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WWF WrestleFest (US)

 
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WWF WrestleFest (US)

| 1991
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Developer: Technos Japan
Controls/Input Device: Control(joy8way), Buttons(2)
Number of Players: 4
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Mameinfo.dat entry:
0.37b10 [Yochizo]


WIP:

- 0.147u2: hap fixed clone Omega Fighter Special. The game fails to boot or finish post. After showing bad rom errors, the game resets.

- 0.147u1: Fixed maincpu rom loading.

- 0.122u7: Fixed gfx1/2/3/4/5 rom loading.

- 0.89u3: Changed Z80 CPU2 clock speed to 5MHz.

- 0.37b10: Yochizo added 'Omega Fighter' (UPL 1989) and clone Omega Fighter Special.

- 21st November 2000: Yochizo fixed some graphics bugs in the Omega Fighter / Atomic Robo-kid driver.

- 8th November 2000: Yochizo sent in a driver for Omega Fighter and Atomic Robo-kid.

- 25th April 1999: Dumped Omega Fighter Special.


LEVELS: 8 (restarts once)


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Romset: 2016 kb / 8 files / 457.8 zip


Credits Mameinfo and Mametesters Project Robert J. Rabgno et al.
History.dat entry:
WWF WrestleFest (c) 1991 Technos Japan Corporation.

10 selectable wrestlers fight in a tag team tournament or take part in the Royal Rumble.

- TECHNICAL -

Game ID : TA-0031

Main CPU : Motorola 68000 (@ 12 Mhz)
Sound CPU : Zilog Z80 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)
Sound Chips : Yamaha YM2151 (@ 3.579545 Mhz), OKI6295 (@ 7.759 Khz)

Players : 4
Control : 8-Way Joystick
Buttons : 2
=> Punch, Kick

- TRIVIA -

WWF Wrestlefest was released in July 1991.

Also licensed to Tecmo.

The only WWF Technos game to not feature theme music for any of the individual wrestlers.

The announcer is Michelle 'Mike' McGuirk, who would sometimes substitute for Howard Finkel, the WWF's longtime ring announcer. McGuirk worked as a ring announcer for the WWF between 1988 and 1993 before she left because, according to her, she refused sexual advances made upon her by WWF owner Vince McMahon.

The game's announcer incorrectly announces Sergeant Slaughter's finishing move. Slaughter's finishing move (digging a knuckle into the opponent's temple) is announced as a 'Cobra Clutch', whereas that move is called 'The Torture Bar'. A Cobra Clutch looks totally different : DiBiase's Million Dollar Dream is a Cobra Clutch.

You can beat the Legion of Doom and get their titles via a count-out in the Tag Team portion of the game (Saturday Night's Main Event). This is incorrect : in pro wrestling, a championship only changes hands via a pinfall or a submission. If the champion/champions are counted-out or are disqualified, they lose the match, but they hold on to their titles.

The rules for the Royal Rumble are not quite correct. In WrestleFest, you can be eliminated by being thrown from the ring, or the traditional means (pin, submission, etc.). This is not correct. Ever since the WWF Royal Rumble started, the rules for elimination have never changed. The ONLY way to be eliminated is to be thrown over the top rope. No pinfalls, no submissions. In fact, the referee should not be in the ring during a Royal Rumble as he remains on the outside of the ring to confirm elimination has occurred.

Although the rules for the steel cage match has changed over the years, the Steel Cage Matches in WrestleFest are not done correctly, by pro wrestling rules at the time of release. Again, there should not be a referee in the ring and pinfalls or submissions do not count. To win a steel cage match, you must be the first to escape the steel cage... either by breaking the door open and crawling out, or by climbing over the top (in both cases you win when your feet touch the ground first outside the ring). In the present day however, pinfalls do count and a referee is present although you still can win by escaping the cage.

Crush and Smash are not the original members of Demolition. Crush joined the team in 1990 when Ax (Bill Eadie) suffered from ill health caused by an allergic reaction to shellfish and the WWF wanted to 'hide' his illness on television by adding a third member to the team to make them look stronger. This game was made just as Crush replaced him, but at the time of actual release, Demolition had already broken up. Smash was repackaged as The Repo Man while Crush turned face (good guy) and the 2 feuded for a while.

Crush and Smash may not be played separately in the tag-team (Saturday Night's Main Event) game. You must pick them both for your tag team, to get either. Of course, you may play either of them in The Royal Rumble.

You may not play either member of Legion of Doom under any circumstances: they are unavailable to pick for both games (Saturday Night's Main Event and The Royal Rumble). Much like the game's precursor, "WWF Superstars," the champions are reserved for the AI only.

The real names of the wrestlers:
Hulk Hogan: Terry Bollea
The Ultimate Warrior: James Hellwig (1959-2014)
The Big Boss Man: Ray Traylor (1962-2004)
Earthquake: John Tenta (1963-2006)
Sergeant Slaughter: Robert Remus
The Million Dollar Man: Ted DiBiase
Jake The Snake: Aurelian Smith
Mr. Perfect: Curt Hennig (1958-2003)
Smash of Demolition: Barry Darsow
Crush of Demolition: Brian Adams (1964-2007)
Hawk of LOD: Michael Hegstrand (1957-2003)
Animal of LOD: Joe Laurinaitis

Each superstar has a trademark hold that can be done when your opponent's energy is low.
Hulk Hogan : Legdrop Off The Ropes
Ultimate Warrior : Gorilla Press
Big Boss Man : The Boss Man Slam
Earthquake : Earthquake Vertical Splash
Sergeant Slaughter : Cobra Clutch
Ted DiBiase : The Million Dollar Dream
Jake The Snake Roberts : The DDT
Mr. Perfect : Perfect-Plex
Smash of Demolition : Suplex
Crush of Demolition : Back Breaker
Hawk of LOD : Clothesline Off The Rope Turnbuckle
Animal of LOD : Clothesline Off The Rope Turnbuckle

At the time of the game's release, the actual WWF Tag Team Champions were The Nasty Boys (Brian Knobbs and Jerry Sags) who are absent from the game, although the Legion of Doom would defeat the Nasties to claim their first WWF Tag Team Titles one month later at Summerslam 1991.

