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<h2>Overview</h2><p>Ring Rage is a <a href="/belt-scrolling/3015-8588/" data-ref-id="3015-8588">belt-scrolling</a> professional wrestling game developed and released by <a href="/taito-corporation/3010-135/" data-ref-id="3010-135">Taito</a> for <a href="/arcade/3045-84/" data-ref-id="3045-84">arcades</a> (using <a href="/taito-f3-system/3015-9725/" data-ref-id="3015-9725">Taito F3 System</a> hardware) in 1992.</p><p>One of the earliest wrestling games to include <a href="/digitized-sprites/3015-2288/" data-ref-id="3015-2288">digitized actors</a> (similar to <a href="/pit-fighter/3030-12530/" data-ref-id="3030-12530">Pit-Fighter</a> and <a href="/guardians-of-the-hood/3030-35412/" data-ref-id="3030-35412">Guardians of the 'Hood</a>), Ring Rage feature four-player wrestling matches (both <a href="/tag-teaming/3015-695/" data-ref-id="3015-695">tag-team</a> and free-for-all). It also includes some over-the-top elements, such as weapons and special moves, and also includes an "buy-in" feature where players can <a href="/microtransaction/3015-199/" data-ref-id="3015-199">spend credits</a> to restore their vitality (similar to <a href="/tao-taido/3030-40418/" data-ref-id="3030-40418">Tao Taido</a>).</p><p>It later received a handheld port for the <a href="/game-boy/3045-3/" data-ref-id="3045-3">Game Boy</a> in Japan on January 29, 1993. This version restricts the game to one-on-one fights while removing Battle Royal mode. It was later released in North America by <a href="/natsume/3010-145/" data-ref-id="3010-145">Natsume</a> on April 1998.</p><h2>Game Modes</h2><p>In all modes, players can join-in to take control of a computer player (ally or opponent).</p><ul><li><strong>Tournament</strong> - The game's main campaign mode, as a team must win four tag-team matches to fight a single "Champ Match" against final boss team Spike &amp; Knuckle. It utilizes two different arenas: "Normal" and "Steel Cage" (the latter having tall cage walls that prevent players from entering/exiting the arena, bouncing off the ropes, and receiving weapons). In "Champ Match", players cannot continue or join-in on the boss team.</li></ul><ul><li><strong>Battle Royal</strong> - A single free-for-all match where eight combatants fight to become the <a href="/last-man-standing/3015-4788/" data-ref-id="3015-4788">last man standing</a>. No more than four combatants fight at one time, and the game ends prematurely when all human players are defeated. The match takes place in one of two unique arenas that take place outside of the ring: "Steel" (which has ropes on the left and right, and the stage is surrounded by a <a href="/pit/3015-848/" data-ref-id="3015-848">pit</a>) or "Street" (which has <a href="/crate/3055-31/" data-ref-id="3055-31">crates</a> that can be used as weapons).</li></ul><ul><li><strong>Extra Match</strong> - A single tag-team match split into rounds (with a best-of-three system). It uses the same arenas as Tournament mode.</li></ul><h2>Characters</h2><ul><li><strong>Gunboat Rodie</strong> (Austria, Wrestling)</li><li><strong>"KO" Joe</strong> (Los Angeles, Kickboxing)</li><li><strong>Killer the Shaddam</strong> (The Middle East?, Wrestling)</li><li><strong>B.B. Scorpion</strong> (Texas, Wrestling) - Not included in the GB version.</li><li><strong>The Ninja Warrior Yasha</strong> (Japan?, Karate)</li><li><strong>Kelly Deckerd</strong> (Hong Kong, Martial Arts) - Not included in the GB version.</li><li><strong>Spike</strong> (New York, Wrestling) - Unplayable in Tournament mode (in the Arcade version).</li><li><strong>Knuckle</strong> (New York, Wrestling) - Unplayable in Tournament mode. Not included in the GB version.</li><li><strong>Killer Cane</strong> (Wrestling) - Added in the GB version as the final boss. Unplayable.</li></ul>