Bop'N Wrestle

aka: Rock 'N' Lucha, Rock'N Wrestle
Moby ID: 46
Commodore 64 Specs
Buy on Windows
$4.99 new on Steam

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The company behind Way of the Exploding Fist and Fighting Warrior also tried its hand at wrestling, with this game claiming to be the first 3D combat sports game, in which you can avoid the opponent by moving up or down the screen as well as left or right.

Like any fighting game worth its salt, the game can be played with one or two players. In one-player mode there are 10 opponents to take on in sequence.

The moves on offer include almost everything you'd find in real wrestling (and I don't mean WWE) - piledrivers, arm twists, body slams and turnbuckle flies, all of which are fully animated. The whole experience includes detailed multi-colour graphics and a full rock soundtrack.

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Average score: 62% (based on 5 ratings)

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Average score: 3.1 out of 5 (based on 28 ratings with 3 reviews)

Good old ugly wrestling game.

The Good
There's not much good to say about this game, to be frank. It could, however, be fun to throw a few matches with a friend occasionally. As a multiplayer-game it had a some short, but good, times to offer.

The Bad
What the games lack the most is variation. It gets boring extremely quickly when playing in single-player. All the wrestlers look about the same and act the same and the graphics are not very good at all.

The Bottom Line
It's a wrestling game. As simple as that. There were lots of wrestling games for the Commodore 64, and this is not one of the better. A mediocre fighting game, only fun for a short period, and only in multiplayer.

Commodore 64 · by Joakim Kihlman (231) · 2004

Fun, but only if you can master the controls and overlook a glaring problem.

The Good
Bop'N Wrestle does indeed have over 20 moves as its advertising blurb states, including the spectacular Turnbuckle Fly, where you climb onto the ropes and dive onto your opponent. It is fun to learn how to use all of these to your advantage; all perform as expected. I was never a fan of pro wrestling, but I have to admit that swinging a guy around by his arm, bouncing him into the ropes, and then slamming my meat-hook-for-an-arm across his neck to send him sprawling to the floor appealed to a certain element in me. :-)

The Bad
The leg kick--that is, the act of simply kicking your opponent--has a rediculously quick recover time. If you are fast and loose with a keyboard, you can always reduce your opponent's energy down to 0 in about 5 seconds with little effort other than reflexes. This is a glaring problem in an otherwise even game.

The Bottom Line
If you never use your legs as weapons, you'll enjoy this game (if you enjoy wrestling games, that is.)

DOS · by Trixter (8952) · 1999

Back before Wrasslin' was popular again

The Good
The amount of moves you could do was cool, but there was a problem doing them correctly.

I can't remember if the PC version had speech (probably only the Apple version did) but to this day I remember the wacky theme song and the digital referee's count down ("One, Two, Thaareee!") (Editor's note: The PC version did indeed have the same speech, although it was hard to hear through the PC speaker.)

**The Bad**
Well, the subject matter was not a big hit with me at the time (still isn't.)

**The Bottom Line**
Just a cool little game.

DOS · by Tony Van (2803) · 2000

Trivia

Cover

From Scott Berfield:

The cover painting for Bop and Wrestle from Mindscape was a joke played by the art director. The screaming fans are the executives of Mindscape at the time. Some of those pictured are Sandy Schneider, Emil Heidkamp, Roger Buoy, and Jack Nichols (the art director) who is the one being pinned.

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A box credit says "Licensed in conjunction with International Computer Group."

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Game added by Trixter.

Amstrad CPC added by Rola. Windows added by Rik Hideto. Commodore 64 added by tbuteler. Atari 8-bit added by Kabushi. ZX Spectrum added by Martin Smith. Apple II added by Terok Nor.

Additional contributors: Sciere, Martin Smith, Patrick Bregger.

Game added March 1, 1999. Last modified February 13, 2024.