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WWF War Zone - Worse Than You Remember?

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    WWF War Zone was released in 1998 for Playstation, N64 and Gameboy. With a roster including superstars such as Bret Hart, Stone Cold Steve Austin, The Undertaker, Shawn Michaels, Mankind and Kane; War Zone brought the WWF up to date with a full 3D wrestling game, the first in WWF video game history.
    War Zone was developed during the dawn of the Attitude Era in 1997 but it was released when the Attitude Era was in full swing. Players could take on the challenge mode to try and become WWF champion, they could set up cage matches and hardcore matches, and for the first time ever fans could create a wrestler and play matches as their creation. Thanks to the data storage capabilities of compact disc, the PS1 version of War Zone featured superstars cutting promos during the challenge mode. Nintendo 64 players got a few bonuses of their own however, an exclusive Royal Rumble mode along with Gauntlet matches.
    This video looks at WWF War Zone on PS1, N64 and there's also a very brief look at the GameBoy release.
    #WWF #Wrestling #RetroGaming

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  • @count.macula
    @count.macula 2 роки тому +545

    The squealing noise that Mankind makes when you put him in a submission haunts me.

  • @landeny65
    @landeny65 2 роки тому +573

    Between this game, Golden Eye, FFVII and WcW Revenge, the end of the 90’s were great for me

    • @RosePigCooking
      @RosePigCooking 2 роки тому +9

      Completely agree!!!!!!!

    • @random_an0n
      @random_an0n 2 роки тому +16

      based and 90s pilled

    • @eveningstar4543
      @eveningstar4543 2 роки тому +21

      Don't forget about Perfect Dark for the N64.

    • @bizhustle3741
      @bizhustle3741 2 роки тому +14

      South Park N64, San Francisco Rush and 1080 Snowboarding

    • @MorrisseyMuse
      @MorrisseyMuse 2 роки тому +13

      N64 is the best console ever made IMO. So many great memories!

  • @Cinderkin
    @Cinderkin 2 роки тому +267

    This game was an absolute disaster and I loved every minute of it as a kid.
    I can still remember "Kick his a$$ Player 1" being yelled from the crowd.
    Ah memories

    • @brandynhenry7107
      @brandynhenry7107 2 роки тому +5

      Hahaha I remember that

    • @robbykunkel5263
      @robbykunkel5263 2 роки тому +9

      I always remembered the sounds Mankind and Goldust would make when you would put them in any type of hold

    • @geemoney1982
      @geemoney1982 Рік тому

      Trash n Dope all in one

    • @Marcus_shawn
      @Marcus_shawn Рік тому +3

      ​@@robbykunkel5263mommmyy😂

    • @Haddley333
      @Haddley333 Рік тому +4

      it was so cringe when the crowd would chant, "player 1! Player 1!"

  • @anhaconda
    @anhaconda 2 роки тому +85

    It’s crazy no wrestling game has ever recorded in-game grunts and voices from the actual wrestlers themselves which made this game special. Idk why but that detail is still mind blowing to me

    • @KrisBlaze
      @KrisBlaze 2 роки тому +4

      That is pretty cool

    • @forever.endeavor
      @forever.endeavor Рік тому +2

      Ecws game actually did but it was made by same company

    • @poonoo87
      @poonoo87 11 місяців тому +5

      @@forever.endeavor It was the same game, they just reskinned it with a couple of new moves

    • @forever.endeavor
      @forever.endeavor 11 місяців тому

      @@poonoo87 oh wow, 7-10 year old me never realized lol

    • @magiusfantasia5506
      @magiusfantasia5506 11 місяців тому +2

      I remember when I first bought this game, I was EXTREMLY surprised to hear character audio like that. The only other game I owned at the time where characters "had voices" was Star Fox, and that barely counts, and Donkey Kong Country 2, where everyone is a crocodile.

  • @WickedFireBird69
    @WickedFireBird69 2 роки тому +227

    I did Steve Austin's Lou Thez Press so many times I have the line "Don't take this ass whoopin personally son" still stuck in my head.

    • @Rschr101
      @Rschr101 2 роки тому +17

      Oh hell yeah!

    • @theblakemoore
      @theblakemoore 2 роки тому +7

      They put that phrase on the back of an APA t shirt!

    • @illkid86
      @illkid86 2 роки тому +3

      Lmaooooooooo

    • @s.marshian8455
      @s.marshian8455 2 роки тому +2

      😂 man that takes me back

    • @Fatalflawtv
      @Fatalflawtv 2 роки тому +3

      i wish they had the talking feature during matches in today's games it was so fun, u never knew wat they were gonna say lol

  • @tomlevalley6056
    @tomlevalley6056 2 роки тому +257

    My favorite bit was using a create a wrestler - when you got momentum, the crowd would chant “Play-Er One Play-Er One”.
    It’s stuck in my head to this day.

    • @InYourHeadChangedMan
      @InYourHeadChangedMan 2 роки тому +9

      The no selling of moves was annoying you could hit a piledriver and the opponent would pop straight back to their feet like nothing happened

    • @DUB_87
      @DUB_87 2 роки тому +1

      That I agree with

    • @MeNoSpeakJibberish
      @MeNoSpeakJibberish 2 роки тому

      So relatable. Now its stuck in my head for the 1st time in years. Thanks 😑😂

    • @emanuelespinoza9325
      @emanuelespinoza9325 2 роки тому +5

      "PLAYER ONE, YOU RULE!"
      That line is still in my head to this day.

