Does anyone, at all, actually like Rampage?

[Atarifever]

Does anyone actually really like Rampage? Not the 7800 port, which is a fine enough translation, but I mean the game anywhere, as a whole? I never bought Rampage new or for too high a price on any system I own, have owned, or rented it for (NES, SMS, some computers I believe, 7800). I have played some really bad games, and have even paid for some really bad games. However, I feel like if I bought this game new on any system for full price, I'd have felt more ripped off than on any of the other games. This game is just so boring. It's just over and over and over forever doing the same thing, in most every translations for an absurd number of levels. In the 7800 there are 132 cities to destroy. Please God that doesn't mean when more than one level has the same name, they only count as one city. Anymore than 132 screens and I think insanity would have to set in. Does anyone really, genuinely like Rampage (any version) as anything other than a momentary distraction you put in for 20 minutes every year or two?

[Tempest]

Loved it on my Apple IIe back in the day. Still do. Its more fun with friends, but single player still holds my attention.

[+save2600]

Admittedly, I don't play it a lot either, but I definitely like the games. Have it for the 7800 and the PS2. Had World Tour when I had an N64 BITD and enjoyed that well enough, but you're right... usually just beat a few cities at a time, and I'm done with it for a while.

[Killjoyy27]

I rented the NES version as a kid and I found it repetitive but it was fun to play with my younger brother.

In those days you rented a game and that was your weekend you make the best of it lol.

My brother and I played through all 50 states at the time.

Now days I might stick the 7800 version in time to time for just a couple minutes.

I guess it’s just for remembering the past but it was never in my top games ever.

 

 

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[BydoEmpire]

I hear you. I kind of like the game, especially the SMS port which is amazing for an 8-bitter, but the gameplay is really dull. There's not much skill involved, and not much you can do to get better at the game. It's a war of attrition of quarters. I don't generally like that school of arcade game design. On the plus side, there are funny moments and it's satisfying to bring down buildings. It's not a terrible game, imho, but not in my top 20 arcade games... maybe not even top 50.

Edited May 6, 2018 by BydoEmpire

[Atarifever]

I rented the NES version as a kid and I found it repetitive but it was fun to play with my younger brother.

In those days you rented a game and that was your weekend you make the best of it lol.

My brother and I played through all 50 states at the time.

This is one of the things I think people miss when they talk about how "expensive" games were back in the day when inflation is taken into account. Whenever someone says "Genesis games used to be $150 adjusted for inflation" or whatever, I say, "yeah, that's why we only got one for Christmas and then rented every other game we ever played for $3 a weekend." Now, when renting barely exists, you need things like digital sales, demos, etc. to take up all thew slack that rentals used to cover. I miss those weekends of renting games and playing them with friends all night long in order to "get our money's worth."

 

As for making the most of bad ones, I had a lot of those experiences, especially on NES games.

[Dauber]

How can you not love a game in which you get to eat toilets?

[+Cafeman]

I always enjoyed playing a few rounds, but never bought a home version. I doubt I have played the game over 20 times in my life. Is there any gameplay difference from choosing different creatures?

[Atarifever]

It's not a terrible game, imho, but not in my top 20 arcade games... maybe not even top 50.

That's about my placement as well. The only reason it might be in my top 50 is because I'd have trouble naming another 50 arcade games I really spent enough time with to place relative to it. I imagine a real top arcade game list would have trouble fitting it in the top 100 (surely the NeoGeo has enough better games to fill the list ahead of it by itself).

[Desert Falcon]

It's very much an easy pick up and play kind of game. There's something that can be satisfying about smashing things. Despite being a frustrating game from time to time, it always helps me relieve some frustration. I always tend to get sucked in. I think I'm just going to play a couple of cities and turn the game off, but I end up telling myself "just one more city!" I played some in the arcade and on the Lynx (which is a great version), but most of my building destruction days were done on the 7800.

