An experiment at Scumlabs has gone horribly wrong! Three innocent people have been transformed into monstrous, man-eating, machines of destruction! In Rampage, you and your friends control George the giant ape, Lizzie the oversized lizard, and Ralph the humongous werewolf are on a smash and bash thrill ride through the cities of the U.S. and Canada. Crush tanks, smash pesky helicopters, and chow down on annoying soldiers!

Rampage is one of the best and most original games ever created and has appeared on several consoles including Atari 2600, NES, and Sega Master System. The game was remade into Rampage: World Tour, which spawned a sequel Rampage 2: Universal Tour. While the remake has a lot of nice new features, the game lost a lot of feel in the building smashing department. So much so, in fact, that I think it's worse than the original. In my opinion, Rampage: World Tour (and Universal Tour) are the part of the ever increasing trend of style over substance in video games.

A brief introduction to the game.

Level 128 is a special level in the arcade version. It takes a lot of endurance to reach it. Check out some pics and the secret event that occurs once you reach this level!

Images from the various incarnations of Rampage on different computers and consoles.

I received an email from Brian F. Colin, one of the original designers of Rampage!

Don,

As a designer of the original Rampage, I want to thank you for your kind words.

Plano Illinois was only two buildings because Plano Il is a Tiny town, in which my partner Jeff Nauman was born and raised.

T see what we're up to these days, visit www.gamerefuge.com

Take care,
Brian F colin

Here is the arcade rom for Rampage. It runs on the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (a.k.a. MAME).