Xybots

Infobox VG
title = Xybots


developer=Atari Games
publisher=Atari Games
designer=Ed Logg
released=Worldwide, 1987, 1991
genre=Action
modes=Two player
ratings=
platforms=Arcade, Atari Lynx, ZX Spectrum
media=ROM, cartridge, DVD
input=8-way joystick, 2 buttons
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 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 humankind.

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

* 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

Planned Versions

These versions of Xybots were in development, but were ultimately never releasedFact|date=February 2007.

* Sega Genesis
* Nintendo Entertainment System

External links

* [http://www.atariage.com/software_page.html?SoftwareLabelID=1892 Atari Lynx] - Atari Age
* [http://www.mameworld.net/maws/set/xybots "Xybots" hardware info] at MAWS
* [http://www.solvalou.com/subpage/arcade_reviews/20/407/xybots_review.html Review from "Games Machine" magazine, February 1988] - Solvalou.com
* [http://www.ataritimes.com/article.php?showarticle=473 Xybots Review] - Atari Times