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About JDelacey

Jason, who was raised in Scotland, but currently lives in merry old England, has been gaming for around 25 of his 33 years of life. Started off by the Atari 2600 and the classic ZX Spectrum, Jason has never once lost love for gaming. Jason is a huge wrestling video game fan and wrote a long running history of wrestling video games series. Jason now is responsible for passing on his addiction of video games to his son Logan. Favourite Systems: Super Nintendo, Sega Mega Drive (sorry Genesis for my American friends) Playstation, Nintendo 64, Xbox 360. Favourite Games: Super Mario World, Star Wars Arcade, Ninja Turles 4, Streets of Rage 2, Sensible Soccer, WWF No Mercy, Wrestlemania The Arcade Game, Final Fantasy 7, Final Fantasy 10, Link To The Past, and Resident Evil 4.

Parental Gaming: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Hero Portal

Parental Gaming: Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Hero Portal Man, Skylanders really did open the floodgates with the whole “Toys To Life Thing”. Well today we are looking at one of a series of plug and plays that follows the Toy …

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Parental Gaming: Thoughts On Disney Infinity

Hey guys today I want to share my thoughts on both the Disney Infinity games with you and have a little look at our Marvel collection that goes with it. I talked a little about this game in a couple …

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Parental Video Gaming: The Skylanders Phenomenon!

The Skylanders Phenomenon! Ok so Skylanders is my sons main thing! He has been down since day one. and when the first game Spyro’s Adventure was being advertised on TV, he was hooked and that was all he wanted for …

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Parental Video Gaming: Creative Gaming

Creative Gaming Today I want to share an observation I made with my son and his friends, but also something that seems to be very popular these days in gaming, and that is creative gaming. Now games where you can …

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Parental Video Gaming: Beating Our First Game

Beating Our First Game! You know as guy in his 30’s (early 30’s I might add!) I have got stored in my memory banks some pretty special gaming memories. As a kid my parents were great when it came to …

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Parental Video Gaming:  Baku What?????

Hi guys, some of you may remember me from a long running series I did on wrestling video games here on Gamester81.com (check them out, they are awesome lol).  Anyways I am now back with a new series where I …

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Wrestle Reviews: Hulk Hogan’s Main Event

Wrestle Reviews Hulk Hogan’s Main Event Release 2011 Format Xbox 360 Background Well let me tell you something, dude if you want the best wrestling game in the world brother, then you better make sure you have the Kinect and …

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Wrestle Reviews: WCW Backstage Assault

Wrestle Reviews WCW Backstage Assault Release 2000 Format Nintendo 64  Playstation  Background Man I would loved to have been in the room when this game was pitched, and then approved by the powers that be at EA! WCW Mayhem the …

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Wrestle Reviews: American Tag Team Wrestling

Wrestle Reviews American Tag Team Wrestling Release 1992 Format ZX Spectrum Commodore 64 Amstrad Amiga Background American Tag Team Wrestling was released in 1992 and while now to newer wresting fans a game focused on tag team wrestling may seem …

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Wrestle Reviews: Title Match Pro Wrestling

Wrestle Reviews Title Match Pro Wrestling Release 1987/89 Format Atari 2600 Atari 7800 Background Despite its popularity in the 1980’s pro wrestling would not make much of an impact on the Atari 2600. When it comes to wrestling games for …

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Wrestle Reviews: WCW/nWo Thunder

Wrestle Reviews WCW/nWo Thunder Release 1998 Format Sony Playstation Background WCW/nWo Thunder was the last WCW video game to be released on the Sony Playstation by THQ. It is a direct sequel to the game WCW Nitro that was released …

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Wrestle Reviews: Def Jam Vendetta

Wrestle Reviews Def Jam Vendetta Release 2003 Format Playstation2 Nintendo Game Cube Background Def Jam Vendetta has a very interesting back story in that EA’s previous wrestling game WCW Backstage Assault (which I will get round to reviewing one day) …

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Wrestle Reviews: WWE 2K14

Wrestle Reviews WWE 2K14 Release 2013 Format Sony Playstation 3 Xbox 360 Background I have waited a while to review this game because I wanted to put some serious time into it before I gave my opinion. WWE 2K14 is …

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Wrestle Reviews: Top 10 Wrestling Games Part 2

Wrestle Reviews Top 10 Wrestling Games Part 2 5-1 Number 5: WCW/nWo: Revenge Nintendo 64 1998 This was the pinnacle of WCW video games, an this was the sequel to the awesome WCW vs nWo World Tour; it simply blew that …

