fire pro wrestling return (one for crazy alan concecao & dom passantino)

I would love to see an updated remake of Nintendo's NES Pro Wrestling... Star Man! ... but it'll probably never happen or will be ruined.

WWE Superstars No Longer Allowed To Play Video Games
Story posted by Tim Brown on September 21, 2005

http://www.24wrestling.com/index.php?id=news/1693

-- The Wrestling Observer Newsletter reports that yet another strange rule has been recently added to the long list that WWE has been putting together lately.

Although it’s not known when the exact date this came into effect was, WWE management has recently told everyone that they are no longer allowed to play video games backstage at WWE events. No reason has been given for this new rule yet.

Shelton Benjamin and Kane are both known for their mad skills when it comes to video games. In fact, Shelton Benjamin has won the WWE video game contest for the past three years straight, most recently defeating Kane in the finals at WrestleMania 21.

http://www.400softwarestudios.com/tew/tew_overview.php

I always hearted Royal Rumble on the Mega Drive, it just had a weird... playability about it, especially in the rumble matches. The WWF arcade machine as well is possibly the best arcade machine ever.

I always hearted Royal Rumble on the Mega Drive, it just had a weird... playability about it, especially in the rumble matches. The WWF arcade machine as well is possibly the best arcade machine ever.

http://storage.msn.com/x1pGHpas_o48lnng4eoLgkxqcon5O0bL5_KuRfGvx7Q6uvEHxGjaU2BWUU87fBlVBFFsDGwN80MNBAiBGKctv0j04krSY5HXsBhPJzzZ5UJ7O3K3lJwu4OX77d-Tz_PrVxm2Pmvn-N6w_ZWIc-z4rJ3UA

In other news, the new WWF game came out today and has been the recipient of INSANE blowjobbery from the gaming press. I'm not normally one for WWF games but this one sounded too good to pass up. Back later with details.

But, yeah, buy it. I've got a real data pack (the Ravex one) and am having a run with New Japan at the moment. Inoki is as much of a prick as he is in real life.

TEW: The fake federations always scare me because i worry about the amount of time and effort it'll take to familiarise myself with everything, the last one i just got the real (ravex again?) mod right away. I am definetely going to buy it but i'm unsure of which to play, i really am intrigued by fake universe and don't have many time constraints just now to learn all the stuff i'd need. I stopped watching WWE abt 3 or 4 years ago so having the actual roster seems a lot less important than ever, from what i've seen of new wwe people i dislike them a lot. Sometimes i like to just make my own little federation that is completely unknown but has an insane amount of cash and work my way from there. I may try that again this time. Downloading it right now.

When you wrestle Muhammad Hassan in SvR, Daivari shouts random abuse at you in Farsi throughout the match.

I may also try to get hold of Fire Pro at some point soon, how does the patch work?

http://www.pcotaku.com/postnuke/modules.php?op=modload&name=PostWrap&file=index&page=firepro

That being said, the new Smackdown game is looking like it'll actually hold me over for a fair bit of time, especially once edits of wrestlers I'd like to play as start hitting the net.

Smackdown is good. Too many games to play all at once.

Also, the GM mode looked like a nightmare.

There are many, many things that are wrong and annoying about SDvsR2006, but every now and then you can pull out a classic - having your GM Mode PPV Main Event Angle vs Benoit 30 minute Iron Match for the WWE Title go to 2-2 with 30 seconds left before an announce table bump leaves Angle counted out with seven seconds left is pretty great.

That is all.

OMG Johnny Saint vs Jackie Pallo!

There is that nice bridging wristlock that looks as though it could be half a Cattle Mutilation, at least.

http://www.amazon.com/Agetec-Fire-Pro-Wrestling-Returns/dp/B000VG6Z9S/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=videogames&qid=1195831573&sr=8-1

I cannot believe that this is sitting in my apartment unplayed, but uh Galaxy.

Worth fifteen bucks?

Galaxy is still eating all of my free videogame time, but it's Firepro in English so I will answer an unhesitating YES.

I have this and it is fun. I totally suck at it though.

Yeah this seems pretty great

Scott Hall's bio: "a drunk character with a huge body"

Fire Pro Wrestling Returns OTM

I have forgotten how to have good matches in this

I suspect the key is playing on a difficulty about one level easier than you really need, and then letting the computer have some offense, but it takes some mental retraining not to be spamming the O button moves three minutes into the match

"wrestling would be better if 80% of the square and X moves in Fire Pro were banned"

OK I am having good matches on this now that I have the WCW 1998 pack, including Dean Malenko kicking out of mah Benoit dragon suplex, escaping the crossface three times, kicking out of a top rope tombstone at 2.9 and then reversing the second tombstone attempt to a top rope sunset flip for the pin, bah gawd

Sometimes I like to put the difficulty on 1 and have an old-school jobber match, complete with general toying around with Lizmark Jr/Alex Wright/Hector Garza and a gratuitously painful looking finish, during which I like to imagine Tony Schiavone saying "he's not gonna get up" in a tone pitched somewhere between wistfulness and disgust

Unfortunately, during an earlier attempt I failed to drop a chair in time for the requisite five count, which resulted in Norman Smiley winning the World Heavyweight Championship from Hulk Hogan

anyone here ever played Toukon Retsuden, i.e. New Japan Pro Wrestling III? it's one of the best games i've ever played. the flow of the matches just feels so right. it seems like there's always a dramatic reversal at the end. one interesting thing about it is that once your opponent really starts wobbling, all the moves suddenly change to even more intense moves.

another thing i like about NJPW - NO ENERGY METERS. they just suck all the drama out of it don't you think?

has anybody played both Fire Pro and NJPW? i would love to splash out on a great wrestling game.

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not quite sure how this works but apparently you can download toukon retsuden here -

http://snesorama.us/board/showpost.php?p=272223&postcount=12

i guess this is for some sort of emulator program.

Apparently Fire Pro Returns never got the UK release it was supposed to and the only PAL copy is Italian

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Fire-Pro-Wrestling-Returns-PS2-PAL-NEW-SEALED_W0QQitemZ250273468452QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item250273468452

haven't played TR, but think Smackdown was based on that Engine?

i've heard that. is it any good?

no :(

well, 2006 was quite good

lots of awesome youtube footage of TR3, here's a quick taste:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfUW43_nXVI

no big momentum reverses here (and i seem to remember some cool TV closeups which this is lacking) but you get a feel for it

Enh, from that it doesn't seem like it's better than Fire Pro, King of Colosseum or WCW Revenge, but maybe it's just too short a video

some good rope stuff here, and a very good ending - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDqfy8z_UeM

i guess it sucks just to watch this stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tak2b0dk9bg

Dude's even given Nash a botched powerbomb to represent his drunken near-killing of the Giant

OMG is that a mod or an actual retail copy?

it's a game save downloaded via a Max Drive, that guy's done four that are insanely detailed

that's it, i am getting this fire pro wrestling game. i don't actually watch wrestling so i m jsut going to invet my own tv show's worth of dudes. the CAW mode just looks mental.

why have I never played this game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNP9OqX2ld4

i liked the first one - really should've gotten around to the sequel

of course rollins runs the gym, he loves working out!

bought this new for $6 a few weeks ago, but have spent more time playing Suikoden