Looking Back at WWF Raw - The 1994 Video Game
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WWF Raw was released for many home consoles during 1994 and even into 1995. With the WWE still remaining popular among fans, Sculptured Software along with publisher Acclaim / LJN decided to release another game using the same engine as their previous WWF releases. Super WrestleMania and WWF Royal Rumble had proven to be succesful, so WWF Raw would follow suit.
WWF Raw would end up being the definitive LJN / Acclaim WWF game of the 90s. Featuring most modes found in previous releases along with a new roster, new animations and new signature "mega" moves, WWF Raw would prove to be popular among fans. Released on the SNES, Genesis, Game Boy, Game Gear and Sega 32X, fans were able to take control of their favourite superstars such as Bret Hart, Shawn Michaels, Razor Ramon, and The Undertaker in a range of home consoles and handhelds. This video looks at all home versions released.
Topics covered include:
01:38 - The SNES version of WWF Raw
03:55 - WWF Raw's mystery characters
07:54 - WWF Raw on the Sega Genesis / Mega Drive
08:35 - The Game Boy port of WWF Raw
10:15 - WWF Raw on the Sega Game Gear
11:30 - The 32X version of WWF Raw
14:12 - Secret Character Kwang in the 32X version
- Much More
#WWE #RAW #SNES - Sport
"That's why I kicked his leg out of his leg" Love the Owen theme intro
Fun fact. That music was taken from Owen's tag team days with Koko B Ware, called High Energy.
Oh yea!!!! I remember that!
I had the Genesis version of this game back when I was 14 at the time it came out. I loved the tag partner choke move when an opponent got to close to your corner, the chair, bucket, and ring bell as outside weapons.
But the greatest part of this game, was something I stumbled onto at the time: As you can knock the ref out easily just by running over him, I remember knocking him out so many times with my wrestler, that he actually got up and left the ring, exiting through the crowd in the middle of the match. The match later turned into suddendeath which I won.
liar
01dirtydirk yup. That almost certainly didn’t happen
01dirtydirk he’s right the ref would get pissed and leave the ring.
He's right I used to do that all the time.. The ref would get pissed and leave 😂
I used to do that too, eventually my opponent was the ref🤫😁
You missed the "Super Punch" code for the Super Nintendo. Tap up+Y&B as the game is loading up and you will hear a gunshot to confirm. You can knockout any character with one or 2 punches. Loved playing that way.
0:24 anyone ever noticed how on the monitor next to Lawler theres the WWF scratch logo 🧐🧐🧐🤔🤔🤔
It makes you wonder how long WWF had been planning to use that logo. This is 1994, and that scratch logo would not be used until 1997
Man, I remember my parents buying this at Wal Mart and when we got home I couldn’t wait to pop it in. I’d take it to friends houses when we’re weren’t playing Mario. My favorite game for Super Nintendo.
😂 we didn't have Walmart here we had Kmart or video stores
Same here, but there was no way to know how to do the mega moves
@@nmbmemphisbeast3690same here in Buffalo New York we had kmart hills kbee toys and toys are us .
We did get our first Wal-Mart in 1996
This game was 🔥 on SNES....me and an ol friend used to go hard on this in the 90's. Good times Devin💯
I also played with a Devin on this game and other SNES games lol.
@@wulver810 🍷🍷 here's to all the cool Devin's
Most of the time I played this against my friends or brother it would just end in punching matches because nobody could out tap the other.
I was just playing RAW on SNES last week. Still love that game
Beating people with the bucket is still very satisfying
Diesel's mega move is almost darn near impossible! You'll end up punching the guy in the back of the head most of the time.
I have this at home. Still Play it once in a while. Memories.
Same here, man! I have the NES version, which I prefer.
@@justafanofnerdculture7602 SNES version is what I have.
@@jasonthompson9407 Yeah, I always felt that the Genesis version was way too fast.
@@justafanofnerdculture7602 agree 100% on that.
@@jasonthompson9407 Hey, ma, you be safe out there. Take care of yourself.
This was one of the first wrestling games I've ever played.
