ROBOTRON ARCADE VIDEO GAME

 

ROBOTRON

Robotron 2084 (also known as Robotron) is an arcade video game developed by Vid Kidz and released by Williams Electronics in 1982. It is a shooting game that features two-dimensional (2D) graphics. The game is set in the year 2084, in a fictional world where robots have turned against humans. The aim is to defeat endless waves of robots, rescue surviving humans, and earn as many points as possible. Robotron 2084 was very successful. Praise among critics focused on the game's intense action and control scheme. Robotron 2084 arcade cabinets have since become a sought-after collector's item.

How To Play The Game

Robotron 2084 is a 2D, fixed shooting game, in which the player controls the on-screen protagonist from a top-down perspective. The game is set in the year 2084 in a fictional world where robots ("Robotrons") have taken control of the world and eradicated most of the human race. The main protagonist is a nameless superhuman attempting to save the last human family.  The game uses a two-joystick control scheme; the left joystick controls the on-screen character's movement, while the right controls the direction the character's weapon fires. Both joysticks allow for an input direction in one of eight ways. Each level, referred to as a "wave", is a single screen populated with a large number of various enemy robots; types include invincible giants to robots that continually manufacture other robots that shoot the protagonist. Enemy or enemy projectile contact will result in the character dying.

Waves also include human family members that can be rescued to score additional points. Defeating all the onscreen-robots allows the player to progress to a more difficult wave; a cycle that continues until the player depletes extra attempts to continue the game.