i have the strangest urge to play robotron or q-bert.

"No one really knows what I'm talking about
Yeah that's right my name's Yauch
Ponce De Leon constantly on
The fountain of youth not Robotron
Peace is a word I've heard before
So move and move and move upon the dance floor
I'm gonna die gonna die gonna die one day
Cause I'm goin and goin and goin this way
Not like a roach or a piece of toast
I'm going out first class not going out coach"

He is almost as bad an actor as Heyden Christensen. A smiling robotron that looks like he is taking a deuce when he tries to be serious.

*animation *actionpack *music

It looks rad. I loved Robotron!

http://www.voxatron.com for its official web site.

The first game in this genera was ROBOTRON , I Think it can be hard sometimes to tell if something is a homage, rip off or something that's very similar but of value in its own right.

In the end it can just come down to intentoin so long as the dev is ohnist about where they got the idea from what they wanted to do then it dosent matter , I would only have a problem with someone peddaling mechanics as there inventoin , with a game mechanic as old as the one in this game it would be obsurd for the developer to claim it as there own and hence I think it would be hard to call it a ripp off. The $1 fee seems fair to me for the work he has done in implimentatoin + the song + art work.

I get more angry when companies patient fundamental mechanics , its like some dip shit paintenting the wheel all it dose is hinder creative freedom and development of the mideaum.

Yeah it was Robotron alright, but it was a lot more too. It had an extra colourful spacy psychotropic element that a vid doesnt really get across.

Imagine its the early to mid 90's and your playing this on a big tv all the colours and latest graphical effects, plus the zany sound effects really turned up the experience.

Plus it was free and I probably played it more than most commercial games. Llamasoft were pretty great, they gave lots of classi games a Llama themed makeover and released them free. Attack of the Mutant Camels anyone?

I love how they completely rip off Robotron and then start the game with a splash asking for money. Asshats.

I dumped a mountain of quarters into this .. until I discovered RoboTron.

Holy crap! I have that robotron game (or a variation of it) for my old atari!

upvote for robotronic response.

best part is he presents where the other kid's info first appeared in creationist literature.