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''Robot Attack'' is a clone of the arcade game '' Berzerk'' written by Bill Hogue and Jeff Konyu for the
TRS-80 The TRS-80 Micro Computer System (TRS-80, later renamed the Model I to distinguish it from successors) is a desktop microcomputer launched in 1977 and sold by Tandy Corporation through their Radio Shack stores. The name is an abbreviation of '' ...
and published by
Big Five Software Big Five Software ( Big 5 Software) was an American video game developer in the first half of the 1980s founded by Bill Hogue and Jeff Konyu. The company released games for the Tandy TRS-80 and later the Atari 8-bit family. Most of its TRS-80 ga ...
in 1981. It was the first game from Big Five to include speech.


Gameplay

''Robot Attack'' is a game in which the player fights against hostile robots aboard a space station. The player starts in a
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like room full of robots, and the goal is to destroy the robots and exit the room. The maze walls, robots, and the robots' shots are all deadly. After a while in each room, an indestructible "flagship" appears which performs the same function as Evil Otto in ''Berzerk''.


Development

Bill Hogue recorded the voice lines on tape and digitized them through the TRS-80 cassette port.


Reception

Ian Chadwick reviewed ''Robot Attack'' in '' Ares Magazine'' #12 and commented that "''Robot Attack'' is highly recommended for the nimble fingered arcade buff and even more so for the curious programmer who wishes to discover the secrets behind the usual technique of voice replication used here. Another feather in the cap of Big Five". Bruce Campbell reviewed ''Robot Attack'' in ''
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'' No. 52. Campbell commented that "''Robot Attack'' gets a high recommendation. It will quickly pay for itself by saving you quarters you are spending at the arcade".


See also

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K-Razy Shoot-Out ''K-Razy Shoot-Out'' is a clone of the arcade game '' Berzerk'' developed by K-Byte, a division of Kay Enterprises, and released for the Atari 8-bit family in 1981. The game was written by Torre Meeder and Keith Dreyer, and was the first Atari 8- ...
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