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Retro City Rampage DX

Open-world carjacking goes back to the '80s in this 8-BIT nostalgic throwback. Run missions! Outrun the law! Rampage the city with weapons, power-ups and vehicles. This send-up to '80s and '90s video games and…

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Retro City Rampage DX is an adventure developed by Vblank Entertainment, released 5 February 2014 on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita.

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What Retro City Rampage DX is

Retro City Rampage DX is an adventure game developed by Vblank Entertainment and released in 2014. It is available on Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Retro City Rampage is an action-adventure game developed by Vblank Entertainment. It is a parody of retro games and 1980s and 1990s pop culture, as well as Grand Theft Auto and similar games. It was first released for PlayStation 3, PlayStation Vita and Microsoft Windows in 2012, with ports later releasing for several other platforms.
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How it plays

Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. There are 20 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Retro City Rampage DX holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 92% of the 7,527 rated adventure games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2014 averaged 69, so it scored 21 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

A full completion run takes around 9 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1GHz processor, 256 MB RAM and Pixel Shader 2.0 and Vertex Shader 2.0. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Retro City Rampage DX launched on 5 February 2014, within three weeks of The Last of Us: Left Behind, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition and Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze. It reviewed better than all of them. It arrived 1 year into the PlayStation 4's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: The Last of Us: Left Behind, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Tomb Raider: Definitive Edition, Donkey Kong Country: Tropical Freeze.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Retro City Rampage DX yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Official trailer

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Retro City Rampage DX — frequently asked questions

When did Retro City Rampage DX come out?
Retro City Rampage DX was released on 5 February 2014 for Nintendo 3DS, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 3, PlayStation Portable, Wii, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Retro City Rampage DX?
At minimum, Retro City Rampage DX needs 1GHz processor, 256 MB RAM, Pixel Shader 2.0 and Vertex Shader 2.0 graphics, 40 MB HD space of storage.
How many GB is Retro City Rampage DX?
The PC version needs about 0 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("40 MB HD space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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