That intro song sounds even more early 90s than the Streets of Rage II soundtrack.
I didn't think it was possible...
So rad!
I use to rock out to HBK song even when playing the video games his song stayed on just a LITTLE longer between matches.
John Cap same here
This and Saturday Night Slam Masters were my favorite games back then.
@5:01, the 'secret' character looks more like Wildman Marco Mero than NWO Scott Hall
I always played Royal Rumble instead of Raw because of Mr Perfect
I had it on genesis and missed out on Mr. Perfect.
@Max Mooney Exactly
You are a man of pure culture!
My thoughts are the same.
He was my favorite person to chose too 5th grade lol
Iloved Royal Rumble 92
I used to rent this game from my local video shop. Still one of the best wrestling games imo👍
joe elkins I missed those days
Man if Hulk Hogan hasn't left the WWF yet when this game is in development we could have a pre-nWo team-up in this game with the likes of Scott Hall, Kevin Nash, and Syxx already in there.
I remember this being my second WWF game after Rage in the Cage. I loved this game as a 9 year old kid.
I remember watching WrestleMania 11 and at the end Todd Pettengill would give you tips and codes on the game. During the first title screen, if you hold the start button down and press up 5 times the screen will flash. You would now be able to beat your opponent with 3 punches.
You know you perform the code right when you hear a wrestler grunt
One of my favourite personal challenges was trying eliminate every single wrestler in the Royal Rumble mode with a back body drop. I think I succeed once haha.
We are kindred spirits my friend. I did this.
For the longest time, this was the only way I knew how to eliminate anyone in the royal rumble
hero!
I loved the atomic drop rumble elimination. Felt like it would hurt the most.
I did that a few times with hip tosses too
For those wanting the Owen Hart intro remix, it's been posted over on my twitter (WrestlingBios). You won't need an account to get the remix. Thanks!
Really good work.
It sounds authentically mid-90's.
Mate, these songs are always excellent. Keep up the great work!
What’s the first tune?
Never mind. If you made that.....well done
What's the song mixed in with the Owen Hart theme?
The 32X version of the mystery character is Shang Tsung.
No, we finally got Sheng Long
I feel like it was on mine two I also feel like i fought evil razor Ramon which as a 10 year old kid was creepy as hell and I get goose bumps thinking about it
This was one of my favorite wrestling games.. I can’t wait till you do No Mercy and WM2000. Great content man.
The subtle differences were awesome. 1-2-3 Kid punching super fast in the corner. Yokozuna being unliftable by the majority of the wrestlers...that stuff was an improvement over Royal Rumble. I really did like THAT element of it.
This is probably one of the most underrated wrestling games. I loved playing this on snes when I was a kid.
RANDOM TRIVIA: When Wrestlemania:The Arcade Game, Kevin Nash(Diesel)was supposed to have the end boss of the game,but a scheduling conflict on WWF(E)'s part caused Nash to miss that lil' time off
is it just me or does the mystery character look like he becomes Jake the snake Roberts during that brief transition?
That or the Scott Hall MegaDrive secret character
@@briantaylorcloe7725 I say more Scott Hall. I also think normally, he looks a lot like Dolph Ziggler between the hair and the bright tights.
Secret character looks like shawn michaels when he was with the rockers
Great video! I think Quang was the hidden character because they didn't have to capture image a brand new wrestler, just slap on mask and bam you got Quangs model.
Most inviting thing about this game was the timeliness of the roster to the product at the time. There was always en expectation that a game's development would cause a big gap between what they gave you versus what was on TV at the time but character things like Diesel, King of Harts Owen, and purple Taker were only established on TV a few months prior to the game's release, which was impressive. Adding Luna was obviously interesting also.
It never gets old. Listening to Razor Ramon theme music. 😃👍
dude, all your mashups are bangers
My father would go to the video store and rent this for me and all my neighborhood buddies every Friday when he would get off of work. We'd spend all weekend on this thing.
My favorite thing about this game is using a bucket to hit people. Really wish one day a company will bring back the bucket in a newer game as a nod to wwf raw.
