Arcade Longplay [351] WWF Superstars

[@Captainensano99]

Nothing will ever beat that feeling of going to the Arcade after school on a friday night with your friends playing these games in the mid 80s and early 90s smelling all the food , smoke and just everybody having a blast

[@Captainensano99]

***** Thanks man ....and i will check out your Amazon reviews.

[@seanwilkinson3975]

I totally agree; there was and never will be anything like them again. Dark, smoky, musty arcades, with beer company mirrors and tattered posters adorning the walls. Sure, there were also clean, neon-bright, well-run ones in bigger cities, but my town mostly had the sketchy, disreputable kind...and the "dangerous" atmosphere added to the excitement...with weird, rare knockoff Japanese games you'll never see again except in vague memories, and broken pre-video electro-mechanical oddities in the back with the washrooms. And games galore! Filled with video games, pool tables, and pinball machines, all stained, cigarette-burned, with quarters lined up to reserve spots on the most popular ones. A past-its-prime 45rpm-playing Rock-Ola jukebox with great old and newer songs. And the regulars - long-haired nutters with whiffs of BO and pot reeking from their jean jackets and lumberjack fleece shirts, decorated with heavy metal iron-on badges. Girls with poofy bleached 'dos, crop-tops, those pinstriped jeans with full back-to-front zippers, and chunky or spike heels. Now that I'm grown and nearing 50, I wonder if I'd still feel at ease and enjoy the fun and noise of those seedy establishments if they were to suddenly re-appear in my old stomping grounds, or if I'd prefer to find a quiet coffee shop with WiFi, and my phone playing Strikefleet Omega...

[@samwilkinson4790]

Sean Wilkinson the good old days

[@ragnarokhussain9913]

and the feelings when ur parents bought u a first console for u NES or sega

[@BuySmartChannel2700]

you better believe it !

[@Anjohl]

How this and Wrestlefest haven't been re-released is beyond me. Literally a license to print money.

[@RT-zk7yr]

Always thought the same

[@nehemiahpouncey3607]

Maybe arcade 1 up could do something?

[@RT-zk7yr]

@@nehemiahpouncey3607 be fucking class with modern wrestlers and then classic ones too.

[@milkcarton6654]

As far as i'm, aware the rights holder can't rerelease the game without renewing their WWE license which would make it financially not viable. But if wwe was clever they would look into getting the rights to all the WWF games released up to like 2000 (arcade, pc,, consoles, everything) and put them into every WWE 2k game from now on. Might be more complicated, and costly, than it seems though, IDK. B

[@RT-zk7yr]

@@milkcarton6654 great info very interesting. Be great if wwe could I agree would sell out in no time!

[@jakethemuss3]

Love this game. Remember playing it at the bowling alley when I was a little kid. I was always Hogan and Ultimate Warrior.

[@smashthemachine3746]

CHUR BRO....I WAS ALWAYS SAVAGE BOSSMAN OR WARRIOR

[@lordgoro]

I loved the Honky tonk man

[@josephdunn5887]

hogan and warrior or hogan and macho man

[@brian7333]

@@lordgoro But they didn't give him his shake rattle and roll move

[@brian7333]

@@josephdunn5887 Warrior's gorilla press was the ultimate rubbing it in to your opponent. Hogan's poses too. I forget if Savage could come off the top rope with his big elbow 🤔

[@DragoEpyon]

Of all the people in the world that could have done MDM's voice, they went with that guy

[@Deadpooltx]

TheDragonEpyon yes they went with Steve Urkle's voice.

[@ThreeEyedPea]

Have you heard Hawk's voice in WrestleFest? It's even worse

[@colew.5956]

😂😂😂

[@alexislopez6787]

@nemo pouncey 😂😂

[@squiremuldoon5462]

I feel bad for kids today , they’ll never know how awesome it was going to an arcade.

[@JoeyMartz]

There's an arcade in the town I live in... Marcade in Rockaway (Edit NOT DOVER), NJ... love it.

[@bighands69]

@@JoeyMartz How many kids go to it. In my day we use to go to boxing, football and cycled all over the place and went to the arcades. There is not that many arcades around today. I blame my generation for raising kids from a helicopter.

