I used to literally hear this game in my sleep, when I was in the Navy, we had this game on the ship and it was right outside my berthing area, so I could always hear the demo playing. I was also in charge of the games on the ship, so of course I always gave myself free credits!
Back in the day when we were so poor we had foodstamps but back then they gave out paper food stamps and I would steal the dollar ones from my mom and go buy a 25 cent pack of gum and get 3 quarters back and pump them into this, double dragon, and street fighter.
Short list of wrestlers & associates from your youth that have passed. Randy Savage, British Bull Dog, Big Boss Man, Kona Crush, Mr Perfect, Rick Rude, Bam Bam, The original Doink, Elizabeth, Sherri, Bad News Brown, Eathquake, Paul Bearer, Giant Gonzalez, Luna Vachon, Owen heart, Hawk, The Sheik, Yokozuna, Gorilla Monsoon, Brian Pillman.
16 years ago my dad bought this from someone for $150 and needless to say this game is still bad ass. I wasnt born yet when the game came out but 29 years later here we are. It cant be replacated
ahh the memories.. This game had a hold on me, back in the days where every mall and 7-11 had an arcade. This game used to get me everytime I spent many quarters on this puppy.
7 Eleven, back in the early 1990's, my late aunt Marliyn Sherman; after taking me to the Cunningham Pool complex in my hometown of Vallejo, Ca I would play this game (My favorite arcade at the time) constantly it seemed like, ahhh yah heartwarming good memories.
The announcer was fucking rad in this game. I love the way he calls the match. Best announcer of all wrestling video games. Period. Gorilla Press. Ultimate Spear. Ultimate Splash. 1-2-3 R.I.P.
all time the best wwf arcade game and probably one of the better simpler wwf games in their history ..... takes me back id always spend money on that game
I used to spend a lot of lunch money at the local video store in high school to play this game with friends during off campus lunch break. We'd all put in and just play and talk shit to one another. Great times back then.
A true classic this one. The gameplay was quick and moves were more fluid than that of other similar games like it.The only dissapointment was in tag tournament mode you couldn't choose Animal and Hawk "Legion of Doom" as a tag team, even after beating them twice. However I too agree best wrestling game all time.
I remember I used to LOVE going to Vegas with the family just because I was able to spend the entire day at the arcade and play games like this. Ahhhh to be a kid in the 90's again.
Hogan & The Road Warriors back then those 3 and of course Ultimate warrior were the only reason I watched Wrestling. I’m a huge Hall & Nash fan but to this day imo Road Warriors are the greatest tag team of all time. Getting to play as them in this game was insane to me lol
Not sure if this released after the Hart Foundation split and Bret started his singles career, but I would've loved had him and Anvil been included in WrestleFest along with probably Macho Man Randy Savage and British Bulldog. A 16-man roster on this would've made this game 10x more epic.
I downloaded some of these guys which weren't on WWE 2K14, and had a battle royal with them, on a downloaded WrestleFest arena. Pretty Nostalgic. R.I.P. Mr. Perfect, Big Boss Man, Earthquake, Road Warrior Hawk, and Crush. Bossman, Warrior, Earthquake, Demolitian, and Jake Roberts need to be in the Hall of Fame.
LOVED this game! I fondly (well, now) remember being eliminated in the Royal Rumble mode in a matter of seconds, left to wonder WTF just happened...? Thanks for sharing!
I always wished they didn't have demolition and instead put in Bret Hart and Randy Savage. That would have made this probably the best selection of wrestlers in a wrestling game ever.
Neil A yeah why the hell didn't they have "Macho Man? He was more "over" than any of those other superstars with the two exceptions of "Hulk Hogan" & ' "Warrior" after all.
I remember going to the arcade and running straight to this game. I have it as an emulator but for some reason it doesn't feel the same to me playing on a desktop. It's still my favorite wrestling game of all time mainly because my team Demolition is in it.
Those mode descriptions are hilariously Engrish. "Choose 1 wrestler and beat wrestlers one after another come to fight with. Get them out of the ring of get fall and be a champion."
I remember the "CHEAT" where you got to the title match and joined in two player and you could play ad the LOD! classic game and got told off so many times as a kid for hanging round the chippy to play it!
Sgt. Slaughter's Cobra Clutch in this game should've been the same as Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Dream, then it would've been the one that we knew of.
I agree , although the game is 2D TECHNOS reproduced pretty perfectly wrestling stadium mood , wrestlers gestures and techniques . I get bored when I play todays 3D wrestling games , wrestlers looks realistic , but thats all .
@DVAcme I could NEVER understand what the fuck they were saying, Thanks for clearing that up!! I always thought it was down to the noise of all the other arcade games!!
