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Atari Games Year: 1987 Class: Wide Release Genre: Adventure Type: Videogame Monitor:
Number of Simultaneous Players: 2 Maximum number of Players: 2 Gameplay: Either Control Panel Layout: Multiple Player Ambidextrous Controls:
Sound: Amplified Stereo (two channel) |
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Xybots DescriptionRun your human through mazes with a 3-D over-the-shoulder view. Shoot tons of nasty robots that are out to get you. Exit each level to progress to a new maze, with boss levels and the option to buy upgrades between levels.Know anything more about this game? Cabinet InformationThe cabinet has a skinny base, a wide control panel that peaks in the center and slopes to either side, a skinny neck, and a large octagonal monitor housing. The top of the cabinet is completed with an oblong housing with cut corners for the marquee.ConversionThough the cabinets look similar, it is NOT possible to make a simple board and control panel swap to IVindicatorsI. The wiring harnesses are different.Game IntroductionThis is possibly one of the first 3-D shooters ever made. While there are none of the full, free motion effects of the traditional modern day 3-D engines, you are able to change perspectives on the fly.The names of the characters are Captian Ace Gunn and Major Rock Hardy. Game PlayThis game is like playing a primitive version of Doom, or a futuristic, first-person 3-D Gauntlet game.CAPS/VAPS Arcade CensusThere are 6,454 members of the Classic Arcade Preservation Society / Video Arcade Preservation Society, 3,704 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 60,808 machines (3,615 unique titles).Common - There are 44 known instances of this machine owned by Xybots collectors. Of these, 37 of them are original dedicated machines, and 7 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired. This game ranks a 28 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records. Wanted - There are 4 VAPS members currently looking for Xybots. This game ranks a 11 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most commonly seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records. For Sale - There are 6 VAPS members with Xybots machines for sale. VAPS members are totally independent of VAPS and the International Arcade Museum, and we are unable to recommend, endorce, or guarantee any person or company selling games or game parts.
TechnicalThe joystick is similar to the standard Atari 8way leafswitch device found on games like IGauntletI, but the stick has been modified to allow the shaft to rotate a quarter turn either clockwise or counterclockwise. There is a smaller actuator that protrudes perpendicular to the shaft that contacts one of two microswitches and a spring keeps the shaft centered between the two switches.FixesSince replacement joysticks may be difficult to find, a regular 8way joystick could be substituted, but two additional buttons would have to be added to the control panel to allow the left and right perspective changes.PAlternately, it EMmayEM be possible to substitute a rotary joystick with some additional circuitry to emulate the leftright twist control. Happ Controls, a US arcade parts manufacturer, makes two styles of rotary units which also operate as normal 8way sticks. These can be useful in games such as IIkari WarriorsI, IMidnight ResistanceI and ITime SoldiersI. They are not springloaded like the IXybotsI originals, but if properly adapted, these replacements would allow for a more authentic feel and would avoid the unnecessary mutilation of the original control panel.Foto-Finder™
eBay ListingsClick to search eBay for Xybots Videogame machines and related items.Click to search eBay for machines and parts made by Atari Games. Check out the IAM/KLOV report of the hottest coin-op machines on eBay, powered by Ace.com.
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