Case study

Rampage Arcade: Z80 disassembly and graphics decoding

Rampage Arcade studies the Z80 program ROM of the 1986 MCR-3 arcade game, covering startup, input, sound, sprites, level decoding and hardware interaction. Python scripts and a batch file convert graphics from user-supplied ROMs into images.

Targets: Game
Category: Independent reconstruction cases
Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
Evidence class: C2 code & docs, no demo or download

Stars: 0
Last commit: 2025-06-04
Language: Python

GitHub data as of 2026-11-10

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Evidence

Observed: Code and documentation observed; no download method or demo found.
Checked: 2026-11-09

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Requirements & limits

Prerequisites: Python 3 and Pillow are required for graphics conversion.
Prerequisites: Supply the original Rampage arcade ROM files.
Limits: The disassembly is described as mostly commented.
License: No licence file in the repository.

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BibTeX

@misc{rampage-arcade-disassembly-case,
  title = {{Rampage Arcade: Z80 disassembly and graphics decoding}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://github.com/mikeybabes/Rampage}},
  url = {https://github.com/mikeybabes/Rampage},
  urldate = {2026-11-06},
  note = {Awesome REA entry: \url{https://awesomerea.org/resources/rampage-arcade-disassembly-case/}}
}

Plain text

Rampage Arcade: Z80 disassembly and graphics decoding. https://github.com/mikeybabes/Rampage (accessed 2026-11-06). Awesome REA entry: https://awesomerea.org/resources/rampage-arcade-disassembly-case/

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README.md GitHub · mikeybabes/Rampage · Revision 07571ee