The Arm Wrestling Classic (Fista Games)

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THE ARM WRESTLING CLASSIC (FREE NES ROM DOWNLOAD):
https://5kids2feed.itch.io/tawc



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DESCRIPTION

Do you have what it takes to hang with the biggest, the baddest, and the meanest? Just how good are your button mashing skills?

You are Barry Biceps. Train your arm to get stronger. Arm Wrestle through the champions of the world and collect your prize money. Take on challengers in the backyard, the parking garage, the bar, the school gym, and the arena. Use the password system to pickup where you left off or to enter secret codes. Go solo with 1 player story mode or invite a friend for 2 player versus.

You want NES tough? You got it.

The Arm Wrestling Classic. A brand new game for your retro entertainment system.

NOW YOU'RE ARM WRESTLING WITH POWER.

Released May 19, 2022.


HOW TO PLAY

ARM WRESTLING:

Repeatedly press the button shown on the screen to win. Pressing the wrong button will penalize you.

TRAINING:

Press down & up. Pressing too fast or pressing the wrong button will damage your gains.


CHARACTERS

Barry Biceps, Barry Triceps (P2), Keith The Referee, Tubby Tom (DC), Normal Norman, Cruel Chris, Dapper Dave, Mullet Mike (DC), Killer Keenan, Joker James, Terrible Tony, Haulin' Henry (DC), Master Max, Twisted Terry, Insane Ireland, Beefy Bronson (DC), Midnight Matt, Sadistic Steve, Dirty Don, and Moe Hawk (WC).

(P2) = Player 2.
(DC) = District Champion.
(WC) = World Champion.



POINTS

  • Defeat generic arm wrestler = 100
  • Defeat arm wrestling boss = 200
  • Defeat Moe Hawk = 300
  • Collect money bag = 125
  • Successful training = 80
  • Complete game with ALL 5 lives = 10,000
  • If you have the Super Strength code on you will not get any points for training successfully, because you're already at max settings.

ART

Cartridge Label - HERE.
Bitbox Label - HERE.
1 Page Manual for Bitbox - FRONT, BACK.
Kevin TAWC OST Album Art - HERE.


CREDITS

  • Game, Programming, Misc GFX - Steve McCall
  • Music & SFX - @kevin81
  • Lead Artist - Lilith Brendan
  • Poster Art - Tollbooth10
  • Poster art version of Lilith’s original logo - DHWorks
  • Bitbox, card insert, & cartridge design - Steve McCall
  • Powered by NESMaker.

PASSWORDS

View passwords HERE. There are 3 additional secret passwords not on the list.


PHYSICAL CARTS

Physical copies available at our EBAY store!

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5kids2feed

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Wow this arrived fast! TAWC is in the new Cool Sh#t magazine with some beta images! The cover of the magazine was was done by Tollbooth10 who also did the poster art for The Arm Wrestling Classic!

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Had some left over carts from INL. Getting the boards switched over to the red carts while waiting for TAWC labels to put on them for the physical release!

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EDIT: Update on the labels. Shouldn’t be long!
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5kids2feed

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Can we take a second to acknowledge the beautiful poster art Tollbooth10 created for The Arm Wrestling Classic?! Perfectly captures the crazy characters and 80s feel of the game. He also created artwork for our friends over at The Adventures of Panzer and Cool Sh#t magazine 🎨🖤

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5kids2feed

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Boards are in the red carts, carts are flashed, and boxes are all put together with 1 page manuals inserted. Waiting for the final piece to the puzzle. The cartridge labels. Then it’ll be release time! 📬

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SciNEStist

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I hate to be the one to point this out, but it's kinda funny that those 2 guys in the illustration are in fact holding hands and not arm wrestling.

still a great image though.
 
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5kids2feed

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I hate to be the one to point this out, but it's kinda funny that those 2 guys in the illustration are in fact holding hands and not arm wrestling.

still a great image though.
Took me like 10 minutes to figure out what you meant lol. The hand positioning! Hahah. I wish they were holding my hand.. I mean what? That’s okay, makes it even better in my opinion. I’ll just chalk it up to the beauty of NES art!

EDIT: Looks pretty common the hand positioning gets mixed up in illustration. Did a quick google search. Arm wrestlers are essentially just holding hands anyways no matter where the hands are placed 🤣

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5kids2feed

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Setting up a page for TAWC at speedrun.com. Had to send a actual run. Somehow bypassed this with Plummet Challenge Game last time.

I purposely uploaded a run where I lost twice, because it would be pretty crummy if the creator had the best speedrun. Also that's not black nail polish on my thumb. I smashed my finger at work 🤣

UPDATE: We are up and running with two categories. 1 player controller or 1 player keyboard. Still configuring the theme to make the red easier on the eyes.


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5kids2feed

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Bar-jutsu talking about The Arm Wrestling Classic on their live show! Bar-jutsu is a local business partner that we’ve teamed up with many times in the past. Great people! Check them out! 🍻

 
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