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About Retro City Rampage DX
Retro City Rampage™ DX is an 8‑bit styled open‑world action adventure that lets players hijack vehicles, complete over 60 story missions, and cause chaos across a nostalgic city. The game offers a full Story Mode and an Arcade Mode for quick pick‑up‑and‑play challenges.
The DX edition adds prototype builds for Windows 3.1, MS‑DOS, and NES, plus guest‑star minigames, free‑roaming as internet icons, visual filters, anaglyphic 3D support, and five language options. It runs on PC, Mac, and Linux with full controller support.
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Story Missions
The game includes more than 60 story missions that guide players through an open‑world narrative set in an 80s‑style city. Missions involve carjacking, evading police, and using a range of weapons and power‑ups.
Missions are presented within the city’s districts, and the interactive city is also packed with shops, minigames, customizations, and collectibles to discover.
- Try different weapon combos to see which work best for each mission.
- Notice police patrol routes; some paths are easier to lose.
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Arcade Mode
Arcade Mode provides over 40 quick challenges designed for short play sessions. These challenges focus on high scores, time trials, and specific combat scenarios without the broader story context.
Steam Leaderboards track performance, letting players compare scores globally. The mode is useful for testing weapons or vehicles before tackling story missions.
- Aim for high scores early to secure a top leaderboard spot.
- Experiment with different vehicles to find the fastest for time‑trial challenges.
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Vehicles & Customizations
Players can steal and equip more than 50 distinct vehicles, and the game also offers over 200 character customizations. Vehicles range from classic cars to quirky rides.
PC‑only mod support lets the community create and share additional vehicles and character skins, extending the variety beyond the base offering.
- Mix vehicle types with custom skins for a personalized look.
- Check community mods for unique vehicle designs that suit your style.
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Extras & Guest Minigames
DX includes prototype versions for MS‑DOS, Windows 3.1, and a hardware‑accurate NES build, plus guest‑star minigames such as "Virtual Meat Boy" and "BIT.TRIP: Retro City."
Free‑roaming mode lets you play as Meat Boy, CommanderVideo, Steve from Minecraft, or Mr. Destructoid, offering alternate visual styles and gameplay twists separate from the main story.
- Play the NES prototype for an authentic 8‑bit experience.
- Try each guest character in free‑roaming to see their unique animations.
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Visual & Audio Options
The game supports anaglyphic 3D glasses for select missions and offers video filters that emulate EGA, CGA, NES, SMS, C64, and Apple II displays. Audio includes three hours of music across 13 radio stations with an IGF‑nominated soundtrack.
Players can switch languages among English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish, making the experience accessible to a broader audience.
- Activate the EGA filter for a nostalgic color palette.
- Listen to different radio stations to match the mood of each mission.
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