Rampage Through Time
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| Developer(s) | Avalanche Software |
| Publisher(s) | Midway Games |
| Platform(s) | Sony PlayStation |
| Release date(s) | June 9, 2000 |
| Genre(s) | Action |
| Mode(s) | Single player, multiplayer |
Rampage Through Time is the fourth game in the Rampage series. It was released on June 9, 2000. Its predecessor is Rampage 2: Universal Tour, and it is followed by Rampage: Total Destruction. In the game, seven previous Scumlabs monsters and one new one use a time machine to rampage through time.
Plot
The world is again rebuilding after the events of Universal Tour. To clean up the mess quicker, Scumlabs invent a time machine to send people back in time to fix the mess without having to do it in the present. Unfortunately, the monsters, who have somehow made it back to Earth, appear and run into the machine. They begin terrorizing the past, present, and future, messing up the time stream.
Gameplay
In Campaign Mode, each timezone consists of four stages. The first three consists of traditional Rampage gameplay, in that you must destroy all the buildings in each city while avoiding attacks from enemy forces. Campaign Mode is only playable with one player, but the CPU will randomly select two other monsters to oppose you in that timezone. After each city is destroyed, all three monsters are awarded stars for inflicting the most damage on buildings, people, and each other.
The fourth stage is a multiplayer minigame that varies with each timezone, usually as a parody of games such as Asteroids or Breakout. In Campaign Mode, the player must win these minigames in order to continue with the main game. The stars earned in the Rampage stages are also translated into extra points for the minigames, making it important to earn as many as possible to increase the chances of winning.
Characters
| Name | Description | Food | Power |
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| George | A King Kong-like Gorilla | bananas | Ape stomp. |
| Lizzie | A Godzilla-like dinosaur/lizard | egg | Fire breath. |
| Ralph | A Black Wolf-type Werewolf | steak | Wolf Howl. |
| Curtis | A Mouse Monster | cheese | Mouse bottom feeder. |
| Boris | A Rhinoceros Monster | salad | Rhino charge. |
| Ruby | A Lobster Monster | fish | Lobster can opener. |
| Myukus | A Cyclops-like Alien | turkey | Explosive eye. |
| Harley | A Warthog Monster | chicken legs | Boar butt blast. |
Timezones
- Ancient Persia: 336 BC - A land full of magic carpets and dancing women.
- Alien Planet: 3245 - Extraterrestrial planets with all kinds of Sci-fi planet and the aliens from Rampage 2: Universal Tour.
- Ancient China: 1327 BC - Avoid Chinese dragons and Chinese soldiers as you destroy the Chinese Empire.
- Wild West: 1890 - Cowboys and bank robbers are your foes in the old west.
- Renaissance: 1478 - You can look at the art later. Get smashing!
- Victorian England (known as Dickens in the game): 1851 - Oliver Twist and Charles Dickens run for their lives as you smash up London.
- Eskimo Ice land Alaska: 1802 - Trample over this outpost as Inuit hunters and ice spirits try to put you on ice.
- Pirates: 1699 - Argg, matey! There be monsters in this port town, eating landlubbers left and right!
- Ancient Egypt: 1655 BC - Rumble in the sands and the pyramids while trampling over Pharaoh's city.
- Medieval Europe: 1013 - Destroy castles and peasant hovels as dragons and knights try to get medieval on you.
- Atlantis: 9780 BC - Underwater mayhem as you rampage through the ruins of Atlantis.
- Ancient Greece: 446 BC - Temples and theaters are all fair game, but watch out for the Minotaur!
- Colonial America: 1751 - The British are the least of Paul Revere's concerns now!
- World War II: 1943 - As if the Nazis weren't enough, along come giant monsters!
- Mayan: 555 - Conquistadors of a different kind, in this rumble in the jungle.
- Neo-Techno: 2112 - A boss level. Destroy the generator before the legions of robots overwhelm you.
- Scumlabs: 2000 - Tired of watching your Rampage Sprees, Scumlabs unleashes their ultimate weapon, the Mutant Buster in the Factory
Reception
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