WCW/nWo Revenge If they had their REAL MUSIC

[@Randomvids1117]

I like how you even got the music looping part in as well.

[@AO17]

That's the charm of the Aki wrestling games on the N64: timeless gameplay, limited and compressed audio.

[@i2a7-of2ju]

​@@AO17not wwf no mercy it had near full themes

[@BluntVille]

miss the chance to put vudo child for hogan lol

[@thefroyukenfiles3641]

Love how it sounds like garbage and loops at just the right time. So accurate to the N64 cart limitations of that time! Lol

[@TRJ2241987]

the music is definitely still way too high quality for what actually would have been in this game. I followed the development of WWF No Mercy very closely online throughout 2000 as the game was being produced, and remember an interview with AKI/Asmik where they claimed that they had finally figured out a compression method that allowed for much higher quality music than what WrestleMania 2000 had, and that they were very proud of the result. The audio in this video is much closer to what would have been in No Mercy. Go back and listen to what the Nitro theme actually sounds like in Revenge. It sounds way more garbage than this. But still a great video and would have been awesome if the game could have come on a big enough cart to have done this.

[@TRJ2241987]

The longer i go through the video, some of the tracks do sound pretty good. Like Disco Inferno you nailed. But other ones like DDP, Harlem Heat, Macho Man, nWo sound too high quality. I think Harlem Heat only would have been the synth hook with no voice clips for instance. That Juventud Guerrera theme is another example of one that is way too high quality to actually be in Revenge

[@axebomber2108]

I wonder if a rom hacked with the themes would necessarily have to have the same limitations of a cart. The only reason they didn't have 1 gb carts back then was either lack of technology or cost or both. Roms shouldn't have that limitation, should they?

[@MixManiac120]

Exactly. Legendary comment.

[@kevb5916]

😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@eyeguydojima7131]

Dude, i love how you made it all compressed

[@web3influencerawards221]

That Alex Wright entrance was beyond godly!

[@tulsaborn545]

18:04 Look out! Here comes Loch Nes...oh its Rey Mystero Jr.

[@theirishhammer5986]

Underrated comment right here ❤️

[@zjdarrah]

Scott Steiner looked like Norm from Cheers for a minute

[@jak1165]

Im honestly shocked at how good some of the faces look, actually Disco Inferno is about as close as you could get with the hardware

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

My only issue is DDP looks a bit perturbed. I actually made a better DDP in Wrestlemania 2000.

[@JWS1985]

If Riggs and Bagwell had the American Males theme in here.... LMAO!

[@drunkensailor112]

Someone please hack this on a cartridge

[@danielclark241]

Awesome! This was the one thing that was missing from the game. Thank you for putting this together!

[@Mr.Donuthead]

I have watched this too many times. Missing the old Revenge days…

[@therealcarlosv1521]

Most coolest time as a kid had them came out to there own themes like this

[@gypsyauh2o]

Alex Wright’s entrance is godly

[@NotAGarage]

I came for @3:44 but what we needed 4:34

[@ondoidlifestyle5754]

I wish Chris Jericho still had the instrumental version of “all the days” by mammoth at this time 🤣🤣🤣

[@mjdf122]

Finally Sakura Hirota has come back to Yokohama

[@mahalaps3]

Thinking back on how good this game actually was. AEW promised that their game would be in the spirit of WWF No Mercy, but it didn't even meet the standard of this game either. If they had put out just a reskin of this game, i would have been perfectly cool with it.

[@incognitod8444]

Are we not at the point where someone could make an actual romhack with these themes?

[@irvinggrayson9532]

Buff should've had his Buff the stuff theme.

[@Hipnosys]

I wanted to add it but I did research and noticed he never used that theme until March 1999. So since the game was released in 1998 I just chose to use the nWo Theme

[@MarkusWCW2K19UniverseVideos]

not in 98... nice try

[@jaysonlikes]

@@MarkusWCW2K19UniverseVideos the game was released in 98

[@ir6237]

Hipnosys knows his shit

[@TRJ2241987]

Buff Bagwell was barely in WCW in 1998. He was temporarily paralyzed in an in ring accident with Rick Steiner and took most of the year off

[@im.a.burp.pickle]

If no mercy had complete entrances, that would've been more perfecter than it was... Because no mercy was the absolute shizzzzznittlebamboom!

