Saturday Night Slam Masters

This is one of Capcom's only attempts at making a wrestling game. After all, the maker of Street Fighter as well as other great fighting games could not step away from one of the most popular forms of fighting: Wrestling. Capcom once again proves why they know fighters and they know what the fighting-fans want. By: GoDSmurF

Graphics: 9/10

This game's graphics are great! From the ultra-big Andores-type wrestler to mid-sized wrestlers called Alex, to the mysterious small-but-powerful Scorpion, all the wrestlers are incredibly detailed and VERY well animated. Although you know that all these wrestlers are fictional, but hey at least you recognize one familiar face! Mike Haggar!

Sound: 9/10

This game's music is very good. All the fictional wrestlers are given their own respective music that is fitting for their appearance and name. For example, the Great Oni is obviously one of those Japanese grapplers in a face mask. He even spits out purple mists! His music is fittingly "Japan-esque". All the smacks and grunts are well represented in the game. What can I say? Very good job.

Play Control / Gameplay: 8.5/10

Although this game is a wrestling game, but Capcom made it in to an arcade-like game, complete with its trade-mark quarter-forward type of moves. But of all things Capcom did right, this is where they messed up. All the moves are somewhat too exaggerated. Some look almost too mystical to be proper wrestling moves. Plus, there's no disqualification other than being outside the ring for too long. Of course, there's no run-ins, no momentums, no hold moves... but of all the wrestlers, Mike Haggar's moves are the most accurate to wrestling. All except for his atomic pile driver... This is my only complaint about the game. Although the game could've used more options than 1 on 1 and tag team.

Overall Score: 8.5/10

Despite the superb visuals, outstanding audios, something was not there. The goodness of actual wrestling was gone. This game shouldnt be qualified as a wrestling game with fictional wrestlers, instead it's fighting game with wrestler-type fighters. But hey, this didn't stop me from having a good time with the game, and keep coming back for more. This game is what started the whole arcade-wrestling games. In fact, many features of this game had been carried over to WWF Wrestlemania: The Arcade Game.