/vr/ - Retro Games

Revenge was always better

>>8231707
no shit mark, that was the sequel

>>8231702
AKI wrestling games were all amazing. I've been playing WM2000 again.

>>8231702
N64 wrastling is great
Wrestling games as a genre peaked with SYM and HCTP and nothing has even got close since, tragic.

>>8231741
I think the n64 wrestling titles up to wwf no mercy are the pinnacle simply because the control system thq etc designed was so easy to pick up. All the games since then just never recaptured that feel: instant fun with friends, easy to learn, difficult to master. They did smash bros before that was thing.

I remember my friends and I hosted so many tournament parties for games like this because they were so easy that even girls got into it.

>>8231702
I like world tour felt more like a Japanese wrestling game. If you can emulate, check out Virtual Pro Wrestling. There's an English patch and the roster is gigantic.

>>8231730
WM2000 is based. Decent roster, fun gameplay, and I dig the black cartridge

Are there any good online wrasslin games?

Not 2K shit please

>>8232348
no
>>8232297
the wm2000 roster was literally as good as it could have possibly been for its source material

Which one has the best soundtrack though?

>>8232379
SmackDown vs. Raw, the first one
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=puj9Jvvpvpc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VD2Cq9ILAwQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoqfmAeQ44k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2vAtVlhuvac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ulv3lRpo9eE

>>8232348
Play Tekken as King :)

Wrestling games are indicative of the videogame industry in general. For the most part every genre of gaming has gotten worse in the last 20 years.

>>8232459
>mostly 'licensed game' style trash barely even trying to simulate the real thing in the 80s
>git gud as fuck in the mid 90s
>still mostly arcadey into the early 00s
>got reasonably realistic by the early 00s but not so far where it became unfun
>oh shit nigger what are you doing as soon as you hit the 360 generation
>only indie games and mods are salvation for the entire genre from then until now
it maps neatly

>>8232297
Yup. No Mercy had more options but WM2000 ran at a better frame rate which is why I prefer that one.

>>8231702
Japanese version was better. More wrestlers, more songs, more moves, and even better AI.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJx_QzaYgcY

>>8232348
Fire Pro Wrestling Returns on Steam I suppose.

>>8231702
This game got me in to wrestling. I fell out of love with wrestling a long time ago but I still played the games up to WWE 2012.

Hopefully the AEW game turns out good.

CAUTION
ATTENTION
EXIHIBITION
SINGLE
TAG
CREATE A SUPERSTAR
OPTIONS
SAVING
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHyezvw65rQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDclVCkcGPA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGI8CCD3SD4
>>8232719
>indie games
>salvation
if you have shit taste I guess

>>8235460
>>indie games
>>salvation
>if you have shit taste I guess
the fire pro games are indie games

>>8235469
You do know what "indie" games mean right?

>>8231702
BOOM SHAKA LAKA

>>8232857
For me the core gameplay of No Mercy was what made it so good. I was honestly surprised going back to WM2000 and seeing how many mechanics were just missing in comparison. There was a pretty big leap from World Tour to Revenge, and very little from Revenge to WM2000. When No Mercy hit it was like everything was finally fully realized, at least that's how it is in hindsight. It all felt like a pretty natural evolution at the time.

>>8231702
This is the first N64 thread where I can't really talk shit. Personally I prefer Revenge but I had a lot of fun playing World Tour at my mates place and bought Revenge for that reason.

Does anyone remember an old wrestling game that was in black and white? I played it a long time ago and I'm nostalgic to play it again

>>8236184
No Mercy was my favorite until I played VPW2, but it's still so close. No Mercy has ground specials, the better weapon system, and backstage areas, and ladder match; but VPW2 has better reversals, the shoot fighting system, and super finishers. If VPW2 had women, itd be perfect

>>8232719
This game was the transition to the no-fun era
>less backstage areas and crazy weapons, one of the main selling points of the series
>gender restrictions added because wwe sponsors demanded it, no more anybody vs anybody matches

My cousin and I played the shit out of this game. Creating wacky ass characters and then throwing them in the ring was endless fun.

>>8232348
im too lazy to check but there's probably something on fightcade

>>8235469
They absolutely aren't you dimeless shitter.

>>8232297
>2000
Did everything branded 2000 back in the day seem amazingly futuristic and cutting edge?

>>8237309
cutting edge?
yeah
futuristic?
no

>>8237315
I was alive in 2000 but don't remember a heap (95). I do remember though that nearly every second piece of media (vidya, music etc) was branded with '2k' or '2000'.

>>8231702

>>8231702
has anyone played buriki one?

>>8237371
I fucked around with an emulated version a few years ago. Very interesting game, I wonder if HNG64 emulation has improved, I'd love to revisit it.

Garouden Breakblow for the PS2 also has a good kakutougi/early mma type vibe

The Sega developed AJPW games also have a nice fighty type vibe, Not!Rickson Gracie is even in Giant Gram 2000!

>>8237309
i mean the fact they were very close to the beginning of an entirely new millenium must have been pretty exciting

>>8231702
They are pretty fun. I like WWE All Stars which was released in 2011. It doesn't have much depth, but it is still fun.

>>8231702

I miss the WCW.

>>8240268
Then watch AEW. With all the old hasbeens coming in with that geriatric saunter, leaving the new guys to take a back seat, it's basically the same thing.

>>8233921
It's Fire Pro Wrestling World and no, online play is dead on that one.

>>8237231
I liked the blood on this one. When you busted them open.

the first Backyard Wrestling is great

the second is atrocious