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Retro City Rampage

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Retro City Rampage
Retro City Rampage cover
Developers
Vblank Entertainment
Release dates
Windows October 9, 2012
macOS (OS X) November 11, 2014
Linux July 29, 2015[1]
DOS July 29, 2015[1]
Windows 3.x July 29, 2015[1]
Reception
Metacritic 71
IGDB 73
Taxonomy
Monetization One-time game purchase
Microtransactions None
Modes Singleplayer
Perspectives Bird's-eye view
Controls Direct control
Genres Action, Shooter, Open world
Vehicles Automobile
Art styles Pixel art
Themes North America, Contemporary
Series Retro City Rampage
Retro City Rampage on HowLongToBeat
Retro City Rampage on IGDB
Retro City Rampage on MobyGames
Retro City Rampage on Wikipedia
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Warnings

The macOS (OS X) version of this game does not work on macOS Catalina (version 10.15) or later due to the removal of support for 32-bit-only apps.

General information

GOG.com Community Discussions
GOG.com Support Page
Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source DRM Notes Keys OS
Retail
DRM-free
Retro City Rampage 486 only.[2]
DOS
Official website
DRM-free
Uses Humble widget.
Retro City Rampage DX. Includes Retro City Rampage 486 and ROM City Rampage.
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
DOS
Windows 3.x
GOG.com
DRM-free
Retro City Rampage DX. Includes Retro City Rampage 486 and ROM City Rampage.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
DOS
Windows 3.x
Humble Store
DRM-free
Retro City Rampage DX. Includes Retro City Rampage 486 and ROM City Rampage.
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Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
DOS
Windows 3.x
Mac App Store
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Retro City Rampage DX. Includes ROM City Rampage.
macOS (OS X)
Steam
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Retro City Rampage DX. Includes Retro City Rampage 486 and ROM City Rampage.
Windows
macOS (OS X)
Linux
DOS
Windows 3.x

Version differences

Retro City Rampage DX is an enhanced version that features new zoom mode, a dynamic camera, slimmed-down HUD with a larger mini-map and many more. It was released as a free update on 2014.
  • Vblank released another free update on 2020, as Retro City Rampage DX+. It features visual improvements, camera improvements, UI tweaks, and more.
Vblank later released two free bonus versions for digital PC release:
  • Retro City Rampage 486 is the port of Retro City Rampage to MS-DOS, as well as a prototype version for Windows 3.1.
  • ROM City Rampage is a prototype port to NES.

Game data

In-game general settings.
In-game general settings.

Configuration file(s) location

System Location
DOS
Windows %APPDATA%\RetroCityRampage\rcr.cfg
macOS (OS X)
Linux
It's unknown whether this game follows the XDG Base Directory Specification on Linux. Please fill in this information.

Save game data location

System Location
DOS
Windows %APPDATA%\RetroCityRampage\*.rsv
macOS (OS X) $HOME/Library/Application Support/Vblank/Retro City Rampage
Linux

Save game cloud syncing

System Native Notes
GOG Galaxy
Steam Cloud

Video

In-game video/audio settings.
In-game video/audio settings.

Input

In-game control settings (for keyboard).
In-game control settings (for keyboard).
In-game control settings (for gamepad).
In-game control settings (for gamepad).
Game uses controller HUD if controller is present. Simply unplug/disable controller when playing with keyboard and mouse.

Audio

Audio feature State Notes
Separate volume controls
Surround sound
Subtitles
All dialogue is text-based.
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language UI Audio Sub Notes
English
French
German
Italian
Spanish

Issues fixed

Run the game at screen refresh rate

Game only runs at 60 Hz with no option to change it.
Override refresh rate set by game[3]
  1. Download Chiri's resolution forcing tool.
  2. Extract d3d9.dll and d3dx.ini to the installation folder.
  3. Open d3dx.ini.
  4. Change refresh_rate=60 to desired hertz; e.g. refresh_rate=120.

Other information

API

Technical specs Supported Notes
Direct3D 9
OpenGL
DOS video modes VGA
Shader Model support 2, 3
Executable16-bit 32-bit 64-bit Notes
Windows
Windows 3.x version might be playable on a 64-bit OS using winevdm.
macOS (OS X)
This 32-bit-only macOS game does not work on macOS Catalina (10.15) or later.
Linux

System requirements

DOS
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) MS-DOS 3.3, FreeDOS
Processor (CPU) Intel 486 DX
System memory (RAM) 4 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 3.7 MB
Video card (GPU) 256-color VGA graphics
Windows
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 40 MB
Video card (GPU) DirectX 9.0c compatible
Shader model 2.0 support
macOS (OS X)
Minimum Recommended
Operating system (OS) 10.7
Processor (CPU) Intel Core 2 Duo
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 30 MB
Linux
Minimum
Operating system (OS) Ubuntu 14.04, Mint 17
Processor (CPU) 1 GHz
System memory (RAM) 256 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD) 30 MB


References