Look, WrestleFest is a basic brawler today, but it had a massive impact on the future of wrestling games when it launched.

From the arcade to the ninth generation of game consoles ... AKI and THQ were dominating the professional wrestling video ...

That game failed to launch the series on PS2 properly, meaning fans had to wait until 2002's Shut Your Mouth to get a proper next-gen WWF/WWE title ... but definitely less arcade-y than it ...

Check out behind-the-scenes footage of the work that went into creating "WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game" in 1994.

There's no shortage of amazing wrestling games. But these gems stand head-and-shoulders above the rest as the best in the genre.

The account shared a side-by-side showing what The Rock looked like the first time he appeared in a wrestling game, 1998's WWF War Zone. The crude visuals showcase the wrestler's early style and ...