Aahh the tin bucket... I hated that bucket
Legend, it feels like you had all of our childhoods x
Awesome Stuff that Owen Hart theme was EPIC
Who knew LJN had playable games, huh?? Bart's Nightmare and a few WWF games and the first BTTF game.
I got RAW for SNES Christmas of 1997, and then later the 32X version.
I loved this game back in the day, I could never find it in stores but I'd go rent it at a video store and some wrestling VHS tapes, memories!
I loved this as a kid. Had it for the Mega Drive and I would replay the rumble over and over. I played it so I was the first in and the only player to eliminate everyone. Owen Hart's special spinning move was also unstoppable and would just keep repeating that!
Theme music was always my favorite part of the LJN games.
LJN was never known for good video games. But the wrestling games they put out were something special in my opinion.
My cousin and I would have Royal Rumble matches and we would not battle against each other unless we made it down to the last two then went head to head. Great childhood memories.
Man I love when the F was in the name
I just bought a old snes system.. 1st game i bought was Raw!! Me and my brother also played Royal rumble and Raw for hours as a kid
Great stuff as always. Man, this game certainly takes me back.
Love your videos man.. such epic nostalgia and I dig it. Keep up the great work, your content makes being inside bearable
Picked up a year ago and I'll stay up way late playing it's a legend
This and Royal Rumble were my favorite games. Only thing it was missing was a story mode.
Knocking out the ref on accident or on purpose was the best feature. If you knocked him out enough, he would walk out on the match. Made for many laughs as a kid.
Yep, then you just avoid getting health down and knock the other guy out to win
What was THAT?
Is that Owen remix a new composition? I surely would have heard it before...
Good work whoever did it. It actually sounds like it was made in 1995.
I just uncovered my copy of this for Sega Genesis when looking through some of my old stuff the other day and it still works only thing is I can't remember how to do special moves or how to pin.
Google still has guides on how to do all the moves.
B and C for sega to pin (i think)
I remember picking up a used copy of RAW as a kid, and being a used game it didn't come with the manual, so I had no idea there were super moves in the game.
So when Own Hart started tornado spinning in the middle of a Royal Rumble and knocking out everyone my brothers and I were left wondering, "WHAT THE HELL IS HAPPENING?!?" as we all keeled over laughing our asses off.
Yeah, the mega moves were not in the game’s manual. I discovered them in 98’ on a website and finally could use them. I also remember only Luna, Owen and Yokozuna using mega moves. So when I found out all the players had them, I was blown away
Damn you upload such good content and constantly.. Keep up the grind
Nice! Loved the Kenny Omega mystery character look. I played this soo much. And watched each wrestler head to WCW. Bedlam was the most fun with a friend!
12:55 this reminds me of comparing Sound Blaster and Roland music back in the day.
Great videos keep up great work
Dang hbk finisher says slingshot suplex I remember when that was his finisher before he started using the super kick
Loved the Raw game. I had Raw and Royal Rumble, both the SNES and Genesis versions.
He didn't mention that Luna had a secret move where if you climbed the top rope and pressed a certain button combo she would morph into 123 kid and did his finisher
Bam Bam also does it. I assumed it was a programming glitch.
i had this game i play in to the ground thank for the video bro keep up the great work
Loved this fn game back in the day!!👍Awesome content bro,thank u!!
What a name, Kwang. This game used to absolutely destroy my thumb from spamming in this game.
Savio Vega I think
I played this back in Jr high relentlessly with my best friend, so much fun!
I remember borrowing WWF Super Wrestlemania off a friend at the time on the Super Nintendo and played the hell out of it. I never played Royal Rumble or Raw back then because for me it was all about the look and gameplay and they looked literally no different in either.
As always great video👌👌
This was a couple years before the attitude era which is when I started watching so this is something I didnt know about til i watched wrestling game youtubers
I love that Gorilla is the commentator in the 32X version
I miss these old games, thanks for uploading ;)
Good video. Thanks Paddy!
The Genesis version of RAW also used the 6 button
This was definitely my favorite outta the LJN WWF Trilogy.