[@bettsbelmonte4716]

The NWO "B Team" theme slaps

[@MazzaMedia_]

All this game really needed to be even better was the theme music, Ric Flair and yes even the Warrior.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

Warrior wasn't a WCW guy when the game was made Flair should have been in it.

[@barkbentley4657]

That Bret Hart music, though. 😂😂😂

[@jimmyplenderleith9471]

Love the B-Team NWO theme.

[@RampageREDDEVIL]

If revenge had the tunes my god

[@OptimusPrimeribs]

Nice but Hogan needs the Voodoo Child music he had.

[@adambennett2737]

To me the entrances were better than the game itself

[@angrybeard8999]

Raven and DDP's theme 🔥

[@hdgames5689]

Still better than AEW fight forever

[@martinbean]

“If they had their REAL MUSIC” _First example contains incorrect example._ Hogan used Jimi Hendrix’s “Voodoo Child” as a singles theme when in the nWo, not the nWo “Rockhouse” theme.

[@Hipnosys]

I couldn't use Jimi Hendrix. It blocks the video worldwide because of copyright lol

[@eugenedantzler4485]

This shit 🔥🔥🔥🔥.... But umm you gave Brian Adams Buffs music

[@SinlowMusic]

I hated this game to death. Dear god. Thanks for bringing this nightmare back to my brain haha

[@gopats85]

Would be great if somebody would release a rom hack of this somehow. Dunno if it could be done or not though but that would be awesome.

[@NinjaTylerBlack]

you forgot han zo mon

[@PChamileon97]

Hayabusa woulda been neat

[@Meng4Now]

AKI Man was underrated too.

[@Mafr0]

I came here for Chris Jericho!

[@R0B1NG5]

They would have gotten so much value per cart space from just adding that NWO theme loop. It applies to so many people on the roster.

[@v.k.rt.m.6030]

And the Wolfpac as well

[@jonathanturbide2232]

Exactly, there should have been 3 themes for the wrestlers --- WCW theme (Nitro), nWo black & white, and nWo Wolfpack. That's all they needed.

[@joshuabelmonte12]

LOL I never thought of that but you're 100% right

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

​@jonathanturbide2232 Not really. DOP and Goldberg needed their own. Something unique for the luchidors too.

[@ProtomanButCallMeBlues]

@@CurlyFromTheSwirly One or two songs for each faction would've been enough. Maybe 3 or 4 for the WCW roster because it was so big. But NWO, Raven's flock, and the AKI team just needed one or two

[@newLEGACYinc]

this is great!

[@GamerKing50]

@Derrick Walter you are both bots

[@mrpancakes169]

the most random shit I've ever heard and newlegacyinc yeaaa

[@chrismorgan8330]

@Kohen Gael nobody cares

[@mateo7650]

Of these... DDP, Juvi, Disco Inferno and surprisingly Alex Wright are the ones that fit best with the animations

[@StoneColdSergio]

This just makes me appreciate the sheer talent of these video game developers. The character models still look great 20+ years later. Most of their mannerism and tics are there, makes you want to pick it up and play it again.

[@axebomber2108]

They did a really good job giving the game an authentic WCW feel. Actual unique entrance themes(and maybe some slight improvements to the AI) would have made the game perfect.

[@cfrank777]

Game looks better than No Mercy imo but it could just be the brighter colors

[@StoneColdSergio]

@@cfrank777 the WCW aesthetic from '98 also helps

[@cfrank777]

@@StoneColdSergio ohhhh yeaaaaaah!

[@vicentecollao2288]

Lets be honest. Models are ok, the texture work really does show its age. But it is an iconic look nonetheless, You can't Say that with a lot of games, Even wrestling games!

