Xybots
Xybots is a sci-fi shooter with pseudo-3D environments explored from a third-person perspective. The game can be played by one or two players; the two-player mode takes place on a split screen. The hero(es)…
Xybots is an arcade developed by Atari Games, released 31 December 1987 on Atari Lynx, Amiga, Amstrad CPC and Arcade.
What Xybots is
Xybots is an arcade game developed by Atari Games and released in 1987. It is available on Atari Lynx, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, MSX and ZX Spectrum.
The premise, in the publisher's words
In Xybots, the players must travel through a 3D maze and fight against a series of robots known as the Xybots whose mission is to destroy all mankind. The first player is "Major Rock Hardy" while the second player is "Captain Ace Gunn", but their abilities are virtually identical other than movement speed.
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.
What it launched against
Xybots launched on 31 December 1987, within three weeks of Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus and Head Over Heels.
Released around the same time: Wasteland, Final Fantasy, Nebulus, Head Over Heels.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Quick answers
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