Largely punch and kick based, it also featured a grapple system predicated on button smashing to bring the meter in your favor. WWF Raw's game play is arcade and not unlike LJN's first two 16-bit WWE titles. More over each wrestler had attributes like speed and strength meaning each character truly felt like their real-life counterpart. WWF Raw allowed Yokozuna to be Yokozuna and Doink to be Doink.

Many of the earlier WWE titles had signature moves but not completely different move sets. One of the biggest aspects of WWF Raw was wrestlers for the first time having not only their signature moves but entirely different move sets. Bedlam was essentially a tornado tag team match with both team members allowed in the ring at the same time.

Game modes included One-on-One, Tag Team, Bedlam, Survivor Series, Royal Rumble and lastly a Raw Endurance. WWF Raw published by LJN and Acclaim Entertainment was released in 1994 with a robust rosters of WWE wrestlers at the time including Bret Hart, Yokozuna, Luna Vachon, 1-2-3 Kid, Undertaker, Razor Ramon, Lex Luger, Doink, Shawn Michaels and Diesel. Of course, this list is a matter of opinion however, a majority of these titles are renowned and regarded as some of the top professional wrestling and WWE games. With a catalog over 49 games deep, it was very difficult to trim this list to just 10 games, but these are the true standouts in my mind. While there was a lull period, most notably most of the non-PC based home console systems, the majority of WWE games have been above average to good. MicroLeague set the standard for WWE games to come.

MicroLeague is actually a stellar game for its time, featuring ring introductions, interview segments with Mean Gene Okerlund and text commentary throughout the match. Players chose a move from their wrestler's move set, and depending on the situation, either yours or the opponents move will be successful. MicroLeague was a largely simulation, turn-based strategy based game it was the first game to carry the WWE license. WWE has a storied history of video games dating back to 1987's MicroLeague Wrestling on the Amiga and Commodore 64. The announcement of Brock Lesnar's inclusion in THQ's latest pro wrestling offering, WWE '12, has been the talk of the wrestling world over the past week.

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