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Atomic Robo-Kid

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Genres
ShooterArcade
Themes
ActionScience fiction
Modes
Single player
Perspective
Third personSide view
Developers
UPL, UPL
Publishers
Release dates
Platform Date
Arcade November 01, 1988
TurboGrafx-16/PC Engine January 13, 1990
Sega Mega Drive/Genesis December 14, 1990
Sharp X68000 December 20, 1990
Amiga December 31, 1990
Atari ST/STE December 31, 1990

About

Atomic Robo-Kid is a horizontally scrolling shooter released in arcades by UPL. The player controls the titular character through six stages of increasing difficulty, facing an alien "governor" boss (which are so large as to be considered levels in and of themselves, as some of the bosses take up several screens) at the end of each level, followed by a "duel" level against other Robo-Kid sized robots. Many levels branch into others, giving the player the choice over which zone to enter next, increasing replayability.

Story

In the 21st century, a blast of cosmic radiation bombarded Terra-12, a deep-space outpost of Earth, hideously mutating all transplanted life. A fleet of savage beings followed the radiation wave and invaded the planet and began the systematic destruction of all remaining sentient life. Years of battling the alien 'governors' have gone by, and now only one hope survives to avenge the desperate terran colonists.

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