0:24 to the right of the King on the monitor, the scratch WWF logo is there. Noticed that years ago, but thought I’d point it out for those who never noticed. Pretty cool
I have this game at home for the Super Nintendo and my son loves it.
I wish the SNES version would've had Savage & Crush
Memories! Cheers fam!
Me and my brother played this all day all night back in the day. Me HBK, him Diesel. Me Bret, him Owen. Me 123 Kid, him Razor. This was my favorite game for Sega🔥🔥🔥
I had this. One of the 4 games I had. Super mario world, final fight, donkey Kong country and raw. I remember these super moves you could pull off I'd do by accident sometimes not knowing the actual button combos lol. My grandpa always got a kick out of me smacking a guy with the bucket.
Good stuff! Nostalgia feels.
Wwf raw was so much fun back when I was a kid in my snes
Always liked the original theme song they made for Luna in this game (mainly on Genesis/32X). Would have been cool if she had gotten a real arranged version for WWF TV.
That’s the first time I’ve seen any form of media refer to Undertaker as “Under” instead of “Taker” lmao
I had this on Genesis back in the day, and my friend had the SNES version. We had to give the edge to the Genesis version though. Sure, the SNES version looks and sounds better, but we always played bedlam matches, and the SNES would chug and slowdown with the sprites of four wrestlers and a ref on the screen. Even worse, try a Royal Rumble and let six wrestlers fill the ring, The Genesis will chug too, but the SNES version can be almost unplayable at times.
Your friend told me you were terrible at the game and obsessed with Doink.
Bah, the improved sample of Taker's Bell in his theme is reason enough to go with the 32x version 😏
I remember leaving the players music on during player pick option for my friend and my own real wrestling matches lmao
Dont remember Kwang being so ripped 🤣
Man I asked for this as a Christmas present. I had it in SEGA Genesis. I loved this game. I LOVED all the wrestling games LJN and had them. I played this game non stop for months along with Super Tecmo Bowl and Greatest Heavyweights.
I was taken back by the intro great stuff
5:02 - Yo, that's Wildman Mark Mero
I had this game for the super Nintendo as a kid, back in 94 I loved when 123 kid, doink the clown & luna would jump from one turn buckle to the other & luna and doink would turn in to the 123 kid when preforming the movies..
I used to play this game hours and hours
amazing memories
Thank you
Not going to lie, I loved these games as a kid. I remember playing with my buddy for hours.
In the 90’s this was 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Doink had the best mega moves,when he ball u up and just kick u out the ring 🤣
Shawn Michaels finisher here is an angle slam.
I grew up with the SEGA Genesis version of this game and absolutely loved it. Played the hell out of the Royal Rumble mode with my brothers.
If this game could be remade, I would want to see Men On A Mission, Smoking Gunns, Headshrinkers, Marty Jannetty added to it.
In storyline mode or tournament it would unlock characters, going on to have Adam Bomb, Kwang, Tatanka, IRS, Rick Martel, Bob Backlund, Alundra Blayze and The Quebecers.
Winning battle royals could unlock Jim Duggan, British Bulldog, Jim Neidhart, Papa Shango, Brutus Beefcake, Greg Valentine and Bushwhackers. Winning the royal rumble from number one can unlock The Million Dollar Man !
I only knew the version for the Game Boy. And I remember that I played this game veeeery much. Never really knowing what I was doing. I guess I was between 5 to 6, when I got this game. And what did I enjoy the most? Listening to the entrance themes.
Thanks for taking me on a trip down memory lane :)
I destroyed many sega genesis controllers smashing the buttons while playing this game and royal rumble. I remember doing play by playing commentary as I played with my next door neighbor who was handicapped. He would get so into it when i would do it. R.I.P. Albert. Hope you finaly got to meet your favorite wrestler Razor Ramon up there in Heaven.
My Turbo Touch 360 was a godsend in this game.
I use to listen to Shawn Michaels theme in this game so much on SNES.
Adam Bomb should of been the hidden character 😞
Yeah the creation of devastation deal with the bomb squad