# 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.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Game
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-06
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/mikeybabes/Rampage>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/mikeybabes/Rampage/blob/07571eea8f3eb5dd8a8f7b467508f854dbb3263b/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rampage-arcade-disassembly-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/rampage-arcade-disassembly-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/rampage-arcade-disassembly-case/index.md)

## 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.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/mikeybabes/Rampage/blob/07571eea8f3eb5dd8a8f7b467508f854dbb3263b/README.md>

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