Console: Sega Master System
Game: Rampage
Genre: Action
(Bally Midway, 1986 / Sega / Activision, 1988)
Ralph the Wolf, Lizzie the Lizard, and George the Ape wreck shop in this fantastic SMS port of the Arcade classic!
Ralph the Wolf, Lizzie the Lizard, and George the Ape wreck shop in this fantastic SMS port of the Arcade classic!
Who is your go-to character? And do you have a favorite home port of this rambunctiously fun multiplayer Arcade hit? 🦎🐺🦍
*Bonus Stage: Activision distributed a handful of SMS games in North America back in the 80’s (Bomber Raid, Cyborg Hunter, Galaxy Force, Rampage) and while these games retained the classic Sega grid box design, Activision’s SMS games opted for unique box colors that really stand out from the general white box aesthetic found throughout the SMS library.
(We will be highlighting more Activision SMS games and boxes in future posts.)
Ha just mentioned this in my comment on Cyborg Hunter (which we got on the same day). This was a really solid port, and simultaneous 2p games - let alone co-op ones - were somewhat hard to come by. My brother & I played through the whole thing in one night to see the ending (don't remember there being much of one). It got really grueling and dull after awhile but I think that's just the natural byproduct of it being more of a quarter-muncher vs a deep at-home experience. Surprised there was never a sequel. Barbara the Blob, Quentin the Quetzalcoatl, Ernie the Elder God...
Wonderful game, excellent pics!