Exciting Hour (Arcade) (1 Credit)

[@gregb1599]

I could play this for hours in the arcade, but I still always dreaded getting Coco as one mistake and it could be all over!

[@tokenblack7983]

This game had a ton of moves which surprised and delighted me as an 80s kid wrestling fanatic

[@datacipher]

I could play this game almost an hour lol. Got pretty good at it. My finisher was always three top rope dives and then run and splash off the ropes.

[@towerbridge04]

That's very impressive. Always found Coco Savege the most challenging.

[@datacipher]

@@towerbridge04 He was, as I recall it gets to the point where one mistake and it's over with him. End up at that point resorting to elbowing him into oblivion - as he likes to do to you. lol. Even then, better make your timing perfect every time - but if so, you can beat everyone all the time. Sometimes I'd just give up when I'd had enough play - or when friends were leaving the arcade or it was closing LOL!

[@renevaldez5717]

Man what a great memories.

[@nightshadebrown7593]

I used to play this when I was a kid bring back memories old skool forever.

[@melodieswithusmanmani3539]

O God I'm feeling nostalgic video games

[@Ixionos]

That wrestling announcer really takes his job seriously!😂

[@towerbridge04]

Life is one big act!

[@JohnBertrand-dd8cd]

Fun game, played it at my local bowling alley quite a bit. But Jesus Christ, Coco Savage was wrong, even back then!

[@towerbridge04]

There were a couple of characters on the coin-op Super Punch Out that were perhaps pushing the boat as well, but we loved them all the same!

[@jeffdemas9521]

he was based on Bobo Brazil.

[@oldstylegaming]

I love exciting hour its a classic

[@towerbridge04]

Definitely was an exciting hour playing this lol

[@dennyhaynes3]

Great gameplay Ray, your character looks like Eugene from the WWE. Only wrestling game I really played was Rock 'n' Wrestle on the C64.

[@towerbridge04]

Thanks Denny. Insane Warrior is perhaps inspired by Road Warrior Animal. I really liked Championship Wrestling on C64. My fave ever is the arcade WWF Wrestlefest 🤼

[@20thcenturygamingc64]

I’ve just hit the bell Ray. Didn’t know you were uploading vids mate.

[@towerbridge04]

An appropriate pin, I mean pun, for a wrestling game!

[@plenchful]

Just curious (and I'm too lazy to cycle thru a million comments) but back in the 80's I played this in 2 different places and one time it was golden hulk and one time it was blues bloody. Is it a difference between machine that are american made vs japanese made? I always was mystified by this

[@wWADinho]

the other version is matmania, even characters with different names...

[@ckingch]

Looks amazing considering it came out in 1985.

[@towerbridge04]

As a little kid back then I found some of the opponents quite scary! Surprised it wasn't converted to the home computers/consoles.

[@datacipher]

What was nice is that it played very fast and fluidly with a surprising amount of freedom

[@waseembux7537]

Coco savage was extremely difficult

[@DrFunk-rk6yl]

Watching this and i can almost hear the pounding of the buttons 😅.

[@towerbridge04]

and the sound of nearby arcade machines and the smell of hash!

[@Religious_man]

Look at the faces of the spectators, lol.

[@towerbridge04]

They are hypnotised with wonder!

[@FadkinsDiet]

How did they not get sued by WWE (or WWF as it was known at the time for ripping off Hulk Hogan as Hulk Golden?

[@Religious_man]

@@FadkinsDiet Hmm, I couldn't tell ya, sorry.

[@Religious_man]

Can you spot the Darth Vader-like person in the audience at 1 minute into the match? He appears the second time when the frame shifts to the right.

[@DrFunk-rk6yl]

​@FadkinsDiet you can spoof for free.