WWF WrestleMania : The Arcade Game WWF WrestleMania ( also known on console versions as WWF WrestleMania : The Arcade Game ) is a professional wrestling arcade game released by Midway Manufacturing Co . ( now Midway Amusement Games , L . L . C . ) in 1995 . It is based on the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) professional wrestling promotion and is also loosely based on WrestleMania X . Gameplay . Despite being based on professional wrestling , WrestleMania ' s digitized graphics and fast - paced gameplay make it more of a fighting game in the vein of Midway ' s " Mortal Kombat " series . The game is regarded as over the top for its use of attacks . While actual wrestling moves are present , matches consist primarily of special strike attacks and insane combos , such as the Undertaker casting spirits at an opponent and Doink shocking the opponent with a joy buzzer . There are other similarities to the Mortal Kombat games , such as the winner being the victor of two out of three rounds and players being awarded flawless victories , which are simply called " perfect " here . WrestleMania ' s one - player mode has the player choose one of eight wrestlers - Bam Bam Bigelow , Bret Hart , Doink the Clown , Lex Luger , Razor Ramon , Shawn Michaels , The Undertaker or Yokozuna . One unique feature is that each character can " bleed " his respective objects other than blood upon taking damage from most attacks in the " Mortal Kombat " sense . Such " bleeding " objects include Yokozuna ' s food and Bam Bam Bigelow ' s flames . WWF WrestleMania features two single - player modes : the Intercontinental Championship and the WWF Championship . In the Intercontinental Championship mode , the player must win four one - on - one matches , two two - on - one matches , and one three - on - one match to win the title . In the more difficult WWF Championship mode , the player must win four two - on - one matches , two three - on - one matches , and finally a " WrestleMania Challenge , " where the player must defeat every wrestler in the game in a gauntlet , starting with a three - on - one setup , with each eliminated opponent being replaced with another until all eight have been defeated . The game also features two multi - player modes ; head to head , a one - on - one match between two players , or cooperative , where the two players team up in a tag team version of the WrestleMania Challenge in which they must defeat the game ' s eight wrestlers in groups of two to become the Tag Team Champions . Commentary is provided by Vince McMahon and Jerry Lawler , who also appear in the game sitting at the announcers ' table to the right of the ring . The game was followed up by " WWF In Your House " for the PlayStation , Sega Saturn , and DOS . Ports . Ports were developed for Mega Drive / Sega Genesis , 32X , SNES , PlayStation , Sega Saturn , and DOS . The releases found on CD media are most similar to the Arcade given superior hardware capabilities and larger storage space available . The SNES release is generally regarded as the worst of the home the ports . It was the only port to omit two characters from the roster ( Bam Bam Bigelow and Yokozuna ) . There is a limit of three characters on screen at once while all other releases allowed four . Visually it does feature a presentation more reminiscent to the Arcade compared to the Genesis . However , it suffers from persistent slowdown most notably when three wrestlers are on screen . It also lacks several voice and commentary samples and in terms of game mechanics , damage taken by in - game fighters from attacks was reduced . The Sega Mega Drive / Genesis version is generally faithful in speed , content , and animation to the arcade . The Genesis hardware suffers from a limited color palette therefore this port features a bland color scheme compared to other releases . It retains most of the voice and commentary samples from the arcade ( albeit dropping most of Jerry " The King " Lawler ' s commentary ) and allows four wrestlers on - screen . However , there is slow down when more than three wrestlers are on - screen , though not to the extent of the SNES version . The Sega 32X release was built upon the Genesis version . The 32X improved hardware specs allowed for graphics and audio superior than both the SNES and Genesis ports . Although the frame rate was reduced to 30 FPS in the 32X port compared to 60 FPS in all other versions . This is most commonly done to avoid slowdown which affected the 16 - Bit cart versions . The CD - ROM ( PlayStation , Saturn , DOS ) releases are most true to the arcade compared to cart releases . While visually more accurate to the Arcade , in comparison the graphics are still not as sharp and sprites are slightly smaller . There is also no in - game music on the PlayStation and Saturn ports . The PlayStation and Saturn ports also freeze for a moment during gameplay to load the next character in a Battle Royal after a character has been eliminated .