Rampart (Trackball) - Gioco MAME

Videogioco arcade pubblicato 32 anni fa:

Rampart © 1991 Atari Games.

Rampart is a superb arcade puzzle game in which up to three players must build up a castle using Tetris shaped pieces to form a castle wall and enclose their keep. Each player must then place a limited number of cannons inside their castle wall before the timer expires. Once the cannons have been placed the battle itself begins. Players must target their cannons onto the enemy's castle (or, in the one-player game, enemy ships and peons) and destroy as much of the enemy army as possible before the time limit expires.

Once the battle is over, the player(s) must repair their castle(s), again using tetris shapes. The player(s) Keep must be completely encircled with walls, or the game is over. In the single-player campaign, any dark brown ships that manage to reach the coast will unload peons that will attack the player's castle by land.

DATI TECNICI
ID gioco: 136082

CPU principale: Motorola 68000 (@ 7,15909 Mhz)
Chip sonori: OKI6295 (@ 7.231 Khz), YM2413 (@ 3,579545 Mhz)

Giocatori: 3
Controllo: trackball
Pulsanti: 2

CURIOSITÀ
Rampart was originally released in February 1991 (even if the copywrite year is 1990) as a dedicated three-player trackball model. It was followed in April 1991 by a two-player joystick conversion kit.

790 dedicated units and 1515 conversion kits were produced negli USA.
254 dedicated units and 278 conversion kits were produced in Ireland (for European distribution).

The original selling price was $2,295 al momento del suo rilascio.
The conversion kit selling price was $945.

The island in Rampart is very similar to a map of Jersey in the Channel Islands, but it's purely a coincidence.

CONSIGLI E TRUCCHI

• The peons that attack you after unloading from the dark brown ships cannot fire diagonally.

STAFF
Programmer, designer: John Salwitz
Artist, designer: David Ralston
Ingegnere hardware: Tim Hubberstey
Technician: Chris Drobny
Audio: Brad Fuller, Don Diekneite
Artistict support: Sam Comstock, Sean Murphy, Will Noble, Nick Stern
Software support: Peter Lipson, Mike Albaugh, Russel Dawe (Rusty), Ed Rotberg
Commander: Chris Downed
Product manager: Linda Benzler
Cabinet designer: Dave Cook
Asic: Pat Mc Carthy

CONVERSIONI

• CONSOLE:

[US] Atari 7800: Prototipo inedito
[US] Nintendo NES (jan.1992) "Rampart [Modello NES-73]"
[US] Sega Genesis (1991)
[EU] Sega Master System (1991) "Rampart [Modello 301026]"
[US] Nintendo SNES (aug.1992) "Rampart [Modello SNS-RM]"
[JP] Sega Mega Drive (dec.11, 1992) "Rampart [Modello T-48053]"
[US] Sony PS2 (nov.18, 2003) "Midway Arcade Treasures [Modello SLUS-20801]"
[US] Microsoft XBOX (nov.24, 2003) "Midway Arcade Treasures"
[US] Nintendo GameCube (dec.18, 2003) "Midway Arcade Treasures [Modello DOL-GAKE-USA]"
[EU] Microsoft XBOX (feb.6, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures"
[EU] Sony PS2 (feb.6, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures [Modello SLES-51927]"
[US] Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (may.10, 2007)
[EU] Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (june.15, 2007)
[US] Microsoft XBOX 360 (6 nov. 2012) "Midway Arcade Origins"
[US] Sony PlayStation 3 (6 nov. 2012) "Midway Arcade Origins [Modello BLUS-31083]"
[EU] Microsoft XBOX 360 (15 nov. 2012) "Midway Arcade Origins"
[EU] Sony PlayStation 3 (15 nov. 2012) "Midway Arcade Origins [Modello BLES-01768]"

• PALMARI:

[US] Atari Lynx (1991) "Rampart [Modello PA2102]"
[JP] Nintendo Game Boy (oct.30, 1992) "Rampart [Modello DMG-R8J]"
[US] Nintendo Game Boy (1993) "Rampart [Modello DMG-R8]"
[EU] Nintendo Game Boy (1993) "Rampart [Modello DMG-R8-NOE]"
[US] Nintendo Game Boy Color (nov.17, 1999) "Rampart [Modello CGB-A5RE]"
[EU] Nintendo GBA (sept.16, 2005) "2 Games in One! Gauntlet + Rampart [Modello AGB-B69P-EUR]"
[US] Nintendo GBA (nov.3, 2005) "2 Games in One! Gauntlet + Rampart [Modello AGB-B69E-USA]"
[US] Sony PSP (dec.13, 2005) "Midway Arcade Treasures Extended Play [Modello ULUS-10059]"
[EU] Sony PSP (feb.24, 2006) "Midway Arcade Treasures Extended Play [Modello ULES-00180]"

• COMPUTER:

[EU] Atari ST (1992)
[EU] Commodore C64 (1992)
[EU] Commodore Amiga (1992)
[US] [EU] PC [MS-DOS] (1992)
[US] PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (aug.27, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures"
[EU] PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (nov.23, 2004) "Midway Arcade Treasures"

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