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Rampart

Arcade Video game published 33 years ago by Atari Games Corp.

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Rampart screenshot

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.

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TECHNICAL/MACHINE PICT.
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Game ID : 136082

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

Players : 3
Control : trackball
Buttons : 2

TRIVIA

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

The original selling price was $2,295 at its time of release.
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.

TIPS AND TRICKS

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

STAFF

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

PORTS

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

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

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

SOURCES

Game's ROM.
Game's picture.