    • @GlassesnMouthplates
      @GlassesnMouthplates 2 роки тому +2

      @@killwalker Eh, every era had the fat guy in black trunks or the young guy with a blond flattop in short pants. You just won't remember them even existed a year after their runs, leaving your memory only recalling guys with those over-the-top gimmicks.

  • @TomXCV
    @TomXCV 2 роки тому +73

    Man, the nostalgia here. What a game. I remember playing this every night with my brother. We would watch raw and then recreate the wrestling matches on the game

  • @matthewearlywine5535
    @matthewearlywine5535 2 роки тому +11

    Ahmed Johnson’s misheard cutscenes in War Zone are what I remember. “There ain’t nothing between us but air and a toothy boy!”

  • @mightasWill
    @mightasWill 2 роки тому +102

    I still remember Toys R Us calling and telling me they had my pre order ready. So my grandfather drove me to pick it up and he pulled over speeding along the way and I kept telling the officer we had to get the WWF game before they closed. Ah, nostalgia.

    • @thomassalas5191
      @thomassalas5191 2 роки тому +2

      Was it worth it

    • @mightasWill
      @mightasWill 2 роки тому +30

      @@thomassalas5191 Grandfather got out of the ticket, I got the game. So in the end, it was worth it.

    • @mavris1
      @mavris1 2 роки тому +2

      That's awesome

    • @CopiousDoinksLLC
      @CopiousDoinksLLC 2 роки тому +6

      I wish I had such fond memories - I remember playing this game on my PS1 after my parents had gotten back together following a nasty separation. But at the age of 15, in 1998, I'd found a new fascination: pro wrestling. And this game was the combination of my two new greatest pastimes into one: a Playstation WWF game. I think I must have wasted at least 4 months of my life plaything that Goddamn game.

    • @williamwest7008
      @williamwest7008 2 роки тому +8

      The cop probably couldn't wait to play it either so he just tore up the ticket

  • @stirlock
    @stirlock 2 роки тому +44

    This game may have aged badly, but I still absolutely love it. It still has better commentary than most of the modern wrestling games. Countless hours spent on this one.

  • @Larry
    @Larry 2 роки тому +164

    Glad Acclaim dropped the button bashing grapples from the previous gen WWF games, but changing it to Mortal Kombat type moves was a pain in the arse, having to constantly pause the game to recall how to do even the most basic of stuff.
    Also, if you hack into the game, you can play as Turok Dinosaur Hunter (though he's really just a reskin of The Rock). he was originally meant to be a unlockable character, but the WWF rejected him. Can't have someone that battles dinosaurs in a wrestling game, that would be far too silly with this roster :D
    The motion capture always felt like the wrestlers had no weight to them either, like they were just balloon versions of them, you can't un-notice it now >:D

    • @TG5455
      @TG5455 2 роки тому +8

      Hello there.

    • @greghuffman3061
      @greghuffman3061 2 роки тому +12

      tuRock

    • @michaelpeacock4228
      @michaelpeacock4228 2 роки тому +5

      As always, you have a way with words on my indifference with these Acclaim WWF games. (And War Zone would be the first video game I bought with my first job!) I had my blush with Mortal Kombat, but once I played the hell out of part 2, the constant memorization of EVERYBODY'S different movesets grew old. Actually, that's not changed in all these years!

    • @OGSilverfox8
      @OGSilverfox8 2 роки тому +6

      Hello You !!

    • @Yroko
      @Yroko 2 роки тому +3

      Love ur channel. Nice to see/hear thoughts and opinions on games. Why hello you!

  • @ZAY109
    @ZAY109 2 роки тому +11

    This was the first wrestling game I played as a kid back in the late 90s. Despite it not being a masterpiece, I have very fond memories of playing War Zone.

  • @robertlee9602
    @robertlee9602 2 роки тому +133

    So many hours poured into this game as a kid.

    • @thebest12700
      @thebest12700 2 роки тому +5

      mine was wcw/nwo revenge and the other THQ made games

    • @YudazOwn
      @YudazOwn 2 роки тому +2

      I had that book with all the move combinations in it... 😎

    • @-Trauma.
      @-Trauma. 2 роки тому

      Did your game used to glitch during tornado tag matches? My nephew would always get stuck in the ropes and it turned into a handicapped match for a long time, every damn time.

  • @TheBrister
    @TheBrister 2 роки тому +16

    12:46 round of applause for the
    D A V E Y B O Y
    S M I T H
    C H I N L O C K

  • @GlassesnMouthplates
    @GlassesnMouthplates 2 роки тому +196

    "Risk the crowd booing you for doing repetitive moves."
    This game predicted John Cena's career.

    • @richallenxbox1976
      @richallenxbox1976 Рік тому +3

      2007 rang, they want their "Moaning about Cena is cool" period back.

    • @GlassesnMouthplates
      @GlassesnMouthplates Рік тому +2

      @@richallenxbox1976 2006 to be exact.

    • @karma_coin
      @karma_coin Рік тому +14

      @richallenxbox1976 I noticed nowhere in your comment did you say he was wrong. 🤔

    • @standardofexcellence
      @standardofexcellence Рік тому +1

      😂

    • @infinite-sadness
      @infinite-sadness 11 місяців тому +7

      ​@@karma_coinbest part was when Cena just started incorporating random moves into his matches to prove he could do other stuff.

