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Robber

Robber is an action game where the player controls a thief that has reached the safe of a castle dungeon vault. The game contains three different screens that the player has to find a way through without…

31 December 1983

Robber is a video game, released 31 December 1983 on ZX Spectrum.

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What Robber is

Robber was released in 1983. It was published by Virgin Games. It is available on ZX Spectrum only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Robber is an action game where the player controls a thief that has reached the safe of a castle dungeon vault. The game contains three different screens that the player has to find a way through without getting killed. In the first room there are three objects that need to be collected: a stethoscope, a door key and a safe key (which is hidden). There is also a guard patrolling the room and it is necessary to avoid its torch beam. The second screen involve moving over a bridge whose pieces is regularly vanishing. The third and final screen contains multiple sections. First it's necessary to swim through a flooded cave full of deadly jellyfish and it has to be done with a limited air…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Robber launched on 31 December 1983, within three weeks of The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac and Zoo Keeper.

Released around the same time: The Witness, Chuckie Egg, Atic Atac, Zoo Keeper.

Official trailer

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Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

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When did Robber come out?
Robber was released on 31 December 1983 for ZX Spectrum.