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Robotron: 2084 (ARC, 1982)

Remember the dual-joystick shooter boom that happened alongside the rise of the Xbox 360? Xbox Live Arcade made a lot of those games possible, but none of it would've happened if not for Robotron: 2084. The 1982 arcade release popularized the dual-stick format... though you wouldn't really see a more dual-joystick games out there until Eugene Jarvis made another one in 1990, Smash TV. These days, everything from Geometry Wars to Vampire Survivors owes a little something to this Williams classic.

English
  • Originally Aired January 4, 2024
  • Runtime 56 minutes
  • Created April 8, 2024 by
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  • Modified April 8, 2024 by
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