WCW: The Main Event (Game Boy) Playthrough

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Published on May 2, 2024 9:16:12 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mF3Ok2VVqes

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WCW: The Main Event (1994)

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Let's Play

Duration: 23:50

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A playthrough of FCI's 1994 license-based wrestling game for the Nintendo Game Boy, WCW: The Main Event.

0:26 Elimination Match, Professional as Rick Rude

6:48 Elimination Match, Continental Title as Ron Simmons

14:13 Elimination Match, World Title as Johnny B. Badd

21:15 Single Match, World Title as Dustin Rhodes

Following after the 1990 NES game (https://youtu.be/Wt0L_B1I8Q8), WCW: The Main Event was the second video game to carry the World Championship Wrestling torch. It was also the sixth pro wrestling game to appear on the Game Boy, coming along about six months behind WWF: King of the Ring, the system's third WWF title.

WCW: The Main Event's roster includes nine wrestlers (Rick and Scott Steiner, Big Van Vader, Sting, Dustin Rhodes, Ron Simmons, Johnny B. Badd, Rick Rude, and Steve Austin) and features two modes of play, an exhibition-style "Single Match" and a ladder-style series called "Elimination Match."

The game plays similarly to the later NES WWF games in that wrestlers all feel the same to play, but The Main Event does give everyone his own unique finishing move. The controls are fine, the graphics are simple but clear on the blurry Game Boy screen, and the game is perfect for a quick 5-10 minute play session on the go, but the game lacks any real depth or lasting power. It's fine as an occasional distraction, but the WCW roster is only thing it offers over its handheld WWF counterparts.

*Recorded with a Retroarch shader to mimic the look of the original hardware.
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