7 Incredible Stories Behind The Making Of WWE Video Games

7. Owen Hart Tribute (WWF Attitude)

WWF Attitude is a relic of bad game design. On the surface, it had everything; the roster was stacked, there were tons of different match types, it had a Career Mode and even allowed gamers to change the colour of lighting, ring ropes, canvas, apron and more. Sadly, the controls were awful, and characters walked like they'd crapped their pants.

It did have one saving grace: Attitude was dedicated to the memory of one Owen Hart.

Owen, who passed away at the 1999 Over The Edge pay-per-view on 23 May, was included as a playable wrestler in-game. Pop the disc in and you'd also be greeted by a special tribute graphic for the recently-deceased star. Was this a nice memorial? Yes. Was it necessary due to the timing? Also yes.

Attitude's game had already been finalised by the time Over The Edge happened. The game was ready to be shipped, and so Acclaim had to slap a quick tribute image on at the start. They did this because it was too late to remove his likeness from the roster.