  • @GareBearGamingGround
    @GareBearGamingGround 2 роки тому +10

    I remember I had this on the n64 and I thought it was so rad having their intro themes to listen to. I'd just sit and listen to them nonstop and I thought the quality was amazing haha

  • @NotAGarage
    @NotAGarage 2 роки тому +32

    I still got the strategy guide for WarZone. It has a brief sentence in the back saying "We fought hard to keep Bret Hart, British Bulldog, and Ahmed Johnson in this game." I remember it kept getting delayed on release too.

    • @sororitysleepawaymortuary1659
      @sororitysleepawaymortuary1659 2 роки тому +7

      Wow that's pretty cool, I never knew about that. The game is basically a representation of the WWF in 1997 though so it would have been strange to not have them in it. They were lucky to still be included since Wrestlemania the Arcade Game excluded Diesel and Adam Bomb, and In Your House left out Mankind, Sunny and Jeff Jarrett.

    • @merkcityboy834
      @merkcityboy834 2 роки тому +3

      I got the strategy guide for attitude it's still got the KB toys logo on it..

    • @sororitysleepawaymortuary1659
      @sororitysleepawaymortuary1659 2 роки тому +1

      @@merkcityboy834 o either of you guys have the Wrestlemania The Arcade Game strategy guide? I'd be interested to see how to do the HBK combos.

    • @NotAGarage
      @NotAGarage 2 роки тому +2

      @@sororitysleepawaymortuary1659 combos: initiators: P, K 20 hit: FF K, PK PP P BL K (punches), PK (kicks), PP (hip toss), P (3 more hip tosses), BL (stomps) (punches, kicks, four hip-toss, four stomps) 17-hit: FF P, PP PK K BL FF P (kicks), PP (punches), PK (sliding kick toss), K (frankensteiner), BL (4 stomps)

    • @sororitysleepawaymortuary1659
      @sororitysleepawaymortuary1659 2 роки тому +2

      @@NotAGarage Thanks dude! I appeciate it. The most I can do currently is a 13 hit combo.

  • @BoboMcBooboy
    @BoboMcBooboy 2 роки тому +102

    I’m loving these videos of you playing old wrestling games! Please make it a series!!!

    • @BOG0690
      @BOG0690 2 роки тому +2

      Make tournaments lol

  • @ZanzibarBreeze
    @ZanzibarBreeze 2 роки тому +6

    Literally had no idea about half the stuff you mentioned about the HUD, such as momentum. I just pressed different combos and prayed for the best.

  • @ziggypop79
    @ziggypop79 2 роки тому +9

    I hadn’t watched wwf for over 4 years, Warzone was what got me back into the product and made me aware of Stone Cold.

  • @HippySpeedballPodcast
    @HippySpeedballPodcast 2 роки тому +28

    I remember seeing the commercial and begging my parents for this game. The concept of creating your own wrestler was the huge selling point for me and I put sooooooo many hours into this game. Great video, bro!

  • @evanhanley6437
    @evanhanley6437 2 роки тому +38

    I really want to see this guy cover all the old wrestling games.

    • @CreepingDe4th81
      @CreepingDe4th81 2 роки тому +4

      He has a few vids where he covers older games than this btw

    • @adamdavis1737
      @adamdavis1737 2 роки тому +1

      Looks like he is tbh

  • @connorbrady1029
    @connorbrady1029 2 роки тому +2

    How have I never came across this channel until today?? Wrestling content from my own country! Great stuff

  • @I_Am_The_Social_Reject
    @I_Am_The_Social_Reject 2 роки тому +20

    The game that got me into wrestling. To this day I can play it on emulator. Such a great game with unique controls and fun difficulty in just controlling. Attitude was the go to for sure but War Zone is the reason I'm a 22 year long wrestling fan

    • @merkcityboy834
      @merkcityboy834 2 роки тому +2

      Yeah but once WM2000 came out it didn’t feel the same.

    • @I_Am_The_Social_Reject
      @I_Am_The_Social_Reject 2 роки тому

      @@merkcityboy834 didn't care for WM 2000. No Mercy I could see. But WM was nothing special. Smackdown 2 was the game that helped me move on. Now that was all my friends favorite game

  • @WarhawkBeyond2040
    @WarhawkBeyond2040 2 роки тому +111

    I actually owned this game on PS1 and even though it wasn't perfect, I remember having lots of fun playing it every night with my good friend (RIP) I have lots of great memories seeing these clips from my childhood and it was a very special time in my life. Thank you so much for this great trip down memory lane

    • @thekosmokramer
      @thekosmokramer 2 роки тому +11

      back in the day these graphics were top notch

    • @MrJayceproductions
      @MrJayceproductions 2 роки тому +5

      Yes I had this aswell. I remember searching the Internet for the finishers.
      Attitude was so much better...
      Then smackdown just killed it

    • @923crono
      @923crono 2 роки тому +6

      Great times, especially with the Ahmed Johnson introduction. He was so hilarious as you tried to figure out what he was saying

    • @WarlockX4
      @WarlockX4 2 роки тому +17

      May your good friend truly rest in peace. Be glad you have all of those wonderful memories with him/her.

    • @KoolKeithProductions
      @KoolKeithProductions 2 роки тому +2

      @@thekosmokramer Graphics were great for the time, and l thought the gameplay was too....until l played wcw Revenge and it was game over. Revenge was now the game l pulled out when friends came over, not Warzone. I still played it occasionally, but once Wrestlemania 2000 came out, even that stopped.