[@JoeyMartz]

@@bighands69 A lot of kids go... HOWEVER, they have a wall dedicated to all the current generation consoles with comfy leather couches.... Having said that, the rest of the space is of ALL THE VINTAGE 80's - 00's COIN OPERATED GAMES & PIN BALL MACHINES. Good times!

[@bighands69]

@@JoeyMartz What made arcades special back in the 1970s,1980s and 1990s was the fact the machines were far more advanced than the home variants. So the game that was in the arcade was cutting edge and the game that was played at home was considered inferior. So arcades need to innovate and do things that home systems cannot do.

[@spiritchild9101]

There’s allot of Dave Busters type places open today. They are pretty cool, but it isn’t the same.. The arcade use to be a place where future technology and games, were on display. There isn’t much in the arcade these days, that the home systems can’t match

[@andiarrohnds5163]

this game was immensely popular with children. WWF was very big in the 80s. it also generated a larger fascination with its audience, captivating them more than anything else could, even pokemon in the 90s. NES were the best graphics most of us could get at home during this time, which made arcade games extra special, so you could imagine how this game must have felt

[@ReflectionOfPerfection]

Love how that sounds NOTHING like Ted Dibiase lol

[@RobMcDougall]

Ditto with LOD in Wrestlefest

[@kidz4p509]

@Baba Yaga Yet it's still a good villain voice.

[@Anubisxian]

Oh god I loved doing the Boss Man Slam trick, totally unbeatable against the computer. I called it "beating a confession outta him!" RIP Boss Man

[@ViceAdmiralMando]

Big boss man is coco savage of Superstar.

[@chriscraven9335]

Yep, Boss Man Slam was the best finisher in this

[@designicousmaximus1035]

WARRIOR....😐

[@brian7333]

Boss Man goes so cheap on DiBiase in this video 😂... he couldn't get out of the tosses and side slams 😤😄

[@videogamesman131]

This game has it all for one of the first WWF video games ever. Sound effects of the moves the crowd, interviews, ring entrance, each wrestler has their own styles of moves and taunts. They even have the voice of the referee.

[@TeranIcer]

This was a very good wrestling game. Andre was as unstoppable here as he was IRL. That splash he had=GAME OVER.

[@palaceofwisdom9448]

I'd forgotten this was a Technos game and heavily resembled Double Dragon. I also didn't know it was "For Use In Europe Only!" Lucky I never got arrested for playing it as a kid.

[@suchiuomizu]

That was only for copies of the machine intended to be sold in Europe, the one you played probably had different county/countries listed there. This was also far from the only game to have that sort of statement.

[@progmanrob]

It's sad that half of these wrestlers are dead.

[@limeninelemonfour6957]

Sad but true

[@figment1988]

and because of an accidental mention of the N-word, the WWE now refuses to acknowledge Hulk Hogan now (which is ironic since Vince McMahon used it when speaking to John Cena years after this game was made).

[@MA-vd3ln]

figment1988 update: Hulk Hogan was reinstated he appeared at the Crown Jewel event this past weekend

[@frankiemac9396]

figment1988 accident??! LMMFAO!

[@RealmsofPixelation]

Hating someone for being racist is the same thing as being racist.

[@LittleJacob208]

I still consider this the best wrestling game ever made.

[@Gameboy-Unboxings]

So you would out this above wrestlefest? If so, why?

[@LittleJacob208]

@@Gameboy-Unboxings This game is very nostalgic for me. As a kid I have such fond memories playing this game. For me I preferred the game sprites in superstars and the game mechanics also. And just how the game is presented visually more appealing appearance wise. But obviously it’s just my personal opinion I don’t expect everyone to agree.

[@felixmikkialmosttoasted3911]

Same here

[@BillyBob-ec5ox]

@@LittleJacob208 well one thing this has over Wrestlefest for sure.....you get to see Miss Elizabeth at the end

[@ViceAdmiralMando]

I second that…. And Mat Mania.

[@STEJTHEGREATEST]

CAN'T BELIEVE RAVISHING RICK RUDE WASN'T IN THIS. ;*( THAT WAS A CRIME!!!!! ;*(

[@fivebearrugs]

STEJTHEGREATEST They went with the biggest heels of 1988...

[@STEJTHEGREATEST]

@@fivebearrugs I'm clueless how anyone could think the Honky Tonk Man was a bigger heel than Rick Rude.

