Robotron: 2084

Robotron: 2084

Studio	Williams Electronics
Publisher	Williams Electronics
Senior Developer	Eugene Jarvis
Erstveröffent- lichung	1982
genre	Shoot 'em up
Game mode	2 players take turns
control	2 × 8-way joystick (for control and shooting)
casing	Standard, mini and cocktail
Arcade system	Main CPU : Motorola 6809 (@ 1 MHz) Sound CPU: Motorola 6808 (@ 894.75 kHz) Sound chips: DAC
monitor	Raster resolution 292 × 240 (4: 3 horizontal) Color palette: 16
information	10 at KLOV

Robotron: 2084 (often referred to simply as "Robotron") is an arcade game that was produced in 1982 by the US company Vid Kidz ( Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar ) for Williams Electronics . What was unique about the game was that it was controlled by two joysticks : one joystick controlled the movements, one joystick was responsible for the shots. Like many games from this time, the arcade game was also ported to many consoles and home computers . B. Apple II , Atari 5200 , Atari 7800 , Atari ST , Commodore 64 , Lynx , TI-99 / 4A , VC 20 , Xbox 360 , ZX Spectrum .

Gameplay

In each level of the game, the player takes control of a small humanoid mutant ("the last hope of mankind") who moves in a playing field in the midst of enemy robots. The player's task is to eliminate the robots and at the same time not to be shot down by the robots himself. When he has destroyed all the robots in a level, the player goes to the next level.

success

Robotron is the third game that Eugene Jarvis released after Defender and its successor Stargate . It ranks 10th in the Killer List of Videogames .

Source code

The source code of Robotron: 2084 was available in physical form together with Ms. Pac-Man , Centipede , Dig Dug and eight games when the Atari Corporation was closed in 1996, reconstructed by the Atari Museum and later published.

successor

Blaster (1983, arcade game)

Llamatron 2112

Llamatron 2112 was programmed in 1991 by Jeff Minter (Llamasoft) for Amiga , Atari ST and MS-DOS . The gameplay is very similar to that of Robotron, but the player controls a llama .

Web links

Robotron: 2084 in the Killer List of Videogames (English)
Robotron: 2084 at MobyGames (English)
Llamatron 2112 at MobyGames (English)
Arcade history entry
The Dot Eaters article on Robotron, Jarvis and Williams
Video of the game play of Robotron 2084

Individual evidence

↑ Kevin Parrish: Atari 7800 Source Code Rescued - Atari released the source code for the 7800 console and games . tomsguide.com. July 7, 2009. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
↑ 7800 Games & Development . atari-museum.com. 2009. Retrieved January 9, 2012: “ These games were rescued from Atari ST format diskettes that were thrown out behind 1196 Borregas when Atari closed up in 1996. The Atari Museum rescued these important treasures and recovered them from the diskettes. "

[1] Kevin Parrish: Atari 7800 Source Code Rescued - Atari released the source code for the 7800 console and games . tomsguide.com. July 7, 2009. Retrieved January 9, 2012.

[2] 7800 Games & Development . atari-museum.com. 2009. Retrieved January 9, 2012: “ These games were rescued from Atari ST format diskettes that were thrown out behind 1196 Borregas when Atari closed up in 1996. The Atari Museum rescued these important treasures and recovered them from the diskettes. "