Fire Pro Wrestling - Combination Tag [Model HM89001]

37 Years old NEC PC-Engine HuCARD Human Ent. [Japan]

ファイヤープロレスリング　コンビネーションタッグ © 1989 Human Entertainment.
(Fire Pro Wrestling - Combination Tag)

Fire Pro Wrestling: Combination Tag pits 16 wrestlers from all over the globe singles, tag team or 5 Vs 5 elimination to simulate the ultimate professional wrestling dream matches and can be played by up to four players simultaneously.

TECHNICAL

Game ID: HM89001
Barcode: 4 959143 100015

Players: 4
Control: 8-Way Joystick
Buttons: 3
=> [II] Weak strike/grapple, [I] Medium strike/grapple, [Run] Run/Strong strike/grapple

TRIVIA

Released on June 22, 1989 in Japan.

The first game in the Fire Pro Wrestling series, it is the first 4-player pro-wrestling video game.

Designed to cater to the hardcore pro wrestling fanatics, Fire Pro Wrestling includes wrestlers from many promotions facing off in inter-promotional "dream matches" as created by the player, something not normally possible due to the political nature of professional wrestling at the time. The wrestlers use the exact likeness as their real life counterparts, including their real moves and attributes, but were given fake aliases due to a lack of a wrestling license. The teams featured in the game will be listed below with their Fire Pro name on the left, and their real name to the right:

KING FIGHTERS

Victory Musashi = Antonio Inoki (New Japan Pro Wrestling)
Akira Saeha = Akira Maeda (Universal Wrestling Federation)

EXPLODING DEPTH CHARGE

Tommy Bomber = Jumbo Tsuruta (All Japan Pro Wrestling)
Thunder Ryu = Genichiro Tenryu (All Japan Pro Wrestling)

MIDNIGHT REVOLUTION

Hurricane Rikimaru = Riki Choshu (New Japan Pro Wrestling)
Zombie Masa = Masa Saito (New Japan Pro Wrestling)

DEVIL PIRATES

Pirate Number 1 = Billy Gasper (New Japan Pro Wrestling)
Pirate Number 2 = Barry Gasper (New Japan Pro Wrestling)

VIOLENCE MONSTERS

Star Bison = Stan Hansen (All Japan Pro Wrestling)
Big the Great Bull = Bruiser Brody (All Japan Pro Wrestling)

DIMENSION EXPRESS

Mascara Condor = Mil Mascaras (All Japan Pro Wrestling)
Mascara Eagle = Dos Caras (All Japan Pro Wrestling)

CRAZY BARBARIANS

Bloody Allen = Bad News Brown (New Japan Pro Wrestling)
Mad Tiger = Tiger Jeet Singh (All Japan Pro Wrestling)

URBAN BLASTERS

Knight Blaster = Road Warrior Hawk (All Japan Pro Wrestling)
Iron Blaster = Road Warrior Animal (All Japan Pro Wrestling)

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TIPS AND TRICKS

To use the sound test, you require a multi tap. Use the fifth controller at the title screen and enter Up/Right and Button I then press Select to cycle through the game music.

You can have two computer controlled players go at it. Select either Single or Tag match. Then pick the 1P Vs 2P option and choose the wrestlers. Hold Up and Button II at the match-up screen, then press Button I. The computer will now control the wrestlers during the match.

At the title screen, hold Button I, press Right, Left, Left, Left, Left, Left, Down, Down, Up. The title screen will change color. Play through the Single or Tag Championship and when you defeat all opponents, you will face the following in special Lumberjack matches:

R.J. Phase = Lou Thesz
Carlos Krauser = Karl Gotch

In the Tag mode, they team up as the Legend Heroes for your final opponents.

SERIES

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STAFF

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Game Design: Masato Masuda, Hideaki Sasazawa
Program: Masato Masuda, Touru Hayashi
Wrestler Design: Hideaki Sasazawa
Infomation Graphics: Yuuichi Kobayashi, Ryouichi Nakashima
Musical Composition: Masaki Hashimoto (Chappy Hashimoto)
Sound Effects: Seitarou Iyama

SOURCES

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ROM dump (MAME).