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Robotz DX is well-designed to be an impressive as well as addictive unashamedly old-school, single-screen shoot-em-up with strategic game play. Although simple in concept, it is a difficult game to beat; you will die many times before you master all 30 arenas - and even when you do conquer the game, it's randomly generated level layouts will provide a new challenge on every subsequent play-through.OK, with the hype and 80's sci-fi b-movie plot out of the way, let's talk about how you actually play the game... :) On each level, the goal is to destroy all the robots within a time limit of 60 seconds. To destroy the (shielded) robots, the player has to blow up the red, pulsating shield emitters first. You'll know when you have successfully hit a target because it will flash white. There are bonuses to collect, and computer banks to use as temporary cover, or to simply blow up for extra points (and note that there is a small chance of the computers hiding an additional bonus within). Sounds easy? Well, it isn't. The player takes one hit to kill (or contact with an enemy), and those 60 seconds run out fast.Major Features:Rapid, manual fire is the best way to play, but be cautious not to use the five bullet allowance on one robot as you'll have nothing left available for another encounter until your bullets have regenerated!Learn the movement and firing patterns of each robot, and use them to your advantage.Due to the random nature of the game, some levels may appear to be un-winnable; in fact, occasionally they will be near impossible to beat. Remember to lure daleks out of the path to the emitters by moving the player, and leg it past them when you can. Their 8 directional fire means that there is always a blind spot where they cannot hit you, so if there is no available cover, that's where you want to stand. If all else fails and you know that you cannot beat the level in time, go for the computers and bonuses instead to build up your score - points will soon add up and reward you with a much needed 1UP. :)Spawners should be given a high target priority. If they are easily accessible from your start location, go for them *beforethe shield emitters. Battling robots is hard enough without having to wade through an army of annoying little drones as well!Play strategically. If a robot is trapped behind a computer bank, try to keep it there until you are ready to confront it; don't just blow up computers carelessly for the score bonus. Likewise, lure robots to park on top of spawners that you cannot reach to prevent them from creating more drones. Note how the player fires slightly off-centre (from the position of where the gun is, in fact). Use this to your advantage, especially when firing diagonally around corners - you can usually position yourself so that you can hit a target without being shot.Always take cover after releasing a volley of shots at an enemy so that they cannot retaliate just before they are destroyed. Keep on the move so you are a difficult target to hit, but be careful not to run into another firing line when avoiding bullets!Keep an eye on the timer. Those 60 seconds don't last for very long.Stay calm, and don't panic!Requirements:Robotz DX was created in GM8, and therefore should work on XP, Vista and Windows 7 PC's. The game requires around 200MB of RAM (blame the Game Maker interpreter for that!) and 20MB of hard disk space
