Redneck Rampage Internet Archive -

Thanks to the Internet Archive, this piece of digital hillbilly history will never disappear. So crack open a cold one (root beer, of course), crank up the bluegrass, and show those aliens what happens when they mess with your pig.

If you grew up in the golden age of shareware, you probably remember the "Holy Trinity" of first-person shooters: Doom , Duke Nukem 3D , and Quake . But tucked away in the greasy diner of gaming history, right next to the pickled eggs and the rattlesnake beer, sits a cult classic that was too weird to live and too wild to die: Redneck Rampage . redneck rampage internet archive

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This wasn't just a reskin of Doom . This was The Dukes of Hazzard meets Mars Attacks! You fought alien rednecks, zombie cops, and possessed livestock. You got drunk off moonshine (which made your screen wobble), and you taunted your enemies with voice lines like, "Git off my land!" and "I'm gonna whoop yer ass 'til yer nose bleeds!" Physical media from the 90s is rotting. CD-ROMs degrade, floppy disks demagnetize, and original source code gets lost in corporate mergers. For years, playing Redneck Rampage on a modern machine was a chore. You needed DOSBox, complex configurations, and a lot of patience. Thanks to the Internet Archive, this piece of

Have you tried playing Redneck Rampage recently? Share your memory of the 90s FPS wild west in the comments below! But tucked away in the greasy diner of

Thanks to the tireless work of the , this slice of deep-fried, politically incorrect, hillbilly mayhem is not only preserved for posterity—it’s playable in your browser right now. What is Redneck Rampage ? Released by Xatrix Entertainment in 1997 (using the Build engine, same as Duke Nukem 3D ), Redneck Rampage puts you in the muddy boots of Leonard and Bubba, two brothers from Arkansas whose prized pet pig (and moonshine supply) has been kidnapped by evil aliens.