RoboSport

{{Infobox video game

| title = RoboSport

| image = Robosport cover.jpg

| image_size = 256px

| developer = Maxis
Presage Software (Windows){{cite web|url=http://www.presage.com/pRoboSport.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19970614015113/http://www.presage.com/pRoboSport.html|title=Presage Products - RoboSport|website=Presage Software|archivedate=June 14, 1997|accessdate=February 2, 2024}}

| publisher = Maxis

| designer = Edward Kilham

| released = 1991

| genre = Turn-based tactics

| modes = Multi-player

| platforms = Windows, Macintosh, Amiga

}}

RoboSport is a 1991 turn-based tactics computer game. It was created by Edward Kilham and developed and published by Maxis.[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE5DA1E3CF932A2575BC0A964958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print Playing at War, Once Removed] by L.R. Shannon - New York Times article (Aug 11, 1992)[http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue149/122_RoboSport_for_Window.php RoboSport for Windows] by Alfred C. Giovetti - Compute! (Feb 1993)

Image:RoboSport title.png

The player creates teams of robots and maneuvers them around a board to map out one "turn" of movement. The other players and AI do the same and then all movement is played out simultaneously. The robots are equipped with different weapons, including rifles, grenade launchers, and so on. The game supports multiple modes such as capture the flag and a "hostage" game.

Maxis developed this game for DOS, Macintosh and Windows 3.x. In 1992, it was converted by The Dreamers Guild and released for the Amiga.[http://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/robosport/mobyrank Robosport reviews at Moby Games]

Reception

{{Video game reviews

| CGW = {{rating|2|5}}{{r|brooks199405}}

| Dragon = {{rating|5|5}}{{r|Dragon172}}

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The game was reviewed in 1991 in Dragon #172 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 5 out of 5 stars.{{cite journal

|title=The Role of Computers|last1=Lesser|last2=Lesser|last3=Lesser|first1=Hartley|first2=Patricia|first3=Kirk|journal=Dragon|issue=172|date=August 1991|pages=55–64}} Computer Gaming World praised the Windows version of RoboSport for its excellent user interface, ease of programming, and quick play. The magazine concluded that it was "at least three excellent games crammed into one nearly seamless sport".{{cite news | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1992&pub=2&id=101 | title=Maxis' RoboSport for Windows | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=December 1992 | accessdate=5 July 2014 | author=Cooper, Jim | pages=96}} A later article reported that the game depicted small arms and combined arms tactics better "than many computer wargames dedicated to the subject".{{cite news | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1993&pub=2&id=103 | title=A Replay of Maxis' RoboSport | magazine=Computer Gaming World | date=February 1993 | accessdate=6 July 2014 | author=Cirulis, Martin E. | pages=84}} A 1994 survey in the magazine of strategic space games set in the year 2000 and later gave the game three-plus stars out of five.{{Cite magazine | last=Brooks | first=M. Evan | author= | last2= | first2= | date=May 1994 | title=Never Trust A Gazfluvian Flingschnogger! | department= | url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/index.php?year=1994&pub=2&id=118 | magazine=Computer Gaming World | pages=42–58}} Alfred Giovetti, writing for Compute!, praised the game for the flexibility of programming computer robots that would then fight providing an interesting outcome.[http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue149/122_RoboSport_for_Window.php RoboSport for Windows] by Alfred C. Giovetti - Compute! (Feb 1993)

Reviews

Amiga Format (November 1992){{Cite web|url=https://amigareviews.leveluphost.com/robospor.htm#robosportaf|title = Amiga Reviews: Robosport}}
CU Amiga (February 1993){{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/cuamiga-magazine-036/page/n57/mode/2up|title=CU Amiga Magazine Issue 036|date=February 1993}}
Australian Commodore and Amiga Review (January 1993){{Cite web|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_4701|title = Robosport review from ACAR Vol 10 No 1 (Jan 1993) - Amiga Magazine Rack}}
The One Amiga (January 1993){{Cite web|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_9112|title = Robosport review from the One Amiga 52 (Jan 1993) - Amiga Magazine Rack}}
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt) (August 1992){{Cite web | title=Kultboy.com - DIE Kult-Seite über die alten Spiele-Magazine und Retro-Games! | url=http://www.kultboy.com/index.php?site=t&id=4554 | access-date=2025-02-24 | website=www.kultboy.com}}
Amiga Power (January 1993){{Cite web|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_693|title = Robosport review from Amiga Power 21 (Jan 1993) - Amiga Magazine Rack}}
Amiga Joker (December 1992){{cite web |url=http://amigareviews.classicgaming.gamespy.com/robospor.htm |title=Amiga reviews: Robosport |website=amigareviews.classicgaming.gamespy.com |access-date=19 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090721053937/http://amigareviews.classicgaming.gamespy.com/robospor.htm |archive-date=21 July 2009 |url-status=dead}}
Amiga Magazine (May 1993){{Cite web|url=http://amr.abime.net/review_41649|title=RoboSport review from Amiga Magazine 21 (May - Jun 1993) - Amiga Magazine Rack}}