WWF Rage in the Cage

"Just like SNES versions of Royal Rumble and RAW, but with more wrestlers and FMV's"

Graphics: 8: The graphics look exactly as they do in SNES and Geneseis versions of WWF Royal Rumble and WWF RAW, if you don't remember those games the wrestlers and the ring and the crowd all were done well. Sculptured Software(Iguana) made us of the Sega CD compatibilities and had FMV footage of each of the 20 wrestlers finishing moves, which was a neat bonus.

Sound: 8: Again, very similar to RAW and Royal Rumble. There was the entrance music for all 20 wrestlers in the game. All the sound effects were done nicely, just like in RAW and Rumble, with all the "ugh" and choking noises the wrestlers make.

Gameplay: 9: There were several gameplay modes from single, world championship, tag team, tag team championship, Royal Rumble, and the Cage mode. Gameplay was the same as RAW and Rumble with the Grapple meters, which meant lots of button smashing to perform moves. Back at the time of when Rage in the Cage was released(1994) most wrestling games were use to having somewhere around 10 or 12 wrestlers to choose from, however with lots of storage memory on the Sega CD, Rage in the Cage featured a whopping 20 wrestlers: "Macho Man" Randy Savage, Lex Luger, The Big Boss Man, Kamala, Mr. Perfect, Bam Bam Bigelow, Bret "Hitman" Hart, Shawn Michaels, Razor Ramon, Crush, "The Model" Rick Martel, Tatanka, Yokozuna, The Undertaker, "Million Dollar Man" Ted Dibiase, Irwin R. Shyster(IRS), and 4 other guys.

Replay Value: 8: There was a 2-player mode for all modes of gameplay, except world championship. The FMV's of the wrestler's finishing moves were a nice little bonus as well. This was also the only WWF game on 16-bit format to feature a cage mode of gameplay. 20 wrestlers to choose from weren't that bad either.

Overall: 8: The game was a great package all together. This was the only wrestling game on the Sega CD also. All the gameplay modes are lots of fun, especially Royal Rumble and Cage mode. It's funny that this game actually featured more WWF wrestlers than Warzone did for N64 and PSX(Rage in the Cage had 20, and Warzone had 18, not including the hidden fake wrestlers(Remember Turok, Trainer, Sue, and Rattlesnake?)). If you happen to be one of those very few people that actually still play there Sega CD, then make sure to pick up this great game.

Reviewer's Score: 8/10, Originally Posted: 11/01/99, Updated 11/01/99