Robot Ron

Gameplay

Robot Ron is a classic dual stick blaster like Smash TV or Atari's Robotron. It was made with the Playstation Dual Shock joypad in mind (although can also be played with the original PS pad). The aim of the game is to finish with the highest score, destroying numerous enemy types and talking bosses along the way.

History

This game was written as a little christmas present for all the yarozers still active. By recycling old modules and code I managed to cobble it together in three days. I spent a further three days in august 2001 improving the game to produce Robot Ron OPM, which appeared on the March 2002 (issue #82) and July 2002 (issue #86) coverdisks of UK Official Playstation Magazine.

Robot Ron OPM is now part of the Game On exhibition which started at London's Barbican Centre and has travelled accross the world including the National Museum of Scotland, Helsinki City Art Museum, Eretz Israel Museum, the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago and more.

Screenshots

Hiscore Table

01 - 1,569,921 - Laurie Mackinnon
02 - 1,555,636 - Martin Beech
03 - 1,252,530 - Derek Da Silva
04 - 1,251,811 - Fatant
05 - 1,162,392 - The Wellian
06 - 1,069,488 - Stuart Vernon
07 - 1,013,828 - John Pope
08 - 986,656 - Liam Mannion
09 - 965,352 - Anthony Stone
10 - 853,727 - Daniel Smith (In Llangynidr)

Gameplay Hints

the spawning lasers can't hurt you, but it's best to try and stay away from them because thats where the enemies come from
keeping your shots trained on the spawners is a great idea if you have enough spare bullets
hiding in the corner can get you through some levels, but not others
hanging about with one enemy left to try and get more powerups won't work, but it will let you have a bit or a rest before the next stage
Leave all the baddies and go right up to the edge of the screen and shoot off it, this will give you optimum fire rate and so score max points while you get a point for each bullet shot. Of course on later levels it's pretty impossible to avoid all the enemies, and the extra score you get probably isn't worth it.
On the first level dont collect the powerups as they appear and kill yourself once the spawning period is over. Once you are down to your last life there should be three, or maybe four, powerups floating around on the first level, so grab them and continue through the game. You have to be confident you won't loose a life but you need to do it all at full multiplier anyway for the big scores (your multiplier goes to zero after dying) and it does give you a sizable firepower advantage.

Download

Playstation exe file for use with emulators:
robot_ron_exe.zip

CD image featuring all my playstation games:
psone_iso.zip (iso format)

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