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WCW: The Main Event

WCW: The Main Event is a professional wrestling video game. Choose your fighters among top-ranked superstars. Each wrestler has his unique special move along with punch, clothesline, bodyslam, suplex…

8 March 1994

WCW: The Main Event is a fighting developed by Beam Software, released 8 March 1994 on Game Boy.

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What WCW: The Main Event is

WCW: The Main Event is a fighting game developed by Beam Software and released in 1994. It was published by FCI. It is available on Game Boy only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

WCW: The Main Event is a professional wrestling video game. Choose your fighters among top-ranked superstars. Each wrestler has his unique special move along with punch, clothesline, bodyslam, suplex, dropkick, and cross body block. Use your unique abilities to fight in one of two match types to maybe even throw one's opponent out of the ring!
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

Where it sits in the WCW series

WCW: The Main Event is the first of 18 entries we hold in the WCW series. The next entry was WCW SuperBrawl Wrestling in 1994.

See all 18 WCW games in release order →

What it launched against

WCW: The Main Event launched on 8 March 1994, within three weeks of Super Metroid, X-COM: UFO Defense, Beneath a Steel Sky and The Elder Scrolls: Arena.

Released around the same time: Super Metroid, X-COM: UFO Defense, Beneath a Steel Sky, The Elder Scrolls: Arena.

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When did WCW: The Main Event come out?
WCW: The Main Event was released on 8 March 1994 for Game Boy.

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