Retro City Rampage
Retro City Rampage is a 2012 8-bit version of Grand Theft Auto with many references to classic games such as Super Mario Bros., The Legend of Zelda, and Bionic Commando. Also contains an awesome soundtrack by Jake "Virt" Kaufman, who composed music for Shantae.
Tropes used in Retro City Rampage include:
- The Cameo: Ms. 'Splosion Man and Meat Boy will appear at some point in the game.
- Captain Ersatz: All the references are one of these.
- Affectionate Parody
- Old Format, New Work: Retro City Rampage 486, the 2015 DOS port of the game, was sold on a floppy disk.
- Reference Overdosed
- Retraux
- Shout-Out: Numerous, beginning with the title, which references River City Ransom.