<s>
Rampage	B-Application
World	I-Application
Tour	I-Application
is	O
a	O
video	O
game	O
released	O
in	O
1997	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
second	O
game	O
in	O
the	O
Rampage	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
,	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
,	O
Game	B-Device
Boy	I-Device
Color	I-Device
,	O
PlayStation	B-Device
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
and	O
has	O
been	O
re-released	O
on	O
Midway	B-Application
Arcade	I-Application
Treasures	I-Application
2	I-Application
as	O
well	O
as	O
being	O
included	O
in	O
Rampage	B-Application
:	I-Application
Total	I-Application
Destruction	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
it	O
was	O
announced	O
that	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
would	O
also	O
support	O
three	O
players	O
,	O
both	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Saturn	B-Device
versions	O
allow	O
only	O
two	O
players	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Three	O
player	O
support	O
apparently	O
was	O
programmed	O
into	O
the	O
port	O
at	O
one	O
point	O
and	O
pulled	O
at	O
the	O
last	O
minute	O
,	O
since	O
a	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
in	O
Electronic	O
Gaming	O
Monthly	O
describes	O
three	O
player	O
gameplay	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
conversion	O
includes	O
full	O
three-player	O
functionality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Shortly	O
after	O
the	O
home	O
ports	O
were	O
released	O
,	O
Rampage	B-Application
World	I-Application
Tour	I-Application
was	O
exhibited	O
at	O
the	O
JAMMA	O
arcade	O
show	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
but	O
garnered	O
little	O
interest	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
derided	O
the	O
decision	O
to	O
continue	O
using	O
sprites	O
for	O
the	O
graphics	O
instead	O
of	O
polygons	O
,	O
concluding	O
that	O
"	O
Rampage	B-Application
World	I-Application
Tour	I-Application
seems	O
aimed	O
at	O
satisfying	O
gamers	O
 '	O
yearning	O
for	O
past	O
titles	O
like	O
Space	O
Invaders	O
or	O
Pac-Man	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Critics	O
agreed	O
that	O
the	O
console	O
ports	O
are	O
nearly	O
arcade-perfect	O
,	O
though	O
some	O
criticized	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
and	O
Saturn	B-Device
versions	O
for	O
supporting	O
only	O
two	O
players	O
instead	O
of	O
the	O
three	O
supported	O
in	O
the	O
arcade	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Despite	O
giving	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
a	O
score	O
of	O
only	O
5.7	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
,	O
Jeff	O
Gerstmann	O
highly	O
recommended	O
the	O
game	O
due	O
to	O
its	O
new	O
gameplay	O
tricks	O
and	O
larger	O
levels	O
,	O
and	O
said	O
the	O
only	O
possible	O
way	O
to	O
improve	O
on	O
it	O
would	O
be	O
with	O
three-player	O
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
similarly	O
held	O
that	O
"	O
The	O
coin-op	O
was	O
a	O
great	O
laugh	O
for	O
about	O
ten	O
minutes	O
or	O
so	O
,	O
but	O
the	O
lack	O
of	O
variety	O
in	O
the	O
level	O
design	O
and	O
the	O
shallow	O
nature	O
of	O
the	O
gameplay	O
meant	O
that	O
it	O
soon	O
grew	O
quite	O
tiresome	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Even	O
Smith	O
showed	O
a	O
loss	O
of	O
enthusiasm	O
in	O
his	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
later	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
now	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
fun	O
at	O
first	O
but	O
quickly	O
grows	O
old	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
a	O
review	O
of	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
version	O
,	O
GamePro	O
was	O
more	O
undecided	O
:	O
"	O
With	O
plenty	O
of	O
special	O
moves	O
and	O
power-ups	O
to	O
discover	O
as	O
you	O
lay	O
waste	O
to	O
more	O
than	O
100	O
cities	O
,	O
the	O
gameplay	O
certainly	O
lasts	O
-	O
just	O
do	O
n't	O
expect	O
it	O
to	O
change	O
much	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
a	O
different	O
GamePro	O
critic	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
,	O
and	O
opined	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
"	O
utter	O
failure	O
to	O
take	O
advantage	O
of	O
new	O
technology	O
and	O
add	O
new	O
elements	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
Rampage	O
is	O
inexcusable.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
third	O
GamePro	O
critic	O
,	O
reviewing	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
,	O
likewise	O
found	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
added	O
little	O
new	O
and	O
suffers	O
from	O
repetitive	O
gameplay	O
and	O
music	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
variety	O
in	O
the	O
buildings	O
which	O
players	O
spend	O
most	O
of	O
their	O
time	O
demolishing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Next	O
Generation	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Nintendo	B-Operating_System
64	I-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
and	O
stated	O
that	O
"	O
Despite	O
the	O
three-player	O
mode	O
,	O
no	O
amount	O
of	O
graphic	O
flash	O
or	O
nostalgia	O
can	O
improve	O
a	O
style	O
of	O
gameplay	O
whose	O
day	O
has	O
passed.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Charles	O
Ardai	O
of	O
Computer	O
Gaming	O
World	O
noted	O
that	O
the	O
PC	B-Device
port	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
had	O
performance	O
and	O
graphics	O
issues	O
when	O
played	O
in	O
full-screen	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
found	O
the	O
action	B-Application
to	O
be	O
basic	O
,	O
although	O
there	O
is	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
animation	O
.	O
</s>
