Xybots (Atari Games, 1987)

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Designed by Ed LoggProgrammed by Ed Logg and Bob FlanaganArt by Sam Comstock and Mark WestMusic by Hal Canon, Brad Fuller and Earl VickersOriginally released as an arcade game by Atari Games in 1987.Commodore 64 conversion by John Scott for Tengen, and released by Domark in 1989.Amstrad CPC, MSX and Sinclair ZX Spectrum conversions by Teque Software Developments Ltd: Programming by Barry Costas and Dave Colledge. Music by Matt Furniss. Released by Domark in 1989.Atari ST conversion by Teque Software Developments Ltd: Programming by Barry Costas. Music by Ben Daglish. Released by Domark in 1989.Commodore Amiga conversion by Teque Software Developments Ltd, and released by Domark in 1989; no further credits are known.Atari Lynx version by NuFX, Inc:Programming by Patrick QuinnMusic and sound effects by Matt ScottReleased by Atari in 1991.---INTRODUCTION & GAME STATUSBecause April has in the blog's recent history been dedicated to American games, I decided to try and work on this comparison of Xybots, an Atari arcade classic, during April, in the hopes of getting it out before the end of the month. You can see by the date of this comparison's publication, whether or not I succeeded in my mission.Anyway, the comparison of Xybots has been a long time in my to-do list, because it was originally suggested by my gaming and podcasting colleague, Bob Engstrand, too many years ago to count, and besides, the blog seemed to be in sore need of another title for the archive starting with the letter X. It just so happens, that Xybots has also become one of my all-time favourite Atari arcade games in the last 15 years, which is why it took a while to gather the courage to write this one. For all I know, Xybots is a rare example of a brilliant, if somewhat misunderstood, arcade game, because it never really seemed to get a home conversion that would do it proper justice, so a clone of it has never really been attempted, either.Read more »