Xybots

Xybots
File:Xybots.jpg
Developer(s)	Atari Games
Publisher(s)	Atari Games
Designer(s)	Ed Logg
Composer(s)	Hal Canon Brad Fuller Earl Vickers
Platforms	Arcade, Atari Lynx, ZX Spectrum
Release date(s)	Worldwide, 1987, 1991
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Two player
Cabinet	upright
CPU	Motorola 68000 @ 7.15909 MHz, MOS Technology 6502 @ 1.7895 MHz
Sound	Yamaha YM2151 @ 3.579 MHz
Display	Raster, horizontal orientation, 336 x 240 pixels, 1024 colors, 60 Hz refresh rate

Xybots is a 1987 arcade game by Atari Games. It was later ported to other platforms. In Xybots, the players must travel through a 3D maze and fight against a series of robots known as the Xybots whose mission is to destroy all mankind. The first player is "Major Rock Hardy" while the second player is "Captain Ace Gunn", but their abilities are virtually identical other than movement speed.

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 U.S. release 1987 Xybots featured Box Art by Illustrator Marc Ericksen (above right) - Europe Release, by Tengen, 1991
• GameCube / Xbox / PlayStation 2 - Midway Arcade Treasures 2, by Midway, 2004
• PC/Windows - Midway Arcade Treasures, by Midway, 2004 and Midway Arcade Treasures Deluxe Edition, by Midway, 2006
• PSP - Midway Arcade Treasures Extended Play, 2005
• PlayStation 3/Xbox 360 - Midway Arcade Origins, 2012
• Wii U/Xbox 360/Xbox One/Playstation 3/Playstation 4 - Lego Dimensions via Midway Arcade Level Pack, 2015/2016

Planned versions

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

• Sega Genesis
• Nintendo Entertainment System - a prototype ROM image was leaked online.

External links

• Xybots at the Killer List of Videogames
• Xybots at the Arcade History database
• Atari Lynx - Atari Age
• Review from Games Machine magazine, February 1988 - Solvalou.com
• Xybots Review - Atari Times