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Xybots

Description

Run 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.

Xybots was produced by Atari Games in 1987.

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 Xybots was produced include: 720 Degrees, Championship Sprint, Gauntlet II, Super Sprint, Rolling Thunder, Road Blasters, A.P.B., RBI Baseball, Blasteroids, and Atari R.B.I. Baseball

Specs

Name	Xybots
Developer	Atari Games (United States)
Year	1987
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	10510
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Adventure
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	unique
# Simultaneous Players	2
# Maximum Players	2
Game Play	Either
Control Panel Layout	Multiple Player Ambidextrous
Controls	Joystick: 8-way left/right twist stick - Turn Left\|Turn Right Buttons: 2 - Fire\|Zapper
Sound	Amplified Stereo (two channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Bezel	Xybots Bezel Image
Control Panel	Xybots Control Panel Image

Game Introduction

This 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 Play

This game is like playing a primitive version of Doom, or a futuristic, first-person 3-D Gauntlet game.

Xybots KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.84 (6 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.77

Overall Like	4.40
Fun (Social)	4.40
Fun (Solo)	3.50
Collector Desire	4.40

Technical Rating: 4.50

Gameplay	4.40
Graphics	4.20
Originality	4.80
Sound/Music	4.60

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

Cabinet Information

The 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.

Conversion

Though the cabinets look similar, it is NOT possible to make a simple board and control panel swap to IVindicatorsI. The wiring harnesses are different.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op Xybots Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 118 known instances of this machine owned by Xybots collectors who are active members. Of these, 107 of them are original dedicated machines. One is a conversion in which game circuit boards (and possibly cabinet graphics) have been placed in (and on) another game cabinet. 10 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 11 active VAPS members with a Xybots machines for sale.

Wanted - There are 4 active VAPS members currently looking for Xybots. There is one active VAPS member looking for a Xybots circuit board set.

This game ranks a 28 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 7 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

Technical

The 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.

Fixes

Since 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.

Manuals

Schematic Package - Xybots Manual — **Schematic Package**
(18 pages, 2.3 MB File)

Operators Manual - Xybots Manual — **Operators Manual**
(64 pages, 11.4 MB File)

Foto-Finder® (Books)

The Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 204; Color photo Price guide: No
Encyclopedia of Arcade Video Games Kurtz (ISBN 0764319256) Page: 204; Color photo

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (65a0868b-daa4-4111-8006-0f0634aec9be)

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