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Feel like bite? Then Rampage could be just the game you're looking for. Those foolish food additive people have been cooking up all kinds of trouble down at the local burger store and have put it their 'Big Mucks'. As well as ruining your figure and complexion, these little burgers also turn you into a 50 ft high monster. A side effect that does as little to enhance your outlook on life as it does for the skyline. Because - as all giant creatures that arrive in New York - you want to level the place.

The three creatures - George the Gorilla, Lizzie the Lizard and Ralph the Wolfman - have just about had enough, so they're looking for revenge and side salad. Unfortunately, there aren't any pizza parlours with 50 ft chairs in town, so they're going to eat the town instead. The military and police as per usual are out to stop the fun, but the monster militia just see them as lunch.

The aim of the game is to avoid being shot, wreck houses, eat people and rip the place to pieces. There's no subtle gameplay - we're talking about 50 ft gorillas after all - just running jumping and munching.

What makes the game such fun though, is its three-player mode. The two keyboard users have a bit of a rough time of it, but fine control isn't the issue. The game is fun and quite openly tongue-in-cheek. The monsters punch each other, the ground shakes when they jump and if one creature is taken to zero energy they turn back into a human. The problem being that they tore off all their clothes on becoming an ugly sister and have to sneak off screen covering their embarassment.

Huge monsters running riot in town is the stuff of B-movies and gets the treatment it deserves. The cartoon graphics may be a little prehistoric, but then again so was Godzilla and no-one told him he looked silly! This is great multi-player fun from the past. Can these creatures be stopped? I've an idea. It's a long shot, but it might just work...

Rampage's major failing is the repetitiveness. All you do is tour from city to city and destroy, one ruin looking just like any other to me.

6,000 points.

Monsters always look good in green!

Graphics 58%
P. Good, colourful characters.
N. Dull backdrops.

Sonics 47%
P. OK tune.
N. Weak sound effects.

Grab Factor 88%
P. Mayhem is great fun!

Staying Power 66%
P. 150 different backdrops!

Overall 66%
P. Brutally destructive fun.