VIRTUAL PRO WRESTLING
Official Title  Virtual Pro Wrestling
Common Title  Virtual Pro Wrestling
Serial Number(s)  SLPS-00449
Region  NTSC-J
Genre / Style  Wrestling

Developer  AKI Corporation1
Publisher  Asmik Ace Entertainment, Inc,
Date Released  13 September 1996
Disc Number &
Printed Serial Number		 DISC 1

SLPS-00449
Serial Number In Disc SLPS-00449
Media Disc ID N / A
Number Of Tracks 18
( 1 Data Track &
17 Audio Tracks )
Approx. Image Size
( Image Format Used )		 MB
( .bin / .cue )
Approx.Size On Disc MB
Approx. Archive Size
( Archive Type Used )		 MB
( 1 RAR File with
2% Recovery )
Barcode Number(s)
( UPC / EAN )
From the back cover.
  •  4988126510107  - 
     

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Japanese
Menus and gameplay are in Japanese.

WCW vs. the World (known in Japan as Virtual Pro-Wrestling) is a professional wrestling video game released in 1997 for the PlayStation video game console. It was the first game developed by The Man Breeze (who later became the AKI Corporation) to be released outside of Japan and the second wrestling game for the PlayStation, following Power Move Pro Wrestling. WCW vs. the World marks the first title in the Japanese Virtual Pro-Wrestling series and would be the first World Championship Wrestling video game released during its rise amidst the Monday Night Wars.

This is one of the original wrestling games for the Sony Playstation. It is the second title created, following Power Move Pro Wrestling. The game has a variety of characters from all over the world. There are 15 WCW Superstars (superstars at the time the game was created, anyway), and 60 wrestlers under aliases in the game. These wrestlers are from around the world, many in Japan, some even from the WWF. They are not under their real name because THQ did not have the copyright to them.

The game itself consists of many modes. You control one wrestler at a time, and can take part in any of the following: League Challenge, fight for the belt in a league; Best of Seven, select seven opponents and fight for a new belt; Exhibition, pick any wrestlers and fight; Elimination, choose five wrestlers each, and winner stays on; Tournament, select up to eight wrestlers and battle; League, round-robin, winner is wrestler with most points; and Double Title, two wrestlers fight, winner wins both belts.

The game features 51 wrestlers. In addition to its WCW/nWo roster, in keeping with the game's title, WCW vs. the World also has several "fictional" foreign wrestlers. These performers are actually renamed counterparts of real-life Japanese wrestlers that could not be properly represented in the game's American version due to copyright restrictions. This practice of altering Japanese performers for American games would carry on through two more AKI games for the Nintendo 64.

  Manufacturer's description:

HOT WRESTLING ACTION!

Chris Benoit, Lex Luger, Dean Malenko, Ric Flair, Eddy Guerrero, Hulk Hogan. Also appearing: Sting, Rick Steiner, Scott Steiner, Ultimo Dragon, Masahiro Chono, Lord Steven Regal... and more!

Wrestle the world's toughest WCW wrestlers. Control non-stop 3-D action in and out of the ring!

15 of your favorite WCW superstars
60 wrestlers from 6 different organizations
30 to 40 moves per wrestler
Over 10 hot 3-D arenas

"...sets the standard for next generation wrestling games..." -EGM '97

  Features:
  • Third person perspective.
  • 3D graphics
  • Cartoon graphics
  • Wrestling theme.
Number Of Players  1-2 Players
Number Of Memory Card Blocks  1 Block
Compatible Controllers Tested
( Official Gamepads Only )		  Standard Controller ( Digital Controller compatible only )
Compatible Light Guns
( Official Light Guns Only )		  None
Other Compatible Controllers
( Official Controllers Only )		  None
Special Controllers Included Or
Supported ( Official Only )		  None
Vibration Function Compatible  No
Multi-Tap Function Compatible  No
Link Cable Function Compatibile  No
Emulator  ePSXe v.1.7.0
Video Plugin  Pete's OpenGL Driver v2.9 ( internal X & Internal Y= Very High, Stretching mode: Stretch to full window size, render Mode: 2 (Use framebuffer object) text filt = 2 FPS limit= 63, Compatibility=2,3,2; Shader effects= 1 (Fullscreen smoothin))
Audio Plugin  ePSXe SPU Core v.1.7.0
CD-ROM Plugin  ePSXe Cdrom plugin
Game Pad Plugin  N / A
Vibration Compatible  The game doesn't have it (Digital only).
Console Bios Used  SCPH7502

  NOTE:   This is not the only possible combination of plugins. There are others that will work (better or worse) for your particular hardware. We provide you with one working set-up so that you may get the game up and running, hassle-free. Testing other emulators/plugins is up to you.
 

 BASIC CONTROLS:
  Move Character:  D-Pad
  Punch and kick, attack downed opponent -  X Button
  Grap opponent, perform special move while opponent is down on mat -  Circle Button
  Block / Duck, force a downed opponent to get up, climb in and out of ring -  Square Button
  Run, go for the pin -  Triangle Button
  Leapfrog / Hit mat -  L1 Button
  Taunt opponent / Crowd -  L2 Button
  Duck / Avoide attacks, get behind stunned opponent -  R1 Button
  Special blow -  R2 Button
  Pause game -  Start Button

 


     
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 NTSC-U:
  • WCW vs the World [SLUS-00455]  - 
     
 PAL:
  • WCW vs the World [SLES-00763]  - 
     

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