Friday, 25 April 2025

Rampage (Sega Master System review)

Developer: Sega R&D 2
Publisher: Activision
Released: 1989

Rampage is an action game that was first released in the Arcade in 1986.

+ Stage structure is divided into different cities to aid progression, and the two-player mode is a fun high score battle.

+ Includes all three monsters from the Arcade, and recognising what items harm or heal you requires quick thinking.

+ Graphics are a huge step up from the NES (1988) and Atari 7800 (1989) ports, with large sprites and great use of colour.

- Gameplay is mind-numbingly repetitive and there's barely anything new that gets introduced to keep you engrossed.

- Despite taking place in various cities, everything looks the same and the game offers little in the way of scenic variety.

- Grabbing onto buildings isn't always reliable and you need to be positioned perfectly in order to bash them.

- Only a single music track which is ill-fitting, and it's a shame more songs weren't written to compliment the locales.


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