WCW Nitro (video game)

WCW Nitro
North American cover art featuring Sting, Hollywood Hogan and The Giant
Developer(s)Inland Productions[5]
Publisher(s)THQ
Producer(s)Mike Cihak
Designer(s)Mike Cihak
D. Scott Williamson
Arnie Boedecker
Composer(s)Mike Cihak
Matt Scott
Platform(s)
ReleasePlayStation
Microsoft Windows
Nintendo 64
Genre(s)Sports
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

WCW Nitro is a professional wrestling video game based on the television show WCW Monday Nitro.[6] Released by THQ for the PlayStation game console in 1998, the game featured a large roster of playable WCW wrestlers as well as full motion video clips of the television show. The game was followed by WCW/nWo Thunder, which was based on Nitro's Thursday night counterpart. Ports for Nintendo 64 and Microsoft Windows were released later in 1998 and 1999 with the updated roster featured in Thunder.

Reviews for WCW Nitro were mixed, with many critics concluding that though the game is considerably flawed, it was better than most of the few wrestling video games out at the time and would therefore appeal to fans of the sport.

  1. ^ "PlayStation Nation News". Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  2. ^ "Home | THQ Nordic GMBH". 1998-01-17. Archived from the original on 1998-01-17. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  3. ^ "News Briefs". IGN. November 30, 1998. Archived from the original on April 22, 2000. Retrieved December 6, 2019.
    First WCW Wrestler Hits PC: "THQ has released the first World Championship Wrestling (WCW) game for the PC, the company said today..."
  4. ^ "PR - 2/8/98 - THQ'S 'WCW NITRO' FOR NINTENDO 64 SLAMS ONTO RETAIL SHELVES". 2004-04-16. Archived from the original on 2004-04-16. Retrieved 2023-03-18.
  5. ^ "E3 Showstoppers!". GamePro. No. 108. IDG. September 1997. p. 40.
  6. ^ "THQ Brings World Championship Wrestling to Personal-Computer Users With WCW Nitro". Business Wire. Berkshire Hathaway. November 30, 1998. Archived from the original on February 24, 1999. Retrieved June 16, 2019 – via Yahoo.com.