  • @mikebuglione32
    @mikebuglione32 2 роки тому +63

    Spit out my drink laughing at the “Davey Boy Chin Lock” 😂😂😂👏🏻

    • @Allencartercomix
      @Allencartercomix 2 роки тому +7

      YES!😆😆 I'm so glad he put that in for "Reliving the War" series viewers.

    • @map1537
      @map1537 2 роки тому +5

      No you didnt

    • @stevenweeks9903
      @stevenweeks9903 2 роки тому +4

      Why are you making up stories?

    • @barringtonfisher87
      @barringtonfisher87 2 роки тому +1

      Such a liar

    • @ghost.8836
      @ghost.8836 Рік тому

      @@stevenweeks9903 So if you laugh at something while drinking something and you tell it you're lying and you made it up.

  • @WarlockX4
    @WarlockX4 2 роки тому +33

    I remember how excited my older brother was when he rented this game and brought it home to play. I couldn't stop laughing at how ridiculous the wrestlers looked. And how my brother struggled with the nuclear launch codes to pull off a move or finisher.

    • @futuregohan4837
      @futuregohan4837 2 роки тому +3

      Undertaker Was The Only Wrestler That Looked Remotely Accurate

  • @Markstarscoobs
    @Markstarscoobs 2 роки тому +2

    I remember my cousin Gabriel let me play this. I was madly obsessed with Kane and Undertaker. Smackdown 2 was my favorite ps1 wrestling game. Used to play that all day. I got a wrestling game from grandma and grandpa every year until svr 2006.

  • @VERDICTInsanity
    @VERDICTInsanity 2 роки тому +55

    I loved this game, it taught me how quickly storylines and a wrestlers persona can change 😂

    • @coreyh6140
      @coreyh6140 2 роки тому +3

      Lol what

    • @coreyh6140
      @coreyh6140 2 роки тому +3

      @Bryan Mack Oh ok that’s right. Still holds true today.

    • @TheSBleeder
      @TheSBleeder 2 роки тому

      Russo must have had a role in making it.

    • @Cameron_611
      @Cameron_611 2 роки тому +1

      @Bryan Mack Plus Bret "The Hitman" Hart,British Bulldog,and Ahmed Johnson were already gone from the WWF (now WWE).

  • @voltron983
    @voltron983 2 роки тому +71

    I remember in my teens me and a group of friends would spend hours messing around with the create a wrestler feature in both this game and WWF Attitude. We made our own wrestlers and our own wrestling leagues, we even kept note of who was the champion in each league we made up. We put hours into both games just making up wrestlers and leagues, I could probably count on one hand the number of times we played as the actual wrestlers in the game.

    • @martynodonnell8467
      @martynodonnell8467 2 роки тому +3

      I made my own wrestling organisation too back in the day. Which started on Royal Rumble for the SNES. Before progressing too WCW VS NWO World Tour and then WWF Wrestlemania. I called it EWF, European Wrestling Federation.

    • @robertalmagarcia7334
      @robertalmagarcia7334 2 роки тому +2

      That's awesome. I use to play it alot my friend use to let me borrow it's a great game ever greater memories.

    • @jackcunningham2404
      @jackcunningham2404 2 роки тому +2

      Haha me an my mates did the same thing fun times man

    • @robertalmagarcia7334
      @robertalmagarcia7334 2 роки тому

      @@jackcunningham2404 that cool great memories.

  • @chadsherrill7559
    @chadsherrill7559 2 роки тому +5

    This game sparked my love for Kane. I wasn’t big on rasslin before my cousin got this…still took a couple years before I started watching SmackDown weekly, Kane being my favorite, but The Rock being the reason I kept watching

  • @TIDbitRETRO
    @TIDbitRETRO 2 роки тому +14

    The 90’s really was the best decade of gaming. So many legendary titles. …not Warzone though. Lol

  • @HesarealNoWhereMan
    @HesarealNoWhereMan 2 роки тому +43

    I got this game for Christmas in 1998. I played the hell out of it. Going back to it now it's very clunky and slow, but I was a beast with my created wrestler. WWF Attitude was leagues better especially the entrances.

    • @litodat233
      @litodat233 2 роки тому +4

      Attitude was literally copy and paste game with updated rosters how was it better ? They both sucked I hated these games as a kid

    • @DimkaSulegnaa
      @DimkaSulegnaa 2 роки тому +4

      @@litodat233 Attitude streamlined things a bit compared to Warzone. At least to me Attitude didn’t feel quite a clunky as the original while also expanding upon CAC, especially the move list if I remember right. The roster was increased by a lot going from Warzone to Attitude and the season mode personally was done quite a bit better than what was in Warzone. Also had some unlockable characters, which is something.
      I do not remember, but I think this might be from the ECW reskin of Attitude, but custom arenas was pretty fun for what is was and the somewhat improvement to the settings.
      Obviously though if you didn’t like Warzone, you wouldn’t like Attitude, which fair enough.