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Wrestle Reviews: Top 10 Wrestling Games Part 1

Wrestle Reviews Top 10 Wrestling Games Part 1 10-6  Today I am not going to review a classic wrestling game instead I thought I would share with you guys what I consider to be the ten best wrestling games of …

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Wrestle Reviews: ECW Anarchy Rulz

Wrestle Reviews ECW Anarchy Rulz Release 2000 Format Sega Dreamcast Sony Playstation Background ECW Anarchy Rulz is the sequel to the less than great ECW Hardcore Revolution (which we have reviewed here on the site) ECW Hardcore Revolution did not …

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Wrestle Reviews: The Simpsons Wrestling

Wrestle Reviews The Simpsons Wrestling Release 2001 Format Sony Playstation Background In doing my research for this review I found something out about this game that I never knew of before; that this game was published by EA.  I have …

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Wrestle Reviews: WCW Nitro

Wrestle Reviews WCW Nitro Release 1997 Format Sony Playstation Background Back in the 90’s the WWF and WCW went head to head on Monday nights. WWF had their RAW TV show and WCW had WCW Nitro. For a while WCW …

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Wrestle Reviews: Sgt Slaughter’s Mat Wars

Wrestle Reviews Sgt Slaughter’s Mat Wars Release 1989 Format Commodore 64 Background Sgt Slaughter is one of the all time classic characters in pro wrestling. As a kid I hated Sgt Slaughter and my best memories of him are when …

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Wrestle Reviews: Rumble Roses

Wrestle Reviews Rumble Roses Release 2005 Format Playstation 2 Background Man how could you not feel kind of dirty when you took this game on the counter in your local video game store? If you like hot chicks wrestling in …

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Wrestle Reviews: TNA iMPACT!

Wrestle Reviews TNA iMPACT! Release 2008 Format Xbox 360 Playstation 2 Playstation 3 Playstation Portable Nintendo Wii Background TNA are currently the closest thing that the WWE has to competition. At the very least whether you are a fan or …

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Wrestle Reviews: Giant Gram 2000: All Japan Pro Wrestling 3

Wrestle Reviews Giant Gram 2000: All Japan Pro Wrestling 3 Release 2000 Format Sega Dreamcast Background I have never been a big import gamer if I am honest, but one game that I went out of my way to import …

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Wrestle Reviews: WCW Mayhem

Wrestle Reviews WCW Mayhem Release 1999 Format Sony Playstation Nintendo 64 Background WCW Mayhem was the very first WCW game to be released by EA. EA got the rights to make games based on WCW after THQ who previously made …

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Wrestle Reviews: Showdown Legends Of Wrestling

Wrestle Reviews Showdown: Legends Of Wrestling Release 2004 Format Playstation 2 Xbox Background Showdown: Legends Of Wrestling was the very last wrestling game that Acclaim would put out. Actually it was one of the last video games they would ever …

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Wrestle Reviews: World Championship Wrestling

Wrestle Reviews WCW: World Championship Wrestling Release 1990 Format NES Background WCW was the very first wrestling game to be released under the WCW name. This game was released not that long after the NWA (National Wrestling Alliance) became known …

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Wrestle Reviews: Legends Of Wrestling II

Wrestle Reviews Legends Of Wrestling II Release 2002/2003 Format Sony Playstation 2 Nintendo Game Cube Xbox Game Boy Advance Background Despite the somewhat clunky controls there was still a great deal of fun to be had with Acclaim’s first Legends …

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Wrestle Reviews: The Scorpion King

Wrestle Reviews The Scorpion King Release 2002 Format Sony Playstation 2 Nintendo Game Cube Background “What the hell does this have to do with wrestling?”  The Scorpion King was the first time that Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson would be the …

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Wrestle Reviews: Wrestle War

Wrestle Reviews Wrestle War Release 1991 Format Sega Mega Drive Background Wrestle War is a very interesting game in that for some odd reason it was never released in the USA on the Sega Genesis. Here in the UK it …

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Wrestle Reviews: Tecmo World Wrestling

Wrestle Reviews Tecmo World Wrestling Release 1989-90 Format NES Background Tecmo World Wrestling was one of my favorite games on the NES as a kid. I didn’t actually own this game, but one of my buddies did, and we would …

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Wrestle Reviews: WCW/nWo Revenge

Wrestle Reviews WCW/nWo Revenge Release 1998 Format Nintendo 64 Background I have wanted to talk about this one for awhile. This game to me was the ultimate reason to own a Nintendo 64 back in 1998. Yeah I know that …

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Wrestle Reviews: ECW Hardcore Revolution

Wrestle Reviews ECW Hardcore Revolution Release 2000 Format Sony Playstation Sega Dreamcast Nintendo 64 Game Boy Color Background Acclaim is mainly remembered for their ten year run of making games based on the WWF, and probably after that, it’s their Legends …

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Wrestle Reviews: WCW vs nWo World Tour

Wrestle Reviews WCW VS  nWo: World Tour Release 1997 Format Nintendo 64 Background Here is where it all started! This was THQ’s first of four fantastic American wrestling games to be released on the Nintendo 64. This game was released …

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Wrestle Reviews: Legends Of Wrestling

Wrestle Reviews Legends Of Wrestling Release 2002 Format Playstation 2 Xbox Game Cube Background The ten year relationship that Acclaim had with the WWF in the late 80’s up to 1999 was one of their strongest properties. When they lost …

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Wrestle Reviews: WCW VS The World

Wrestle Reviews WCW VS The World Release 1997 Format Sony Playstation Background WCW vs The World is actually a pretty big mile stone in pro wrestling video games. First of all it was the first WCW video game in a …

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Wrestle Reviews: Saturday Night Slam Masters

Wrestle Reviews Saturday Night Slam Masters Release 1994 Format Super Nintendo Sega Mega Drive FM Towns Marty Arcade (1993) Background Saturday Night Slam Masters was originally an arcade game made by Capcom in 1993. There was also an updated version …

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Wrestle Reviews: Suburban Commando

Wrestle Reviews Suburban Commando Release 1993 Format Amiga Commodore 64 PC ** Hi guys first of all a big thank you to anyone who had taken the time to read my history of WWF/E games over this last year. Well …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 55

History of WWF/E Games Part 55 WWE Presents: Rockpocalypse Release 2013 Format iPad iPhone Android Time to look at the WWE & The Rock joining forces once again. Background The Rock without a doubt is a house hold name these …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 54

History of WWF/E Games Part 54 WWE 13 Release 2012 Format Xbox 360 Playstation 3 Nintendo Wii Time to look at the last WWE game from THQ. Background WWE 13 really is the end of a era, and this is …

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History Of WWF/E Games Part 53

History of WWF/E Games Part 53 WWE Rumblers Release 2012 Format iPad Time to look at a WWE Games that uses WWE action figures Background WWE Rumblers stared life as a toy line by Mattel. These figures are clearly inspired …

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History Of WWF/E Games Part 52

History of WWF/E Games Part 52 WWE Wrestlefest Release 2012 Format iPad iPhone Time to look at a remake of an arcade classic. Background WWF Wrestlefest was an arcade game that was released in 1991 by Technos. The game never …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 51

History of WWF/E Games Part 51 WWE 12 Release 2011 Format Xbox 360 Playstation 3 Nintendo Wii Time to look at the start of a new series. Background WWE 12 THQ claimed was going to be “bigger,badder, better” in pretty …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 50

History of WWF/E Games Part 50 WWE Super Star/SummerSlam Slingshot Release 2011 Format iPad iPhone Time to look at the Angry Birds, but WWE Style. Background WWE Super Star Slingshot was released in 2011, and was the WWE’s take on …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 49

History of WWF/E Games Part 49 WWE Smackdown vs RAW 2011 Release 2010 Format Microsoft Xbox 360 Sony Playstation 3 Sony Playstation Portable Sony Playstation 2 Nintendo Wii Time to look at the last game in the Smackdown vs RAW …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 48

History of WWF/E Games Part 48 WWE All Stars Release 2010 Format Microsoft Xbox 360 Sony Playstation 3 Sony Playstation Portable Sony Playstation 2 Nintendo Wii Nintendo 3DS Time to look at one of the craziest WWE games ever released. …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 47

History of WWF/E Games Part 47 WWE Smackdown vs RAW 2010 Release 2009 Format Sony Playstation 3 Sony Playstation Portable Sony Playstation 2 Nintendo Wii Nintendo DS Microsoft Xbox 360 Time to look at the eleventh game in the series. …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 46

History of WWF/E Games Part 46 WWE Legends of Wrestlemania Release 2009 Format Sony Playstation 3 Microsoft Xbox 360 Time to look at the first WWE licensed Legends game. Background There had been Legends of Wrestling games in the past. …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 45

