<s>
WCW	B-Device
Nitro	I-Device
is	O
a	O
professional	O
wrestling	O
video	O
game	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
television	O
show	O
WCW	O
Monday	O
Nitro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
by	O
THQ	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
game	B-Device
console	I-Device
in	O
1998	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
featured	O
a	O
large	O
roster	O
of	O
playable	O
WCW	O
wrestlers	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
clips	O
of	O
the	O
television	O
show	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
followed	O
by	O
WCW/nWo	B-Device
Thunder	I-Device
,	O
which	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
Nitro	O
's	O
Thursday	O
night	O
counterpart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Ports	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
were	O
released	O
later	O
in	O
1998	O
and	O
1999	O
with	O
the	O
updated	O
roster	O
featured	O
in	O
Thunder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Reviews	O
for	O
WCW	B-Device
Nitro	I-Device
were	O
mixed	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
critics	O
concluding	O
that	O
though	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
considerably	O
flawed	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
better	O
than	O
most	O
of	O
the	O
few	O
wrestling	O
video	O
games	O
out	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
and	O
would	O
therefore	O
appeal	O
to	O
fans	O
of	O
the	O
sport	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
for	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
were	O
released	O
in	O
1999	O
and	O
2000	O
featuring	O
the	O
updated	O
roster	O
from	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
sequel	O
Thunder	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
does	O
not	O
have	O
any	O
full	B-Application
motion	I-Application
video	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
has	O
the	O
selection	O
screen	O
videos	O
and	O
an	O
intro	O
video	O
,	O
but	O
no	O
wrestler	O
entrance	O
videos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
the	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
version	O
does	O
support	O
network	B-Architecture
play	O
via	O
TCP/IP	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
was	O
ready	O
for	O
release	O
by	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
1997	O
,	O
but	O
publisher	O
THQ	O
delayed	O
it	O
until	O
1998	O
because	O
their	O
game	O
WCW	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
the	I-Application
World	I-Application
was	O
still	O
selling	O
well	O
and	O
they	O
did	O
not	O
want	O
to	O
create	O
their	O
own	O
competition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Inland	O
Productions	O
released	O
screenshots	O
for	O
an	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
shortly	O
after	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
's	O
release	O
,	O
but	O
said	O
a	O
publisher	O
for	O
this	O
version	O
had	O
not	O
yet	O
been	O
secured	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
WCW	B-Device
Nitro	I-Device
received	O
mixed	O
reviews	O
upon	O
its	O
release	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
John	O
Ricciardi	O
deemed	O
it	O
a	O
rental-only	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
Kraig	O
Kujawa	O
and	O
Joe	O
Fielder	O
both	O
said	O
that	O
while	O
conspicuously	O
less	O
than	O
perfect	O
,	O
WCW	B-Device
Nitro	I-Device
was	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
best	O
games	O
in	O
the	O
wrestling	O
genre	O
,	O
with	O
Kujawa	O
giving	O
the	O
pragmatic	O
assessment	O
that	O
"	O
if	O
you	O
want	O
a	O
wrestling	O
game	O
,	O
slim	O
pickings	O
make	O
this	O
the	O
one	O
to	O
get	O
by	O
default.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
likewise	O
assessed	O
it	O
as	O
a	O
strong	O
example	O
of	O
a	O
genre	O
with	O
traditionally	O
modest	O
aspirations	O
,	O
concluding	O
that	O
"	O
Ultimately	O
,	O
WCW	B-Device
Nitro	I-Device
,	O
not	O
unlike	O
actual	O
wrestling	O
,	O
delivers	O
fun	O
,	O
if	O
not	O
terribly	O
sophisticated	O
entertainment.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
GamePro	O
argued	O
that	O
the	O
gameplay	O
lacks	O
the	O
depth	O
of	O
WCW	B-Application
vs.	I-Application
the	I-Application
World	I-Application
,	O
but	O
still	O
recommended	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
wrestling	O
fans	O
.	O
</s>