    • @JK-hu4lu
      @JK-hu4lu 2 роки тому +3

      @@litodat233 attitude was brilliant at the time. Was much better

    • @I_Am_The_Social_Reject
      @I_Am_The_Social_Reject 2 роки тому +2

      War Zone got me into wrestling and Attitude was so much better. I didn't like Smackdown because of the lame entrances and season mode was basic as hell. And controls were simple and boring. Way too easy. WrestleMania and the WCW games were arcadey and looked fake to me. I didn't like anything better till Smackdown 2 which was the best season mode. And match selection was insane. The create a wrestler was better than ever. Just had to deal with the entrances. Just Bring it was basic again and Shut your mouth is my favorite wrestling game of all time

    • @illkid86
      @illkid86 2 роки тому

      @@litodat233 attitude sucked stop being a hater

  • @slanderman3296
    @slanderman3296 2 роки тому +27

    I saved and saved, mowed lawns all summer to get this on my.ps1 when it came out..I had a magazine article, I read OVER ANS OVER. Might not be n64 quality, but I still LOVED IT

    • @joiekelly3141
      @joiekelly3141 2 роки тому +6

      I definitely remember staring at that magazine article for months.

    • @vidalmoore3537
      @vidalmoore3537 2 роки тому +1

      My dad brought me the official strategy guide and i read that book for hours

  • @DudeMcGuybro
    @DudeMcGuybro 2 роки тому +2

    You really just hit me with several flavors of nostalgia with that dirt off ya shoulders/elevator theme remix. As always, the music is killer and I'm always excited to catch the blends of songs you put together in your videos.

    • @thefckumean2209
      @thefckumean2209 2 роки тому

      That remix was 🔥🔥🔥🔥 like I need that for my playlist lol

  • @wetrick182
    @wetrick182 2 роки тому +1

    I always loved the things the crowd would shout at you during this and Attitude.

  • @PFHousee
    @PFHousee 2 роки тому +54

    Thorn in your eye IS THE BEST RAW THEME EVER. Stone Cold walking in that factory while everyone punches eachother lmao. BEEEHINDD MY EEEEEYS 🔥🔥🔥🔥

    • @Rschr101
      @Rschr101 2 роки тому

      Hell yeah!

    • @sororitysleepawaymortuary1659
      @sororitysleepawaymortuary1659 2 роки тому +1

      When you listen to the full song it kinda sounds like Handsome Doc Hendrix is singing it lol Really has that mid 90's WWF feel to it.

    • @futuregohan4837
      @futuregohan4837 2 роки тому

      The Irony Is That It Was Undertaker's Theme In WWF No Mercy Due To Licensing Issues lmao

    • @PFHousee
      @PFHousee 2 роки тому

      @@futuregohan4837 and in Smackdown 2 too !

    • @TheLastOutlawSaulGoode
      @TheLastOutlawSaulGoode 2 роки тому

      That and Union underground

  • @richk1306
    @richk1306 2 роки тому +5

    The Ahmed Johnson videos are classics

  • @jaycuthbert245
    @jaycuthbert245 2 роки тому +6

    This brings nostalgia flowing through my veins I remember vividly how much I loved this as a kid! Unfortunately though it's dog do do gameplay wise and totally unenjoyable if you was to have a match on the game today. It's not like any of the ps2 smsckdown where anyone one of them you can pick up and play even after years away. This just leaves you frustrated and and fed up. I will NEVER get tired of seeing it though and that's why I'm happy to be watching through your experience. It's all I need :) wwf attitude was just as frustrating to play tbh just as amazing nostalgically

  • @michaelkeller5927
    @michaelkeller5927 2 роки тому +2

    The Ahmed Johnson shouting promo from this game is legendary

  • @RollerCodsterWFEW
    @RollerCodsterWFEW 2 роки тому +21

    A friend and I used to play this day and night. Literally stay up all night.
    We discovered all the glitches. So many I can remember.
    So much fun playing this game!

    • @CreepingDe4th81
      @CreepingDe4th81 2 роки тому +2

      I had the same kind of friend, except we were playing attitude

    • @sappyfoot
      @sappyfoot 2 роки тому +2

      that was me bro! damn, small world! we had some good times

    • @RollerCodsterWFEW
      @RollerCodsterWFEW 2 роки тому +2

      @@CreepingDe4th81 we played that one to death as well 🤣 good times

    • @RollerCodsterWFEW
      @RollerCodsterWFEW 2 роки тому +1

      @@sappyfoot yes we did, Until that one time... 😳

    • @CreepingDe4th81
      @CreepingDe4th81 2 роки тому

      @@RollerCodsterWFEW no doubt my friend cheers!

  • @DJDoubleCee
    @DJDoubleCee 2 роки тому +97

    I remember being disappointed by how short the roster was on that game and all the buttons you had to press to execute your finisher was a pain in the neck!

    • @thebest12700
      @thebest12700 2 роки тому +37

      this game was trash the THQ games were the greatest.

    • @mcqueenx75
      @mcqueenx75 2 роки тому +6

      @@thebest12700 yes and no. It had some good things but wasn't the best

    • @thebest12700
      @thebest12700 2 роки тому +8

      @@mcqueenx75 what games were better? revenge and no mercy are considered the greatest by the majority from what ive seen. not too many other games get the same praise.

    • @mcqueenx75
      @mcqueenx75 2 роки тому +10

      @@thebest12700 WrestleMania 2000

    • @captainklondike5796
      @captainklondike5796 2 роки тому +9

      @@thebest12700 Here Comes the Pain

  • @ZealKingdom
    @ZealKingdom 2 роки тому +2

    I made my friend in the create a wrestler mode. He was 400 lbs, and had the DX mannerisms. When he did the crotch chop, his arms vanished into his enormous belly.
    When my friend came over the next day and saw it, he was not nearly as amused as I was.

