WWF Attitude (PlayStation)

WWF Attitude
Developer: Iguana Entertainment Publisher: Acclaim Entertainment Platform: PlayStation Released in US: July 31, 1999 Released in EU: August 20, 1999 This game has unused graphics. This game has unused sounds. This game has unused text. This game has regional differences. This game has a prototype article This game has a prerelease article

Tits, asses, loose women, loose cannons, 60-year-olds in drag, 77-year-olds giving birth to hands, invading rival companies' turf with tanks, and lots and lots of beer – WWF's Attitude Era had it all. WWF Attitude has none, instead focusing on oily men dancing in a ring.

Who thought that was a good idea?

The game had the misfortune of being in development right around the tragic death of Owen Hart at the Over the Edge PPV. As a result, the game was delayed to a July release of that year, a tribute to Owen is displayed on start up, his Blue Blazer costume (which he wore at the infamous event and was seen in early screenshots of this game) was removed and Owen is treated as a beloved "face" ingame despite being a heel at the time.

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Prototype Info

Prerelease Info

Unused Audio A lot of commentary that ended up unused.

Unused Graphics

There's nothing in the way of hidden or removed wrestlers, so some unused highlighted diagonals and some HOLD text among the controller pictures will have to suffice.

Present among the weapons are these two masks for something that would shine.

Unused Text

The main executable of each release contains a build date.

US	Europe	Germany
WWF7 PSX Jul 21 1999 14:27:39	WWF7 PSX Jul 16 1999 03:38:22	WWF7 PSX Jul 17 1999 14:53:32

As could be expected, there's lots of leftovers from WWF War Zone. Game2.bin has these that would be displayed on the Titantron at the end of the match, except that DQs and Draws were removed and extremely one-sided bouts no longer recognized.

 Draw By
 Disqualification
 Blowout

Game modes. Hell in a Cell isn't from War Zone, but it isn't implemented even if hacked into the menu for selection. Hell in a Cell would later debut in WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role.

 HYDROGEN WAR
 CAREER TAG GAUNTLET
 HELL IN A CELL

Cheat strings leftover and unimplemented:

 TOGGLE CHEAT15 - TOGGLE CHEAT25
 NO_METER_CHEAT
 REFLECTION_CHEAT
 SHORTY_CHEAT
 BURPFART_CHEAT
 CHEAT10 - CHEAT25

Not leftovers, but inside SMOS1.bin (the Career Mode data) are strings for up to eight players:

 Player 5  Player 6
 Player 7  Player 8

A second Career Mode file, smos2.bin, houses defines for some engine actions, indicating they at some point either had support for the PlayStation Mouse or a PC build:

 SM_ACCEPT  SM_CANCEL
 SM_START  SM_BACKUP
 SM_UP  SM_DOWN
 SM_LEFT  SM_RIGHT
 SM_BUTTON_DOWN  SM_BUTTON_DEBOUNCE
 SM_BUTTON_UP  SM_KEY_DOWN
 SM_KEY_DEBOUNCE  SM_KEY_UP
 SM_MOUSE_MOVE  SM_GOT_FOCUS
 SM_LOST_FOCUS  SM_SYSMESSAGE
 SM_SAVE_DATA  SM_RESTORE_DATA
 SM_DESTROY  SM_INIT_SYSTEM
 SM_KILL_SYSTEM  SM_CREATE
 SM_INITIAL_UPDATE  SM_SYNC

"Decree From Vince McMahon"

Matches that end without a winner will still declare one, strangely.

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  Singles match, time-limit draw.

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  Tag Team match, double-countout.

Regional Difference

The German version (SLES-02255), which was separate from the main European release (SLES-01980), defaults to "no blood" and has the option to turn it on removed from the Utilities menu. Despite the blood remaining in the main European version, it and the German release were rated for ages 3+, whereas the identical US release was rated Teen.