They need to revise this with some extra guys like Rick Rude, Randy Savage, Hart Foundation, etc from that time. Then just add some more matches and enhance gameplay. I would get it for sure
I could've owned the arcade with all the quarters and tokens I put into that game. Man, that's the business right there!!! Nowdays these video game companies wanna make isht difficult!!! Wanna make sure the virtual half-naked chick look realistic enough, instead of focusing on more funfactor. No wonder the games NOW are more easier to beat than yesteryear's games. Very refreshing to see that game again. Now why the hell they didn't put it on SNES or Genesis??
i ran out of quarters and died, some guy comes along and says, mind if I play? I said yeah, he put in quarters, and i went and told my dad he told the guy to let me play, I ended up playing on that guys money lol
Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior in the early 90's.... wow.... when these two got together either as a team or across the ring from each other there was always this crazy electricity. Not the best two technical wrestlers. But damn could these guys pack a stadium.
Always used to beat LOD in tag team mode with Million Dollar Man and the Ultimate Warrior. RIP Mr. Perfect, Hawk, Crush, Earthquake and Boss Man. I thought it sucked that it wasn't programmed that the player could't choose LOD as a tag team. Graphics were really cartoonish.
I've beat this game. My tag team I came up with was the Big Boss Man and Jake the Snake Roberts. Ending of each match would be the Boss Man Slam and then have Jake finish them off with the ddt
R.I.P CURT HENNING AKA MR PERFECT R.I.P MICHAEL JAMES HEGSTRAND AKA HAWK R.I.P RAY TRAYLOR AKA BIG BOSS MAN R.I.PJOHN TENTA AKA EARTHQUAKE R.I.P BRIAN ADAMS AKA CRUSH !!!!!!!
The roster this game had DESTROYS the roster the WWF. And yes, I said WWF, screw that World Wrestling Entertainment crap. They should have just renamed it the World-Wide Wrestling Federation again, like in the Vince Senior days.
I used to literally hear this game in my sleep, when I was in the Navy, we had this game on the ship and it was right outside my berthing area, so I could always hear the demo playing. I was also in charge of the games on the ship, so of course I always gave myself free credits!
Always fascinated me how those carriers were basically floating cities. Thanks for your service.
Was you an SH? SK?
My eyes are literally tearing up watching this. I can remember going to the co-op arcades as a kid and playing this game for hours. Loved this game
I felt it too all hall of famers on this game
Back in the day when we were so poor we had foodstamps but back then they gave out paper food stamps and I would steal the dollar ones from my mom and go buy a 25 cent pack of gum and get 3 quarters back and pump them into this, double dragon, and street fighter.
My all time favorite arcade game! It's the only wrestling game that I can remember that has Demolition..
I think this is the only video game that has smash in it
I live next to a college back in the days and they had a small arcade with this game in it and me and my cousin always went over there to play as kids
that demo music get's me so PUMPED!!
I hear you! That intro music is epic!
Short list of wrestlers & associates from your youth that have passed.
Randy Savage, British Bull Dog, Big Boss Man, Kona Crush, Mr Perfect, Rick Rude, Bam Bam, The original Doink, Elizabeth, Sherri, Bad News Brown, Eathquake, Paul Bearer, Giant Gonzalez, Luna Vachon, Owen heart, Hawk, The Sheik, Yokozuna, Gorilla Monsoon, Brian Pillman.
16 years ago my dad bought this from someone for $150 and needless to say this game is still bad ass. I wasnt born yet when the game came out but 29 years later here we are. It cant be replacated
So cool
I remember this at the Odeon Brighton along with The Simpsons arcade game.
Street Fighter was at the swimming pool restaurant.
ahh the memories.. This game had a hold on me, back in the days where every mall and 7-11 had an arcade. This game used to get me everytime I spent many quarters on this puppy.
7 Eleven, back in the early 1990's, my late aunt Marliyn Sherman; after taking me to the Cunningham Pool complex in my hometown of Vallejo, Ca I would play this game (My favorite arcade at the time) constantly it seemed like, ahhh yah heartwarming good memories.
what a great INTRO!!!
The announcer was fucking rad in this game. I love the way he calls the match. Best announcer of all wrestling video games. Period. Gorilla Press. Ultimate Spear. Ultimate Splash. 1-2-3 R.I.P.
Just for clarity:
Animal: Listen up! We snack on danger, dine on death!
Hawk: You'll fail like every gerbil face stinks we've faced! Hyaaa!
Dang, RIP to half the roster
WWF Wrestlefest is the best wrestling game ever made in my opinion. To me it just captures the essence of the WWF.
Back in the day when you could say the word "wrestling" in Vince's program.
all time the best wwf arcade game and probably one of the better simpler wwf games in their history ..... takes me back id always spend money on that game
I used to spend a lot of lunch money at the local video store in high school to play this game with friends during off campus lunch break. We'd all put in and just play and talk shit to one another. Great times back then.
