Rampage (franchise)
series of video games
Rampage is a series of video games released by Midway (1986–2009) and Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment (2009–present) for arcades and consoles. The player controls a human who, due to experiment-related accidents, has transformed into a giant monster. The player uses their chosen monster to destroy cities around the world while attacking or avoiding police and military forces working to stop it.
A film adaptation was released in 2018.
Premise
Humans have been undergoing strange mutations into giant animalistic monsters due to experiments conducted by the nefarious Scumlabs. These monsters proceed to travel across Earth and beyond, ravaging everything in sight. Heavy inspiration is drawn from various monster movies such as King Kong and 1957's 20 Million Miles to Earth. The series' three central characters are George, a scientist transformed into a gorilla-based monster; Lizzie, a woman transformed into a reptilian monster; and Ralph, a man transformed into a monster akin to werewolves.
Games
Rampage (1986) - The experiments of Scumlabs causes George, Lizzie and Ralph to mutate into giant monsters who go on a rampage in the city while avoiding the military.
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