- UPDATES -

The US version is slightly different, it has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen.

- SERIES -

1. WWF Superstars (1989)
2. WWF WrestleFest (1991)
3. WWF Superstars 2 (1992, Nintendo Game Boy)

- STAFF -

Character Designers: Hiroshi Shibata, Koji Sakuma, Michiaki Ishida, Makoto Shirai, Toru Tsuboya, Koji Minagawa
Character Design Assist: Koji Ogata
B.G. Designers: Takehisa Izumiyama, Toshiyuki Osumi
Programmers: Tatsumi Saito, Isamu Kanakubo, Genei Fukuhara, Teruhiro Maeda, Naritaka Nishimura
Hardware: Kenji Nishikawa
Editors: Hiroshi Sato, Ai Onoe, Yasuhiro Ohi
Sound Programmer: Yoshihiro Kameoka
Director: Shinichi Saito
Producer: Kunio Taki

- CONTRIBUTE -

Edit this entry: http://www.arcade-history.com/?&page=detail&id=3207&o=2


Licensed from Alexis Bousiges under a CC Attribution 3.0 License
cheat.dat entry:
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00000000 1C16A3 00000059 FFFFFFFF Infinite Time
00010000 1C16A1 00000099 FFFFFFFF Infinite Time (2/2)
00000000 1C0617 0000006E FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy 1st Character
00010000 1C061F 0000006E FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy 1st Character (2/2)
00000001 1C0617 00000000 FFFFFFFF Drain All Energy Now! 1st Character
00010001 1C061F 00000000 FFFFFFFF Drain All Energy Now! 1st Character (2/2)
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select 1st Character Enable this selection cheat as your chosen characters are walking into the ring. If necessary pause the game and select the character you want.
00010000 1C0607 00000000 FFFFFFFF Hulk Hogan
00010000 1C0607 00000001 FFFFFFFF Ultimate Warrior
00010000 1C0607 00000002 FFFFFFFF Jake Roberts
00010000 1C0607 00000003 FFFFFFFF Big Boss Man
00010000 1C0607 00000004 FFFFFFFF Hawk
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00010000 1C0607 0000000B FFFFFFFF Crush
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00000001 1C0723 00000000 FFFFFFFF Drain All Energy Now! 2nd Character
00010001 1C072B 00000000 FFFFFFFF Drain All Energy Now! 2nd Character (2/2)
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select 2nd Character Enable this selection cheat as your chosen characters are walking into the ring. If necessary pause the game and select the character you want.
00010000 1C0713 00000000 FFFFFFFF Hulk Hogan
00010000 1C0713 00000001 FFFFFFFF Ultimate Warrior
00010000 1C0713 00000002 FFFFFFFF Jake Roberts
00010000 1C0713 00000003 FFFFFFFF Big Boss Man
00010000 1C0713 00000004 FFFFFFFF Hawk
00010000 1C0713 00000005 FFFFFFFF Animal
00010000 1C0713 00000006 FFFFFFFF Sgt Slaughter
00010000 1C0713 00000007 FFFFFFFF Mr. Perfect
00010000 1C0713 00000008 FFFFFFFF Earthquake
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00000000 1C082F 0000006E FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy 3rd Character
00010000 1C0837 0000006E FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy 3rd Character (2/2)
00000001 1C082F 00000000 FFFFFFFF Drain All Energy Now! 3rd Character
00010001 1C0837 00000000 FFFFFFFF Drain All Energy Now! 3rd Character (2/2)
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select 3rd Character Enable this selection cheat as your chosen characters are walking into the ring. If necessary pause the game and select the character you want.
00010000 1C081F 00000000 FFFFFFFF Hulk Hogan
00010000 1C081F 00000001 FFFFFFFF Ultimate Warrior
00010000 1C081F 00000002 FFFFFFFF Jake Roberts
00010000 1C081F 00000003 FFFFFFFF Big Boss Man
00010000 1C081F 00000004 FFFFFFFF Hawk
00010000 1C081F 00000005 FFFFFFFF Animal
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00010000 1C081F 0000000A FFFFFFFF Smash
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00000000 1C093B 0000006E FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy 4th Character
00010000 1C0942 0000006E FFFFFFFF Infinite Energy 4th Character (2/2)
00000001 1C093B 00000000 FFFFFFFF Drain All Energy Now! 4th Character
00010001 1C0942 00000000 FFFFFFFF Drain All Energy Now! 4th Character (2/2)
62000000 000000 00000000 00000000 Select 4th Character Enable this selection cheat as your chosen characters are walking into the ring. If necessary pause the game and select the character you want.
00010000 1C092B 00000000 FFFFFFFF Hulk Hogan
00010000 1C092B 00000001 FFFFFFFF Ultimate Warrior
00010000 1C092B 00000002 FFFFFFFF Jake Roberts
00010000 1C092B 00000003 FFFFFFFF Big Boss Man
00010000 1C092B 00000004 FFFFFFFF Hawk
00010000 1C092B 00000005 FFFFFFFF Animal
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00010000 1C092B 0000000A FFFFFFFF Smash
00010000 1C092B 0000000B FFFFFFFF Crush

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