Arcade Video game published 41 years ago:

Arm Wrestling (c) 1985 Nintendo.

In Arm Wrestling, the player takes on a number of different, distinctly cartoon-like opponents in a series of arm wrestling matches. The game's graphical styling is very similar to Nintendo's classic "Punch-Out!!" series. Gameplay requires that the player initially pushes the joystick to the left, but whenever the computer opponent starts to act, the player must push the joystick to the right to counter-attack, and press the button to increase power. If the counterattack is unsuccessful, moving the joystick back and forth several times will prevent the player from being pinned. The player's opponent must be pinned before the counter reaches one minute, or the match will be lost.

- TECHNICAL -

Cabinet dimensions: 24'' wide x 35'' deep x 74'' high. Cabinet weight: 287 lbs.

Main CPU: Zilog Z80 (@ 4 Mhz) Sound CPU: Zetex N2A03 (@ 1.789772 Mhz) Sound Chips: Zetex N2A03 (@ 1.789772 Mhz), Sanyo VLM5030 (@ 3.58 Mhz)

Players: 1 Control: 4-way joystick (DOWN is not used in this game). Buttons: 1 (POWER)

- TRIVIA -

Arm Wrestling was released in May 1985.

'Bald Bull' from "Punch-Out!!" makes an appearance in this game as 'Mask X' (the third opponent).

Some of the music in this game is taken from the "Punch-Out!!".

Mark Haber of New York holds the official record for this game with 781,030 points on June 28, 1986.

- SCORING -

Player layout in our catalog: 1P.

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 Arm Wrestling. 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.

Arm Wrestling is filed in our catalog as a 1985 release.

Player layout on this cabinet: 1P.

Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Sports.

Credit line lists Nintendo as developer.