[@fivebearrugs]

@nemo pouncey He was also in WWF WrestleMania Challenge (1990) for the NES with Hulk, Warrior, Andre, Savage, Boss Man, Duggan, Beefcake, and “Yourself”

[@brianptaylor9500]

The Shake Rattle and Roll looks more like the Rude Awakening in this....almost like HTM was originally Rude.

[@WC-rv7fy]

Spent a lot of quarters on this game back in the 80s, with a lot of good friends at our local pizza parlor! Damn I miss the 80s!

[@brian7333]

Dibiase "The Million Dollar Man" in this clip can't get out of Boss Man's repeated throws into the ropes and side slams. I don't remember it being impossible to get out of someone's moves like this. Momentum swings were possible when I played.

[@SHINOBHS]

I remember this in the arcades. It was a hit, lots of people were playing it.

[@djjava303]

Tons of laughs from Andre the Giant's garbled comment- "No one can eat MAIL BOX"

[@Surfer041]

He says "no one can beat megabucks" that was the tag team of andre and dibiase

[@Koexistence13]

@@Surfer041 thanks. I always wonderEd wtf he said

[@evansusmc]

Thomas Storff thanks! I was wondering what he was saying. Finally in 2019 i get the answer 😁

[@mr10tomidnight]

I never knew Andre said "No one can beat Mega Bucks" he said "Mega Bucks" in such a garbled way it sounded like he said "No one can beat me you bum."

[@TheOriginalLooney]

@@mr10tomidnight sounds to me like he says "No one can beat million bucks"

[@BaronNate]

I see and hear influences of Double Dragon in movement and sound design. Loved this game as an 9 year old when I first played it back in the 80s

[@KareemHillJr]

Same company made it

[@KarlSturmgewher]

The boss fight with Ted "Million Dollar Man" DiBiase and Andre the Giant can go on anyone's top final boss list.

[@ThanhNguyen-ft8vi]

the good old days when you visit your friends and ring the door bell. no cell phone etc. There's always someone answering the door with the smile.

[@TotsNater]

I always loved how the ref gets increasingly pissed when counting the last 4 seconds of the count-out. 😂

[@LeviDSmith]

I remember seeing this at the arcades back in the day. It looked amazing, since it was before Super Nintendo and most console games at the time had a very limited color palette.

[@lollo7768]

"No one can beat Megabucks!"...summer 1992, André the Giant voice all over the voices-shout of kids into the "bar-game room", then silence...he was the Boss everywhere...bye from Italy 🇮🇹🍻🇫🇷

[@josephdunn5887]

old school as hell right here love it will never get old

[@DragonHeart613]

I would always pick The Mega Powers themselves Hulk Hogan & Macho Man and sometimes I'd switch Macho Man for The Ultimate Warrior whenever I played this game growing up in the '80s & '90s. For a long long time after arcades started to disappear in the 2000s, I thought I'd never be able to play this game ever again until I found this in an arcade my younger brother told me about was located near where I worked. I swear I felt like a kid again the second my hands grasped the joystick & touched the bottoms✌☺👍

[@brian7333]

😂👍👍💫🕹🕹💥

[@facekickr]

Many allowances were blown playing this game. My favorite team were Big Boss Man and The Ultimate Warrior!! Still one of my favorite wrestling games!

[@brian7333]

I WANT IT IN 2023! 💫🕹🕹🙏

[@finnmaccool2665]

Million Dollar Man had the coolest theme song: "Everybody's got a price, everybody's gonna pay. Cause the Million Dollar Man, always gets his way. Hahahahahaha"

[@fivebearrugs]

Finn Maccool And he didn’t get that theme until 1990!

[@guardian08527]

This was a pretty rare arcade cabinet from what I remember. Usually every third arcade had WrestleFest in it but I didn't even learn about this one until maybe 1995 when I found it hiding in the back of a huge arcade at Seaside Heights NJ. Only time I ever got to play the cabinet. Thank god for emulators!

[@suchiuomizu]

I can't remember if I ever saw it an actual arcade. Funny thing is I remember seeing it as a single arcade machine by itself at the local YMCA as a kid, which did not seem as random as a kid as it does now.

[@brian7333]

WWF SUPERSTARS was awesome!!!