[@BajaChalupas1379]

This would have made this an infinitely better game than it already was

[@ojlott-w4n]

Always said the only thing missing was the music

[@danielrierson6683]

Imagine with mayhems commentary

[@merkcityboy834]

An if you could run an grapple weapons that don’t disappear an go back stage

[@shialebeef7274]

It would make the game perfect

[@Rottenberg666]

This game was crap, the entrace "music" gives me nightmares to this day and so do the weirdass faces of the wrestlers :D If you want something infinitely better just play the PS1 Smackdown games.

[@metalxheart9052]

That was the only problem I had with this game. I was really disappointed when I first played it and noticed, that the original themes weren't implemented. The successor WWF Wrestlemania 2000 was such a huge step forward when it comes to this.

[@pauljohnson936]

Mines too especially when they advertised that the real music was going to be in the game.

[@BUPMY1]

@@pauljohnson936 they advertised it?

[@pauljohnson936]

Yeah they did, If I remember correctly was it in a Gamepro magazine. @@BUPMY1

[@linkingwithnaz1295]

I was so confused because the game guide said that it included their real intro music but then it didn't.

[@linkingwithnaz1295]

@@BUPMY1 yeah it was even in the game guide stating it would be. I was super confused at the time that it wasn.t

[@tannerfedorko12]

As the managers, Virgil comes out like a diva. And Rick Rude comes out as a normal wrestler. Much respect for that

[@Thirdcoastghost]

This is so nostalgic and hella cool editing and compression with the audio to have it fit with the aesthetic, you even have it looping. That’s so sick dude. Love this video

[@thebigmarbowski84]

This is so much better!

[@golgo13fan53]

Goldberg's nightmare smile

[@anthonydeadman]

I can not fathom how much work must've been done to make this happen. Bra fucking vo man.

[@richardhenry5858]

4:34 Generic BIDDLE music! Bee da bee biddlee bee da bee biddlee! -OSW Review, baby! "Aaaagh!" "Ouch!" "Gahhhh!" "EEeek!"

[@ojlott-w4n]

Back when I trusted THQ games

[@saucetheleo980]

Soooo I'm currently playing an thought about this.. Went to look for mods an cheats an found THIS.. Amazing!!! This straight 🔥

[@michaelgyamfi7041]

this is exactly what im doing right now lol

[@v.k.rt.m.6030]

@@michaelgyamfi7041 need the link Brother. Hope it's low end compatible

[@kentanthony2716]

For the time this was the best wrestling game. Absolutely loved this back on the n64!

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

This game was the reason I got an N64. I prefer Wrestlemania 2000, but still play this game too.

[@rudeez8067]

Is there any up to date games that play as well as this? If so let me know please

[@nfugitt89]

Compressed with shorts loops? *chef's kiss*

[@i_used_adblock_to_watch_this]

616 entertainment

[@VenEm]

Rofl the audio legit sounds like RealPlayer 😅🤣😂

[@RetroVisionist]

Nice! Revenge would have been significantly better if they had the actual wrestler themes. Looped and compressed is still better then what we got.

[@jaysonlikes]

It’s a shame Ric Flair was taken out!

[@axebomber2108]

I wonder if his assets could be hidden in the game, like that unfinished Wrath.

[@Davidovar34]

Why was that?😐

[@jaysonlikes]

@@Davidovar34 he was fired by Eric bishoff in 98 for no showing even though Ric Flair claims that he got approval from WCW executives to take the day off to go to his son’s amateur wrestling match

[@Davidovar34]

@@jaysonlikes What? But I remember him still being in Souled out '99

[@jaysonlikes]

@@Davidovar34 he was rehired in the fall of 98

[@freddiejohnson6137]

Now that full game mods that work with real hardware are starting to become a thing this may be possible. A Wrestlemania 2000 mod called WCW Saturday Night adds loads of music and pretty much a full game overhaul.

[@daveassanowicz186]

GOLDBERG! GOLDBERG! GOLDBERG!

[@msoileau83]

I got the idea. Don't feel like listening to the nWo theme 47 times....