History of WWF/E Games Part 45 WWE Smackdown vs RAW 2009 Release 2008 Format Nintendo Wii Sony Playstation 2 Sony Playstation 3 Sony PSP Microsoft Xbox 360 Nintendo DS Time to look at one of my favourite games in the …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 44-2

History of WWF/E Games Part 44-2 WWE Smackdown vs RAW 2008 Release 2007 Format Nintendo Wii Time to look at the first WWE game on a Nintendo console in two years. Background Smackdown vs RAW 2008 for the Nintendo Wii …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 44-1

History of WWF/E Games Part 44-Part 1 WWE Smackdown vs RAW 2008 Release 2007 Format Microsoft Xbox 360 Nintendo DS Sony Playstation 3 Sony Playstation 2 Sony PSP Time to look at the first mass platform released game in the …

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Some Thoughts On The Star Wars Prequels

Some Thoughts On The Star Wars Prequels As I write this I am a 31 year old married father who has wanted to write a piece like this for a while now. I was first introduced to Star Wars at …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 43

History of WWF/E Games Part 43 WWE Smackdown vs RAW 2007 Release 2006 Format Microsoft Xbox 360 Sony Playstation Sony PSP Time to look at the first Smackdown to appear on the Xbox 360. Background THQ decided to pull the …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 42

History of WWF/E Games Part 42 WWE Smackdown vs RAW 2006 Release 2005 Format Sony Playstation Sony PSP Time to look at the first Smackdown game to go multi platform. Background By now it was decided that instead of giving …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 41

History of WWF/E Games Part 41 WWE Day of Reckoning 2 Release 2005 Format Nintendo Game Cube Time to look at the last WWE game on Game Cube. Background Work began on WWE Day of Reckoning 2 while the first …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 40

History of WWF/E Games Part 40 WWE Aftershock Release 2005 Format Nokia N-Gage Time to look at the only WWE game on N-Gage. Background Ah…Nokia’s attempt to get into the hand held market. I think (and this is just my …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 39

History of WWF/E Games Part 39 WWE Wrestlemania 21 Release 2005 Format Xbox Time to look at the last WWE game for the original Xbox. Background As the Smackdown series on the Playstation had become Smackdown vs RAW, it would …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 38

History of WWF/E Games Part 38 WWE Smackdown vs RAW Release 2004 Format Sony Playstation 2 Time to look at the first game in this long running series. Background In 2001 when the WWF bought there competition WCW (World Championship …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 37

WWE Survivor Series Release 2004 Format Nintendo Game Boy Advance Time to look at the last Game Boy Advance WWE Game. Background The Survivor Series is the 2nd longest running WWE pay-per-view event. The very first Survivor Series event took …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 36

History of WWF/E Games Part 36 WWE Day of Reckoning Release 2004 Format Nintendo GameCube Time to look at the penultimate GameCube wrestling game. Background In the early days when WWE Day of Reckoning was in its initial stages of …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 35

History of WWF/E Games Part 35 WWE Smackdown: Here Comes The Pain Release 2003 Format Sony Playstation 2 Time to look at the last game in the original Smackdown series. Background Smackdown: Here Comes The Pain was the first game …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 34

History of WWF/E Games Part 34 WWE RAW 2 Release 2003 Format Xbox Time to look at the second WWE game on Xbox. Background WWE RAW 2 was the sequel to RAW that was released on the Xbox and PC …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 33

History of WWF/E Games Part 33 WWE Wrestlemania XIX Release 2003 Format Nintendo GameCube Time to look at the second WWE game on GameCube. Background Wrestlemania XIX is the sequel to Wrestlemania X8 that was released a year earlier. It …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 32

History of WWF/E Games Part 32 WWE Crush Hour Release 2003 Format Sony Playstation 2 Nintendo GameCube Time to look at the last Twisted Metal with a WWE twist. Background WWE Crush Hour was the first of what would be …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 31

History of WWF/E Games Part 31 WWE Smackdown: Shut Your Mouth Release 2002 Format Sony Playstation 2 Time to look at the last WWE game to feature one of The Rock’s catchphrases. Background I am sure that too many people …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 30

History of WWF/E Games Part 30 WWE Road To Wrestlemania X8 Release 2002 Format Game Boy Advance Time to look at the one of the best hand held wrestling games. Background While this game is called Road To Wrestlemania X8 …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 29

History of WWF/E Games Part 29 Wrestlemania X8 Release 2002 Format Nintendo GameCube Time to look at the first WWF game on GameCube. Background Wrestlemania X8 had some very big shoes to fill.  Despite being made by a different developer …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 28

