Dexter's Laboratory: Robot Rampage

2000 video game

Dexter's Laboratory: Robot Rampage is an action video game published by BAM! Entertainment for the Game Boy Color and released in the United States on November 14, 2000. It is a graphically redesigned version of the game Elevator Action EX, also developed by Altron, with characters from the American animated television series Dexter's Laboratory from Cartoon Network.

Dexter's Laboratory: Robot Rampage
Developer(s)Altron
Taito
Publisher(s)BAM! Entertainment
Platform(s)Game Boy Color
Release
  • NA: November 14, 2000
Genre(s)Action, Side-scrolling, Platform game
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay

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The player, as Dexter, runs through different levels via elevators, elevator shafts, small cars, ledges, and doors while battling robots with an assortment of weapons. Three different Dexter suits are available, though they have no effect on gameplay. Each stage ends with the player facing a line of enemies.

Reception

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Jeff Gerstmann of GameSpot gave the game a 6.9/10 in his review, complimenting it for its use of classic Elevator Action gameplay.[1] IGN editor Marc Nix gave the game a 7/10, praising the game's improvements to the original, such as the added puzzles and life bar, but criticizing the game's lackluster stage endings.[2]

References

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  1. Gertsmann, Jeff (December 22, 2000). "Dexter's Laboratory: Robot Rampage Review". GameSpot. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
  2. Nix, Marc (January 3, 2001). "Dexter's Laboratory: Robot Rampage". IGN. News Corporation. Retrieved 2012-11-30.