![](/uploads/1/2/5/6/125633794/546247863.jpg)
Also, you get Retro-City Rampage 486 with this version. There are trading cards too. Finally your achievements are linked to steam, so that's a plus if you prefer to play games on Steam. If that's not enough you can find it reason to nab it with your bundle. 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.
Retro City Rampage is an open-world game inspired by the Grand Theft Auto series that combines driving with fighting and shooting in a retro 8-bit style. Originally started as a homebrew NES demake of Grand Theft Auto III, it was eventually developed into a full game. The game is set in eighties and the protagonist is a mullet-styled gangster who wreaks havoc in Theftropolis city.
It draws many elements from the series it was inspired by, such as the ability to hijack any car, fight on foot with melee and ranged weapons, and shake off the law when too many crimes are committed.The main story mode consists of a number of missions that involve heists, extortion, but for instance also helping out Doc Brown from the Back to the Future movies to help repair his time travel car. The game has a quirky style and hectic pace, and is filled to the brim references to popular culture, especially movies, celebrities and other games with many cameo appearances.
Next to the main mission various side missions can be taken on or the city can be explored in full at the player's leisure. During certain parts 30 challenges can be triggered where an objective needs to be completed in a short time, such as driving around a tank or getting air time shooting a bazooka. These can later be replayed as arcade challenges from the main menu. In addition there is a free roaming mode with the maximum amount of money right from the start.The protagonist, dubbed The Player, can fight with his fists and other melee weapons, or shoot a large variety of guns. There are about 25 in total. These are collected while playing or are bought in shops.
There is also a cover system where it is possible to duck behind objects and fire quickly. Any car or bike of the 40 available can be taken over and pedestrians can be mowed down, leaving behind money. The gun targeting has a lock system where it is possible to strafe around an opponent without losing the target direction. Other options include the ability to jump, and pick up and throw objects, including pedestrians. Committing too many crimes raises a threat meter causing the police force to arrive in increasingly larger numbers. The main character can buy various customizations, play arcade games or gamble at the casino. There are five special, permanent power-ups such as 'Speed 'Kills' Shoes' for faster speed that are discovered or bought throughout the game.
Vehicles can be repainted at spray garages, but cops can also be shaken off by collecting cop cloaking devices that make them lose the trail. Health is replenished by collecting hearts or buying food at vending machines.In November 2014 Retro City Rampage: DX was launched, a new version for all previous platforms and introducing new platforms.
It is a re-mastered version with the ability to switch to the original version of the game in the options. It was originally launched as the initial version for the 3DS platform earlier that year. Changes include faster vehicles, more checkpoints, tutorials, hint screens and tweaked missions, challenges, visual effects, visual enhancements and difficulty. Weapons can be selected from a grid instead of cycling through them and there is a new UI for the handheld version, including zoom, touch and a dynamic camera. There are more video filters options and two additional graphics modes: RETRO+ and 8-BIT. Weapons have been rebalanced and it is now possible to jump right away after shooting.
The update also introduces parking garages where 54 cars can be parked.
Continuing VBlank's efforts to make Retro City Rampage available on as many platforms as possible, it's now playable in MS-DOS. We knew this was happening, and you can, but an MS-DOS version clearly wasn't enough: VBlank head Brian Provinciano is now developing a Windows 3.1 version.The Windows 3.1 prototype is available now, as are boxed copies of Retro City Rampage for DOS on a 3.5 inch floppy disk. The retail version is being manufactured as we speak, but if you already own the game digitally on Steam, GOG or the Humble Store you can download the DOS, Windows 3.1 and a Linux version for free.
To sweeten the deal for newcomers, it's currently.That's all fine, but the burning question on everyone's lips is why? Provinciano explains on the RCR website that the reason is that, in a nutshell, he wanted to see if he could.' Porting RCR to MS-DOS had been on my mind for years,' he writes. 'It was something I wanted to explore before RCR was even released. Could I crunch it down to run on old PCs?
How little RAM and HDD space could I get away with? Could I build an installer that fits the entire game on a single floppy disk? The computer programmer in me had this burning fascination, and I should've realized sooner that it was only a matter of time before I finally had no choice, but to finally scratch that itch and find the answers to these questions!' Leaving my job at another game studio to start my own and develop RCR put the heavy weight of responsibility on my shoulders,' he continues. 'Those realities meant that current, more sustainable platforms had to take priority. However, two years after the release of RCR, things had calmed down and I was able to take a vacation. While that 'vacation' instantly turned into long days at the computer porting RCR to MS-DOS, it was the most fulfilling time I've had programming in years.'
![Ramaxel Ramaxel](/uploads/1/2/5/6/125633794/260869486.jpg)
You can read the full story on the.
![](/uploads/1/2/5/6/125633794/546247863.jpg)