[@Hipnosys]

hey... that's how everyone felt in 1998 too XD

[@jackcarraway4707]

That was the biggest problem with WCW after 1997. The NWO got really old and annoying at that point.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

​@@jackcarraway4707, Nah, we just were bored w Hogan.

[@Akchun21]

The composer must had really liked Nirvana.

[@SHEVCHENKOFAN18]

Well, every wrestler that had theme were in the raven's flock.

[@matthewcioffi6385]

Lots of WCW themes were grunge ripoffs. Raven's music was Come As You Are. Jericho's was Even Flow. DDP was Smells Like Teen Spirit.

[@Waluigiisbest99]

i wonder if it's possible to actually do this via rom hacks? i mean hackers sometimes can blow my mind like adding completely new characters to smash bros 64 for example.

[@jokerswank6082]

That would be genius, plus adding a little more to the roster, more titles that may have been missed (like VPW 64), as well as hardcore matches and stuff

[@axebomber2108]

@@pghdave420 That's cool but it isn't a rom hack and I think it's for No Mercy rather than Revenge.

[@MBM1117727]

I think someone did this to Revenge with a mod called Uncensored which also adds Ric Flair and some other things

[@angelserrano9049]

The lack of original entrance music, match types and story is what makes no mercy the better game. Revenge is like the perfect wcw expansion to no mercy imo…..except for the non entrance music 😆

[@angelserrano9049]

@Paraone Ngatai No Mercy is the better complete game with the story alone. Remember how long that story mode was? Almost endless.

[@thisisnotachannel]

I prefer WM 2000 over No Mercy. Better roster... but I do wish WM 2000 had running grapples, like NM does.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

Revenge had a lot of cool stuff. Wrestlemania 2000 had an edge with more moves, entrance themes, and a cage match, as well as the road to Wrestlemania. No Mercy a cool in theory game. It has toms of features, but was too slow. I couldn't play it for long. Perhaps NM was ahead of it's time, but W2000 is a much better game on N64. I still play W2000 & Revenge.

[@BUPMY1]

@@CurlyFromTheSwirly Revenge was better. WM2000 and No Mercy were just WWF characters replacing WCW characters. The new stuff WM2000/No Mercy added(entrance themes, create a player, story mode, backstage and ladder matches) were cool and all but the overall gameplay was the same.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

Even as a WCW guy , I don't think revenge is better. It's not just about theme music, but that would have been nice. What you really have in W2000 Is more moves, CAW ability, you can edit all male wrestlers, and the road to Wrestlemania. Revenge had less moves and less characters. I didn't care for the AWF & DAW wrestlers, instead of putting more WCW guys. It also didn't have any women as playable characters. W2000 lost the handicapped match, but gained a cage match and building your own PPV. You can't edit female characters in W2000, which is lame. You can create one, but it only clones the features of the already in game women. Revenge has the cheat, and W2000 doesn't. lol (I think it is a beneficial thing, cause the game cheats against you.) Personally, the DDP I created in W2000 looked better. Plus the move set I gave to all the WCW wrestlers I created are more fitting. No Mercy is a theory. It had a lot of features, but the game moved too slow. I think it's probably a RAM issue, but it was not enjoyable. The gameplay was not the same on NM. Revenge and W2000 were as you say, the same playability. The only point I will mention that W2000 slows down, and doesn't keep the same movement and playability, is during a cage match. With that being said, even comparing Revenge to World Tour, it wasn't the same game play. Revenge was faster and smoother. NM was a throwback to what WT was like, but with extra features. Music doesn't make up for the lack of playability.

[@jokerswank6082]

One of the few cons of WCW/NWO Revenge. DOn't know why it didn't include themes

[@cole9777]

Yeah idk why, wrestlemania 2000 used themes, so did WWF no mercy.

[@nfugitt89]

@@cole9777 Probably didn't know how to compress them good enough until then

[@marionlayton929]

Because as even admitted by Eric Bischoff, himself, most of the theme songs were rip offs from already owned & licensed by the musicians/personnel who wrote them.

