I've always enjoyed Williams' arcade classic Robotron 2084, even if it wasn't on my list of favorites, but recently after watching an interview with its creators, Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar, I decided to look a little deeper, and ooooh boy, have I got a problem...This game has gone from an acquaintance to an obsession.
Suddenly, I'm finding myself playing it constantly, and when I'm not playing it, I'm thinking about it. I'm cursing and yelling and screaming at my TV because I was this close to beating my high score. I'm hearing Robotron sounds in my head as if they were a song stuck in there. Then I start experimenting with all the weird and different ways I can experience Robotron.
I played it with several different controllers emulated on a 1st-gen Xbox. I played it on the PC with the keyboard. I played it with my arcade stick. I played the Atari 7800 version. This went on for a while until I loaded it up on my tablet and played it with a PS3 controller, and it was absolutely lovely. Then the flash of genius hit me -- "don't those navigation controllers also work with Android?"Yes, yes they do. As soon as I realized this, I was in my car and on my way to GameStop to pick up a second navigation controller. I got everything all set up, and then I experienced what may be the single coolest way ever to play Robotron.
At the moment, my high score is 149,350 -- leave me a comment if you can beat it!
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