WCW Nitro demo

• License:

  Free to try

• Editor's Rating:

  2.0 stars

• Average User Rating:

  4.0 stars (out of 314 votes) Rate it!

• Downloads:

  278,760

• Operating Systems:

  Windows 95, Windows XP, Windows 98

• Additional Requirements:

  Windows 95/98/XP, DirectX

• Limitations:

  No limitations

• Date Added:

  February 23, 1999

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Publisher's description of WCW Nitro

From THQ:

In WCW Nitro, you can take on the role of either Hollywood Hogan or Goldberg in a fight to the finish. Punches, kicks, piledrivers, and other moves (including the ability to take the action out of the ring) are all here. Each wrestler is modeled after the athletes of World Championship Wrestling and comes complete with his own rant of unbridled machismo. The demo is limited to only two wrestlers, one player, and short exhibition matches.

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Editor's review of WCW Nitro

• 2.0 stars

• "WCW Nitro"

• Reviewed by: CNET Staff
• Version reviewed: WCW Nitro demo

We like a good piledriver as much as the next Saturday-morning TV geek, but we're going to satisfy our wrestling jones elsewhere. Graphically, WCW Nitro would have disappointed players in 1999, when it was published. Today, the chunky background and crude 3D models don t come close to passing muster. The action occasionally stutters, too, even on a fast machine. The biggest problem, however, is the strange unresponsiveness of the controls. The customizable key commands rarely work as you expect, and the all-purpose action key is especially unpredictable. What's more, after each action, your character stops reacting for a few moments. Very frustrating. And if you're fantasizing about subjecting your roommate to a corkscrew moonsault, forget it: the demo only allows you to play the solo version. Considering how little they'll get for their trouble, even WCW fanatics might balk at the 15MB download.

User reviews

• Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 314 votes
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• 3 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: WCW Nitro demo

  "Real but not realistc wrestlers in action"

  by Ranito on July 23, 2006

  Pros: Real wrestlers, graphics are not so bad.

  Cons: Due to missing multiplayer boring after a few minutes, poor sounds.

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• 3 stars

  1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

  Version: WCW Nitro demo

  "it's just a time pass game"

  by kush2091 on April 7, 2005

  Pros: it's at 98? so it's graphics are really great

  Cons: but this is 2005

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• 4 stars

  1 out of 2 people found this review helpful

  Version: WCW Nitro demo

  "It is a nice one...."

  by ambi23 on July 26, 2006

  Pros: Animation is not bad, easy to start & also enjoiable.

  Cons: Takes much time to start.

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• 5 stars

  Version: WCW Nitro demo

  "nothing"

  on April 3, 2002

  Summary: nothing

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• 5 stars

  Version: WCW Nitro demo

  "It was good"

  on March 11, 2002

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