A true classic this one. The gameplay was quick and moves were more fluid than that of other similar games like it.The only dissapointment was in tag tournament mode you couldn't choose Animal and Hawk "Legion of Doom" as a tag team, even after beating them twice. However I too agree best wrestling game all time.
In my opinion this is the best wrestling game ever. A lot more fun than the ones out now.
RIP mean gene 😢
THE BEST ARCADE EVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Out of all the guys on this game, 5 have passed away, 4 are in the WWE Hall of Fame, and 3 of them haven't been seen in wrestling in years!
This game is more fun then the current games out. Considering it's age, clearly graphics dont mean anything. The fun factor is what counts.
I remember I used to LOVE going to Vegas with the family just because I was able to spend the entire day at the arcade and play games like this. Ahhhh to be a kid in the 90's again.
They used to have this inside the movie theatre at my local mall I was addicted to this shit best wrestling game ever
Hogan & The Road Warriors back then those 3 and of course Ultimate warrior were the only reason I watched Wrestling. I’m a huge Hall & Nash fan but to this day imo Road Warriors are the greatest tag team of all time. Getting to play as them in this game was insane to me lol
Can't wait for this to come out tomorrow. Good memories of WWF/E... Unlike today.
Not sure if this released after the Hart Foundation split and Bret started his singles career, but I would've loved had him and Anvil been included in WrestleFest along with probably Macho Man Randy Savage and British Bulldog. A 16-man roster on this would've made this game 10x more epic.
Wow. The "Winners Don't Use Drugs" PSA in a wrestling game?
Irony at its finest, especially in the early 90's.
I downloaded some of these guys which weren't on WWE 2K14, and had a battle royal with them, on a downloaded WrestleFest arena. Pretty Nostalgic.
R.I.P. Mr. Perfect, Big Boss Man, Earthquake, Road Warrior Hawk, and Crush.
Bossman, Warrior, Earthquake, Demolitian, and Jake Roberts need to be in the Hall of Fame.
warroir and jake went in this year
Fed this machine a high-silver coin diet as a Kid!!!!!
Not holding my breath or anything but it would be a dream come true to see this game on Xbox live's Game Room.
Only half the roster is still alive. This was my childhood at Chinatown Fair
I miss fun games like this but I am impressed by WWE games graphics now.
LOVED this game! I fondly (well, now) remember being eliminated in the Royal Rumble mode in a matter of seconds, left to wonder WTF just happened...? Thanks for sharing!
Half of the rosters in this game are already gone.
Ultimate Warrior,
Mr Perfect,
Hawk,
Animal,
Big Boss Man,
Earthquake,
As well as Mean Gean.
RIP.
I just saw Animal not to long ago near his home in Lake Minnetonka here in Minnesota. His kid is playing for the St.Louis Rams
I always wished they didn't have demolition and instead put in Bret Hart and Randy Savage. That would have made this probably the best selection of wrestlers in a wrestling game ever.
+Neil A If you look at the stickers on the cabinet, you'll find a Bushwackers sticker. Can you imagine what they would have been like in the game?
Neil A yeah why the hell didn't they have "Macho Man? He was more "over" than any of those other superstars with the two exceptions of "Hulk Hogan" & ' "Warrior" after all.
best gaming music!!! This and Ninja Turtles water level!
WWF Wrestlefest was the best arcare game EVER.
The best 2D WWF game hands down!
wow this game takes me back, late 1989 and early 1990 going to the video shops and chip shops to play this!
Good old days...
I missed more class playing this game back in high school than any other..including MK
So sad to see so many of that roster has unfortunately passed away.
Love playing as Hulk Hogan and The Ultimate Warrior
kinda makes you look back when hulkamania was running wild in '91.
out of this lot only hogan, slaughter, smash, dibiase and roberts are alive now :/ this got me into the WWF back in the 90's great game of it's time
jazza2009uk You forgot Animal.
this game and street fighter 2 had the longest lines when i was a kid.
man i hope 2k sports can make they're 1st wwe game as fun as this one was
All time favorite growing up, would play this ardcade while my mother did groceries,
I remember going to the arcade and running straight to this game. I have it as an emulator but for some reason it doesn't feel the same to me playing on a desktop. It's still my favorite wrestling game of all time mainly because my team Demolition is in it.
I spent hrs playing this as a kid.
Animal: Hahaha! We Snack On Danger! Dine On Death!
We'll Bury Every Gerbil Faced Geek We Face! Yeeeeeaaaaaahhhhh!
Those mode descriptions are hilariously Engrish. "Choose 1 wrestler and beat wrestlers one after another come to fight with. Get them out of the ring of get fall and be a champion."
I remember the "CHEAT" where you got to the title match and joined in two player and you could play ad the LOD! classic game and got told off so many times as a kid for hanging round the chippy to play it!
