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Showdown: Legends of Wrestling | 
 enlarge | From: Acclaim Entertainment, Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.99
Buy Used: $8.45
You Save: $31.54 (79%)
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Avg. Customer Rating:  45 reviews
Sales Rank: 10224
Platform: Playstation2
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Edition: Collector's
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Number Of Items: 1
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Playstation 2
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 8 x 6 x 2
MPN: 23309
UPC: 021481233091
EAN: 0021481233091
ASIN: B0001AVZ58
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Ready To Brawl controls for the ultimate in mat mayhem | | • | Multiple classic matches - Table, First Blood, Ladder, Steel Cage, Iron Man, Battle Royal, Hardcore, 6&8 Man Tag, Elimination, Handicap, plus 3&4 Way Dances | | • | Incredible tag team action - Wrestle all the great tandems, from the Road Warriors and the British Bulldogs to the Nasty Boys and the Steiner Brothers | | • | Start your own legend with all-new options for body shapes, textures and geometry | | • | Let the greatest managers in wrestling lead you to the ring - Bobby The Brain Heenan, Capt. Lou Albano, Mr. Fuji, Mouth of the South Jimmy Hart and more |
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Product Description
Showdown: Legends Of Wrestling lets you grapple with the great figures of the squared circle. Act out classic feuds, rewrite wrestling history, or see how your current favorite does against a past legend. Play as(or against) 73 of the greatest ring warriors in the history of the sport: Hulk Hogan, Randy "Macho Man" Savage, Sting, Ultimate Warrior, Andre The Giant, Jake "The Snake" Roberts, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, "The American Dream" Dusty Rhodes, Bret "Hitman" Hart, Diamond Dallas Page and many more! Great in-game tutorials by wrestling legend Bret The Hitman Hart Exciting three-man commentary with Tony Schiavone, Larry Zbyszko&Bobby The Brain Heenan
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| Customer Reviews: Read 40 more reviews...
 Better Than WWE SD Vs. Raw! July 11, 2008
I played Showdown: LOW a long time ago and it was the best pro wrestling game so far. Almost all of the most popular wrestling stars(with the exception of Ric Flair, Kevin Nash, Doink The Clown, etc.)was featured. the actual stadiums were correctly detailed and the play-by-play from Tony Shiavone was excellent. The deceased wrestlers' memorial was touching and Bret Hart's how-to sections of the game were a real treat. I can't wait for LOW's new company, Throwback Entertainment, to re-release the video game again on PS2 and, hopefully, on PS3!
THE GAME OF GLITCHES May 5, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
THIS GAME IS SO FUNNY I ALWAYS CRACK UP WITH THE GLITCHES.ONE TIME I WAS
DOING A MATCH BAM BAM BIGALOW VS. BAM BAM BIGALOW IN A STEAL CAGE MY COUSIN BRIAN WAS JUMPING UP IN THE AIR HE PICKED ME UP AND WE WENT THROUGHT THE ROOF WE SAW A PARKING LOT.THEN BRYAN WAS SITTING IN THE AUDIENCE AND THE MATCH WAS STILL ON.BRIAN WAS JUMPING ON PEOPLES HEADS
IN THE AUDIENCE.I MEAN THE MATCH IS NOT CALLED JUMP ON PEOPLES HEADS AND
THEN YOU WIN.
