Xybots

Information

Genre

Shoot'em Up! - 3-D

Language

Machine Language

Controls

Joystick, Keyboard

Players

1, 2 (sim.)

Resolution

Low

Programmer(s)

Costas, Barry

Graphic Artist(s)

[unknown]

Game design

Atari Games [company]

Musician(s)

Daglish, Ben

Sound FX

[unknown]

Dump

Missing dump(s)

Year

1990

Publisher

Tengen

Developer

Teque Software Development

Licensed from

Atari Games / Tengen

Software

English

Box/Instructions

English

License

Commercial

ST Type

ST, STe, TT, 0.5MB

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.2/10 · Votes: 17 · Downloads: 0 · Hits: 7,984

Tips (3)

Trivia (4)

Origins

Based on Atari Games 1987 coin-op.

Conversion - Atari Lynx

Charts

Top UK ST charts position: 34 (7/1991)
Months on charts: 1, 7/1991

Releases

The Atari ST version was released first on the 16 bit market in Europe. Published later for other 16 bit systems.
Source: Research of over 16700 software reviews from UK computer magazines between 1985 and 1996.

Book / Magazine Reviews (1)

The One · July, 1989 · Rating: 78 %

Comments (2)

• Atari A to Z (Pete Davison) — 6 Jul 2022

  Tengen's port of Xybots for the Atari ST is remarkably true to the arcade original... to a fault, at times. Still, if you enjoy a bit of dungeon crawling-cum-blasting action, there's fun to be had here! Let's Play! https://youtu.be/oxc-hjSZmYQ

• IntoTheVerticalBlank — 1 Jul 2022

  One or two players (split screen) run around the space ship blasting aliens and picking up money and goodies. You can buy weapons at the end of each level and there are bosses to fight every couple of times you finish one. . Full instructions are at Lemon Amiga. This is quite a unique game for the time and a good arcade conversion. The ONLY problem I have with it is the clunky turning system. You have to PRESS and HOLD the fire button and hold the your controller left or right to rotate slowly 90 degrees at a time. It's easy to get turned around and to miss your desired stopping point. On the other hand, the BLASTING in this game is really really awesome. It's kind of a 3D version of Xenophobe, but better.