Robo Army

Robo Army[lower-alpha 1] is a beat 'em up video game developed and published by SNK that was released for Neo Geo arcades and home consoles in 1991 and the Neo Geo CD in 1995.[1][2]

Robo Army
Developer(s)SNK
Publisher(s)SNK
Producer(s)Eikichi Kawasaki
Designer(s)Akira Goto
Koichi Sakita
Takeshi Kimura
Composer(s)Kazuhiro Nishida
Yasumasa Yamada
Platform(s)
Release
  • Arcade
    • WW: 30 October 1991
    Neo Geo AES
    • JP: 20 December 1991
    • NA: 20 December 1991
    • EU: 20 December 1991
    Neo Geo CD
Genre(s)Beat 'em up
Mode(s)
Arcade systemNeo Geo MVS

Gameplay
Gameplay screenshot.

There is no character selection in Robo Army : Player 1 controls Maxima and Player 2 controls Rocky. Both cyborgs must cross six levels before reaching the end boss. During these levels, they will face the Professor's henchmen, as well as a sub-boss and a boss in each stage. The two heroes can of course fight with their fists and feet, but they can also defend themselves by collecting improvised weapons (car carcass, barrel, destroyed robot arm). They each have a power gauge allowing them to launch powerful attacks according to the power gained. Maxima and Rocky can also be transformed for a brief moment into an invulnerable armored vehicle.

Reception

In Japan, Game Machine listed Robo Army on their December 15, 1991 issue as being the twenty-third most-successful table arcade unit of the month, outperforming titles such as Columns.[18] The game received mixed reception from both critics and reviewers alike since its initial release in arcades and Neo Geo AES.[19]

In 2014, HobbyConsolas identified Robo Army as one of the twenty best games for the Neo Geo CD.[20]

Notes
  1. Japanese: ロボ・アーミー, Hepburn: Robo Āmī

References
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  2. "Neo•Geo CD: The Arcade In A Box - Robo Army". GamePro. No. Premiere Supplement. IDG. Spring 1996. p. 106.
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  6. "NEO GEO GAMES CROSS REVIEW: ロボアーミー". Famicom Tsūshin (in Japanese). No. 332. ASCII. 28 April 1995. p. 27.
  7. Warrior, Weekend (May 1992). "Neo•Geo ProReview: Robo Army". GamePro. No. 34. IDG. p. 66.
  8. Frear, Dave (October 23, 2017). "Robo Army Review (Switch eShop / Neo Geo)". Nintendo Life. Nlife Media. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  9. Rocket; El Nio Nio (March 1992). "Neo Geo Review - Robo Army". Consoles + (in French). No. 7. M.E.R.7. pp. 84–85.
  10. Roux, Christian (February 1992). "Console Test – Robo Army – Neo-Geo". Génération 4 (in French). No. 41. Computec Media France. p. 152.
  11. Demoly, Jean-Marc; Morisse, Jean-François (March 1992). "Test - Neo Geo - Robo Army". Joypad (in French). No. 6. Yellow Media. pp. 90–91.
  12. Demoly, Jean-Marc (February 1992). "Tests - Neo Geo - Robo Army". Joystick (in French). No. 24. Anuman Interactive. p. 128.
  13. Löwenstein, Richard (January 1992). "SNK - Neo Geo - Robo Army". Megablast (in German). No. 1. Joker-Verlag. p. 57.
  14. Noak, Philipp; Hellert, Stefan (August 1993). "Special - Neo Geo - Robo Army". Mega Fun (in German). No. 11. CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. pp. 28–30. Archived from the original on 2018-10-21. Retrieved 2019-07-22.
  15. Yanma; Itabashi (July 1992). "Super Soft 大特集 - 今、『NEO・GEO』がおもしろい！: ロボアーミー". Micom BASIC Magazine (in Japanese). No. 121. The Dempa Shimbunsha Corporation. p. 209.
  16. Drevet, Cyril (February 1992). "Tests De Jeux - Neo Geo - Robo Army". Player One (in French). No. 17. Média Système Édition. pp. 66–67.
  17. S. Fernández, Javier (August 1995). "Versión Final - Neo-Geo CD - Robo Army". Última Generación (in Spanish). No. 5. MV Editores. pp. 86–87.
  18. "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 417. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 December 1991. p. 25.
  19. Knauf, Andreas (February 1992). "News - Neo Geo - Robo Army". Video Games (in German). No. 6. Future-Verlag. pp. 12–13. Retrieved 2019-05-18.
  20. Alonso, Álvaro (February 19, 2014). "Reportaje: Los 20 mejores juegos de Neo Geo CD". HobbyConsolas (in Spanish). Axel Springer SE. Archived from the original on 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2023-02-06.
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