Rampart is a game combining strategy and artillery action. Build your castle from Tetris-style pieces, place your cannons, bombard the enemy, try to repair, do it all over again. The original arcade release has a single-player and a two-player mode; later revisions incorporate three-player gameplay.
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No the best version of Rampart but functional on the Lynx.
The version I played sadly crashed a lot, but if you're familiar with the arcade everything is there as expected. It plays a little slow on the Lynx, especially when trying to control it.
I recommend going to look for an arcade or decent port before trying this version!
The version I played sadly crashed a lot, but if you're familiar with the arcade everything is there as expected. It plays a little slow on the Lynx, especially when trying to control it.
I recommend going to look for an arcade or decent port before trying this version!
As a single player game, Rampart is a bit on the tired and awkward side, taking it in phases to build walls to encircle a castle, placing cannons and raining fire down on attacking pirate ships. Its a bit repetitive and gets old rather fast.
The Multiplayer however is GOLDEN. Just like in the main mode, you'll take phases where you build, equip and fire. Just like the main mode, if you fail to encircle a castle, you're out. In multiplayer this is a total joy to take part in though as all sorts of tactics come into play.
Do you help gang up on somebody, do you take potshots in specific locations or do you skip adding more firepower to enable more room for wall placement. It all adds up in a rather wonderful manner thats well worth playing.
The Multiplayer however is GOLDEN. Just like in the main mode, you'll take phases where you build, equip and fire. Just like the main mode, if you fail to encircle a castle, you're out. In multiplayer this is a total joy to take part in though as all sorts of tactics come into play.
Do you help gang up on somebody, do you take potshots in specific locations or do you skip adding more firepower to enable more room for wall placement. It all adds up in a rather wonderful manner thats well worth playing.