Rampart (video game)

Rampart
Arcade flyer
Developer(s)Atari Games
Publisher(s)
Designer(s)John Salwitz
Dave Ralston
Programmer(s)John Salwitz (main programmer)
Peter Lipson
Mike Albaugh
Russell Dawe
Ed Rotberg (assistant programmers)
Artist(s)Dave Ralston (lead artist)
Sam Comstock
Sean Murphy
Will Noble
Nicholas Stern (assistant artist)
Composer(s)Don Diekneite
Brad Fuller
Platform(s)Arcade, Various
Release
Genre(s)Strategy/Puzzle
Mode(s)1-3 players simultaneously

Rampart is a 1990 video game released by Atari Games and Midway Games that combines the shoot 'em up, strategy, and puzzle genres. It debuted as an arcade game[4] with trackball controls, and was ported to home systems. It had a limited US release in October 1990,[5] and a wide release in early 1991.[2] It was distributed in Japan by Namco.[1]

Rampart is considered a precursor to the tower defense genre of the following decade.[6][7]

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  2. ^ a b "Production Numbers" (PDF). Atari Games. August 31, 1999. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 10, 2013. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
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  4. ^ "Rampart - Videogame by Atari Games". www.arcade-museum.com.
  5. ^ "Rampart (Registration Number PA0000503219)". United States Copyright Office. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  6. ^ Luke Mitchell (2008-06-22). "Tower Defense: Bringing the genre back". PALGN. Archived from the original on 2014-02-03. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
  7. ^ Ryan Rigney (2013-06-11). "Even the Best Tower Defense Games Are Just Plain Boring | WIRED". Wired.