WWF in Your House

This article is about the video game. For the professional wrestling pay-per-view event, see In Your House.
WWF In Your House

Cover art featuring Bret "Hitman" Hart, Vader and Shawn Michaels
Developer(s) Sculptured Software
Publisher(s) Acclaim Entertainment
Platform(s) PlayStation
Sega Saturn
DOS
Release date(s)

DOS

  • NA December 31, 1996

Saturn

  • NA November 23, 1996
  • JP February 21, 1997
  • EU November 8, 1996

PlayStation

  • NA November 21, 1996
  • EU November 8, 1996
  • JP February 27, 1997
Genre(s) Professional wrestling, Fighting, Sports
Mode(s) Single-player, multiplayer

WWF In Your House is a video game for the Sony PlayStation, DOS, and Sega Saturn released in 1996. Developed by Sculptured Software, it is a follow-up to WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game and was published by Acclaim Entertainment, who had previously released WrestleMania for home consoles.

Description

Just like WrestleMania, In Your House is not a wrestling game in the normal sense, as it is heavily influenced by Mortal Kombat. It features digitized sprites of the wrestlers, and many over the top, unrealistic, and magical moves and taunts by the wrestlers.[1] The game also featured finishing moves which are performed before the final pin.

Instead of typical wrestling arenas, WWF In Your House featured personalised stages for each individual wrestler, such as a nightclub for Shawn Michaels, Stu Hart's Dungeon for Bret Hart and a crypt for The Undertaker.

The 10 playable wrestlers in the game include Bret Hart, The Undertaker, and Shawn Michaels (all holdovers from WrestleMania), as well as new additions Owen Hart, The British Bulldog, Goldust, Ahmed Johnson, and Hunter Hearst Helmsley (who would all return for 1998's WWF WarZone), plus Vader & The Ultimate Warrior. In-game commentary is supplied by Vince McMahon and "Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig.

Reception

The game was not well received by critics; it scores of 5.6 (DOS) and 4.6 (PlayStation) on GameSpot.[2] While GameFAQs reviews are more mixed, most agree that the game is a poor sequel to WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game.[3] The most basic flaw is limited characters - it does not include Smoking Gunns, New Rockers, Jake Roberts, Mankind or Jerry Lawler, all of which could have had interesting "background/battle domains" based on their characteristics. Some strong points are the enhanced graphics and the addition of a 4 player mode.

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