WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge


WWF WrestleMania: Steel Cage Challenge is a professional wrestling video game based on the World Wrestling Federation, released in 1992 by Acclaim Entertainment for the Nintendo Entertainment System and in 1993 for the Master System and the Game Gear handheld console. 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".

Gameplay

Modes include One-on-One, Tag Team, WWF Championship, and Tag Team Championship.

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.
WrestlerNESSega
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, running attacks, a powerslam to a running opponent, ground attacks 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.

Reception

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