Robotron: 2084

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Year: 1982
Platform(s): Arcade
Designer(s): Eugene Jarvis & Larry DeMar
Developer: Vid Kidz
Publisher: Williams

"Robotron‭ ‬2084‭ ‬sliced the appeal of action games so close to the bone with its intoxicatingly pure blend of moving and shooting that you could argue every subsequent title merely represents dilution.‭ The twin-stick shooter is now experiencing an Indian summer,‭ ‬but still nobody’s topped Robotron’s magical ecology.‭ ‬That bestiary of things you shoot,‭ ‬things you can only avoid,‭ ‬and things that can’t wait to shoot you right back remains compulsively appealing‭ – ‬and relevant." - Edge

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