Retro City Rampage

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Summary

Retro City Rampage is a downloadable action-adventure video game for WiiWare, Xbox Live Arcade, PlayStation Network and Microsoft Windows developed by Vblank Entertainment. It is a parody of retro games and '80s and '90s pop culture, as well as Grand Theft Auto and similar games. It was released on October 9, 2012, for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita, Microsoft Windows; on January 2, 2013, for Xbox Live Arcade; and on February 28, 2013, for WiiWare. Retro City Rampage was the last original game released for the WiiWare service globally until Deer Drive Legends was ported to the service the following November.

Genres

Shooter, Puzzle, Racing, Adventure, Indie, Arcade

Platforms

PlayStation 3, Nintendo 3DS, Wii, PC (Microsoft Windows), PlayStation Vita, Xbox 360

Developers

Vblank Entertainment

Release Date

October 8, 2012 (12 years and 8 months ago)

Content Rating

Franchises

Retro City Rampage

Community

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