American Tag-Team Wrestling
| Company type | Video game |
|---|---|
| Industry | Video games |
| Founded | 1992 |
| Products | Professional wrestling video game |
American Tag-Team Wrestling is a professional wrestling video game released in 1992 across various platforms, centered around a tag team competition where duos vie for the championship title.
Gameplay
This title emulates the tag team wrestling style of the 1980s, enabling players to switch partners when one wrestler becomes fatigued, with recovery occurring outside the ring. It includes options for individual matches as well as tournament play inspired by the King of the Ring format. Certain characters draw inspiration from notable WWF personalities such as Macho Man Randy Savage, Hulk Hogan, and The Missing Link. Each tag team consists of members with differing attributes, encouraging players to carefully evaluate each wrestler’s strengths and vulnerabilities. In the ZX Spectrum edition, both team members appear visually identical despite differing selections in character portraits.
Players have access to a range of offensive techniques including kicks, punches, and grapples to gain an advantage over opponents, with seven specific moves detailed in the ZX Spectrum manual. The match timing mirrors boxing rounds rather than adhering to standard WWF timing conventions. Occasionally, after tournament matches, random grudge bouts take place, and referee rulings can affect the final results.
The game facilitates multiplayer gameplay on a single shared screen without employing split-screen mechanics. Although it was released after the peak of 1980s wrestling popularity had passed, its design captures the family-oriented wrestling entertainment typical of that period.