Xybots

Xybots
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Basic Information
Type(s)	Video Game
Developer(s)	[[Atari Games]][[Category:Atari Games]]
Publisher(s)	Atari Games
Genre(s)	Action
Media	ROM, cartridge, DVD
Input	8-way joystick, 2 buttons
Platform(s)	Arcade, Atari Lynx and ZX Spectrum
Main Credits
Designer(s)	[[Ed Logg]]
Composer(s)	[[Hal Canon Brad Fuller Earl Vickers]]
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Xybots was developed by Atari Games in 1987 as an arcade video game, then later released on other platforms. In Xybots, the players (1st player as Major Rock Hardy while 2nd player as Captain Ace Gunn) must travel through a 3D maze and fight against a series of robots known as the Xybots whose mission is to destroy all mankind.

Platform Information

Arcade

Released Worldwide 1987

• Game Designer: Ed Logg
• Programmers: Ed Logg and Bob Flanngan
• Engineer: Doug Snyder
• Technician: Cris Drobny
• Animators: Sam Comstock and Mark Nest
• Audio Designers: Earl Vickers, Hal Canon, Brad Fuller

Ports

• MSX
• Commodore 64
• Amstrad
• ZX Spectrum
• Atari ST
• Commodore Amiga
• Atari Lynx - Europe Release, by Tengen, 1991
• GameCube / Xbox / PlayStation 2 - Midway Arcade Treasures 2, by Midway, 2004
• PSP Midway Arcade Treasures Extended Play, 2005

Planned Versions

These versions of Xybots were in development, but were ultimately never released.

• Sega Genesis
• Nintendo Entertainment System

External links

• Xybots arcade machine - KLOV.com
• Atari Lynx - Atari Age
• Xybots hardware info at MAWS
• Review from Games Machine magazine, February 1988 - Solvalou.com
• Xybots Review - Atari Times