History of WWF/E Games Part 28 WWF/E RAW Release 2002 Format Microsoft Xbox PC Time to look at the First WWF Game on Xbox. Background OK so the background on this game is going to take a while so get …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 27

History of WWF/E Games Part 27 WWF Road To Wrestlemania Release 2001 Format Game Boy Advance Time to look at the First WWF Game on Game Boy Advance Background Road To Wrestlemania is most commonly seen as running from the …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 26

WWF Smackdown: Just Bring It Release 2001 Format Sony Playstation 2 Time to look at the First WWF Game on PS2. Background This game could not have been in development at a more awkward time for THQ.  In April 2001 …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 25

History of WWF/E Games Part 25 WWF Betrayal Release 2001 Format Game Boy Colour Time to look at the last WWF Game Boy Colour game. Background Now this is something different. This is not a wrestling game,  but instead what …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 24

History of WWF/E Games Part 24 WWF With Authority Release 2001 Format PC Time to look at Pokemon, but WWF style. Background WWF With Authority was the first WWF game to be exclusively released on home computers in nearly a …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 23

History of WWF/E Games Part 23 WWF No Mercy Release 2000 Format Nintendo 64 Time to look at the last WWF game on Nintendo 64. Background This would be the last WWF game to be released on the Nintendo 64 …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 22

History of WWF/E Games Part 22 WWF Smackdown 2: Know Your Role Release 2000 Format Sony Playstation Time to look at the last WWF game on Playstation 1. Background You may have expected this review to be WWF No Mercy …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 21

History of WWF/E Games Part 21 WWF Royal Rumble Release 2000 Format Sega Dreamcast Arcade Time to look at the last WWF game on Dreamcast. Background: WWF Royal Rumble was the first WWF game to be released in arcades since …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 20

History of WWF/E Games Part 20 WWF Smackdown Release 2000 Format Sony Playstation Time to look at the first Playstation WWF Game from THQ. Background WWF Smackdown was a TV show that the WWF added to there schedule back in …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 19

History of WWF/E Games Part 19 WWF Wrestlemania 2000 Release 1999 Format Nintendo 64 Nintendo Game Boy Colour Time to look at the first WWF game from THQ. Background Before getting the WWF license THQ produced games based on the …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 18

History of WWF/E Games Part 18 WWF Attitude Release 1999 Format Sony Playstation Nintendo 64 Nintendo Game Boy Colour Sega Dreamcast Time to look at the last WWF game to be released by Acclaim. Background WWF Attitude was a direct …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 17

History of WWF/E Games Part 17 WWF Warzone Release 1998 Format Sony Playstation Nintendo 64 Nintendo Game Boy Time to look at the first WWF game to enter the 3D world. Background To say I was rabid with excitement for …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 16

WWF In Your House Release 1996 Format Sony Playstation Sega Saturn PC Time to look at the last WWF game to use digitized graphics. Background While the reaction to WWF Wrestlemania the arcade game was mixed. The good people at …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 15-3

History of WWF/E Games Part 15-3 WWF Wrestlemania The Arcade Game Release 1995 Format Sony Playstation Sega Saturn Sega Mega Drive 32X PC Time to look at the the 32-bit version’s of this awesome game. Background I was in awe …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 15-2

History of WWF/E Games Part 15-2 WWF Wrestlemania The Arcade Game Release 1995 Format Super Nintendo Sega Mega Drive Time to look at the the 16-bit version’s of this awesome game. Background **Hi guys welcome back to the second part …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 15-1

WWF Wrestlemania The Arcade Game Release 1995 Format Arcade Time to look at the the arcade version of this awesome game. Background ** I have decided to do this in three parts. This first part will look at the arcade …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 14-3

History of WWF/E Games Part 14-3 WWF RAW Release 1994 Format Sega Game Gear Nintendo Game Boy Time to look at the hand held versions of WWF RAW. Background WWF RAW would be the fourth WWF game to be released …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 14-2

History of WWF/E Games Part 14-2 WWF RAW Release 1995 Format Sega Mega Drive32X Time to look at the WWF RAW again, but this time its on steroids!!! Background **I know I said last week that this was going to …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 14-1

History of WWF/E Games Part 14-1 WWF RAW Release 1994 Format Sega Mega Drive Super Nintendo Time to look at the last of the classic 16-bit style WWF games, in this special two parter. Background **WWF RAW was released on …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 13

History of WWF/E Games Part 13 WWF Rage in the Cage Release 1993 Format Sega Mega CD Time to look at the one and only WWF game for the Mega CD. Background WWF Rage in the Cage, was the only …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 12

