Robots is a 2005 video game based off of the 2005 movie of the same name. It was developed by Eurocom and published by Sierra Entertainment for the PlayStation 2, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, and Microsoft Windows on February 24, 2005.
A game with the same name was also released for the Game Boy Advance and Nintendo DS. Due to the inferior hardware, this game is dramatically different from the game on the home console.
Cast[]
- Grey DeLisle as Ariela McMissile, Daughter of Mr. Zilliax Ka McMissile and Mrs. Stevia McMissile
- Dave Foley as Rodney Copperbottom, Son of Mr. Herb Copperbottom and Mrs. Lydia Copperbottom
- Greg Kinnear as Phineas T. Ratchet
- Val Bettin as Lawrence Geargrinder, Henchmen of Phineas T. Ratchet
- Hank Azaria as Bartok
- Frank Welker as Wonderbot, Lucky of Bartok's Best Friend and Pooka, Cappy's pet dog
- Tegan Moss as Piper Pinwheeler
- Dan Castellaneta as Fender Pinwheeler
- Drew Carey as Crank Casey
- Jim Cummings as Bigweld, Lugnut and Clay-Long Gasket
- Kelsey Grammer as Zozi
- Jennifer Coolidge as Aunt Fanny
- Corey Burton as Diesel Springer
- Kath Soucie as Lydia Copperbottom
- Stanley Tucci as Herb Copperbottom
- Rene Auberjonois as Zilliax Ka McMissile
- Bonnie Hunt as Stevia McMissile
- Natasha Lyonne as Loretta Geargrinder
- Richard Kind as Mal Gasket
- Tim Curry as Narrator
- Fred Tatasciore, Corey Burton, Matt Stone, Jeff Bennett, Jim Cummings, Maurice LaMarche and Trey Parker as Elite Decepticon Soldiers
Gameplay[]
This game features Ariane McMissile, Rodney Copperbottom, Fender Pinwheeler and Piper Pinwheeler as the playable main character. The player can also play as the Bartok, Zozi, Pooka and Wonderbot in certain areas, with partners Phineas T. Ratchet, Lawrence Geargrinder, Lydia Copperbottom, Herb Copperbottom, Zilliax Ka McMissile, Stevia McMissile, and Bigweld in the chase scene from Clay-Long Gasket and his armies.
Rodney can invent different devices by collecting a certain amount of blueprints scattered throughout the environment. In the beginning of the game, he repairs his Wonderbot, his personal companion. He also obtains the Scrap Launcher from Lydia Copperbottom and Herb Copperbottom, a weapon which uses Scrap as ammo which is found in the worlds of the game, and a wrench which is used as a melee weapon. More weapons are acquired throughout the course of the game. Scrap is also used to purchase items at vendors, including the Maxi-Scrap 500 and Maxi-Scrap 1000 which upgrades his Scrap capacity from 200 to 500 and 1000 respectively, the Refine-O-Max which doubles the value of Scrap, and four mutually exclusive upgrades to his Scrap Launcher which can be replaced at any time.
Later while in Robot City he obtains the Magnabeam from Jack Hammer, which uses energy which must be refilled by going on recharge circles, and can also be used as a weapon.
The PlayStation 2 version of the game runs at 30 FPS in some areas due to the limited power of the hardware compared to the other two consoles and PC, which run at 60 FPS in more areas.