Here's 10 Minutes of Retro City Rampage Gameplay and Music
Posted by Jon Wahlgren
Download free bleep-bloops from the game written by Shantae, NBA Jam, NES death metal composers
If these soundtrack samples and new video for Retro City Rampage are anything to go by, it would seem that Vblank is barring no holds for what certainly is one of the most ambitious games yet for WiiWare.
Vblank snuck us over a new ten-song soundtrack "mixtape" to show off just how retro that city is going to sound (spoiler: pretty retro) played over ten minutes of new footage. The pedigree of the musicians wrangled up for the open-world action parody certainly has our interest piqued, too:
- virt (Jake Kaufman) – Renowned chiptune artist, his work includes Contra 4, Red Faction II, Shantae, Batman: The Brave & the Bold, among DOZENS of other titles.
- Freaky DNA (Leonard Paul) – Has been working on video games since the Sega Genesis and SNES including NBA '95. Most recently Len completed work on the brand new NBA Jam.
- Norrin Radd (Matt Creamer) – Brought deathmetal to the NES with his album Anomaly.
Hit up the game's official site for the full mixtape tracklist and more information about the artists. And, you know, the game too.
If you dig the tunes then you can snag both the main theme composed by virt as well as the entire mix. All without having to worry about lining up two cassettes and jamming Record at the same time, too. Just Right Click and Save As these screwball MP3s. Totally bad.
virt - Retro City Rampage Theme
Retro City Rampage Soundtrack Mixtape
Got 'em? Good. Now, about that video:
#1
Shiryu said:
Brilliant! =)
#2
Slapshot said:
I want this NOW!
#3
MagFlare said:
I will buy it. I will buy it SO HARD.
#4
Streakk said:
This absolutely looks like a blast to play!
#5
LordJumpMad said:
GTA meets 8-Bit
sounds like a Win.
At 9:00, is that The Dog from Duck hunt?
#6
Aronos said:
That was just pure awesomeness that I ever heard and watched!
#7
JebbyDeringer said:
Game of the year! This game is BOSS.
#8
D33G said:
If I have the money, I'll get it.
#9
Leshclen said:
Do want.
#10
burnedmatch said:
Love the music but did I see a fabby-o's cereal billboard and a wileys roadkill grill with a tnt BBQ sign in the window. this looks like a day one buy to me. Cant wait.
#11
SKTTR said:
haven't seen those references before
#12
Kriedler said:
"I WAS FEEL ASLEEP!!!" I love it. And death metal on the NES? Am I dreaming? Happy day
#13
TheLonelyGamer said:
Fantastic soundtrack! This game looks cool.
#14
PSICOffee said:
I only saw half the vid but I'm already sold. "I am (null)" was great and its cool to see mario pipes! This game will be very addicting and pretty fun.
#15
DannyBoyTheDude said:
STAGE 1: "A TRUCK ARE BEGIN TO MOVE."
Somehow I didn't catch that the first time.
#16
accc said:
Vanilla T-Cube!
#17
Philip_J_Reed said:
Not watching, because I'm definitely picking this up and don't want to spoil even one second.
Can't wait!
#18
ogo79 said:
wow
#19
Koto said:
Brilliant game!
#20
TLink9 said:
I take it they have rights to make fun of Back 2 the future.
#21
BlueKirby said:
Bionic Commando was referenced too!
#22
Philip_J_Reed said:
@20:
You don't need to obtain the rights to anything in order to parody or satirize it. It's fair use.
#23
suburban_sensei said:
Amazing, simply amazing. =] That part towards the end with the car reminded me of Super Mario Bros 2 (the location).
#24
CanisWolfred said:
Grand Theft Auto with random Mario references. I like it.
#25
SolarJetman said:
The transition from Metal Gear to Commando was seamless. Then, Jackal!
#26
morphballer said:
Wunder Hats!! HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!
#27
Link79 said:
I'm not even waiting for a review on this one. I know awesome when I see it.
Also when I hear it for that matter. The music alone is enough to flood my senses with nostalgia. Ahh 8-bit memories. Those were the days!
#28
KrazyKain said:
very nice, i'll be downloading this without a doubt
#29
Big_A2 said:
It's games like this that make life worth living.
#30
Skrubber said:
Looking forward to the PS3 version : )
#31
Rerun said:
This is GOOD! I wonder what the impact would've been if this was released during the heyday of the NES. Would it get Nintendo's Seal of Approval?
#32
WiiAboutU said:
Is that the van from TMNT at 6min. 55sec. mark? I really hope this is released soon. We never received a GTA title for Wii and even the DS has. This is probably the closest we'll get to Chinatown. Even though I'm sure they could've easily fit that entire title into a Wiiware release. )<: