RE: Robotron

August 17, 2004 8:01 PM

Crimsonland. This game is more fun than riding the Astrotrain to Cybertron.
posted by bargle (13 comments total)

This is really, really fun.
posted by LukeyBoy at 8:42 PM on August 17, 2004

Wow, bloody. Simple, yet satisfying.
posted by gottabefunky at 8:49 PM on August 17, 2004

this serves what I was hoping that Robotron 2084 would.
thanks.
posted by Busithoth at 9:10 PM on August 17, 2004

Robotron is right - run around the periphery, firiing ahead and slightly to the inside.

Man, what a great game that was. Nothing in the whold arcade could get your blood going like it could.
posted by gottabefunky at 9:13 PM on August 17, 2004

Oh, and the flamethrower sucks.
posted by gottabefunky at 9:13 PM on August 17, 2004

This game was much better back about a year or so ago when it was still a freeware indie demo. If you want some really good indie gaming fun, check out Orbital Sniper, a free, legal (as opposed to abandonware) download from Home of the Underdogs.
posted by Ryvar at 9:16 PM on August 17, 2004

Alright! I've been looking for some new games to play lately. I played this last year and it was really fun, but my demo time ran out.

Starscape (ads all over the internet) was pretty fun too.

I just found home of the underdogs a little while ago, but there just so many games its hard to find something good.

Can anyone recommend a good RTS like the original C&C or warcraft?

Also, I remember really liking a game for the Super Nintendo (16bit) that was like lemmings, but with medievel characters and you had to battle dragons and stuff... Does anyone remember what that game was?
posted by kookywon at 9:51 AM on August 18, 2004

Check out Dune II and Herzog Zwei, the Adam and Eve of RTS games.
posted by euphorb at 10:22 AM on August 18, 2004

yeah, this is from last March or so. not bad, but basically Robotron (as you said). demo was/is good fun though. i played it a lot.

two great free (small) scrolling shooters: Warning Forever and Tumiki Fighters.

i can't get enough of Tumiki Fighters.
posted by mrgrimm at 10:40 AM on August 18, 2004

both found courtesy of Home of the Underdogs, mentioned by kookywon above.
posted by mrgrimm at 10:44 AM on August 18, 2004

Man, what a great game that was. Nothing in the whold arcade could get your blood going like it could.

I just sold up Robotron upright ;-( as well as my Tempest and Turbo games. Preparing for a relocation and had to downsize.
posted by a3matrix at 12:23 PM on August 18, 2004

Another free game that I remember playing quite a bit was called Abuse its a side scroller shooter which I remember to be pretty fun.
posted by kookywon at 1:07 PM on August 18, 2004

Good links for freeware oldschool games:

Shoot-em Ups (aka SHMUPS)
Game Hippo
Megagames
posted by straight at 8:09 PM on August 19, 2004