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{{short description|1996 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = WWF In Your House
| image = Inyourhousepsx.jpg
| caption = Cover art featuring [[Bret Hart]], [[Big Van Vader|Vader]] and [[Shawn Michaels]]
| developer = [[Sculptured Software]]
| publisher = [[Acclaim Entertainment]]
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| platforms = [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Sega Saturn|Saturn]], [[MS-DOS]]
| released = '''PlayStation'''<br>{{vgrelease|NA|November 21, 1996<ref>{{Cite web |title=Available Titles Released in 1996 (172) (222 total) |url=http://www.vidgames.com:80/ps/software/release.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815065413/http://www.vidgames.com:80/ps/software/release.html |archive-date=August 15, 2000 |access-date=October 19, 2024 |website=PlayStation Galleria}}</ref>|EU|December 1996}}'''Saturn'''{{vgrelease|NA|November 23, 1996|EU|1996}}'''DOS'''<br>{{vgrelease|NA|January 1997<ref>{{Cite web |title=''WWF In Your House'' |url=http://www.gamespot.com/action/wwf/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19970205050122/http://www.gamespot.com/action/wwf/index.html |archive-date=February 5, 1997 |access-date=October 19, 2024 |website=[[GameSpot]]}}</ref>}}
| genre = [[Sports game|Sports]]
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]], [[Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
}}
'''''WWF In Your House''''' is a [[video game]] for the [[PlayStation (console)|PlayStation]], [[Sega Saturn]], and [[DOS]]. Developed by [[Sculptured Software]],<ref>{{cite magazine|title=WWF: In Your House|magazine=[[GamePro]]|issue=98 |publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=November 1996|page=52}}</ref> it is a follow-up to ''[[WWF WrestleMania: The Arcade Game]]'' and was [[video game publisher|published]] by [[Acclaim Entertainment]], who had previously released ''WrestleMania'' for home consoles.
==Description==
Just like ''WrestleMania'', ''In Your House'' is not a wrestling game in the normal sense, as it is heavily influenced by ''[[Mortal Kombat]]''. It features [[digitizing|digitized]] [[sprite (computer graphics)|sprites]] of the wrestlers, and many over the top, unrealistic, and magical moves and taunts by the wrestlers.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.wrestlecrap.com/oldinductions.html |title=In Your House: Horrific WWF videogame in which the Undertaker hurled ghosts at his hapless opponent. |access-date=2009-03-27 |archive-date=2012-06-30 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120630045644/http://www.wrestlecrap.com/oldinductions.html |url-status=dead }}</ref> The game also features finishing moves which are performed before the final pin.
Instead of typical wrestling arenas, ''WWF In Your House'' featured personalised stages for each individual wrestler,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=WWF In Your House |magazine=[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]|issue=89|publisher=[[Ziff Davis]]|date=December 1996|page=318}}</ref> such as a nightclub for Shawn Michaels, Stu Hart's Dungeon for Bret Hart and a crypt for The Undertaker.
The 10 playable wrestlers in the game include [[Bret Hart]], [[The Undertaker]], and [[Shawn Michaels]] (all returning from ''WrestleMania''), as well as new additions [[Owen Hart]], [[Davey Boy Smith|The British Bulldog]], [[Dustin Rhodes|Goldust]], [[Ahmed Johnson]], [[Triple H|Hunter Hearst Helmsley]] (who would all return for 1998's ''[[WWF WarZone]]''), [[Big Van Vader|Vader]], and [[The Ultimate Warrior]] (who was fired prior to release due to contract disputes). In-game commentary is supplied by [[Vince McMahon]] and [[Curt Hennig|"Mr. Perfect" Curt Hennig]].
==Development==
Early in development, [[Jeff Jarrett]] was planned to be part of the roster and was even filmed for the game. However, when he left the WWF in early 1996 over a contract dispute, his character was scrapped.<ref>{{cite web|author=Thecollectorati |url=https://thecollectorate.wordpress.com/2017/07/02/behind-the-scenes-wwf-in-your-house-video-game/ |title=Behind The Scenes – WWF In Your House Video Game |website=The Collectorate |date=July 2, 2017|accessdate=October 26, 2021}}</ref>
==Reception==
{{video game review
| GSpot = 4.5/10 (SAT)<ref name=GSSat/><br>5.9/10 (PS1)<ref name=GSPS/><br>5.6/10 (DOS)<ref name=GSDOS/>
}}
''WWF In Your House'' was a low profile release. At the time Acclaim Entertainment was suffering from financial losses, layoffs, and an investigation by the [[Securities and Exchange Commission]], and was pinning most of its hopes on the Nintendo 64 game ''[[Turok: Dinosaur Hunter]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Big-Name Games Slowed by Delays |magazine=[[GamePro]] |issue=100|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]]|date=January 1997|page=32}}</ref> Perhaps as a result, ''WWF In Your House'' was largely ignored by critics; ''[[GamePro]]'' only reviewed the PlayStation version, and high-profile gaming publications such as ''[[Electronic Gaming Monthly]]'' and ''[[IGN]]'', and even the official ''[[Sega Saturn Magazine]]'', did not review it at all.
''GamePro'' called it "a title full of promise and potential that ultimately gets pinned in its quest for the championship." They particularly criticized that matches are over too quickly, and compared the game unfavorably to ''[[Power Move Pro Wrestling]]'', which came out at the same time.<ref name=GProrev>{{cite magazine |author=Johnny Ballgame|title=PlayStation ProReview: WWF: In Your House|magazine=[[GamePro]] |issue=100|publisher=[[International Data Group|IDG]] |date=January 1997|page=82}}</ref> Jeff Kitts of ''[[GameSpot]]'' gave the PlayStation version a 5.9 out of 10. He said the action is solid but overly derivative of ''[[Mortal Kombat]]'', and that the selection of modes offers no true variety.<ref name=GSPS>{{cite web|last=Kitts|first=Jeff|title=WWF In Your House Review |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/wwf-in-your-house-review/1900-2550287/|website=[[GameSpot]]|access-date=16 May 2018|date=December 1, 1996}}</ref> ''GameSpot''{{'}}s [[Jeff Gerstmann]] gave the Saturn version a 4.5 out of 10, calling it "little more than a rehash of the original".<ref name=GSSat>{{cite web|last=Gerstmann|first=Jeff|author-link=Jeff Gerstmann|title=WWF In Your House Review|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/wwf-in-your-house-review/1900-2534179/|website=[[GameSpot]]|access-date=16 May 2018|date=December 31, 1996}}</ref> Both ''GamePro'' and Gerstmann criticized that the gameplay involves little more than pounding the buttons as rapidly as possible, and the style in general is more akin to a fighting game than a true wrestling game.<ref name=GProrev/><ref name=GSSat/> ''GameSpot''{{'}}s Chris Hudak gave the DOS version a 5.6 out of 10, generally ridiculing the wrestling concept.<ref name=GSDOS>{{cite web|last=Hudak|first=Chris |title=WWF In Your House Review|url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/wwf-in-your-house-review/1900-2559998/|website=[[GameSpot]]|access-date=16 May 2018|date=January 28, 1997}}</ref>
==See also==
*[[List of licensed wrestling video games]]
*[[List of fighting games]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*{{moby game|id=/wwf-in-your-house|name=''WWF In Your House''}}
*{{IMDb title|id=0290922|title=WWF In Your House}}
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