I'm pretty sure they did, it's by LJN. I've played it on the mega drive. It's called WWF Super WrestleMania
Sgt. Slaughter's Cobra Clutch in this game should've been the same as Ted DiBiase's Million Dollar Dream, then it would've been the one that we knew of.
I agree , although the game is 2D TECHNOS reproduced pretty perfectly wrestling stadium mood , wrestlers gestures and techniques .
I get bored when I play todays 3D wrestling games , wrestlers looks realistic , but thats all .
If that's indeed true, then that warrants a purchase from me, and I don't even play the SvR games anymore. Thanks for the info!
I loved this game so much. I used to get nasty blisters on the tips of my fingers from bashing the buttons so fast. Worth it though.
@DVAcme I could NEVER understand what the fuck they were saying, Thanks for clearing that up!! I always thought it was down to the noise of all the other arcade games!!
A+ for humor, good sir!
my childhood right here
Damn I can't even begin to tell you how many hours were logged and money spent at the arcade due to this game. True classic.
They need to revise this with some extra guys like Rick Rude, Randy Savage, Hart Foundation, etc from that time. Then just add some more matches and enhance gameplay. I would get it for sure
I could've owned the arcade with all the quarters and tokens I put into that game. Man, that's the business right there!!! Nowdays these video game companies wanna make isht difficult!!! Wanna make sure the virtual half-naked chick look realistic enough, instead of focusing on more funfactor. No wonder the games NOW are more easier to beat than yesteryear's games. Very refreshing to see that game again.
Now why the hell they didn't put it on SNES or Genesis??
30th Anniversary of WWE WrestleFest (1991-2021)
I wish they would re-release this game on modern gaming systems maybe even add wrestlers.
@echo036 no. Thing was that console-wise, Acclaim had the WWF franchise (this even includes the Laughing Joking Numbnuts and their Rainbow of Death)
CLASSIC!!!!! I loved this game.
Always had to use Hogan and Warrior or Roberts and Perfect. Once LOD hit the Doomsday Device on you, it was game over.
i ran out of quarters and died, some guy comes along and says, mind if I play? I said yeah, he put in quarters, and i went and told my dad he told the guy to let me play, I ended up playing on that guys money lol
Sequel to the game just came out on steam and is coming to all platforms soon. Retromania Wrestling.
Mr Perfect, Body Mace!
Mr Perfect, PURR-FECT PLEGHKSSS
@SLjimbolian at the time this came out he was retired by the warrior at wrestlemania 7, I still wished they put him in.
The best arcade game of all-time. Only rivaled by The Simpsons arcade game.
Love it when they hit the mat. It sounds like a shotgun!!
Hogan and the Ultimate Warrior in the early 90's.... wow....
when these two got together either as a team or across the ring from each other there was always this crazy electricity. Not the best two technical wrestlers. But damn could these guys pack a stadium.
5 out of the 12 guys in this game are now deceased. :-(
this game was sick
Mr Perfect, Big Boss Man & Earthquake RIP
@tekken278 THQ is remaking this game but for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch only. Hopefully, they'll announce an Xbox Live and PSN release soon.
The quarters I spent playing this at the store while my mom bought groceries could have bought me a car today.
Almost every character in the game is now deceased except for Hogan and couple others.
loved this game...DEFO SHOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE ON XBOX LIVE CLASSICS DOWNLOADS!!!
Classic..Mr.Perfect all day
Add Ultimate Warrior to the list of the fallen. RIP to all.
RIP Ultimate Warrior.
Oh, to be six again.
they should come out with this game will all the current WWE Roster.
Always used to beat LOD in tag team mode with Million Dollar Man and the Ultimate Warrior. RIP Mr. Perfect, Hawk, Crush, Earthquake and Boss Man. I thought it sucked that it wasn't programmed that the player could't choose LOD as a tag team. Graphics were really cartoonish.
at least this game had better commentary than the wwe games do now lol
The root cause of missing lunch money and mom's missing change. lol
The best game EVER!!!!!!!!!!
I've beat this game. My tag team I came up with was the Big Boss Man and Jake the Snake Roberts. Ending of each match would be the Boss Man Slam and then have Jake finish them off with the ddt
R.I.P CURT HENNING AKA MR PERFECT R.I.P MICHAEL JAMES HEGSTRAND AKA HAWK R.I.P RAY TRAYLOR AKA BIG BOSS MAN R.I.PJOHN TENTA AKA EARTHQUAKE R.I.P BRIAN ADAMS AKA CRUSH !!!!!!!
I was like 9 or 10 when this came out
The roster this game had DESTROYS the roster the WWF.
And yes, I said WWF, screw that World Wrestling Entertainment crap. They should have just renamed it the World-Wide Wrestling Federation again, like in the Vince Senior days.
BEST WRESTLING GAME