ECW Hardcore Revolution
| ECW Hardcore Revolution | |
|---|---|
North American PlayStation cover art
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| Developer(s) | Acclaim Studios Salt Lake City |
| Publisher(s) | Acclaim Entertainment |
| Platform(s) | Nintendo 64 PlayStation Dreamcast Game Boy Color |
| Release date(s) |
Nintendo 64 PlayStation Game Boy Color Dreamcast |
| Genre(s) |
Fighting Sports |
| Mode(s) |
Single-player multiplayer |
| Aggregate score | |
|---|---|
| Aggregator | Score |
| GameRankings | (N64) 56.91% (PS) 54.50% (DC) 43.79% (GBC) 38.33% |
| Review scores | |
| Publication | Score |
| AllGame |
  (PS & GBC)
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| EGM | 6.75/10 |
| GameFan | 40% |
| Game Informer | (PS) 8.25/10 (N64) 8/10 (DC) 7.75/10 (GBC) 2/10 |
| GamePro | (N64)  (PS)
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| Game Revolution | D+ |
| GameSpot | (DC) 5.6/10 (GBC) 4.5/10 4.2/10 |
| GameSpy | 2/10 |
| IGN | (DC) 6.9/10 (N64) 5/10 (PS) 4/10 (GBC) 3/10 |
| Nintendo Power | 5.9/10 |
| OPM (US) | |
ECW Hardcore Revolution is a professional wrestling video game released by Acclaim Entertainment, based on the professional wrestling promotion Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW). The game was released for the Nintendo 64, Sony PlayStation, Sega Dreamcast, and Game Boy Color. It was the first wrestling game to be based on ECW, as well as the first professional wrestling game to receive a Mature rating from the ESRB, although the Game Boy Color version was rated Everyone. Acclaim followed this title with the release of a sequel, ECW Anarchy Rulz, six months after this game was released.
Gameplay to ECW Hardcore Revolution is identical to WWF Attitude. Much of the content was the same, but elements were changed to replace WWE owned material with Extreme Championship Wrestling material. The similarities are so strong that match rules from WWF Attitude are retained. Some matches could be won or lost via a ring-out count or disqualification, which does not happen in ECW.
All of the characters were performers and staff members involved with ECW during the game's production. Some personalities who left the company during production were left in as unlockable characters. Some of the "jobber" characters are based on Acclaim staff, or are completely fictional creations.
In Season mode, a fictional Acclaim Championship becomes the first title that the player's character competes for. This is due to ECW only having 3 championships, where as 4 were available in WWE Attitude.
The game does feature a few unique moves, but many are actually duplicates of moves that are also available in the game. For example, Danny Doring's finisher "Whambam Thankyou Mam" is identical to "Double Arm DDT".
One of the game's unique features is match commentary by Joey Styles. This is one of the very few wrestling based video games to use just one commentator.
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