Robotron 2084 DescriptionThe object of the game is to save the last human family (although it seems they had a really big family) and kill anything or anyone who gets in your way. Two joysticks are used for play control; one for movement and the other for firing.Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter EggsThere is a bug in Robotron that can make the game crash when you shoot into the corners. This is said to be avoidable by turning the fancy attract mode of the game off.PIn wave five, the first brain wave, a mistake in the brains algorithm can help you gain a vast amount of points. There is one Mikey with lots of Mommies however, the mistake in the algorithm causes the brains to seek out Mikey rather than the Mommies. Therefore, if you can keep the brains from getting to Mikey without picking him up yourself at least until you rescue all the Mommies, you stand to gain a huge amount of points up to 5,000 points for each Mommy.PDuring the tank wave, try to avoid shooting the tanks shots for as long as you can. If the tanks fire 20 shots that do not hit anything, the tanks will cease firing.There is an easter egg hidden in the game with the games credits. To exploit this easter egg, you must execute the following commands during gameplay - Move the move joystick right and the fire joystick up and press the one player start button.
- Move the move joystick up and the fire joystick down and press the two player start button.
- Move the move joystick down and the fire joystick up.
When the last sequence has been entered, the credits will be displayed until the fire joystick is moved from the up position. These sequences must be done within a quarter of a second of each other. You can hold a sequence as long as you like, but when you let it go, you must execute the next sequence within a quarter of a second. ConversionBy swapping the twelve program ROMs and the one sound ROM, IRobotron 2084I can be made to play IJoustI, IStargateI and ISplatI without any hardware modification other than to the controls. With a little more work you can add IDefenderI, IBubblesI and ISinistarI.Game IntroductionThe enemies in the game are called Robotrons and there are five different kinds of them: Grunts, Brains, Enforcers, Tanks and Hulks. There are also three different kinds of human family members who must be rescued including women in pink dresses, men in blue suits and boys in red shirts.Game PlayEach kind of Robotron has a different way of attacking you and also different point values. Points are also scored by destroying the missiles that they fire at you, by destroying other enemies that appear during each wave and by saving humans.- Grunts (100 points) do not shoot but they will attack in large numbers.
- Brains (500 points) can fire Cruise Missles (25 points) at you and turn humans into Progs (100 points).
- Spheroids (1000 points) can create Enforcers (150 points) which fire guided mines (25 points) at you.
- Quarks(1000 points) will create Tanks (200 points) that will try to run over you or fire Bounce Bombs (25 points) at you.
- Hulks are indestructible and will kill humans as they approach. Your blaster will only halt them as long as you are shooting them.
- Obstacles such as Electrodes in your path can be removed by firing at them with your blaster.
- Humans are worth an increasing point value. The first human scores 1000 points, the second is worth 2000 points and so on until the point value reaches 5000. The point value will remain at 5000 for all the remaining humans in the same wave. When the wave is completed or you have been killed, the points awarded for saving another human will be reset to 1000.
During each wave, you must destroy all the Robotrons (with the exception of the indestructible Hulks) and rescue as many human family members as possible in order to proceed to the next wave. When you complete wave 255 it will appear as if you just started the game! wave 1 starts it all over. Your score will be unaffected. MiscellaneousPlay the game online requires Shockwave at httpwww.shockwave.comswcontentrobotronVAPS Arcade CensusThere are 6,975 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 4,013 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 65,105 machines (3,796 unique titles).Very Common - There are 319 known instances of this machine owned by Robotron 2084 collectors who are members. Of these, 285 of them are original dedicated machines, 12 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet, and 22 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. For Sale - There are 18 VAPS members with Robotron 2084 machines for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts. Wanted - Very Popular - There are 39 VAPS members currently looking for Robotron 2084. This game ranks a 94 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. This game ranks a 80 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often wanted, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records. TechnicalThe ROM revisions are as followsPYellowOrangeULLIThe default difficulty is 5.LIThe demo calls the Quarks Cubeoids.LIThe default high score is 131682.ULPBlueULLIThe default difficulty is 3.LIThe default high score is 151782.LIThe shotinthecorner bug is fixed.ULTriviaThe game was programmed by Eugene Jarvis.PThe unique dualjoystick control was created because of two occurences Jarvis liked the game Berzerk, but hated the joystickandbutton runandshoot configuration and the fact that Jarviss right hand had been broken in a car accident shortly after he finished creating Stargate.PThe human characters in this game are named Mommy, Daddy and Mikey. The idea and the inspiration for the character Mikey was from the 1970s commercial for Life cereal.FixesA common problem with Robotron machines is that the game resets when powered up. This is due to the 5v dropping too low on the CPU board. This can be fixed by reflowing solder, replacing connectors or just cleaning the bent connector pins.Manuals- Instruction Manual 11 Pages, 868 KB File.
- Drawing Set 32 Pages, 2571 KB File.
- Instruction Manual 11 Pages, 96 KB File.
Foto-Finder™ (books)- The Encyclpedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 121; Color photo;
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- Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games, Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256): Page: 121; Color photo; Price guide:
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