Platform: Arcade
Region: Region Not Set
Developer(s): Taito Corporation
ReleaseDate: 1986-04-01
Players: 2
Co-op: No
Mania Challenge
Mania Challenge is an updated version of Mat Mania released in 1986, a year after the original. The main difference between it and the original is the addition of a two-player competitive mode. The first player takes control of the main character from the original game, now named Dynamite Tommy, while the second player controls a new character named Hurricane Joe, who plays identically to Tommy. Mania Challenge also features several countering techniques to the player's moveset from Mat Mania such as countering a headlock with an atomic drop or a suplex, or throwing drop kicks. However, the character roster was reduced to only three opponents in the single player mode: the Insane Warrior, the Golden Hulk and the other player character controlled by the computer (Dynamite Tommy or Hurricane Joe); repeating those three opponents in subsequent loops.
Genre(s): Sports