Rampart

Type of the game: [Coin-Op] Arcade Video Game
Rampart © 1990 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 players must repair their castles, again using tetris shapes. The players' Keep must be completely encircled with castle wall or the game is over. In the single-player sea attack game, any enemy ships that manage to reach the coast nearest the player will unload peons that will attack the player's castle by land.

Game ID : 136082

Main CPU : 68000 (@ 7.15909 Mhz)
Sound Chips : OKI6295 (@ 7.231 Khz), YM2413 (@ 3.579545 Mhz)

Players : 3
Control : trackball
Buttons : 2

Rampart was originally released in February 1991 as a dedicated three-player trackball model. Followed in April 1991 by a two-player joystick conversion kit.

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

The original selling price was $2295 at its time of release.
The conversion kit selling price was $945.

The island in Rampart is very similar with a map of Jersey in the Channel Islands, but its purely a coincidence.

* The peons that attack you after unloading from the ships cannot fire diagonally.

Programmer, designer : John Salwitz
Artist, designer : David Ralston
Hardware engineer : 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

Consoles:

Atari 7800 (unreleased prototype)
Nintendo NES (January 1992) [Model NES-73]
Sega Genesis (1991)
Sega Master System (1991) [Model 301026]
Atari Lynx (1991) [Model PA2102]
Nintendo SNES (August 1992) [Model SNS-RM]
Nintendo Game Boy (October 30, 1992) [Model DMG-R8J]
Sega Mega Drive (December 11, 1992) [Model T-48053]
Nintendo Game Boy (1993) [Model DMG-R8]
Nintendo Game Boy (1993) [Model DMG-R8-NOE]
Nintendo Game Boy Color (November 17, 1999) [Model CGB-A5RE]
Sony PlayStation 2 (November 18, 2003; "Midway Arcade Treasures [Model SLUS-20801]")
Microsoft XBOX (November 24, 2003, "Midway Arcade Treasures")
Nintendo GameCube (December 18, 2003; "Midway Arcade Treasures [Model DL-DOL-GAKE-USA]")
Microsoft XBOX (February 6, 2004, "Midway Arcade Treasures")
Sony PlayStation 2 (February 6, 2004; "Midway Arcade Treasures [Model SLES-51927]")
Nintendo Game Boy Advance (September 16, 2005; "Gauntlet / Rampart [Model AGB-B69P]")
Nintendo Game Boy Advance (November 3, 2005; "Gauntlet / Rampart [Model AGB-B69E-USA]")
Sony PSP (December 13, 2005; "Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play [Model ULUS-10059]")
Sony PSP (February 24, 2006; "Midway Arcade Treasures: Extended Play [Model ULES-00180]")
Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (May 10, 2007)
Sony PlayStation 3 [PSN] (June 15, 2007)
Microsoft XBOX 360 (November 6, 2012, "Midway Arcade Origins")
Sony PlayStation 3 (November 6, 2012, "Midway Arcade Origins")

Computers:

Atari ST (1992)
Commodore C64 (1992)
Commodore Amiga (1992)
PC [MS-DOS] (1992)
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (August 27, 2004, "Midway Arcade Treasures")
PC [MS Windows, CD-ROM] (November 23, 2004, "Midway Arcade Treasures")

Game's rom.
Game's picture.