The Arm Wrestling Classic (NES)
A downloadable NES Homebrew
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 can be found at Dalyen Retro Games!
EXTRAS
Mobile:
Directional buttons to move.
B is left circle button.
A is right circle button.
Top red button changes directional button layout.
Top gray button is select.
Bottom gray button is start.
Bottom red bottom goes to menu.
Web browser:
Directional keys to move.
Z is B button.
X is A button.
Enter is start button.
Shift is select button.
NOTE: On the mobile/web browser version, the music/sfx will not start until you click/tap the screen. Once you do the music/sfx will start, but lag behind. Go to the menu (ESC button or top red button) and reset the game. Then it'll be back to normal.
This bad boy sits at number 1 in the Sports section of Seth Abramson's Top 500 NES Homebrews!
The Arm Wrestling Classic (MUSIC VIDEO):
Want to play the NES Fista games without messing with emulators? Go HERE and get the 3-in-1 program for your PC.
Download
Install instructions
Requires an emulator with mapper 30 capabilities. Best used with Mesen.
When using an NES/SNES Classic. Change core to FCEUmm, then when playing press start + select, options, and change color palette to "sony-cxa2025as-us" for best results.
Development log
- TAWC NES physical copies available again!Nov 06, 2023
- Mobile/web browser version available!Oct 04, 2023
- The Arm Wrestling Classic (MUSIC VIDEO)Jul 13, 2023
- 1 year since "The Arm Wrestling Classic," has been released!May 19, 2023
- Physical copies of The Arm Wrestling Classic now on eBay!May 27, 2022
Comments
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Password: 2427
How do I beat Mullet Mike? It cheats. No matter how good you do, at the last second he slams you from a nearly full bar in one second.
Also the one arm curl does nothing.
Hello. You just have to practice button mashing to beat Mullet Mike. Also make sure you beat all the workout levels because they give you more strength and make it easier to progress. People have beat the game and have been posting their scores here.
If you beat the one arm curl bonus it gives you an extra strength level like all the workout levels. Like shown here in this video at 1:30:
I love it! =)
Thank you!! 💪💪
You're welcome! =)
https://indieoyun.org/the-arm-wrestling-classic/
I like your game.
Thank you and also thank you for making that page! 🙌🏻💪🏻
You’re welcome!
The game is just brilliant! Thanks for making yet another NES classic for us to enjoy!
Thank you so much! Gotta keep the NES alive!! 💪🏻💪🏻💪🏻
J'arrive pas à battre le premier champion XD, j'arrive à faire progresser la barre mais il la refait baisser régulièrement du coup j'suis toujours autour du milieu et au bout d'un moment il m'écrase d'un coup sec :(
Hint: Press whatever button it displays as fast as you can, but do NOT press the wrong button. It will work in your opponent's favor and penalize you. You got this!
That's what I do, I've only been able to beat the first champ (the mullet guy) with an autofire.
The difficulty curve is harsh, the first opponents are very easy and the first champ is very hard, the next ones are even worse.
How many opponents are there ?
12 normal opponents. 5 bosses. It can take time to master the technique. The first round of opponents are supposed to be easy so you can get used to it, but it gets harder with each division. You can also put in the passwords to practice on each arm wrestler. Worse comes to worst you can put on the super strength password if your fingers aren’t able to go that fast.
Make sure you’re successfully training too, otherwise you won’t level up and it’ll be harder as the game goes on.
I intended this game to be “nes hard” and in the description of the game it’s says it is. I do have to other games. Plummet Challenge Game which is super easy because you die every level, but it’s all about how many points you get before you die.. and Carpet Shark which also starts off easy and gets harder with which level.
Here's a playthrough I uploaded for speedrun.com to show you it's for sure possible, you just might need to change up your technique & realize the bosses are harder than the normal opponents just as long as you train right: https://youtu.be/6DNKeoh9LX4
Note: 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 🤣
Well it's weird because I think I press as quick as yourself but the bar doesn't progress as fast as in your video.
I used mesen and plugged in my controller to be sure these aren't the cause and I don't think they are.
I recorded two tries, you can see the input on the right bottom :
interesting. I think I’m pressing the buttons a slight bit faster from what I can see on yours. Someone messaged me today who made it almost to the end and others that made it to further levels. So it’s for sure do-able. All I can say is practice makes perfect.
Excellent little game! Love the training mechanics and the music is just perfect! Well done!
Thank you! I tried to capture that old school quirky sports feel the NES had and Kevin81 is musical genius! Can’t wait for the full Panzer 2. I can tell how much hard work you’ve put into it!
This is wonderful! Great work!
Thank you so much! Proud of this one 🙌🏻💪🏻