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🕹 Game Name: XYBOTS
📛 Alternate Names: None
📅 Release Date: 1987
🔫 Genre: 3D maze shooter
👨 🏻 💻 Developers: Atari Games
👨 🏻 💻 Publishers: Atari Games
🔢 Max Players: 2
⁉ Cooperative: Yes
🕹 Game Introduction: A sci-fi action game mixing maze exploration, shooting, and co-op play.
🕹 Game Description: Players navigate robotic-filled mazes, shooting enemies while collecting coins and upgrades.
🎴 Game Play:
👉 🏻 Rotate your view with the joystick twist.
👉 🏻 Blast Xybots and collect energy for survival.
👉 🏻 Spend coins in shops for health and upgrades.
📕 Background & History: Atari’s attempt to bring 3D maze shooting to arcades, with innovative co-op play and strategic resource management.
👓 Lonster's Review: Feels ahead of its time. Twisting the joystick is unique, and co-op makes it shine.
🎉 Trivia:
👉 🏻 Designed by Ed Logg, creator of Gauntlet.
👉 🏻 Early attempt at pseudo-3D first-person gameplay.
🐣 Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs:
👉 🏻 Use cover corners to block enemy fire.
👉 🏻 Always save coins for health refills.
🌟 Legacy: A cult classic remembered for innovation and co-op fun, paving the way for later 3D shooters.