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Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters - Japanese Logo - Katakana / Kanji

Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters - Cabinet - Video Game Marquee

Description

The evil Reptilons are holding humans hostage on Planet X. Warp in and rescue them, destroying enemy robot monsters with laser blasts, viewed from a three-quarters overhead view. Hall-effect joysticks allow rotation to face any direction.

Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters was produced by Atari Games in 1989.

Atari Games released 88 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1984. Atari Games was based in United States.

Other machines made by Atari Games during the time period Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters was produced include: Tetris, Vindicators, Assault, Pot Shot, Toobin', Hard Drivin', Cyberball 2072, S.T.U.N. Runner, Badlands, and KLAX

Specs

Name Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters
Developer Atari Games (United States)
Year 1989
Type Videogame
KLOV/MOG # 7716
Class Wide Release
Genre Shooter
Monitor
Conversion Class JAMMA
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# Simultaneous Players 2
# Maximum Players 2
Game Play Joint
Control Panel Layout Multiple Player
Controls
  • Joystick: Hall Effect
  • Buttons: 3 - FireDuckJump
Sound Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles
  • Upright/Standard
Control Panel Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters Control Panel Image
PCB Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters PCB Image

Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.53 (1 vote)

Fun Factor: 4.80

Overall Like 5.00
Fun (Social) 5.00
Fun (Solo) 4.00
Collector Desire 5.00

Technical Rating: 4.25

Gameplay 5.00
Graphics 4.00
Originality 4.00
Sound/Music 4.00

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

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VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters Census

There are 14,769 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,481 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 164,607 machines (6,903 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 81 known instances of this machine owned by Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters collectors who are active members. Of these, 47 of them are original dedicated machines. 12 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 22 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 3 active VAPS members with a Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters machines for sale. There are 2 active VAPS members with a Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters circuit boards for sale.

Wanted - Popular - There are 14 active VAPS members currently looking for Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters circuit board set.

This game ranks a 18 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 23 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

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Technical

Uses speech synthesis.

Manuals

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

  1. 3D Model (External): Dedicated

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