Retro City Rampage™ DX

$14.99

Release Date:: Nov 11, 2014
Developer:: Vblank Entertainment, Inc.
Publisher:: Vblank Entertainment, Inc.
Platforms:: Windows Mac Linux

Racing Indie Adventure Action Steam Achievements Full controller support Steam Trading Cards Family Sharing Single-player

About This Game

INCLUDES PC + MAC + LINUX+ MS-DOS, plus prototypes for Windows 3.1 and NES!

OPEN-WORLD carjacking goes back to the '80s in this 8-BIT nostalgic throwback.
Run missions! Outrun the law! Rampage the city with weapons, power-ups and vehicles!

This send-up to '80s and '90s video games and pop-culture includes both a full Story Mode of open-world adventure as well as an Arcade Mode for quick pick-up-and-play action. If that's not enough, it also packs an interactive city full of shops, minigames, customizations, collectibles, special guest stars, and more.

FEATURES

*NEW* 'DX' RE-MASTERED VERSION

8-BIT Open-World to Explore
Over 60 Story Missions
Over 40 Arcade Challenges
Over 25 Weapons & Power-Ups
Over 50 Vehicles to Steal & Equip
Over 200 Character Customizations
Includes 15 Steam Trading Cards
3+ Hours of Music (13 radio stations)
- Critically acclaimed, IGF Nominated soundtrack by virt (Contra 4, Double Dragon: Neon), Freaky DNA (NBA Jam) and Norrin Radd.

EXTRAS & MINIGAMES

Includes "Retro City Rampage: 486" for MS-DOS
- Play the game on a 486 DX PC or above!

Includes Prototype Version of "Retro City Rampage: 486" for Windows 3.1
- Try the game out on Windows 3.1 in 16-colors

Includes Prototype Version, "ROM City Rampage" for NES
- 100% 8-BIT hardware accurate and could've actually been released in '89!

Includes Special Guest Star Minigames
- "Virtual Meat Boy"
- "BIT.TRIP: Retro City"
- "Epic Meal Time"

Includes Free-Roaming Mode
- Play as Meat Boy, CommanderVideo, Steve from Minecraft and Mr. Destructoid

Includes Mod Support (PC only)
- Create & Share Custom Vehicles, Characters, and more!

Includes Steam Leaderboards & Achievements
Supports Keyboards, Mouse, Controllers & Joysticks (including PlayStation®4 and Xbox 360 controllers & others)
Supports Anaglyphic 3D Glasses
- Select Missions Playable in Retro 3D!
Video Filters
- EGA/CGA/NES/SMS/C64/Apple II simulation
Playable in 5 Languages
- English, Francais, Italiano, Deutsch, Espanol

Screenshots

User Reviews

Mostly Negative

3 user reviews

33%

Positive

User #436562 english

20 hrs at review

Not Recommended

I've been looking to revisit some of my older games still lingering on my PC recently and I wondered why this one had been sitting there for over 10 years. The game has some impressive retro visuals that pay homage to the NES era of graphics. These are accompanied by a wide range stunning chip tunes that also do impress throughout. However, while finally attempting to complete RCR, I unfortunately quickly remembered just how tedious it was to play. Most of your game time will be spent within the city over world as you navigate between each location. While this area very much resembles a cut-down GTA clone, it doesn't really do much with it and you quickly find out that this is just the housing for its many mini-games that are its actual missions. These parody countless pop-references and retro game clones trying to spin up nostalgia but they come and go so fast, its all feels so chaotic, much like most of its game play especially towards the end. Frustratingly, the mini-games that do...