Bret Hart, the Mountie, Jake Roberts or Ted Dibiase. It really doesn’t matter who you are because everyone has the same move set. They pretty much all look alike too, except Hulk Hogan, who is very bright and orange (They did a good job of capturing his walrus mustache as well.) Bret Hart and the Mountie look the same and they also look black (they are not). The graphics as a whole are pretty bad IMO. The ring looks like a cardboard cutout, and the faces on the character profile look nothing like the wrestlers, more like old high school yearbook shots of bad hair and blurry people.
There are 2 things they captured perfectly though: the theme music and the crowd. All of your favorite themes are there, from Hulk Hogan’s “I Am a Real American” to Bret Hart’s “Da da da dah…dah-duh” to IRS “Sounds of a Typewriter.”TM The crowd doesn’t move, but great detail was used on individual fans. There’s Smiley Guy and Cool Guy with Glasses and Totally Uninterested Guy (can’t blame him!)
You can fight in a tag-team, in a steel cage or for the WWF title. You know what? I can’t beat a single person! Maybe one day I’ll review another game I’ve beaten, but these games are tough (or I’m stupid). I tried calling the old Nintendo Power Hotline, and I got some greasy jerk named “Bill”(if that is his real name) who claimed that I had a wrong number. I intend on writing to Nintendo to report “Bill” for goofing off at work!
The only “moves” in the game are punch, kick, throw your opponent around and slam. I guess back then wrestlers didn’t know many holds. I was trounced time and again by the Mountie… and why? There’s no way to kick out of a pin… unless you’re the computer. I’ve decided that video games have a rudimentary intelligence, enough to not want anyone to win when playing against them. Computers are just too smart for me, and one day I’ll accept that. For now, I’ll curse at the Mountie for mysteriously recovering all his energy and running away when I’m winning. This is WRESTLE-FIGHTING not CHEAT-FIGHTING. Screw That! I played the Player vs. Player mode with no one around and beat the shit out of my opponents. The only games I like are the ones where I win. Me, not YOU!
After getting bored of this below average “game” I took the cartridge out and challenged it to a real fight. After it seemed to accept we had a long battle where I bashed it to pieces with a steel chair as my manager distracted the ref. Bring it on shitty old Nintendo games!!! I ain’t afraid a you! WWF No Mercy… You’re next!!!
The Bottom Line: WWF Wrestlemania : Steel Cage Challenge is hours of fun if you’re a BRAIN DEAD RABBIT or if you’re in a coma!
-Future
What Other Staff Members Think:
Tobita - Wrassle game, I wrassler!! Hulk Hogan say once, “Bring it on!” so I bring it on. He cry like diaper soiled baby when Tobita bring it on. Bring it on made famous throughout world with murals, stories and giant stone sculpture. Whole world know legend Tobita bring it on! Yeah!!
Warhol - Hmm… Another drab, dull theme with a bald guy. I’m seeing a pattern uglier than plaid. Ghastly!
Other Steel Cage Challenge Resources:
Another Review of This Crappy Game
Get the ROM and Play on Your PC
WWF Wrestling Cheats
