Rampart

Genre:

Strategy

Year:

1992

Developer:

Atari Games

Publisher:

Electronic Arts

Perspective:

Top-down

Theme:

Real-time, Shooter

Rampart is one of the games, which once filled the gaming arcades all over the world. Originally released by Atari in the late 80s it is one of the rare games that is both simple and addicting in the glimpse of an eye. The game itself is divided into two phases then. First is the fire-phase. In this one you have the simple goal to destroy as many of the attacking ships as possible. The better your aiming skills are, the less damage your own fortifications will take. Fire and destroy! After a short while the first phase ends and the real challenge begins: the build-phase. Here you have to repair and try to extend your fortress in a very limited time using Tetris-like blocks as wall segments. These blocks may be rotated as in Tetris and will most surely not fit into your wall’s gaps properly. The larger the surrounded area and the more castles are within, the more points you’ll get to buy new cannons. At the end of the phase you have to have at least one castle surrounded with walls, else you’ll lose the game. Then the additional cannons may be placed and the next fire-phase is about to begin… All this might not sound too interesting, but you’ll be astonished, how fast this game draws you into its grasp.