Reviews

One of the last Codemasters releases on the ZX Spectrum, Wrestling Superstars has you guiding the Darling Dude (wonder who he's named after eh?) to the world title by defeating a series of opponents.

It's a wrestling game as it states in the title...well I say that even though it's more punching and kicking, but you do have two moves, you pick him up and either throw him down, or you can do a "helicopter spin" where you got round and round and round and get dizzy...and then toss him off. And so how do you win? In most wrestling matches the most common way to win is by pinning your opponent's shoulders to the mat for a 3 count, but here you pin your opponent until his energy runs out. Lucky they didn't class this as a "Pro Wrestling Simulator".

The game is presented well enough, with nice graphics, great music and of course a red, pixelated Hulk Hogan on the loading screen.

It's pretty good for the short run but lacks the charm and thrills in the long run. If you're a wrestling fan I say give it a look...then again it's essentially not wrestling and more punching, kick, throwing and spinning......then again it's essentially not wrestling anymore and more "entertainment". Still it's worth a look.

I guess you could say that Code Masters were going for a "Professional Wrestling Simulator" with this, in which you wouldn't be at all surprised to know it's not a simulator because it's not even wrestling. Compared to WWF Wrestlemania which was an accurate representation of wrestling, this is just more or less a pinning race to see who pins the other man's health down first, there isn't even a three count here at all, in fact you don't even have to pin the guy to win, just deplete his energy bar to nothing and you're covered. At least this is better than Rock 'n Wrestle in that you can actually play the game, but it is very limited and it isn't even wrestling. I think I will blame a lack of knowledge and interest on the product for this poor offering, Ocean and Twilight at least made an effort with WWF Wrestlemania, Code Masters' effort was well lacking on evidence.

Shite game, but better and considerably more convincing than actual Wrestling.