Rampart
-
Gauntlet / Rampart
(2005)
-
Midway Arcade Origins
(2012) -
Midway Arcade Treasures
(2003) -
Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play
(2005)
-
Rampart
(1991 on
NES)
Description official descriptions
Tetris meets shoot-'em-up, Rampart is a game combining strategy and artillery action. Build your castle from Tetris-style pieces, place your cannons, bombard the enemy, try to repair, do it all over again. The original arcade release has a single-player and a two-player mode; later revisions incorporate three-player gameplay.
Spellings
- ランパート - Japanese spelling
Screenshots
Promos
Credits (Arcade version)
20 People (18 developers, 2 thanks)
| Programmer | |
| Artist | |
| Designer | |
| Hardware Engineer | |
| Technician | |
| Audio | |
| Artistic Support | |
| Software Support | |
| Commander | |
| Product Manager | |
| Cabinet Designer | |
| ASIC | |
| Special Thanks |
|
Reviews
Critics
Average score: 76% (based on 59 ratings)
Players
Average score: 3.5 out of 5 (based on 68 ratings with 2 reviews)
The Good
Where to begin? The gameplay is simple but surprisingly addictive. You really have to scramble to build up your castle within a very limited time, and once the battle starts you've gotta scramble even more to take out the enemy ships. Pure frenetic action, and what old-school gaming is all about.
The Bad
Massively difficult, at least for newbies. Rampart is not for the faint of heart -- the computer will tear you to shreds if you don't know exactly what to do.
The Bottom Line
A very fun game from the late-80s/early-90s era which is hands-down superior to 99% of the crap that's come out since Quake ushered in the 3D era.
SNES · by Chris Wright (85) · 2007
The Good
Rather funny. The music was rather interesting to listen... The Super Guns were also fantastic... Very realistic. Once you lose your walls, you lose your castle!
The Bad
It's too old! I played it when I was only 3 or 4 years old!
The Bottom Line
Interesting for a while. Perfect for young kids who want to fight against each other, but their parents don't like it. ;-)
DOS · by Duan Xuan (69) · 2001
Trivia
1001 Video Games
The Arcade version of Rampart appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
Version differences
Two versions of Rampart were released on the NES - North America saw a version ported for Jaleco by Bitmasters (who would also do the Super NES and DOS ports), while in Japan Konami released their own in-house version of the game. Jaleco's version of "Rampart" is faithful to the original arcade version, while Konami's version is a more light-hearted take on the game with 4 different scenarios and more depth than the Jaleco version.
Analytics
Upgrade to MobyPro to view research rankings and price history! (when applicable)
Related Games
Released 2005 on Game Boy Advance
Released 1998 on DOS
Released 1985 on Commodore 64, PC Booter, 1987 on Apple II
Released 1984 on Odyssey 2
Released 1981 on Atari 2600, 1987 on Atari ST, 1999 on Game Boy Color...
Released 2013 on Macintosh, Windows, PlayStation 4
Released 1979 on Dedicated handheld
Released 1989 on Genesis, 1990 on TurboGrafx CD, 2015 on Windows...
Released 1995 on Lynx, 2023 on Antstream
Related Sites +
-
Rampart coin-op KLOV entry
Shows the cabinet and screenshots of the coin-op on which Rampart for the PC is based.
Identifiers +
Contribute
Are you familiar with this game? Help document and preserve this entry in video game history! If your contribution is approved, you will earn points and be credited as a contributor.
Contributors to this Entry
Game added by JubalHarshaw.
Commodore 64 added by Quapil. Game Boy Color added by Corn Popper. Atari ST, Amiga added by Martin Smith. Game Boy added by Freeman. Arcade added by Pseudo_Intellectual. SNES added by Evil Ryu. Antstream added by lights out party. SEGA Master System added by Игги Друге. NES added by RodeoInTheGreatWhiteNorth. Genesis added by Cochonou. Lynx added by Jeanne.
Additional contributors: Lee Seitz, j.raido 【雷堂嬢太朗】, ryanbus84, FatherJack, Nicolaas Hamman.
Game added February 20, 2001. Last modified December 8, 2024.