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Appoooh
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- Console
- Arcade
- Release
- 1984
- Players
- 2P alt
- Developer
- Sanritsu / Sega
About Appoooh
Arcade Video game published 42 years ago:
Appoooh - The Pro-Wrestling Game (c) 1984 Sega Enterprises, Limited.
A hilarious wrestling game.
- TECHNICAL -
Main CPU: Zilog Z80 (@3.072 Mhz) Sound Chips: SOUND: (3x) Texas Instruments SN76496 (@3.072 Mhz) SPEECH: OKI MSM5205 (@384 Khz)
Players: 2 Control: 8-way joystick Buttons: 3
- TRIVIA -
Appoooh was released in June 1984 in Japan only.
Each in-game wrestler is a parody from a real-life wrestler: * G.Babu - 'Giant Baba' (Shohei Baba) (1938-1999) * H.Hogen - 'Hulk Hogan' (Terry Bollea) * A.Inoke - 'Antonio Inoki' (Kanji Inoki) * S.Hanson - 'Stan Hansen' (John Stanley Hansen) * Tigerman - 'Tiger Mask' (Satoru Sayama) * A.Giants - 'Andre the Giant' (André Roussimoff) (1946-1993) * U.Uma - 'Ueda Umanosuke' (Ueda Yuji) (1940-2011) * A.Buchie - 'Abdullah the Butcher' (Larry Shreeve)
- STAFF -
Developed by: Sanritsu
Player layout in our catalog: 2P alt.
If you are exploring by feel rather than by title, jump from the tags above into the matching genre rooms, or return to the Arcade hall for the full wall.
Open Play on this page to start Appoooh. Keyboard, USB/Bluetooth pads, and the on-screen touch gamepad all work inside the emulator bar. Save states and fullscreen live on that same bar so you can pause mid-session and resume later.
Appoooh — play guide
What Appoooh wants from you
Appoooh is wrestling / sports mash: grab honesty, throw peeks, and pin timing decide matches more than button panic. Your job is reading grab windows before you mash strikes—throwing every button as if pins forgave empties rounds fast. Continues buy grab literacy, not free wins. Appoooh rewards patient grabs and planned pins over vanity strike spam mid-whiff. Win matches with composure left; the chrome sells ring noise, but the exam is throw timing you learn cold.
First minutes in Appoooh
In the first round, practice jab range and one clean throw setup before inventing full-screen mash tourism. Whiffing punches into empty air gifts the CPU free clinches; standing in throw range without a plan is a reverse waiting to happen. Early rounds are spacing labs under sports dressing. One held round with composure left beats three whiff-mash deaths that looked busy until a throw landed.
Core systems in Appoooh
Punches, grabs/throws, movement, stamina-like round pressure, and opponent patterns define Appoooh. Continues fund denser AI as later matches tighten. Throws punish greedy mash you threw into a clinch; jabs punish feet that never reset range. Round time is a real resource—wasting it on vanity combos that whiff gifts the decision. Match composure gates every sports fantasy the cabinet sells. Mash religion is still a reverse throw with extra crowd noise.
Score, continues, and resources in Appoooh
Rounds won with composure left beat mash tourism that empties stamina before the bell. Continues while throw timing becomes boring; cut them once whiff-clinch deaths stop. Score waits until jab range and grab windows hold under pressure. Extends follow score when present—clean round wins beat farming match one forever for vanity mash that still dies to a throw.
Mistakes that burn credits in Appoooh
Whiff mash into empty air, standing in throw range without a plan, ignoring clinch timing, and chasing every knockdown greedily are classic Appoooh mistakes. Jab to measure, grab when honest, reset range, then invent. Sports art will not refill a whiffed round. Treating every contact as a mash button is how Sega collects the next credit on this board.
Next steps after Appoooh
Final Blow is Sega boxing if you want clearer punch windows after Appoooh. Forty-Love keeps Sega sports timing warm under tennis bounce rules and court resets. Streets of Rage / Bare Knuckle is Sega beat-em-up spacing once Appoooh throw honesty finally sticks and you want side-scroll density instead of rounds. Keep playing until panic-mash empties stop ending sessions mid-bout on later boards. Win one full careful match before you chase vanity throws again on denser Sega sports cabinets.
Sources cited below under Further reading.
Cabinet dossier
Appoooh is filed in our catalog as a 1984 release.
Player layout on this cabinet: 2P alt.
Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Sports.
Credit line lists Sanritsu / Sega as developer.
Screenshots
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How to play Appoooh online
- Arcade stick feel: Arrow keys for the joystick, X/Z (and nearby keys) for buttons, Enter=Start.
- USB / Bluetooth pads map cleanly; six-button fighters use the face-button cluster.
- On phones, open the on-screen pad from the emulator bar; rotate sits next to fullscreen.
- Save states, load, volume, and fullscreen stay on the emulator bar between credits.
Studio notes — Sanritsu / Sega
Sanritsu / Sega appears on this cabinet’s credit line. Browse more titles from the same studio on the developer shelf, or stay on this page and try the next cabinets in the same hall.
Questions about Appoooh
Can I play Appoooh free in a browser?
Yes. Classic Arcade Games hosts Appoooh as a Arcade cabinet you can start on this page. The emulator loads in the browser; you do not need to install a separate app.
What controls does Appoooh support?
Arcade stick feel: Arrow keys for the joystick, X/Z (and nearby keys) for buttons, Enter=Start. USB / Bluetooth pads map cleanly; six-button fighters use the face-button cluster.
What genre is Appoooh on Classic Arcade Games?
Our catalog tags Appoooh under Sports. Open those genre rooms from the tags on this page to find more playable cabinets in the same feel.
Further reading
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