Xybots

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Description

Xybots is a sci-fi shooter with pseudo-3D environments explored from a third-person perspective. The game can be played by one or two players; the two-player mode takes place on a split screen. The hero(es) must move through a series of Gauntlet-style underground mazes, killing the bad guys and collecting health and other bonuses from flying saucers. It's designed to be played co-operatively, although bullets from one player can harm the other.

The Xybots are out to stop the protagonists, and many have advanced attack patterns as well as bullets to fire at them. Being able to view round corners is useful, allowing the player to plan a strategy - often it's good to send one player forward and let the other play the waiting game, similarly to the tactics often employed in Gauntlet.

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Critic Reviews

The Atari Times	Lynx	Jun 01, 2005	90 out of 100	90
Sinclair User	ZX Spectrum	Oct, 1991	85 out of 100	85
Commodore User	Amiga	Jul, 1989	84 out of 100	84
The Games Machine (UK)	Amstrad CPC	Aug, 1989	82 out of 100	82
Atari ST User	Atari ST	Sep, 1989	8 out of 10	80
Commodore User	Arcade	Feb, 1988	8 out of 10	80
Amiga User International	Amiga	Sep, 1989	8 out of 10	80
Power Play	Amiga	1989	79 out of 100	79
ACE (Advanced Computer Entertainment)	ZX Spectrum	Aug, 1989	776 out of 1000	78
Zzap!	Commodore 64	Jun, 1991	27 out of 100	27

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Trivia

1001 Video Games

The Arcade version of Xybots appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Canceled NES version

A NES version was going to be published by Tengen in 1990 but was canceled. A prototype of it exists.

Awards

• Amiga Power
  • May 1991 (issue #00) - #99 in the "All Time Top 100 Amiga Games"
• Power Play
  • Issue 01/1990 - #3 Best Arcade Port in 1989