Rampage

ランペイジ (Ranpeiji)Arcade, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, Xbox 360 +81986

  1. JP—
  2. NA1986
  3. EU—
  4. RU—

Rampage was released under the same name everywhere, starting with Bally Midway's arcade game in August 1986. No current digital store release could be confirmed; the arcade original has been reissued in compilations such as Midway Arcade Treasures (2003) and Midway Arcade Origins (2012).

Rampage is an arcade game that Bally Midway released in August 1986. Its lead designers were artist Brian Colin and programmer Jeff Nauman. Players control giant monsters that wreck cities across the United States; the game spans 128 days, and that cycle repeats five times for 768 days before resetting. Seven U.S. states are spared from destruction. Colin has said the monster Lizzie was based on the Ymir from the film 20 Million Miles to Earth rather than on Godzilla.

The first production run of 4,500 arcade machines sold out immediately, and Rampage was one of the last successful titles for Bally Midway. It was ported to many home systems, from the NES and Master System to the Atari Lynx, with the ports differing in which monsters are playable.

The arcade game was later included in Midway Arcade Treasures (2003) and Midway Arcade Origins (2012). Warner Bros. now owns the rights through its purchase of Midway Games.1

Names and releases

RegionTitle on the boxPlatformDatePublisherSrc
NA Rampage Arcade August 1986 Bally Midway 1
NA Arcade Party Pakcompilation; region not stated in source PlayStation 1999 Midway 1
NA Midway Arcade Treasurescompilation; also GameCube, Xbox and Windows; region not stated in source PlayStation 2 2003 Midway 1
NA Midway Arcade Originscompilation; also PS3; region not stated in source Xbox 360 2012 Warner Bros. 1

Also known as: ランペイジ JP2

Version differences

  • ContentAtari Lynx

    The Lynx version, developed by Epyx, adds a fourth playable monster: Larry, a giant rat.1

  • ContentNES

    The NES version leaves out Ralph, so only two monsters are playable.1

  • ContentArcadehome ports

    The arcade game starts in Peoria, Illinois and ends in Plano, Illinois, while some home ports start in San Jose and end in Los Angeles, passing through U.S. and two Canadian cities.1

All differences (4)

Reception

The first arcade production run of 4,500 machines sold out immediately, and the game was one of the last successful titles for Bally Midway. IGN later gave it 9/10, while CVG scored the Lynx version 60%.1

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Sources

  1. 1en.wikipedia.org
  2. 2ja.wikipedia.org

Checked: 2026-10-13Text reviewed: 2026-10-13

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