Rats!
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| Developer(s) | Tarantula Studios |
| Publisher(s) | Take-Two Interactive |
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| Composer(s) | Anthony Paton |
| Platform(s) | Game Boy Color |
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| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Rats! is a 1998 2D platform video game developed by Tarantula Studios, first published by Take-Two Interactive Software in the France, Germany, and the United Kingdom for Game Boy Color on 30 December 1998 under the title Reservoir Rat. The game was released within the United States in 1999 under the title Rats!.
Rats! is a 2D platform video game designed for single-player where players play as the character Mr. Rez, described as "a radical yo-yo playing rat-for-hire assassin with an attitude and cool, black shades" who was an "awful assassin"
Rats! uses a password based save system which allow players to resume their gameplay where they last left off by inputting the correct password for the level.
Rats! is available in English, French, and German.
There are seventy-five levels included within the game. These levels are spread over five environments (themes/worlds) with each environment spanning fifteen levels. and having a time limit. Failure to complete a level within the allotted time will result in more enemies appearing and a higher likelihood of the player falling off of the platform, therefore causing the game to end.
Each of the environments have their own enemies and unique boss at the end of the level. Each level and boss becomes increasingly harder as the player progresses. Clearing out each level of all the food and enemies will reward the player with a bonus game.
Reviews listed on Moby Games give a wide variety of scores spanning from 37 to 80 out of 100.
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