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The Main Event

The Main Event is a professional wrestling arcade game. A player selects two different wrestlers as their tag team, and they wrestle another tag team. If the player wins, his team moves on to another match. If…

1 February 1988

The Main Event is a fighting, released 1 February 1988 on Arcade.

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What The Main Event is

The Main Event was released in 1988. It is available on Arcade only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The Main Event is a professional wrestling arcade game. A player selects two different wrestlers as their tag team, and they wrestle another tag team. If the player wins, his team moves on to another match. If he loses, he gets an immediate rematch, since the game isn't over until the player's energy falls to zero. Some of the game's most distinguishable features were an oversized "Action" button which would flash whenever an attack, grapple, submission or pin could be performed; and an enthusiastic announcer who introduced the wrestlers and called the action during matches.
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When did The Main Event come out?
The Main Event was released on 1 February 1988 for Arcade.

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