WWF Smackdown
NTSC cover art, featuring Chyna, The Rock, Mr. Ass and Mankind.
Developer(s)	YUKE's Future Media Creators
Publisher(s)	THQ (WWF SmackDown!) YUKE's Future Media Creators (Exciting Pro Wrestling)
Series	WWE SmackDown! series
Release date(s)	February 29, 2000 August 3, 2000
Genre(s)	Professional wrestling, Fighting
Mode(s)	Single player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: Teen
Platform(s)	PlayStation
Media	CD-ROM

WWF SmackDown! (Exciting Pro Wrestling in Japan) is a professional wrestling video game released on the PlayStation console by THQ and developed by YUKE's Future Media Creators. It is part of the WWF SmackDown! series based on the World Wrestling Federation (WWF) professional wrestling promotion. This game was succeeded by WWF SmackDown! 2: Know Your Role. Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a universal phenomenon. ... WWE Friday Night SmackDown! is a professional wrestling television program for World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and is the flagship broadcast of the SmackDown! brand. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (721x700, 114 KB)The cover art for the North American version of WWF SmackDown! Source: Video Game Museum File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Joan Marie Joanie Laurer (born December 27, 1969) is an American actress and retired professional wrestler. ... Dwayne Douglas Johnson (born May 2, 1972) is an American actor and former third-generation professional wrestler,[2] best known for his time in World Wrestling Entertainment as The Rock between 1996 and 2004. ... Monty Kip Sopp (born November 1, 1963) is an American professional wrestler, best known as Badd Ass Billy Gunn (also spelled as Bad Ass) from his years working for World Wrestling Entertainment. ... Mick Foley Sr. ... A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates video games. ... YUKEs Future Media Creators is game developer company based in Osaka, Japan. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... THQ Inc. ... YUKEs Future Media Creators is game developer company based in Osaka, Japan. ... WWE SmackDown! (formerly WWF SmackDown!) is a series of professional wrestling video games released by THQ. The franchise takes its name from World Wrestling Entertainments weekly Friday night (previously Thursday night) TV show of the same name. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... February 29th, or bissextile day, is the 60th day of a leap year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 306 days remaining. ... 2000 2000 in games 1999 in video gaming 2001 in video gaming Notable events of 2000 in video gaming. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Japan. ... August 3 is the 215th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (216th in leap years), with 150 days remaining. ... Video games are categorized into genres based on their gameplay. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... This article describes competitive fighting games in which opponents face off in a battle. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... Online gaming redirects here. ... Entertainment Software Rating Board logo The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that applies and enforces ratings, advertising guidelines, and online privacy principles for computer and video games and other entertainment software in the United States and Canada (officially adopted by individual provinces 2004-2005). ... The Sony PlayStation ) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... The CD-ROM (an abbreviation for Compact Disc Read-Only Memory (ROM)) is a non-volatile optical data storage medium using the same physical format as audio compact discs, readable by a computer with a CD-ROM drive. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a universal phenomenon. ... The Sony PlayStation ) is a video game console of the 32/64-bit era, first produced by Sony Computer Entertainment in the mid-1990s. ... Four different video game consoles from different generations. ... THQ Inc. ... YUKEs Future Media Creators is game developer company based in Osaka, Japan. ... WWE SmackDown! (formerly WWF SmackDown!) is a series of professional wrestling video games released by THQ. The franchise takes its name from World Wrestling Entertainments weekly Friday night (previously Thursday night) TV show of the same name. ... World Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

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Gameplay

The most significant change most people found with this game over its predecessor from Acclaim, WWF Attitude, was its much faster, arcade-style gameplay. Unlike Attitude which depended on Tekken-like button press sequences to produce even the simplest of moves, SmackDown! had a clear cut system for moves such as combining an arrow key with the circle button for grappling moves and combining an arrow key with the X button for striking moves. Another feature that was well received was the addition of various backstage rooms for the wrestlers to fight in, which reflected the product at the time with Hardcore matches going backstage. This was only the second wrestling game to have this feature (the previously released WCW Mayhem being the first). The game also featured the first extensive Season Mode in a WWF game, in which the player was allowed to participate in WWF storylines. This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Gameplay includes all player experiences during the interaction with game systems, especially formal games. ... Tekken is a fighting game and first of the series of the same name. ... WCW Mayhem is a video game by Electronic Arts. ... In professional wrestling, an angle is a fictional storyline. ...

Reaction

Despite all the acclaim from this game, there were some disappointing areas in the game, particularly the Create-A-Superstar feature. Consisting of only four available slots to create superstars from head, upper and lower body parts of existing or unlockable superstars, this mode was considered to be a huge letdown compared to the more detailed modes that exists in such games as Attitude and even SmackDown!'s N64 counterpart WrestleMania 2000. This section needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ... WWF WrestleMania 2000 is a professional wrestling video game released in 1999 on the Nintendo 64 (N64) console. ...

Another area that disappointed some players were the entrances of the wrestlers. Rather than showing the wrestler make their entrance down the ramp and into the ring like Attitude and WrestleMania 2000, the wrestlers make their entrance in front of their particular TitanTron video. However, in later versions with the added power of the PlayStation 2, the entrances were changed to mirror other games' approach.

Perhaps the biggest turn off to players was the unrealistic arcade nature of the gameplay, where wrestlers could receive extremely damaging moves, or take big falls from the top turnbuckle, only to immediately roll and shoot back to their feet.

Roster

Screenshot of WWF SmackDown!, featuring The Undertaker and Triple H in a steel cage match.

Featured wrestlers

Unlockable wrestler parts

Parts of additional wrestlers that can be unlocked to create in the game's Create-A-Superstar mode. These superstars are: Image File history File links Screenshot of WWF SmackDown! for PlayStation. ... Image File history File links Screenshot of WWF SmackDown! for PlayStation. ... Mark William Calaway (born March 24, 1962[1][2]) is an American professional wrestler, better known by his ring name, (The) Undertaker. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Kurt Angle and John Cena in a cage match, showing the current WWE Steel Cage. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Raymond (Ray) Traylor (May 2, 1963 – September 22, 2004) [1], was an American professional wrestler. ... Paul Randall Wight, Jr. ... John Charles Layfield, known by his current ring name John Bradshaw Layfield or JBL (born November 29, 1966), is an inactive American professional wrestler. ... 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External links

• WWF SmackDown! at IGN
• WWF SmackDown! at GameSpot
• WWF SmackDown! at GameFAQs
• WWF SmackDown! at MobyGames