  • @RolfWrenWalsh
    @RolfWrenWalsh 2 роки тому +3

    Another interesting thing about the combat system is damage depends on the time limit. Set a match to 30 minutes, and the match can easily push the 10 minute mark before the opponent goes red.
    In 5 minute matches, the match is over in 3 minutes or less before the opponent is red.

    • @sororitysleepawaymortuary1659
      @sororitysleepawaymortuary1659 2 роки тому

      Interesting. Would have been nice if there were more things to do in the game like game modes or backstage area fighting.

  • @nukeboynez3648
    @nukeboynez3648 2 роки тому +7

    my first wrestling game was Smackdown: Know your role 2. Man I played it to shreds with my brother. You could play season mode with multiple superstars and controllers. I picked the Undertaker and my younger brother picked Kane. We won all titles together as the Brothers of Destruction.

    • @I_Am_The_Social_Reject
      @I_Am_The_Social_Reject 2 роки тому +1

      Smackdown 2 had the best season mode for years. I made all my caw I created and friends created, friends in storyline. A feature that's missing to this day!!!

    • @spurtoh
      @spurtoh 2 роки тому

      i spent wayyy too much time on the first two smackdown games. The season in 2 was the best organized out of any of those games but loading screen hell and you had to watch all the life meters fight each other but i still poured hours and hours into it

  • @3.2187_Kilometres
    @3.2187_Kilometres 2 роки тому +9

    Speaking as someone who was born far after the Nintendo 64 era and who's 1st wwe game was WWE 13. I've always liked these retrospectives of games which I've never played.
    Please continue this.

  • @kamenanew9867
    @kamenanew9867 Рік тому +1

    Even in a video game the legend pulls a fuggin chin lock, what a treasure davey is. Great work here, ty.

  • @CopiousDoinksLLC
    @CopiousDoinksLLC 2 роки тому +1

    Jesus, this was like a Nostalgia Omnibus. Between the mentions of the games on the SNES and WWF Warzone, it's like you covered my entire childhood.
    ...How long have you been watching me??

  • @grammysworld5449
    @grammysworld5449 2 роки тому +16

    Man I hated this game and Attitude.. But Attitude had the best menu music of any wrestling game back then

    • @Dotman89
      @Dotman89 2 роки тому +2

      Attitude was fun

    • @grammysworld5449
      @grammysworld5449 2 роки тому +1

      @@Dotman89 only thing I remember was writing songs over the menu music.. I think I played with Kane on that one spamming his sidebuster because it was the only input I remember

  • @panoramatint
    @panoramatint 2 роки тому +11

    Oh that clang. I loved this game. I still play it. It blows, but I love it.
    "Play-er One! Play-er One!"

  • @RemmyRiffs
    @RemmyRiffs 2 роки тому +2

    Nostalgia at it's absolute FINEST. I forgot all about this game, awesome to see it in action again.

  • @WTFiTzFlow
    @WTFiTzFlow 2 роки тому +2

    I love this game! One of my childhood favorites! I remember versing a friend + my older brother in a triple threat match and it was literally the most intense thing, ever! They both know how to play and especially how the mechanics are, it made the match awe inspiring.

  • @kazarubossgamearchive7205
    @kazarubossgamearchive7205 2 роки тому +11

    always loved the music in this game, my first wrestling game in a console.

  • @brycegrenier
    @brycegrenier 2 роки тому +6

    The way you remixed the song in the beginning was so sick! Warzone was my childhood but once WcW Revenge and Wrestlemania 2000 came out, I barely played Warzone again.

    • @merkcityboy834
      @merkcityboy834 2 роки тому

      Hell once WWF Attitude came out I stopped playing 99 was a good year for wrestling games we got Attitude WM2000 Smackdown WCW Mayhem man we were spoiled back then..

  • @JulianCaesar716
    @JulianCaesar716 2 роки тому +3

    When you paused the game for the move list I screamed lol! Good nostalgia thanks for that!

  • @Sipie89
    @Sipie89 2 роки тому +1

    This was my first WWF game I played. Many memories!

  • @stansmith5019
    @stansmith5019 2 роки тому +12

    Man I wanted this game for Xmas when I was young. Pops wound up getting me Zelda Ocarina of time..after renting warzone I was so happy he got me Zelda cuz I couldn't play warzone worth a damn!

  • @CG_31
    @CG_31 2 роки тому +5

    The very first wrestling game I owned as a kid and I loved every bit of it! This brings back so many memories! Thanks for this video!

  • @rkje112
    @rkje112 2 роки тому +1

    I got Warzone as my first game w my PS1 at Xmas 98, I played it endlessly. Weird how things of the past stick w you.

  • @seamusbell6957
    @seamusbell6957 2 роки тому

    I love that you threw in the Davey Boy Smith chin lock Easter egg for all of the Reliving the war enthusiasts!
    Great work 👌

  • @SpreadieGirthy
    @SpreadieGirthy 2 роки тому +11

    Calling my friend for the finishing moves is the first thing I remember when I see this game because they didn't include them in the move list until the next game. Trying to translate the n64 button layouts for the ps1 layouts was pain at first but got a hang of it because he had the n64 strategy guide.