[@TheCodedtestament]

While Wrestlefest is technically a more solid game and improves upon Superstars' formula I still prefer the latter. Most of that has to do with it being the first WWF game I ever played and also I prefer the roster slightly more on this one with the inclusion of Savage and Andre especially.

[@kimnora53]

I agree

[@bayboggs4742]

True........but also keep in mind that Wrestlefest has Jake Roberts and Mr. Perfect. And of course LOD and Demolition. It doesn't feel right not having Savage though. I guess thats because he was "retired" at the time they released the game

[@robfinlay8058]

As much as I liked this game at the time, WrestleFest was a massive improvement on it in every way.

[@NaviMason]

My 1st thought when I 1st seen this back in the day... Me: Wow!! 🤯 WWF, in the ARCADE!! AND it looks like Double Dragon!! 🤩

[@johnnyd7381]

I was a MASTER at this game! I could usually get all the way to the end on one quarter!! I specialized in countouts!! Id throw the CPU out of the ring(or jump out myself) and beat the hell out of them with the chairs and tables, then jump back into the ring right before the countout ended! Damn I was GOOD

[@DarkArynLand]

Me too.

[@CopiousDoinksLLC]

I like how you can spot a Technos game from the other side of the arcade because of the distinctive character designs - they all had the same blocky, rounded look to their physiques, with very flat shading and they always stand at 45 degree angles to the camera.

[@Big0taz0]

Yep both Warrior and the Hulkster had Abobo's body. Macho Man's face reminds me of 'Machine Gun' Willy (Double Dragon final boss). Many of Abore's (second Double Dragon II boss) animations were given to Andre too. And Hacksaw kinda resembles Rowper as he appeared in Double Dragon II. And both Billy Lee and Linda Lash can be spotted by ringside!

[@grimreaper7734]

I used to play this all the time as a kid. Until WrestleFest came out. And now watching this again I seriously imagined Virgil looking at the screen and yelling "FUCK MONEY!!"

[@noone-yn1td]

7:25 It's impossible for the CPU to escape from Big Boss special technique after the Irish Whip, if its character is stunned. Except, of course, if the CPU controls the Big Giant.

[@ViceAdmiralMando]

Because Andre the Giant is a final boss in many wrestling video games

[@mightymulatto3000]

That kick and slap by Andre was brutal.

[@brian7333]

'cuz the damage Andre could do if you could pull of his move - i think 🤔

[@Gunwitch666]

I remember that satisfying feeling when you finally got André tired enough to bodyslam him! My team was always Macho Man & Big Boss Man or Ultimate Warrior & BBM.

[@rebekahfield4083]

Honky Tonk, your 'neck breakers are the best!' I love when 'Andre the Giant was busting ass' how Big boss man entered the ring and just 'bossed Andre about,' Andre had to make a hasty retreat to tag in 'Million Dollar man' who was just 'destroyed' by the boss! Honky Tonk, 'he's got your back!' Wonderfully entertaining. It's a Corona virus Lock down Apr 2020, and you are really 'giving my boredom a shove' with your great quality posts! Keep up the 'Super-fantastic work!'

[@JoshuaSmith-fq8xy]

I had the music stuck in my head for years without remembering it was from this game. Lol

[@Koexistence13]

Bossman was my key to whipping this game with my buds. As long as you had Bossman to mercilessly side slam your opponent over and over again you were gold. Just stay close to the ropes when they rebound off and slam em. Although you couldn't side slam Andre. Had to isolate Dibiase

[@brian7333]

So cheap 😂. Guaranteed to enrage your victimized opponent irl !!

[@ViceAdmiralMando]

Big Boss Man- coco savage of Superstar.

[@ViceAdmiralMando]

Why couldn’t you do it on Andre the Giant?

[@Koexistence13]

@@ViceAdmiralMando cuz he's andre.

[@Koexistence13]

@@ViceAdmiralMando deep cut

[@bimmyfrizzo3988]

Good old days where we play hooky from school and go to the arcades and playing games like wwf superstars. Now I just got this on mame emulator! Still fun!

[@WIGGYMEISTER76]

Oh man, they had this in my local fish mongers which was a bit random! Absolutely loved it! School lunch hours will never be as good again! Classic gaming era👌🏼

[@arcticfox04]

Always love this channel from Longplay guys. Lots of games I keep on forgetting back. I really need to make a bucket list and go through them.