[@axebomber2108]

@@marionlayton929 That's probably part of it, but as heard in Nitro, Thunder, and Mayhem, some themes could be used, a few having alterations done to make them copyright friendly. I think a lot of the reason it didn't happen here was because AKI was getting the hang of making licensed wrestling games. They started out with Virtual Pro Wrestling on PS1 which had no license at all and was basically Fire Pro Wrestling in 3D with fictionalized versions of real wrestlers, and each game since then was increasingly more licensed. In WCW vs the World, the fictionalized wrestlers outnumbered the official WCW wrestlers by a pretty large margin. In World Tour, it was 50/50 and still included almost no WCW-specific taunts or moves. Revenge brought the WCW taunts and moves, Nitro and PPV arenas, but still lacked themes and still had like 20% fictionalized wrestlers. Finally, Wrestlemania 2000 came out and every wrestler was a WWF guy and everyone had their themes and titantrons.

[@drunkensailor112]

​@@marionlayton929that had nothing to do with it

[@axebomber2108]

I wish rom hacking was more common with the AKI games and something like this could be done. Modding using plugins and gameshark is cool, but it can be kind of complicated and a little buggy. At least VPW2 has some rom hacking.

[@yungstahotmail]

They need to remaster this game

[@dantheman8152]

NWO theme is phenomenal

[@RedCometXIII]

Big props for pairing Savage and DDP together.

[@72blxxdbpsfoo]

They really should have done this!! Too bad WrestleMania 2000 beat them at their own game with that one.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

LOL, the game was designed by the same company, and Revenge sold better.

[@daschwah]

I always wondered if this was a cart size issue or a licensing one. Given how much it added to WWF2000, it’s crazy that they didn’t make an effort to get it in there.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

I think it was a laziness issue. Wrestlemania 2000 had the themes, was able to add a cage match, and a larger career mode.

[@steves_garage]

The production of entrances wasn't really a priority for WCW until maybe late '99. In those days no one really liked WCW entrance themes because they were largely generic.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

@@steves_garage 🙄 lol, ok

[@athleticgeek8997]

Real music would’ve made this the perfect wcw game. Seriously the real wrestler music was the only thing missing from revenge other than that it was perfect.

[@jonathanturbide2232]

Na, it missed Ric Flair. A WCW video game can't be perfect without him.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

​@@jonathanturbide2232, I took Fit Finley and changed him to Ric Flair

[@mgunna5104]

Thank you for giving Chris Benoit his real theme you gotta love this hack

[@bxbomber85]

Hogan needs Voodoo Child. Other than that, solid work!

[@virgogaming6488]

Glacier with that entrance and music is perfect.

[@robertharris4390]

Never understood why they didn’t have entrance music anyway

[@neroameealucard945]

Probably issues with memory size, the N64 cartridges could only hold so much

[@MarkusWCW2K19UniverseVideos]

@@neroameealucard945 yeah it was definitely this

[@Slayerandsprite]

@@neroameealucard945 they possibly could've had them in. Wrestlemania 2000 had their themes and it was practically the same engine used for the two games

[@neroameealucard945]

@@Slayerandsprite true, when they were making this they probably couldn't compress the songs enough in time

[@KozyKool2287]

This game was developed in 97-98. Just having a roster this big in a game was cutting edge for the time. A huge step forward from WCW/NWO World Tour.

[@ErickRedur]

Oh man, this insane, NEVERMORE...

[@Daniel671987]

Their faces still give me nightmares nearly 25 years later.....

[@mtbd215]

Hollywood shouldve walked out to VooDoo Chile!!! but i Love how you got the correct version of Bischoffs music. Dope video!! Love it!! 🤘🏻

[@axebomber2108]

The regular nWo theme works too because he came out to it pretty often.

[@MBM1117727]

This is realistic tho because he wouldn't have had it in the game.

[@Davidovar34]

*Child. But yes, that would be extra cool😎

[@StuUngar]

Chris Benoits theme was ::Horsey neigh:: ::Horsey gallop:: Neer, neer, neer-neer, neeeeeeeeer. You got Harlem Heats correct. It was the “Yes yes yes. No no no.” Not the “Can you dig it, SUCKAAA!”

