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Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters

Based on the arcade game, in Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters you are sent in on a rescue mission to Planet X. This planet has been taken over by robots and you must find and evacuate the remaining…

31 December 1989

Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters is a platform developed by Atari Corporation, released 31 December 1989 on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade and Atari ST/STE.

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What Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters is

Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters is a platform game developed by Atari Corporation and released in 1989. It is available on Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Based on the arcade game, in Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters you are sent in on a rescue mission to Planet X. This planet has been taken over by robots and you must find and evacuate the remaining humans. It's a shooter similar to Gauntlet, only with an isometric viewpoint. You run around the levels shooting robots, rescuing humans and picking up items.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, comedy and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

What it launched against

Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters launched on 31 December 1989, within three weeks of Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream and Denaris.

Released around the same time: Fantasy World Dizzy, A Boy and His Blob: Trouble on Blobolonia, Pipe Dream, Denaris.

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When did Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters come out?
Escape from the Planet of the Robot Monsters was released on 31 December 1989 for Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Arcade, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX, DOS and ZX Spectrum.

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