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{{Infobox VG | title = RoboSport | image = Robosport cover.jpg | developer = [[Maxis|Maxis Software]] | publisher = [[Maxis|Maxis Software]] | designer = Edward Kilham | released = 1991 | genre = [[Turn-based strategy]] | modes = [[Multi-player]] | ratings = | platforms = [[MS-DOS]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Apple Macintosh]], [[Amiga]] | media = | input = [[Keyboard (computing)|Keyboard]], [[Mouse (computing)|Mouse]]}} '''''RoboSport''''' is a [[1991 in video gaming|1991]] [[turn-based strategy]] [[computer game]]. It was created by Edward Kilham and [[video game developer|developed]] and [[video game publisher|published]] by [[Maxis|Maxis Software]]<ref>[http://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)</ref><ref>[http://www.atarimagazines.com/compute/issue149/122_RoboSport_for_Window.php RoboSport for Windows] by Alfred C. Giovetti - ''Compute!'' (Feb 1993)</ref> [[File:RoboSport title.png|thumb|left|100px|Splash screen]] The player creates teams of [[robot]]s and maneuvers them around a board to map out one "turn" of movement. The other players and [[game AI|AI]] do the same and then all movement is played out simultaneously. The robots are equipped with different weapons, including [[rifle]]s, [[grenade launcher]]s, and so on. The game supports multiple modes such as [[capture the flag]] and a "hostage" game. It bears a superficial resemblance to the [[Richard Garfield]] tabletop game ''[[RoboRally]]''. Maxis developed this game for [[DOS]], [[Apple Macintosh|Macintosh]] and [[Microsoft Windows|Windows 3.''x'']]. In [[1992 in video gaming|1992]], it was released for the [[Amiga]].<ref>[http://www.mobygames.com/game/amiga/robosport/mobyrank Robosport reviews at Moby Games]</ref> ==Reception== The game was reviewed in 1991 in ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' #172 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 5 out of 5 stars.<ref name="Dragon172">{{cite journal |title=The Role of Computers |author=Lesser, Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk |journal=Dragon |issue=172 |date=August 1991 |pages=55β64}}</ref> == References == {{reflist|2}} ==External links== *{{moby game|id=/robosport|name=''RoboSport''}} {{strategy-videogame-stub}} [[Category:1991 video games]] [[Category:Amiga games]] [[Category:DOS games]] [[Category:Mac OS games]] [[Category:Maxis]] [[Category:Windows games]]
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