"Robotron: 2084" is essentially an arcade perfect port, of the classic arcade game, for the Xbox Live Arcade. Complete with the everything that made that game great back in 1982, and some new upgrades ...

“Robotron” co-creators Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar are speaking at this weekend’s California Extreme classic arcade games show in Santa Clara. A version of this tribute ran on the SFGate.com blog ...

Eugene Jarvis took to the stage at GDC to talk about his 1982 Williams arcade hit Robotron 2084, a 2D shooting game noted for its insanely fast-moving action and chock-a-block busy screens. Robotron ...

This week on Shack's Arcade Corner we are taking a look at Robotron: 2084, the 1982 arcade classic. Developed by Vid Kids and published by Williams Electronics players had to kill waves of enemies and ...

When the 360 launched and Geometry Wars was available on day one, it was a great moment in gaming. The direct download method of selling games was novel for console gamers, and the game was a ...

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Eugene Jarvis and Harry Krueger know a thing or two about twin-stick shooters. The former’s an ...

Total Carnage. RoboTron. Smash TV... There was really nothing quite like using two joysticks at the same time to control shooters back then. One was for firing and dispensing death in eight lovely ...

The hilarity of playing arcade games from the early 1980s in HD continues with Robotron 2084 on the Xbox 360 Live Arcade. Originally released way back in 1982 by Williams Electronics, Robotron is just ...

Robotron:2084 is the epitome of organised chaos. An unbridled jaunt into insanity and the ultimate in twitch gaming. This is a title that all shooter fans must play at least once in order to ...

If you're going to make a dirty, dirty port of Robotron: 2084 for high-end handsets, like the Sony Ericsson S710, the least you could do is include all 255 waves of mind-bending chaos. Instead, ...