Retro City Rampage parodies sandbox games, everything else
by JC Fletcher 
on Jul 19th 2010 11:00PM
If you're not familiar with
Retro City Rampage, you'll at least be familiar with the references contained within VBlank's WiiWare game. The retro-style open-world game is filled with jokes about
DuckTales, Back to the Future, TMNT Contra, and even the Beastie Boys' "Sabotage" video. And that's just what can be seen in these screenshots!
You might, in fact, be more familiar with the
PAX 10 winner than you think.
Retro City Rampage began its life as
Grand Theftendo, a faithful NES remake of Grand Theft Auto III, back in 2004. Since then, it's become less "faithful" and more "original," and it's moved from the NES to WiiWare, but creator Brian Provinciano has kept the irresistible central idea of a
GTA-style game rendered with NES-style visuals.
