Monster Demolition

[Stun Runner 87]

This is best footage I've seen of this unreleased protoype. Does anyone know of any info or know if there's a possibility of this ever seeing the light of day on cart someday? The animation and game play has so much potential.

 

[aminor00]

I've never heard of this title but it looks to me like someone wanted Rampage on the Lynx and this is either a clone with similar gameplay or a tech demo to see if Rampage would be feasible.

 

Of course Atari signed a licence, some money changed hands and we got Rampage.

 

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[+BitJag]

Looks fun. Would be cool to see this show up eventually. Almost like an extension of Rampage.

 

 

I've never heard of this title but it looks to me like someone wanted Rampage on the Lynx and this is either a clone with similar gameplay or a tech demo to see if Rampage would be feasible.

Of course Atari signed a licence, some money changed hands and we got Rampage.

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Rampage is on the Lynx. I have never played the arcade version myself, but this version has always been a blast to play.

 

[Trew]

My understanding is that Monster Demolition is what eventually became Rampage. When Epyx was making demo games, but didn't yet have the IP license or some such. Am sure someone else can confirm, but a little more info here:

 

http://www.chrismcovell.com/secret/OTH_1989Q3.html

[Der Luchs]

My understanding is that Monster Demolition is what eventually became Rampage.

Same here

[Stun Runner 87]

My understanding is that Monster Demolition is what eventually became Rampage. When Epyx was making demo games, but didn't yet have the IP license or some such. Am sure someone else can confirm, but a little more info here:

 

http://www.chrismcovell.com/secret/OTH_1989Q3.html

Thanks for info.

 

In my opinion, Monster Demolition graphics actually look better than Rampage.

Sprites are bigger,animation is differant, explosions look deeper, and the Godzilla creature can shoot out flames from his mouth.

I can see how this eventually turned into rampage when Atari got the licensing, but from what I'm seeing, Monster demolition looks like a totally Differant game from the graphics to the gameplay.

Edited April 13, 2017 by Stun Runner 87

[Sapicco]

Looks fun, if only it would ever surface completed....

[chris_lynx1989]

I'd buy a couple copies of this if Beta Phase Games or Der Luchs offered it.

[Turbo Laser Lynx]

It'd be nice to get that rom from somewhere so that the lynx community could archive it. At least the graphics in the demo look really great.

 

 

The Lynx finally got an official Japanese release in Summer of 1990, through the mysteriously-named distributor Mumin Japan.

 

Whaaat? Mumin is only the most well known Finnish cartoon/comic-strip/animation, maybe they released the Lynx in Japan for some reason! They're pretty popular over there.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moomins

 

It'd be pretty nice to create a Lynx game in an art style similar to this: https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-ab&biw=1146&bih=1036&tbm=isch&sa=1&ei=wvrCW5WkB4WzsQH-urtA&q=mumin+hur+gick+det+sen%3F&oq=mumin+hur+gick+det+sen%3F&gs_l=img.3...1443.1443.0.1659.1.1.0.0.0.0.57.57.1.1.0....0...1c..64.img..0.0.0....0.69VWIfpFMr4

Edited October 14, 2018 by Turbo Laser Lynx

[Lost Dragon]

Going purely off aging memory..this was previewed initially in UK press by likes of The Games Machine and C+VG:Ultimate Guide To Consoles and looked more promising than Rampage,which by this point,having played on A8,Master System,C64 and ST,i was growing a little tired of.

 

I guess Rampage had the name and thus the draw,but it would of been great to had this instead.

[Tidus79001]

Wow, even with such terrible quality footage you can still see how amazing that the graphics are! These graphics and are more appealing than those in Rampage.

[Lost Dragon]

Knew i had put the UK press coverage up:

 

http://forums.atari.io/index.php/topic/2996-misc-uk-games-press-lynx-scans/?do=findComment&comment=33136

[chris_lynx1989]

I wish more on this game would turn up in some manner to enjoy on an EPROM cart.