    • @Giantsfanlewis
      @Giantsfanlewis 2 роки тому +2

      They actually did include the finishers in the PS1 version. They just didn't show up until the opponent was at red health

    • @mcydodge919
      @mcydodge919 2 роки тому +3

      @@Giantsfanlewis They didn't show up in the move list though. I played the demo where I was Stone Cold facing Shawn Michaels, and I could never figure out how to do the Stunner. Thankfully, I went to Kmart one day and they had the demo playing with the strategy guide right there near it. I remember the joy I felt when I was finally able to do the Stunner! 😁

    • @vidalmoore3537
      @vidalmoore3537 2 роки тому

      @@mcydodge919 i used to ask random people on the street if they knew how to do the stone cold stunner on warzone.

  • @SheepTacoMan
    @SheepTacoMan 2 роки тому +10

    I actually remember this game fondly… I was also in my teens and didn’t know any better. But still I did enjoy the video promos the most.

  • @troystaunton254
    @troystaunton254 2 роки тому +1

    It was awesome!!! The commentary is better than actual raw commentary today.

  • @quavehiphop9152
    @quavehiphop9152 2 роки тому +3

    That's very interesting to see that the wcw vs wwf war expanded to even video games truly a great time to be a wrestling fan

  • @garyhen1707
    @garyhen1707 2 роки тому +15

    Warzone was groundbreaking from other past games. The roster could have been bigger like attitude did, I kinda wish it was harder to beat the game though.

    • @martynodonnell8467
      @martynodonnell8467 2 роки тому +3

      Considering that it was the first non 16 bit wrestling game. It was groundbreaking for the time.

    • @martynodonnell8467
      @martynodonnell8467 2 роки тому +3

      @@chicken31947 sorry what I meant was the first non 16 bit WWF game.

    • @garyhen1707
      @garyhen1707 2 роки тому

      @@chicken31947 for the ps1?

    • @martynodonnell8467
      @martynodonnell8467 2 роки тому

      @Thanos Streams in regards to what had came before. Such as Raw and Royal Rumble for the 16 bit consoles. It was leaps and bounds ahead. However didn’t hold up for long.

    • @retrocysper3709
      @retrocysper3709 2 роки тому +1

      Blame the developers.
      WWF wants new guys to the roster yet the developers fought to keep guys like Bret Hart, British Bulldog and Ahmed Johnson.

  • @dnakatomiuk
    @dnakatomiuk 2 роки тому +6

    My dad bought this when it was released at Christmas on PS1 it was great, I still couldn't understand Ahmed Johnson during his promos even in this game. I used to make a custom character and I used A.J finisher the pearl river plunge I loved that move, loved going up the TV tower and watching the video promos of Owen Hart and HBK etc

  • @repairshop22
    @repairshop22 2 роки тому

    You're videos are great. U do great research into the games as well here.

  • @SeanSeanson
    @SeanSeanson 2 роки тому +7

    Leaving aside all the excellent wrestling content you put out on the regular, you're also a really really good video game reviewer. Great work!

  • @stingersplashentertainment3410
    @stingersplashentertainment3410 2 роки тому +34

    Warzone was so clunky I couldn’t go back once I played Revenge.

  • @michaelsmith5769
    @michaelsmith5769 2 роки тому +16

    6:27 Hard to believe that at one time, The Rock's charisma was just under 1/2.

    • @rtmclean484
      @rtmclean484 2 роки тому +2

      he was a heel at this point of his career

    • @Deeznutzho
      @Deeznutzho 2 роки тому +1

      @@rtmclean484 And it wasn't too far removed from the "Die Rocky Die" days if I remember right

  • @Another0
    @Another0 2 роки тому

    That muted explosion on the Davy Boy Smith Chinlock cracked me up way more than it shou'dve.

  • @m.aurice913
    @m.aurice913 2 роки тому +1

    The Intro Was so damn intense. Loved it!

  • @VIGLounge
    @VIGLounge 2 роки тому +3

    I have extremely fond memories of War Zone on the N64 and it was amazing to have my stepdad create a character and join in made it special. It certainly does not have replay value now-a-days and now that I have an N64 again, I'm introducing my young son to WWF No Mercy and WCW Revenge as it was more or less pick up and play. Wrestling Bios, how did you not show the Ahmed Johnson video? It's unreal!

    • @snubby4624
      @snubby4624 2 роки тому +1

      Great googley moogley!

  • @GlennGriffin
    @GlennGriffin 2 роки тому +13

    I remember first seeing this in Xtravision years ago and rented it immediately. It was great, but World Tour and Revenge were much more fun wrestling games and after you played them it was harder to enjoy Warzone.

  • @JH-vb1wo
    @JH-vb1wo 2 роки тому +1

    I remember begging for weeks to get WWF warzone on release day. For it’s time it was amazing and the best wrestling I had played at the time. A lot of great memories as a 11 year old kid

  • @jkat5768
    @jkat5768 2 роки тому +4

    I had the N64 version and the thing I hated most about this version was that it didn't let you select your opponents. Your opponents were chosen for you. That would have made a huge difference as far as long term play value went. I had dreams about matching my creations with each other but thankfully this was possible with Attitude since it let you select your opponents.

    • @CharlesP2009
      @CharlesP2009 Рік тому +1

      I feel like 40% of the time the game would match you up against yourself. It was obnoxious. 🤣

  • @johnt.campbell316
    @johnt.campbell316 2 роки тому +3

    I had this game on PlayStation and LOVED it. I remember it being SO hard, but luckily, playing Mortal Kombat previously prepared me for the button combos. When I played it on N64, I remember being confused by the music being "worse" and how it had the Rumble mode.

