''American Tag-Team Wrestling'' is a 1992

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video game that was released for multiple platforms. The storyline surrounds a

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tournament. Each tag team is trying to win the tag team championship belt by taking down all possible opponents.

Gameplay

The style of wrestling used in the game is the

wrestling practiced during the

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. Players can tag in their partner if they are weakened; wrestlers slowly recover outside of the ring for future play. Single matches and ''

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''-style tournaments can be played. Some of the wrestlers are based on real

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(WWF) wrestlers such as

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and The Missing Link. Each tag team consists of two team members who contradict each other; forcing players to analyze each other's strengths and weaknesses. While they look different on the character select screen, both tag team partners have an identical appearance on the ZX Spectrum version of the game. A vast selection of kicks, punches and grapples can be used in order to outwit the competition. However, only seven are officially indicated in the ZX Spectrum manual. Each round is timed, similar to

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and unlike the actual WWF matches of that era. There are also grudge matches that randomly appear after every tournament bout in addition to

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decisions that can go either way. Both players share the same screen while playing the game; allow both players to see each other without any distractions from a

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.''American Tag-Team Wrestling''
at UV List While the game was released two years after

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which ended the 1980s wrestling boom; it is acknowledged that a lot of the characteristics are based on the family-friendly style of wrestling performed during the 1980s.

References

{{reflist 1992 video games Amiga games Amstrad CPC games Commodore 64 games Eutechnyx games Multiplayer and single-player video games Tag team video games Top-down video games Video games developed in the United Kingdom ZX Spectrum games