History of WWF/E Games Part 12 WWF King of the Ring Release 1993 Format NES Game Boy Time to look at the fourth and last WWF game for the NES. Background King of the Ring was a pay-per-view that the …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 11

History of WWF/E Games Part 11 WWF Royal Rumble Release 1993 Format Super Nintendo Sega Mega Drive Time to look at what many consider the best of the 16 bit WWF games. Background WWF Royal Rumble really is a very …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 10

History of WWF/E Games Part 10 WWF Wrestlemania Steel Cage Challenge Release 1992/3 Format Nintendo Sega Master System Sega Game Gear (1993) Time to look at the first 8bit WWF game for Sega and the third for the NES. Background …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 9

  History of WWF/E Games Part 9 WWF Superstars 2 Release 1992 Format Game Boy This week it is the 2nd WWF title for the original Game Boy Background This was the very first WWF game that was billed as …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 8

 History of WWF/E Games Part 8 WWF Super Wrestlemania Release 1992 Format Super Nintendo Sega Mega Drive  This week lets look at the very first WWF title of the 16 bit era  Background “Actual Game Selection Screen!” This quote is …

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History of WWF Games Part 7

History of WWF/E Games Part 7 WWF European Rampage Release 1992 Format Amiga Atari ST PC Commodore 64 This week we look at one of the more obscure WWF games Background This was the second WWF game that was released …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 6

History of WWF/E Games Part 6 WWF Wrestlemania Release 1991 Format Amiga Atari ST PC ZX Spectrum Amstrad Commodore 64 Time for one of the most mass released WWF games ever *** Please note in chronological order this instalment should …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 5

History of WWF/E Games Part 5 WWF Superstars Release 1991 Format Gameboy Time for a look at the first WWF game for a handheld system. Background WWF Superstars for the Game Boy was the very first WWF game that was …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 4

  History of WWF/E Games Part 4 WWF Wrestlemania Challenge Release 1990 Format NES This week we look at one of my favourite games from my childhood. Background WWF Wrestlemania Challenge was the second WWF title to be released on …

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History of WWF/E Games Part 3

  History of WWF/E Games Part 3 WWF Superstars Release 1989 Format Arcade   This week we look at the very first WWF arcade title.   Background WWF Superstars was developed by the good people at Technos who are the …

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History of WWF Video Games Part 2

History of WWF Video Games Part 2 WWF Wrestlemania Release: 1989 Formant: NES Well here it is the very first WWF game for a Nintendo console, and a little bit of trivia for you guys out there; this game may be …

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History of WWF/E Video Games Part 1

WWF Micro League Wrestling Release 1987-1989 Formats Commodore 64 Amiga Atari ST PC This is a weekly look at the history of WWF/E video games, and may from time to time focus on WCW, ECW, or even Japanese wrestling games. …

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Arcade Tales Part V

  Arcade Tales Part V WWF Royal Rumble I thought for this weeks arcade tales that I might as well go with the last WWF game that has so far hit the arcades, and that game is the 2000 release …

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Arcade Tales Part IV WWF Wrestlemania

  Arcade Tales Part IV WWF Wrestlemania The Arcade Game Many people find it strange when I tell them that this is one of my favourite video games of all time. This is one of those video games that get’s …

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Arcade Tales Part III WWF Wrestlefest

  Arcade Tales Part III WWF Wrestlefest Released in 1991 by Techons who are perhaps most famous for being the people behind the Double Dragon series, WWF Wrestlefest is one of the most fondly remembered wrestling games of all time …

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Arcade Tales Part II

Arcade Tales Part II Revolution X I know right away this is going to be a tough sell for many of you gamers, as this game for years now has been universally panned by critics and gamers alike.  However Revolution …

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Arcade Tales Part 1

  ArcadeTales Part 1  I decided to write this last weekend when on a trip to the Metro Centre (a shopping centre here in the UK). While there I went to the Namco Funscape Arcade.  It is pretty cool in …

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Great Super Hero Games That Are Not Arkham City or Asylum

       Great Super Hero Games That Are Not Arkham City Or Asylum!!! Its fair to say most of us have at least played Batman Arkham Asylum by now and a load of you guys  have most probably played …

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Does Mario Need Some New Friends To Race?

  With many of us having the pleasure of playing through Mario Kart 7 for a few weeks now we have all no doubt wondered where Nintendo will go next with Mario Kart. I had an absolute blast with Mario …

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