[+GoldLeader]

I basically agree with you.

 

I remember it came out in arcades, and it had its 5 minutes of fame. I saw it; thought that looks neat. Played it once...then one more time. Lost interest. Then my best friend got it for NES. I tried playing it once, then thought it was awful. Now I have it (arcade version) along with a lot of good games on PlayStation 2 (?) and I played it one more time...

 

OK, I've had my fill haha...

[Jess Ragan]

I like it for about ten stages. Then I'm ready for something else.

 

I think I slogged through the NES version of Rampage back in the day. There were what, 128 stages? It wasn't even one of the better conversions, so it was like two solid hours of mind-numbing mediocrity.

[Flojomojo]

It's amusing, but without having to pay to keep it going, it's super pointless. I. The arcade, where you must pay to play, it's stupid but hides it well.

[toiletunes]

I enjoy it (Arcade & 7800) but then I like Fatal Run and dislike Ballblazer, so there you go.

[Lost Dragon]

It's great fun for a short period of play,but it's repetive nature really betrays it's arcade origins.

 

It seems to have found a home on many of the systems i owned..Atari 800 (awful conversion), Lynx and ST, Commodore 64 and now on Retro compilation on PSP.

[Atarifever]

Is there any gameplay difference from choosing different creatures?

Not that I'm aware of. I will never understand why Ralph the Wolf is in this game. Surely Lizzie is Godzilla and George is King Kong, but why did they then go with giant werewolf? If they were going for the Drive-in Monster Movie kind of wolfman, why use Godzilla and King Kong and not The Mummy, Frankenstin's Monster, or Dracula? Clearly the right third choice to match the other giant monsters would have been a giant robot or the 50 foot woman. Or The Blob. The Blob would have been cool.

Edited May 6, 2018 by Atarifever

[Osgeld]

I never bought it back in the day, but it was a good party game and quarter muncher

 

I have bought it on NES fairly recently and played it on various computer ports, it fun for a little bit, but not to bother trying to complete

[dj_convoy]

Loved it as a kid. Had the SMS version, which helped. Nowadays, it doesn't really hold my attention.

[Shawn]

I used to play the hell out of the 7800 version hoping for an ending. It was only after beating all the cities a few times over that I realized it wasn't gonna end. Not having a proper ending was a major let down. I enjoy the 7800 version very much so aside from that. If an ending was tacked on after beating all the cities that would have made for a much greater sense of accomplishment playing the game.

[ace2184]

Hmm, it depends I'd say. If I were just to be sit down and play it, I'd probably be done with it after 10-20 minutes. That being said, playing two player with a friend really makes it more appealing for me.

[Lost Dragon]

If anyone thought a giant Werewolf was a poor choice...try playing the Rampage clone,Ramparts:

 

https://youtu.be/_R0Jo0NNsDk

 

Giant Knights anyone?

They've been cursed apparently.

Edited May 7, 2018 by Lost Dragon

[+DZ-Jay]

I played it on the arcade back in the 80s, and liked watching better players do their thing. It was quite good and one of the memorable classics. Didn't play any port, though. To this day, I only play it occasionally on MAME.

 

-dZ.

[+GoldenWheels]

My kids could play it INDEFINITELY. I mean, I've actually been like "ok kids time to turn this off" before they got bored, because I got bored of them playing it. They think it's a hilarious game and the laughs keep coming. Of course, they are 6 and 10.

 

I thought the N64 Rampage with the "bounce" move really picked up the pace and made it a more enjoyable game.

[ubersaurus]

I played the hell out of the 7800 port when it came out. Absolutely loved it. It's not the easiest game to go back to as an adult, especially single player, but in that age window it's a trip.

[spacecadet]

It's really a multiplayer game. I had a friend who loved it as much as I did, but we both only liked it multiplayer, so we'd play together whenever we saw it anywhere. It was a great co-op game, and it was fun trying to out-destruct each other.