WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge is a professional wrestling video game based on the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), released in 1992 by Acclaim Entertainment for the Nintendo Entertainment System[1] and in 1993 for the Sega Master System and the Sega Game Gear handheld console.[2] The NES version was subsequently released as a handheld TV game in 2018 under the name WWE WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge, with all references to the "WWF" name and logo replaced by "WWE" (and with two changes to the roster).

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WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge
Cover art for the Master System version featuring (clockwise from left) Bret Hart, Hulk Hogan, "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Papa Shango, Ted Dibiase vs. "Macho Man" Randy Savage, and The Undertaker
Developer(s)	Sculptured Software (NES) Teeny Weeny Games (Game Gear/SMS)
Publisher(s)	Acclaim Entertainment[lower-alpha 1] MSI Entertainment (TV game)
Programmer(s)	Ken Moore
Composer(s)	Paul Webb (NES) Matt Furniss (Game Gear/SMS)
Platform(s)	NES, Master System, Game Gear, TV game
Release	NES: EU: 1992 NA: September 1992 Master System: EU: 1993 Game Gear: NA: 1993 EU: 1993 TV game: NA: 2018
Genre(s)	Wrestling
Mode(s)	Single-player/Multiplayer

Gameplay

Modes include One-on-One (regular match and steel cage match variations), Tag Team, WWF Championship (choose one wrestler and defeat all the others to become WWF Champion), and Tag Team Championship (choose two wrestlers and defeat combinations of the rest in a series of tag team matches to become WWF Tag Team Champions).

Roster

Ten wrestlers are playable. The NES and Sega versions of the game feature Hulk Hogan, Randy Savage, Ted DiBiase, I.R.S., Bret Hart, and The Undertaker. The NES version also has Jake Roberts, Sid Justice, Roddy Piper, and The Mountie. The Sega versions replace those characters with Ric Flair, Papa Shango, Shawn Michaels and Tatanka. The TV game version features the NES roster, but with Ultimate Warrior and Razor Ramon replacing Hulk Hogan and The Mountie respectively.[3]

Wrestler	NES	Sega (Game Gear/SMS)	TV game
Bret Hart
Hulk Hogan
Irwin R. Schyster
Jake Roberts
The Mountie
Papa Shango
Randy Savage
Razor Ramon
Ric Flair
Roddy Piper
Shawn Michaels
Sid Justice
Tatanka
Ted DiBiase
The Ultimate Warrior
The Undertaker

All wrestlers share the same moveset, consisting of standard punches and kicks, grapples (body slam, throw, headbutt), running attacks (flying clothesline, dropkick), a powerslam to a running opponent, ground attacks (stomp, elbow drop) and a move off the turnbuckle. There are no finishing moves. However, this was the first WWF console-based game to feature a steel cage match (cage matches had previously been seen in the arcade game WWF WrestleFest).

Reception

The Game Gear version of WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge received a score of 53% from Sega Master Force.[4]

See also

• List of licensed wrestling video games
• List of fighting games

References

External links

• "WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge (NES & SMS)" at MobyGames
• "WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge (Game Gear)" at MobyGames