| Body Slam: Super Pro Wrestling |
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INTELLIVISION CARTRIDGE [INTV #9009]
Produced by: Realtime Associates for INTV Corporation
Program: Steve Ettinger |
CATALOG DESCRIPTION (INTV FALL 1988)
ALL RIGHT YOU CREEPS -- this is the one you've been waitin' for --
BODY SLAM!!! -- the roughest, fastest,
wiiiiiildest game ever! Climb in the ring with one of the toughest, craziest ANIMALS in the
WHOLE WORLD -- like
JACK HAMMER, BARON VON THUD, and
DR. PAIN!!! They look pretty funny, huh? Well, ha ha ha -- they want to
TEAR YOUR LAUGHIN' HEAD OFF! Whatsa matter --
AM I SCARING YOU???!!! C'mon -- you can learn the moves:
THE HEAD BUTT (OOOOO!!!) --
THE BAZOOKA PUNCH (BOOM!!!) --
THE SPIN HEAVE (HEEEEEE'S OUTTA HERE!!!!) --
Anything Goes!!!!!
ARGHH!!! Pin Your Opponent in a Zany Free-For-All Match!
OOOFF!!! Pick 'im Up! Spin 'im! Toss 'im Outta the Ring! Chase 'im Through the Blood-Thirsty Crowd!
GLURK!!! 12 Tough, Bizarre Characters to Become or to Battle!
UNNHH!!! 26 Different Moves to Master, from the defensive POSSUM ROLL to the devastating POWER KICK!
YIPES!!! Play One-On-One or Tag Team!
AACKK!!! 6 Skill Levels for Constant Challenge!
UUULP!!! Battle a Friend or a Merciless Computer Controlled Opponent!
See youse in the ring,
IF YOU GOT THE GUTS!
For one or two players
DEVELOPMENT HISTORY
This was a game where Steve Ettinger and Dave Warhol were able to go crazy -- no idea was too wild. They were helped in that the deadline was extremely tight, necessitating many all-night design and programming marathons. They later admitted that many of the wackier names and moves were the result of sleep deprivation.
Fun Fact: INTV President
Terry Valeski insisted on lots of hype and excitement in the catalog descriptions; copywriter
Keith Robinson (TRON Solar Sailer) worked to deliver it.
Ray Kaestner made fun of this at one point, telling Keith there was a typo in the Diner description: "There's a sentence here that doesn't end with an exclamation point." Keith was able to make fun of it himself with his catalog description for Body Slam -- it contains 58 exclamation points.