  • @MRW2022
    @MRW2022 2 роки тому +4

    This was one of the first games I ever remember playing. In fact I still have it! This video has made me want to dig it out but I’m worried I’ll just disappoint myself

  • @JamesAColemanFan
    @JamesAColemanFan 2 роки тому

    Excellent video as always boss!

  • @Cableguy15
    @Cableguy15 2 роки тому +2

    20:52 Odd how Kane is listed as smaller than Undertaker in this game.
    I had the N64 version as a kid, and for some reason I really liked the MIDI rendition of Stone Cold's theme. Listening to it now, it sounds like country music, of all things. lol

    • @the757general2
      @the757general2 Рік тому

      That's because in real life Kane was only 6'9. War Zone was the only wrestling game that got his correct height.

  • @constablekennedy7705
    @constablekennedy7705 2 роки тому +3

    Last Time I was this Early, Tommy Dreamer was still Beloved within the Professional Wrestling Industry and by the Fans … 👀

  • @mattypenta
    @mattypenta 2 роки тому +4

    I was never a huge fan of actually playing War Zone, but it gets full credit for making me fall in love with create-a-wrestler modes. I had never experienced anything like it before and it's been the main draw for me in wrestling games ever since.

  • @michaelvaleone
    @michaelvaleone 4 місяці тому +1

    Mane I absolute love this game ... These were the real wrestling games ... Nowadays it's just all about graphics ... As a kid, these classic games were everything

  • @christophercolbec8550
    @christophercolbec8550 2 роки тому

    Actually really enjoyed this!! Definitely would like more videos like theses!!

  • @mrtiggah7
    @mrtiggah7 2 роки тому +6

    Maaaaan, I loved this game. So many good matches with my people's back then

  • @BrolyChan
    @BrolyChan 2 роки тому +4

    God this game had so much going for it, the presentation is amazing for it's time.
    If only the controls were better, then it could've been up there with the AKI games.

  • @scombapodcast1875
    @scombapodcast1875 2 роки тому

    The first thing we did back then was building Vader in the creator. "We all did back in '98" pretty much sums it up. I still get ptsd when I think back on the controls of Warzone and Attitude. I played only the N64 versions

  • @musc1esman
    @musc1esman 2 роки тому

    I was in Kindergarten in 97. My dad bought a ps1 and our first game was Crash Bandicoot. I got bored and played the demo disc that came with our playstation and warzone was one of the demo games. You got to be Stone Cold or Shawn Michaels. I loved Stone Cold’s audio while playing and we started watching wrestling. That summer my parents bought me the actual game and I played the hell out of it. This game made me a wrestling fan.

  • @rh8560
    @rh8560 2 роки тому +3

    I remember when war zone first came out I was absolutely blown away by the graphics, but the button combinations had me pausing the game a lot in order to perform moves which was quite annoying

  • @ProjectMopar6
    @ProjectMopar6 2 роки тому +3

    Hardy Boyz did the motion capture and was left off both games smh

  • @julianlavalley7454
    @julianlavalley7454 2 роки тому +1

    dude in 1998 this was one of the best games we had. this one and NHL face-off 99,

  • @discoder
    @discoder 2 роки тому +1

    "IF YOU WANNA STAMP UP TO PUNCHY, BRINGUM TOYS!"

  • @jerryancel6944
    @jerryancel6944 2 роки тому +6

    I think Bulldog was trying to read off of a cue card. He recovers when he gets to the end of it.
    Also, Bret can cut some good promos! I don't know why he gets so much hate cutting promos, I always thought he did well.

    • @retrocysper3709
      @retrocysper3709 2 роки тому +1

      Yah me too especially his 1993 till 1997 ones in WWF and also in WCW.

  • @03blaird
    @03blaird 2 роки тому +4

    All my friends used to clown on me when I picked the rock in this game. Great memories!

    • @ChrisM07
      @ChrisM07 2 роки тому

      Of course by the time Attitude was released he was one of the most popular characters in the game.

  • @GH-pd8if
    @GH-pd8if 2 роки тому

    Loved this, looking forward to you doing Attitude.

  • @RacerC45
    @RacerC45 3 місяці тому +1

    I've heard a rumor that Chyna and Sable were meant to be part of the roster but were cut for unknown reason.

  • @elonmusksellssnakeoil1744
    @elonmusksellssnakeoil1744 2 роки тому +5

    This was the first game where I created characters that I would use in every wrestling game since. Good times!

  • @maxxpower3d6
    @maxxpower3d6 2 роки тому +15

    The greatest wrestling game ever until WCW vs. nWo: Revenge came out.

    • @ledeux
      @ledeux 2 роки тому +6

      World tour beat that

    • @kaiserrino8774
      @kaiserrino8774 2 роки тому +4

      Try Super Fire Pro Wrestling X on the SNES.

    • @aceassn716
      @aceassn716 2 роки тому +1

      WCW vs the World was definitely better

  • @jaycuthbert245
    @jaycuthbert245 2 роки тому +1

    Do more old wrestling game reviews brother I love your content and the depths you go to in your research :)

  • @rl5433
    @rl5433 2 роки тому

    I just found my copy of this a couple of weeks ago, and it was in perfect condition. Figured I might price check it on ebay to see what it's going for before I start planning my retirement. Back into the drawer it went, and back into work I went. Being able to listen to the entrance music in the character creator was the greatest thing, though!