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The 1-Upper: City Smasher

POSTED: Wednesday, November 14, 2007, 2:05 AM

We built this city on rock and roll

Remember Rampage, easily one of the most awesome arcade and Nintendo Entertainment System games ever made? In case you've forgotten, Rampage let you take on the role of gigantic monsters whose sole mission is to destroy buildings, eat people, and swat planes and helicopters out of the sky. It was great fun as a kid and an even better stress reliever as an adult, but the problem with that game is all the resistance. It was no fun when the army finally brought you down and you slunk away as tiny naked person. That's where City Smasher steps in: all of the smashing fun without the pain of being shot at. If you've ever wanted to knock down buildings as 40-foot-tall punk rocker with a green mohawk, now you can. The game is goal-based, and you'll be given a limited amount of time to knock down a certain number of types of building or an alloted number of stick people to stomp on, toss up in the air, or set on fire. The controls are super simple (the arrow keys move left and right, a kicks, and s smashes), so you can fire up the game and get revenge on your boss or the jerk that cut you off this morning in no time. City Smasher also has a "sandbox mode," in which there's no time limit and you can stomp around smashing as much as you'd like. Make sure you turn up the volume or wear headphones, this game has some hilarious sound effects. Go play it here.

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