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Main Event, The

Released in 1988

Member Rating

***
(1 total votes)

Developer: Konami
Distributor: Konami
Manufacturer: Konami
Display
Raster
Orientation
Horizontal
Resolution
?Unknown? x ?Unknown?
Colors
?Unknown?, Color
Genre
Sport
Attributes
Fighting
Controls
1 Joystick / Button(s)

Game Summary

4 player wrestling action.

Hardware Platform: -Unique or Unknown-

Game Details

4 players simultaneously in a tag team free for all. Chairs, Double-teams, Biting, and Choking all allowed. Characters: The San Antonio Smasher, The Maui Mauller, Kamakazi Ken, Conan The Great, El Condor, Saturn Six, Big Foot Joe, and Alan The Emperor.

Two were rule breakers with the ability to choke/bite. All were diffrent weights which affected the moves they could do. All had diffrent move lists, again depending on weight -- large guys didn't dropkick, etc.

Controlls were a stick and three buttons, each a diffrent size according to the moves they could do. Small button: tag, pick up, whip to the ropes. Medium button: punch, kick, stomp, body slam. Big button: pile driver, suplex, back breaker, atomic drop.

Submission holds included bear hug, camel clutch, boston crab, figure four leg lock.

A commentator described the action by calling out the moves -- head butt, elbow smash, brain buster, back breaker, BIG body slam, pick him up just like he was a pencil, etc. Credits = health. When your health runs out, game over.

Coinop.org Member Ratings / Comments

*** by Dave__Dunmall. Comment: "Good four-player all action wrestling game. Slightly dodgy gameplay and below average graphics did'nt deter too much from the action" (2003-04-01 04:56:24Z)

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