[@MBXfilms]

He used one of Benoit's real WCW themes here.

[@evilredflame]

Four Horsemen weren’t around when this game was released, they’d reform in like a month after

[@TheSSUltimateGoku]

I never understood why they couldn’t official theme music especially considering a year later WWE got the rights to THQ and put the official theme music for the wrestlers in WWF wrestlemania 2000.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

It was a,laziness thing. A comment here said a lot of WCW music was stolen/borrowed. So they probably didn't want to pay all those royalties.

[@freddiejohnson6137]

More than likely due to the cartridge capacity more than anything and the production costs they would have had to increase it since it's not like they had much there to remove and replace it with real stuff.

[@tids928]

Phenomenal, edited perfectly for the game also 👌🏼💯🇺🇸

[@yashamaga13]

Never understood why they made ultimo dragon a 300 lber

[@Therottieprince]

I was 15 years old. This makes my eyes water.

[@philmcginlay4256]

04:33 Generic Biddle Intensifies!

[@JRDuran1994]

Bhruh the og Eddie Guerrero 🔥

[@demetriusjohnson2240]

That's only downfall about this classic game didn't have the wrestlers real entrance music this is my second favorite n64 wrestling game all time only to wwf no mercy

[@jessebarr7120]

Rey Goldberg nwo Wolfpack ddp malenko sting Eddy my favs

[@1KingCoop]

16:27 That Alex Wright entrance with the song looping like that is absolutely perfect!!!

[@videogamedimensions4506]

He's missing that one full length entrance music cause there's some that full length on WrestleMania 2000 and No Mercy

[@runnersdialzero1244]

Wrath! I didn't think you'd include him for obvious reasons. Very cool video. If this and Flair were in the game, it'd be nearly flawless.

[@XardionZ]

>The super low quality >The 10 to 15 second loops It’s so perfect dude.

[@i2a7-of2ju]

This was only a thing for wrestlemania 2000 tho wwf no mercy had near full themes

[@agudgorl]

if only this was a mod

[@BOUDERSAMAD]

You forgot Riggs

[@juliancavz8983]

Scotty Riggs would’ve used Raven’s theme.

[@Drummer8282]

Should have used the Hitman’s WWF theme, IMO. No one recognizes the WCW version.

[@Danfrombackhome]

La Parka’s theme was the only one that should have been in

[@jose_the_don1595]

The only thing missing in revenge is the theme songs

[@dxp5393]

No wrestling game is perfect. No Mercy has bad entrances and HCTP has Hillbilly Jim

[@theawsomenesdestroyer]

@@dxp5393 I actually like jim

[@marionlayton929]

It didn't because as even admitted by Eric Bischoff, himself, most of the theme songs were rip offs from already owned & licensed by the musicians/personnel who wrote them.

[@CurlyFromTheSwirly]

​@@dxp5393, If the only problem w NM was short entrances, it would be fine. I could deal with that for a good game. But NM is way too slow!

[@bricepaul80]

I wished it had this...I was looking forward when it was being released for it to be on there....but the game was so good it wasn't a big deal

[@GoofySev]

In this alternate reality, My parents are fuckin PISSED anytime Saturn makes his entrance 😂

[@CinefreekProductions]

I'm surprised no one had created a Revenge Mod with WCW Entrance songs.

[@v.k.rt.m.6030]

Should be a mod for the low ends. The alts would play their og themes (i.e. Sting and Luger would have their non Wolfpac themes as they make their way to the ring in their alternate pre-wolfpac attires.) While the WolfPac Attires would play the nWo WolfPac theme

[@ADVikes28]

Gotta love how it’s got the NWO B team music too 😂

[@Caolan114]

Hogan would have voodoo child around this time, right?

[@theirishhammer5986]

Yes however he has never used voodoo child in wcw games such as revenge he used voodoo child in smackdown shut your mouth Wrestlemania 19 and WWE Raw 2 if you use voodoo child for here comes the pain for a video it’ll get blocked that’s why they don’t play voodoo child anymore it’s sad I know

[@jonjonrods5776]

One have been amazing for the game to be released with correct music