[@creedrichards137]

I don't think I ever played this game, but I remember the The Million Dollar Man (Ted DiBiase) and Andre the Giant talking. Funny enough, I remember Ted DiBiase saying "Nothing can get between me and my million dollar dream." Funny how the mind changes things. Thank you for posting this, it scratched an itch to see this again;.

[@anthologyofinterest1]

this needs the sheik to make all of these jabroni's humble

[@jworne79]

I played ten pin bowling after school and they had this game in the arcade. I was more interested in watching the game than bowling

[@michaelstroman7120]

You are one of best players I have ever seen I love your style of play is unorthodox and it works

[@AcesnEights698]

I would have killed for a console version of this back in the day....

[@spiritchild9101]

Yes. It is strange that we never got console versions of this and wrestlefest on the SNES.

[@mecha2001]

WARRIORISM. my grandpa had this game in our arcade. for a period of time I would spend my $2 daily allowance in quarters on playing this. 1989 was an epic year. I'm sorry for those of you that didn't exist/were self aware to enjoy it.

[@mikeychainsaw9760]

Killing em with the bossman slam

[@jesuscastro609]

back in 89 when i first discovered ultimate warrior, cause of this game. great memories

[@VideoGameMasters09]

Man, this brings back memories. Did these guys have a hand in Double Dragon, the graphics and the way they animate remind me a lot of that classic game.

[@suchiuomizu]

Look at the title screens for both games. They both have 'copyright Technos Japan Corp'.

[@k.delpino1124]

If you look in the crowd(further left or right), you'll see billy or jimmy lee from DD.

[@brian7333]

Konami, yeah

[@toonsis]

I spent hours playing this one, this game had a brotherhood at the arcade

[@ThunderFist1978]

Ah, the infamous Big Boss Man trick. I never played as him, but it looks like he pretty much can't be stopped once he corners somebody.

[@vargas218]

DJCandyManMike Realy???? Never knew that

[@ThunderFist1978]

+Johny Kilroy Obvious troll. I never play as Big Boss Man, though, so I forget about that trick sometimes.

[@김민태-o4x]

+DJCandyManMikㅓ

[@dukes8359]

I never knew about that. Not sure why snowflake here was so offended by your tip

[@ViceAdmiralMando]

He is coco savage of Superstar

[@juancarlosmarrerosierra7271]

Does it say at the intro "Ladies and gentlemen it's time to get it on"? I never understood the speech. Thank you

[@jhot2477]

4:46 big boss man anticipating macho man breaking up the pin fall lol

[@facerip356]

Bounced on my boy's shaft to this. It was so cash. Long live the WWF.

[@TheFoodieCutie]

The cutscenes with megabucks is pretty intimidating 😂

[@jasongodfrey823]

The memories of being 12 yrs old and playing this til my dad got done grocery shopping AWESOME times😁😁😁

[@MrTees-yl2hn]

Loved this game as a kid but no matter how I try playing it on emulators does nothing to recapture the magic that existed in the arcade. Emulators seem to make the game ridiculously hard, someone could catch you in a running power slam into a cover and get the win no matter how much button mashing you do.

[@danieltemelkovski9828]

Warrior and Boss Man was my favorite combo on this.

[@ljvue]

This game would be perfect if they made the belts like how ted dibiase wore the million dollar belt to the ring in wrestlefest. Also, imagine the hart foundation, superfly, Rick rude, demolition, the rockers, Jake the snake, undertaker, British bulldog, piper, steamboat.

[@plaindrifter2189]

This being only the 3rd WWF game I know of I think it might be the first good WWF game ever!

[@djskinnytaulilo-makaea89]

Andre the giant RIP Warrior RIP

[@michaelzoran]

The graphics and sound in this Superstars game were not as good as Wrestlefest. But, Superstars has some characters not found in Wrestlefest. I wish Wrestlefest would have had Andre The Giant, The Honky Tonk Man, and those other characters.

[@johnlewisbrooks]

Is it just me or does Big Bad Bossman's animation look a bit odd? His eyes are constantly squinting lmao!

[@geraldwilson727]

Where did you find this game at it would be awesome to play

[@deputyd5422]

My parents owned an arcade and renting out Nintendo games. Parents didn't need daycare for me. I played games for free and had a room in the back where i'd just play any Nintendo game i wanted.

