{"product_id":"rampage-nes","title":"Rampage - NES","description":"\u003cp\u003eRampage for the NES is a port of Bally Midway's landmark 1986 arcade hit — one of the most purely joyful and subversive arcade games ever conceived, designed around a single brilliant premise: what if you were the monster?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eLead designer Brian Colin conceived Rampage as a game in which there was \"no wrong way to play\" — deliberately eschewing the common video game concepts of having a set objective, competing for a high score, and dying.\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eThree ordinary Americans were transformed into giant monsters due to various experimental mishaps: George, a scientist who became a King Kong-like gorilla; Lizzie, who became a Godzilla-like lizard; and Ralph, who became a werewolf.\u003c\/cite\u003e Their response to this predicament is entirely sensible: demolish every city in North America. \u003ccite\u003eThe rampage travels through 128 cities across the United States and Canada — beginning in Peoria, Illinois and ending in Plano, Illinois — with 43 states and two Canadian cities falling victim, while Connecticut, Delaware, Mississippi, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Vermont are mysteriously spared.\u003c\/cite\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eEach round is completed when a particular city is completely reduced to rubble\u003c\/cite\u003e, with players punching through building facades to eat food and civilians hidden inside for health while dodging army snipers, police cars, helicopters, and tanks that constantly escalate their assault. \u003ccite\u003eWhen a monster loses all health they shrink back down to their now-naked human form and shuffle away from the screen covering themselves — pressing B before they exit completely transforms them back into their monster and resumes play.\u003c\/cite\u003e The NES version includes \u003ccite\u003einfinite continues — exclusively in this port\u003c\/cite\u003e, making the full 128-city rampage theoretically completable by anyone patient enough to see it through. Two players can team up simultaneously as George and Lizzie for cooperative city-smashing mayhem. \u003ccite\u003eThe NES version excludes Ralph the werewolf, reducing the roster to two monsters\u003c\/cite\u003e — a limitation of the hardware that is the port's most notable omission compared to the three-character arcade original.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ccite\u003eThe arcade original was developed and published by Bally Midway in 1986 and was one of the last successful titles for the company\u003c\/cite\u003e, and the NES port was published by Data East in 1988. \u003ccite\u003eThe game spawned five sequels and a 2018 film adaptation starring Dwayne Johnson\u003c\/cite\u003e, with Warner Bros. currently owning all rights to the franchise via their purchase of Midway Games. The arcade original was included in the 2012 compilation Midway Arcade Origins, and the 2006 Rampage: Total Destruction, but the original NES cartridge remains the most nostalgic and collectible physical form of the game — the version that introduced the franchise to an entire generation of console players who may never have set foot in an arcade.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRating:\u003c\/strong\u003e N\/A (pre-ESRB release)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlatform:\u003c\/strong\u003e Nintendo Entertainment System (NES)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGenre:\u003c\/strong\u003e Arcade \/ Action\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePlayers:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1–2 players (simultaneous co-op)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDeveloper:\u003c\/strong\u003e Midway \/ Data East\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e Data East\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRelease Year:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1988\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pre-Owned","offers":[{"title":"Game \u0026 Box \u0026 Manual  - VG","offer_id":42702497677397,"sku":null,"price":89.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0565\/7673\/7365\/files\/6F6E9D54-78ED-451A-A4A2-80153FD68618.jpg?v=1783633157","url":"https:\/\/hifilofi.shop\/products\/rampage-nes","provider":"HiFi LoFi","version":"1.0","type":"link"}