I recently finished 2 WWE Wrestling games for the XBox 360.

WWE '13 for XBox 360

FANTASTIC wrestling game. I could be a little biased since The Attitude Era is my favorite WWF/E era. But that was, BY FAR, the highlight of this game.

The storyline follows the birth of the WWF Attitude Era. Starting with the birth and formation of D-X, followed by the Austin Era, then the rise of The Rock, and then the Brothers of Destruction (Undertaker and Kane), followed by the many faces of Mick Foley, and finally the lead up to and the actual WrestleMania XV. After you beat all that, you then unlock a sort of "middle-card" storyline of the time right after WM XV. There is also a sort of "be the booker" mode called My WWE Universe. It looks neat, but also VERY detailed and in-depth; so it'll be something I'll have to come back to because I've had my wrestling game fill for the moment.

What's great, is the game give great detail and background on this history and these matches, including video. So if you want to relive The Attitude Era, this is a fantastic way to do so. And, actually, it's better than the recent "Attitude Era" DVD WWE recently put out (which is a shame).

The controls are bit button-mashy, which I've seen complaints about online, but it's not that bad. You get used to it, real fast. I mean, it's not like it's WWE: Legends of WrestleMania; which brings me too...

WWE: Legends of WrestleMania for XBox 360

The game recreates matches and storylines from WrestleMania I thought XV. There are 3 ways you can play them: Relive (recreate), Rewrite (change history), Redife (whatever you want, as long as you win the match). I played through all 3. There is also a "climb the ranks" sort of deal, like the old PS1/N64 wrestling games, called "Legend Killer", but you have to use a created wrestler, not an actual roster wrestler. I played through it, I didn't play through all 60+ opponent, but just short of that I earned all the medal/trophies.

What I loved about the game was the fan-service. The history they put in the game including video shorts that would show actual video of the build-up to matches, and of the actual match-highlights before you'd play the match. The roster of classic WWF wrestlers was great, too, including alternate costumes. And lots of different match types and areans to battle in.

What I hated was the controls. A button-mashing mess. People complain about WWE '13 being to button-mashy, it's got nothing on Legends of WrestleMania. I was practically slapping the action-buttons on my XBox 360 controller half the time. It really makes your hand tired after long-play sessions.

no it was really, really close to the one i posted above. that sticker with the three colors on it is, im almost positve, spot on. i remember the keys being black. that memory hangs in doubt after having seen those images though. the keys were also a bit more flush to the panel and it had arrows.

OmitName

Maybe the Commodore computer before it, the Vic-20?

The Commodore 64 computer can hook into your T.V. And in addition to the more common floppy disk games, there were also cartridge games that plugged into the back (as well as a seperatly purchased cassette drive).

Was it this?

You realize that we already have a very active (32 pages) thread for this here.

http://www.gamespot.com/forums/topic/28855221/what-are-you-playing-right-now?page=31

• Championship Pro-Am (R.C. Pro-Am with 16-bit graphics)
• Outrun
• Road Rash 1-3
• Super Hang-On
• Super Monaco GP

The great thing about the PS2, is that game library is HUGE. (I just wish the hardware was a bit more reliable.) So you can always find something you'll enjoy no matter what game genre you prefer. And even better than that, is the games are dirt-freaking cheap right now. Like Atari 2600 game-price cheap. Most of the game library is very easily obtainable (although it does still have a few rare and expensive gems here and there).

Some of my favorites in each genre:

Action:

• Drakan: The Ancient Gates
• God of War 1 & 2
• Grand Theft Auto Series
• Incredible Hulk: Ultimate Destruction
• Resident Evil: Code Veronica X & RE 4
• Rygar: The Legendary Adventure
• Spider-Man 1 & 2
• Star Wars: Battlefront 1 & 2

Action-RPG:

• Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance 1 & 2
• Champions of Norrath
• Champions: Return to Arms
• King's Field: The Ancient City
• Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 1 & 2
• X-Men Legends 1 & 2

Classic Game Compilations (so many great ones on the PS2, it's worth purchasing a PS2 just for these alone):

• Activision Anthology (such a cool menu, it looks like the bedroom of a teenage boy from the '80s)
• Atari Anthology
• Capcom Classics Collection Vol. 1 & 2
• Intellivision Lives
• Mega Man Anniversary Collection & Mega Man X Collection
• Metal Slug Anthology
• Pinball Hall of Fame Collections (Willaims Collection and Gottileb Collection)
• Sega Genesis Collection
• SNK Arcade Classics
• Sonic Mega Collection Plus

Fighting Games:

• Marvel vs. Capcom 2
• Mortal Kombat: Deadly Alliance
• Mortal Kombat: Deception
• Samurai Shodown Anthology
• Soul Calibur 2 & 3
• Street Fighter Anniversary Collection
• Street Fighter Alpha Anthology

Shoot-Em Ups:

• Gradius III & IV (both on 1 release)
• Gradius V
• R-Type: Final
• Raiden III
• Taito Legends 2 (not all shoot-em ups, but it is a shoot-em up fans' dream collection for Taito shooters)

Other:

• Guitar Hero Series
• Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3 & 4
• Tony Hawk's Underground
• WWE Smackdown/Smackdown vs. Raw Series

Spiderman 2 Enter Electro (PS1)

Picked it up for £1 at CEX today

benleslie5

I still haven't given that game a decent go, I kind of forgot about it. I really need to, since I love the original, and the ones after it. I have it in my collection.

These are the ones I played the most at school growing up:

• Artillery (Tank-duel game using angles and wind-shifts, and such, like Scorched Earth)
• B.C.'s Quest For Tires (Platformer, but the screen constantly scrolls, kind of like Bit.Trip Runner)
• Blue Max (Shoot-Em Up)
• Dig Dug (Arcade Platformer)
• The Swiss Family Robinson (Graphical Text-Adventure)

EDIT:

Somehow forgot this one:

• Lode Runner (platformer)

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they are different gens, thats like comparing the ps3 to the gamecube.

NationProtector

Technically, yeah. But the N64 was a mainstream console, when the Dreamcast was a mainstream console. PS3 and GameCube were mainstream at different times.

So it's pretty easy to compare the N64 and Dreamcast, especially considering they share a lot of the same multiplatform games.

Why not, if you want to. They share a lot of the same multiplatform games, too, and were both active at the same time.

they are different gens, thats like comparing the ps3 to the gamecube.

kingoflife9

Technically, yeah. But the N64 was a mainstream console, when the Dreamcast was a mainstream console. PS3 and GameCube were mainstream at different times.

So it's pretty easy to compare the N64 and Dreamcast, especially considering they share a lot of the same multiplatform games.