Rampage 2: Universal Tour (1999) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Rampage 2: Universal Tour

Players choose one of the three original monsters to rescue. The player then uses the characters in the part of the world where the rescue is held. They work as a collective to break buildings, eat people, and…

42 31 March 1999

What Rampage 2: Universal Tour is

Rampage 2: Universal Tour is an arcade game developed by Avalanche Software and released in 1999. It was published by Midway. It is available on Nintendo 64 and PlayStation.

The premise, in the publisher's words

George, Lizzie, and Ralph have been captured and confined for the world to see. George is held captive in New York City, Lizzie is imprisoned in Tokyo, and Ralph is stored in London (references to King Kong, Godzilla, and Werewolf of London (or An American Werewolf in London, respectively). However, Scumlabs, who has just rebuilt their facilities in Salt Lake City, causes another accident that results in three new monsters: Boris, a rhinoceros, Curtis, a mouse, and Ruby, a lobster.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It supports multiplayer. Local play supports 4 players. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen.

Where it sits in the Rampage series

Rampage 2: Universal Tour is the 16th of 18 entries we hold in the Rampage series. The next entry was Rampage 2: Universal Tour in 1999.

See all 18 Rampage games in release order →

How it was received

Rampage 2: Universal Tour holds a critic score of 42 out of 100. That places it above 6% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 1999 averaged 72, so it scored 30 points below the year average.

What it launched against

Rampage 2: Universal Tour launched on 31 March 1999, within three weeks of RollerCoaster Tycoon, Metal Slug X, Grand Theft Auto: London 1969 and Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: RollerCoaster Tycoon, Metal Slug X, Grand Theft Auto: London 1969, Amerzone: The Explorer's Legacy.

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