For Old-School Wrestling Fans Only July 5, 2007
Showdown: Legends of Wrestling should quench the thirst of wrestling fans who long for the weekend wrestling days of yesteryear where grudges lasted months (or years in some cases) and storylines were compelling and memorable. Showdown does an admirable job of placating the jaded old-school wrestling fan in all of us. Virtually all the major wrestling territories from the 70's and 80's are represented in some form. Legends such as the Von Erich clan, Andre the Giant, Abdullah the Butcher, and "Hot Stuff" Eddie Gilbert are among the seventy-plus wrestlers appearing here in digital glory. As noted in previous reviews, Showdown also features meticulously-replicated versions of many famous areans and stadums. From Texas Stadium to the Omni in Atlanta, to Madison Square Garden (it would be awesome if ring announcer Gary Michael Cappetta used the classic "descending microphone" in the latter arena, but alas it is not to be). Game play is solid for the most part. There is not alot of convoluted button combinations to memorize, and finishers can be performed fairly easily when the time is right. But, as previously noted on this site, Showdown is not without its glitches and general annoyances. While bearing some physical resemblance to their real-life counterparts, the digitized wrestlers appears blocky and cartoonish with exaggerated features. However, this can also add to the novelty of the game as well. Wrestler detection-collision issues can be particularly annoying at times. For example, if Andre the Giant is wrestling an opponent of smaller stature like, say, comedian Andy Kaufman (yep, he's in it too), Andre will "chokeslam" him by hoisting his hand a good distance over Kaufman, thus making it appear as though Kaufman is levitating before being hurled to the mat. Magic or a glitch? You decide. There also appears to be a major glitch in the cage match mode. Several times during gameplay, a wrestler will seemingly fade into the mat and then begin bouncing like an invisible speedball all over the arena. Seriously. This glitch has been noted on other sites, so take heed. While the selection of wrestlers in Showdown is vast and impressive, I can't help but feel as though this game is slightly flawed with it's lack of certain legends and it questionable inclusion of more contemporary stars (ex: Sabu). For a game that markets itself as giving one the ability to recreate classic feuds, several notable wrestlers are nowhere to be found (more on that below). Newer and younger fans are likely to grew increasingly bored with Showdown. WWE games such as those in the Smackdown series have spoiled fans with their faster gameplay and sharper graphics, thus making Showdown appear antiquated and prodding by comparison.
Should Acclaim opt for a fourth version in this series, I suggest the inclusion of the The Midnight Express (with Jim Cornette), Brusier Brody, The Fabulous Freebirds, Kamala, Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, Arn Anderson, Tommy Rich, Skandar Akbar, The Missing Link, and perhaps Dick Murdoch, Nikita Koloff, or Magnum TA. Until such a day comes however, this game is a must-have for old-school fans and wrestling purists alike.
A wonderful 3 star game... May 13, 2006
I really think this one could have been almost 5 stars if not for the glitches (which are often). The glitches: sometimes the game freezes, the audio gets messed up, wrestlers freeze up. The most frequent glitch is blocking and the opponent staggers as if he has been hit.
The roster is awesome. Includes Sting, Diamond Dallas, Rowdy Piper, Hogan, Andre the giant, Sid, Macho Man, Ultimate warrior, Jake the Snake, Bruno Samartino, the legion of doom, the steiner bros, the nasty boys, the million dollar man, king kong bundy, Iron Shiek, Mr Perfect, Bret Hart, Owen Hart, British Bulldog, Superstar Billy Grahm, George the animal steele, Bob backlund, killer kowalski, rick martel, tito santana, hacksaw jim duggan, Texas Tornado "Kerry Von Erik" and more! The game does not use authentic entrance music, but tries it's hardest to compensate. Mr Perfects music is almost the same.
If your a big fan of the classic wrestlers this game is worth buying for a cheap price, but chances are you will have a hard time getting your friends to play.
controls=3.5 stars
graphics=4 stars
fun factor=3.5 stars
replay value=3.5 stars
sound=3 stars
 Full of childhood memories December 23, 2005
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I've been a wrestling fan since I was 3. I'm now 24. This game brings back ALOT of memories. The graphics are good, the venues are good. It's overall a good game. The only things I would change is I would add more wrestlers to the roster. Dino Bravo, Earthquake, Rugged Ronnie Garvin, Jesse Ventura, Brutus the Barber Beefcake, Hercules, Irwin R. Schiester, Lex Luger, Yokozuna, Tatanka, The Undertaker, Doink the Clown, Hillbilly Jim and MANY many others. Also, there could be more managers like "Classy" Freddie Blassie, Sensational Sherry, Miss Elizabeth, and even Paul Bearer(even though he only managed the Undertaker.) Interviews were popular back then. I would loved to have seen Gene Okerlund, Sean Mooney, or even Tony Schiovani do optional interviews before any particular match. Also, they could've included Gorilla Monsoon and Jesse Ventura's commentary like the WWF (notice how I didn't say WWE) did ever since Wrestlemania I.
Overall, it's a good game, the roster could be a little better, and they could've given more arenas to choose from like Trump Plaza, where both Wrestlemanias 4 and 5 were held, the St. Louis Arena, and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum where Wrestlemania VII was held. But still worth buying if you want to walk down memory lane. God bless, happy playing!
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