Rampart (NES, Jaleco)

Prototype Info

Unused Graphics#

Rampart was originally going to be published by Tengen, presumably without license from Nintendo; the final release was instead published by Jaleco, though Tengen is still credited on the title screen. Remnants of a "Tengen Presents..." screen can be seen in the CHR data; however, it is largely overwritten by tiles used in the splash screen reading "LICENSED BY NINTENDO OF AMERICA INC".

Directly below it is another overwritten Tengen notice, reading "Tengen And [blank] Present...". As to who the "and" referred to is lost to time; a reasonable guess would be Bitmasters, the developers of this port.

Disabled Menu Option#

This needs some investigation. Discuss ideas and findings on the talk page. Specifically: Should be able to re-enable it with a Game Genie code, but I couldn't get it to work on emulator or on console (1).

A third menu option exists, labeled "STUFF". Selecting it takes you to a simple placeholder screen.

This is a leftover from earlier in development, as the dumped prototype has the menu option and placeholder screen enabled and fully functional.