WCW Nitro

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WCW Nitro
Developer(s)	Inland Productions
Publisher(s)	THQ
Platform(s)	PlayStation, Nintendo 64, PC
Release date(s)	1997, 1999
Genre(s)	Fighting, Wrestling
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer

WCW Nitro is a video game based on the professional wrestling TV show WCW Monday Nitro. Released by THQ for the PlayStation game console in March 1997, the game featured a large roster of playable WCW wrestlers as well as full motion video clips of the TV show. The game was followed by WCW/nWo Thunder, which was based on Nitro's Thursday night counterpart. Ports for the PC and Nintendo 64 were released in 1999 with the updated roster featured in Thunder. The PC version also features network play via TCP/IP.

Features

WCW Nitro uses a wrestling system similar to WWF Attitude. Moves are performed by inputting various button combinations. Each wrestler shares a repertoire of wrestling moves and possesses several of their own signature moves.

Modes of play include singles and tag team matches for one or two players, as well as a one-player tournament mode, where the player must defeat a number of wrestlers to be crowned champion.

There are initially 16 playable characters (each featuring a video introduction of themselves), with 48 others that can be unlocked, either by playing through the tournament mode with various wrestlers or by using a cheat code. Some of these secret characters are WCW wrestlers or personalities, while others are fictional characters or THQ staff.

Reception

WCW Nitro received mixed to positive reviews upon its release. It was praised for its dead-on WCW atmosphere, innovative control scheme and large roster. Some, though, criticized it for the control being a bit tedious and sub-par graphics. The N64 port, however, drew the most criticism. The game was blasted for not having any new features or enhancements, its much too fast pace and poor control. The game, released over two years after its original Playstation debut, was also criticized for being simply a rehash of the PS1 version, albeit with Thunder's roster.

PlayStation roster

Featured wrestlers

Secret characters

WCW/nWo wrestlers and personalities

The Super Freaks of Wrestling

THQ staff

External links

• WCW Nitro at MobyGames

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