If Blood was Duke Nukem 3D‘s cool goth brother, then Redneck Rampage was all the time the bizarre cousin that turns up drunk to household gatherings – impolite, crude and dumb as a sack of hammers. While it has been out there for a while on Steam and GOG, 1997’s Redneck Rampage all the time felt a bit of stiff and awkward when emulated by means of DOSBox, till immediately.
Thanks to Alexander “M210” Makarov (who beforehand did the identical for Blood), now you can take pleasure in Redneck Rampage and its sequel (quickly) at any decision, widescreen and extra responsive than ever. I wouldn’t say it makes the game particularly good, nevertheless it’s extra playable. Plus, it’s all the time good to see older games maintained like this. Redneck Rampage is discounted on GOG this week, too.
Redneck Rampage is an odd game. Released after Quake, it compensated for its older engine and lack of true 3D environments with large, high-resolution sprites and a complete lot of foul language. So a lot so of the latter that the game comes with an non-obligatory Cuss Pack, for those who want even stronger language for the total redneck expertise. It’s puerile and silly, however I love the creativity within the assertion “I’m so hungry I could eat the ass-end of a menstrual skunk.” Also, ew. As a shooter, it doesn’t fairly reside as much as Duke 3D or Blood, however its large open maps do look nicer at excessive resolutions.
Outside of Blood and Redneck Rampage, Makarov has produced a pair extra ports for much more obscure Build games. If you’ve ever needed to expertise an HD remastering of William Shatner’s Tekwar, then you definately’re in luck, as TekwarGDX exists. You’re additionally a really unusual creature. Even extra obscure is the GDX port of Witchaven, Capstone’s fantasy-themed FPS/RPG. It’s a bit like Hexen, though far jankier and vastly much less forgiving. WitchavenGDX isn’t full but, however yow will discover it and all the opposite GDX ports over on Makarov’s page here.
To use RedneckGDX, you’ll want Java put in, plus the unique Redneck Rampage game, optionally with its enlargement, Route 66. While it’s on Steam for £7/€10/$10, the Redneck Rampage Collection is currently 66% off on GOG, making it £2.69 for the game, enlargement and sequel (quickly to be supported by RedneckGDX) all collectively.