[@morganthus6323]

Going to arcades primed us for social interactions in ways kids are severely lacking these days.

[@koreysmith4874]

I love when Andre made the take how little sprite boss man proceeds to kick the shit out of million dollar man 😆😆

[@thetru-drushow8412]

Rest in Peace mean Gene.

[@rodrigost.3324]

CLASSIC ! I remember this great game! I wonder the react of the real wrestlers seen this game!

[@XenoGuru]

Friday night at the movie theatre in the early 90's was the shit!!!

[@sherwinreyes1519]

Never understood the Grappling system here. After a four successful slams, you instantly lose on the next grapple, no matter how fast you push buttons

[@wilykat]

I could've sworn that Mr. Perfect was in this game...

[@danzobrough3915]

Same...Mendela Effect?

[@pyjamacritic1171]

He was in Wrestlefest, the other big WWF arcade game of the day, thinking of that?

[@fivebearrugs]

Kageryu Yes, as mentioned earlier, Perfect was in the sequel, WrestleFest. He didn’t become a big star until he was IC champion under Bobby Heenan. WrestleFest (1991) roster: -Hogan, Warrior, Jake, Boss Man, Legion of Doom -Earthquake, Slaughter, DiBiase, Perfect, Demolition

[@multi150nyc]

That wrestling ring was huge !!

[@jabetitbasen]

This game is legendary!

[@k.o.d.holdinitdown2473]

Childhood Memories Love This Game Always Went To Arcade🕹💯

[@wbs2222]

My favorite Era of arcade games

[@PaulDavies4]

6:01 Oh bull shit, Hogan wouldn't job like that...

[@baeksta]

I always finished this with one quarter. Macho Man + Ultimate Warrior all the way!

[@richieharris3626]

Me and my friend play this game at laundry mats. It bring back a good memory .

[@jamesmbs1]

Does anybody know the version of Mame that works with this game?

[@jordanmcnulty1913]

How can I play this ? I just got that game stick lite , it has wrestlefest but I think this came afterwards ?

[@darklordojeda]

Aladdin's Castle was where I was first introduced to this game. I loved it. There was another wrestling game too, unlicensed, I can't remember the name though. I just remember Star Man and the ref counting like, ONE...TWO...REEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!

[@romeoshlomo179]

darklordojeda mat mania it's called

[@andrewmckee6580]

Star man was from NES Pro Wrestling

[@chapinrey]

This is one arcade I would buy !

[@cthompson0531]

Did anyone else ever figure out in 2 player mode the illegal man in can get back into the ring? Then if you knock the computer down, the illegal man in can keep dropping elbows and the computer doesn't try to get up, but takes all the damage. Eventually the illegal man is supposed to go back, but the legal man in can break that with a well timed punch or kick. We used to beat the computer well past the title using this cheap tactic and loved it, but I never saw anyone else use it.

[@bigsemftw1923]

Where and how can i play this game this use to be my shit

[@steveN111333]

Miss Elizabeth at the end !?!?!!? I don't remember that !

[@Vinagre]

Two Big Boss Man finishers + a big splash and you knew you had won.

[@itsallgood8347]

4:46 Savage thinks, I'm done with this tool getting wooped. I'm outa here.

[@evieraotacon]

I could never get the moves down. If I would happen win it would be a stroke of luck.

[@DG_Haus]

I was never clear on the controls as a kid

[@tbr2109]

Apart from extremely simple games (Pacman, etc) the arcade experience usually boiled down to frantic button mashing. I'm not sure anyone ever knew the controls.

[@Maza675]

this was probably my favourite arcade game. Can you get it on PC these days? ha ha

[@evansusmc]

20:00 wait a second, they already beat these guys and got the title.

[@thesnare100]

Guess Ted Dibiase didn't want to add his voice to the character in the game or they wouldn't let him, that's not his voice, or Andre's

[@alltruthmatters4395]

Game is more real than WWF. Nice to see Hogan get beat down and pinned, instead of that ridiculous hulking up garbage. He was always my least favorite, but in fairness, it’s coming from a Macho Man fan.

[@revivedgen]

I remember playing this arcade and winning the finals. You had to fight and beat Andre and Millior Dollar Man Team for second time to be the champion. My favorite tag team was Hogan and the Macho man. Love those years...😎😎😎