Xybots

Xybots
Developer(s)	Atari Games
Publisher(s)	Atari Games
Designer(s)	Ed Logg
Composer(s)	Hal Canon Brad Fuller Earl Vickers
Platform(s)	Arcade, Atari Lynx, ZX Spectrum
Release date(s)	Worldwide, 1987, 1991
Genre(s)	Action
Mode(s)	Two player
Media/distribution	ROM, cartridge, DVD
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 mankind.

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 - Europe Release, by Tengen, 1991
• GameCube / Xbox / Playstation 2 - Midway Arcade Treasures 2, by Midway, 2004
• PSP Midway Arcade Treasures Extended Play, 2005

Planned versions

These versions of Xybots were in development, but were ultimately never released^{[citation needed]}.

• Sega Genesis
• Nintendo Entertainment System

External links

• Xybots arcade machine - KLOV.com
• Atari Lynx - Atari Age
• Xybots hardware info at MAWS
• Review from Games Machine magazine, February 1988 - Solvalou.com
• Xybots Review - Atari Times