| WWF European Rampage Tour | |
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| Developer | Arc Developments |
| Publisher | Ocean Software |
| Platforms | Amiga,Atari ST,Commodore 64,MS-DOS |
| Release | 1992[1] |
| Genre | Wrestling |
| Modes | Single-player,multiplayer |
WWF European Rampage Tour is a game based on theWorld Wrestling Federation (WWF), created by Arc Developments and published in 1992 byOcean Software for theAmiga,Atari ST,Commodore 64, andMS-DOS. It capitalizes on the success of the previous WWF game for home computers,WWF WrestleMania, and was aimed predominantly at the European markets. It was the last WWF game released strictly for home computers until the release ofWWF With Authority! in 2001. The game is based on the real-life WWF European Rampage tours held in early nineties.
One or two players form a tag team choosing fromHulk Hogan,Randy Savage,The Ultimate Warrior, andBret Hart and then must first defeat the tag teams ofThe Nasty Boys,The Natural Disasters, andMoney Inc. three times each (first in The Britannic Arena inLondon,England, followed by The Deutsche Nationale Arena inMunich,Germany, and finally thePalais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy,France). The final match is a championship bout (which is thus the only one that can't be won via acountout) withThe Legion of Doom inNew York City'sMadison Square Garden.
The Amiga version uses sampled entrance themes and speech. However, the in-game graphics and gameplay are limited. Each wrestler has the same basic wrestling attacks including punches, kicks,dropkicks,backbreakers andpowerslams (regular ones, which are very hard to perform, or Gorilla press ones, which are easy to perform but fail to liftThe Natural Disasters except byThe Ultimate Warrior). Unlike its predecessorWWF Wrestlemania, there is no time limit for the matches.
The game also includes a two-player practice mode, however, player 2 is automatically assigned the Nasty Boys team (whose names are incorrectly switched).
The Commodore 64 version only includes only singles matches. The player must defeatTyphoon from The Natural Disasters,Irwin R. Schyster from Money Inc. andJerry Sags from The Nasty Boys in various venues before challengingAnimal from The Legion of Doom for the championship. A two-player practice mode is also included.
