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Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters

エスケープ・フロム・ザ・プラネト|オブ・ザ・ロボット・モンスターズ

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 89 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, Toobin', Cyberball, 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	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color 19-inch
Conversion Class	JAMMA
Game Specific	Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters Pinout
# 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

Video Clips

Escape from the Planet of Monster Robots - MAMECADE 49

Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters shortplay by Ivan Paduano

Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 4.06 (2 votes)

Fun Factor: 4.00

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

Technical Rating: 4.13

Gameplay	4.00
Graphics	4.50
Originality	3.50
Sound/Music	4.50

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.

Images

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

There are 15,370 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,709 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 167,412 machines (7,024 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 83 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. 13 of them are conversions in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 23 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 16 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.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters

1989 / 2 Pages

Technical

Uses speech synthesis.

Manuals

Schematic Package - Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters Manual — **Schematic Package**
(17 pages, 807 kB File)

Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters - Manual - Escape From The Planet Of The Robot Monsters Manual — **Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters - Manual**
(68 pages, 8.5 MB File)

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Dedicated (a17ed5d41fd4970856802c1861509c88)

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