Talk:I, Robot (video game)

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its great that this game is getting the attention it deservs maybe atari might relese it for the home console some day —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.6.188.49 (talk • contribs) 20:29, 29 September 2005

Current Ownership?

Who even owns the rights to this game nowadays? It appeared for sale as ROM files on StarROMs in late 2003, but eventually was pulled (with mostly Atari Games/Midway titles) because of copyright misunderstandings. But, if it was made and distributed in 1983, then how could Atari Games own it? Then who does now (probably not Theurer)?
Armslurp 00:48, 11 February 2007 (UTC)

I don't know about US copyright law (which is the one probably applicable in this case), but in the EU copyright lasts until the 70th (or 75th? — IANAL) year following the death of the author. 1983 was considerably less than 70 years ago. — 92.40.169.224 (talk) 16:38, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

Around the world

The KLOV entry implies that the machine only ever appeared in the US and Japan. However I distinctly remember playing it in an arcade in Bournemouth when I was a kid. I was baffled by it and in retrospect I can understand why it wasn't a hit. Furthermore I remember reading an interview with Argonaut Software's Jez San, around the time of Starglider 2, in which he mentioned the machine (Starglider 2 also has a homage to "doodle city"[1] as a bonus), albeit that he might have played the machine aborad; nonetheless, it was at least known in the 1980s in the UK. I wonder if it was ever localised to non-English countries? -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 21:10, 31 August 2008 (UTC)

Based on a book? Movie have anything to do with it?

Was this based on anything? Was there a book named I, Robot? Was the movie also based on what this was based on? Also, ha, kinda funny that it failed because it was ahead of it's time. Heh, people are strangggge. 66.31.9.250 (talk) 00:52, 10 December 2009 (UTC)

There was a series of short stories by Isaac Asimov with the same name but I do not know if the game is connected.--76.66.185.138 (talk) 02:27, 29 April 2010 (UTC)

The movie was (loosely) based on the short stories my Asimov. The game just used the name and had no formal connection to either.  Xihr  03:59, 30 April 2010 (UTC)

This game has 126 levels, not 99!

I made this correction some time back; but it got reverted by somebody who obviously has either never played the game past level 99, or who has done so and been misled by the "LEVEL 0" display, failing to realise the significance of the level's colours being the same as those of level 99.

Fire up the game in MAME and watch memory location 0304 (hex), setting the watch type to "Decimal"; you'll find that this location is the level number. Now go to level 99 by whatever means you like, and play through it; when you reach the next land stage, although the on-screen level display reads "0", you'll find that the in-memory level count which you're watching is actually 100. — 92.40.169.224 (talk) 16:57, 16 June 2010 (UTC)

This encroaches in original research. Do you have a reliable, third-party source that verify this?  Xihr  00:12, 17 June 2010 (UTC)

The only third-party source for the (wrong) counterclaim that the game has only 99 levels, appears to be the write-up on the GameFAQs site; and this site is hardly a very reliable source, they seem only to verify that submitted FAQs meet their guidelines (it isn't offensive, illegal or otherwise undesirable; it isn't just a placeholder; it doesn't just duplicate information they already have...) and not such things as accuracy. Certainly their I, Robot FAQ was written by somebody who obviously never got past level 79, for another error is the claim that the level select mechanism only goes this high (in fact, for games started soon after the end of the last one, one can teleport to any level up to and including that on which the last game ended; in a recent game, I started on level 110, which was shown as "110" on the transporter screen although only shown as "10" in-game). — 92.40.222.239 (talk) 11:42, 23 July 2010 (UTC)

Genre

It is most certainly not a multi-directional shooter - you only shoot in one direction: into the screen. It's more of a hybrid shooter/maze game with some platforming aspects. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.79.110.43 (talk) 03:38, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Atari 2600?

The infobox says one of the platforms for this game was Atari 2600. I haven't been able to find any reference to an attempted 2600 port, and the idea seems laughable. Does anyone else have info on this or is it just a mistake? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.235.210.3 (talk) 07:52, 4 December 2013 (UTC)

Amazingly, yes. I googled it. [2] — Smuckola (Email) (Talk) 09:15, 11 March 2014 (UTC)

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