Robopit

PlayStation exclusive

Robo Pit is an arena fighter, plain and simple. Well, maybe not so simple. When you start your game, you have to build your mechanical gladiator; choosing the color, body, eyes and legs. While most of your starting choices are purely cosmetic, the legs you choose do slightly affect your game by changing the speed and mobility of your fighter, as well as its special attack.

Released: 1996
Platforms: PlayStation
Genres: Fighting
Developers: Altron
Publishers: THQ
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: First person Third person
Themes: Action Science fiction
Country: Japan
Age ratings: ESRB T
Languages: English

About

Robo Pit (ロボピット) is a 1996 fighting game for PlayStation and Sega Saturn by Japanese video game company Altron. It is a 3D arena fighter involving robots whereby players build a robot and compete against other robots to the top. It was originally released on January 13, 1996, and was published internationally by Kokopeli Digital Studios.

Keywords

arena
robots
customizable characters

Media

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Gameplay

The object of Robo Pit is to build a robot and then fight to the top in arenas that are square in shape. There are many different types of arenas, some with bosses, and the time of day can vary.

There are various types of weapons which include axe, lips, sword, missile and claws. The robots different body parts have different stats that affect its performance. Although all body parts are available from the start, the only way to unlock more weapons is to fight more robot enemies.

Reception

Robo Pit received mixed reviews. Critics generally reviled the one-player mode as mind-numbingly long and easy, but were much more pleased with the two-player mode, though some criticized the lack of support for the PlayStation Link Cable. They particularly praised the ability to create one's own robot and save it to memory card, the winner's claiming of one of their opponent's arms as a prize, and the generally fun quality of the gameplay. Most found the graphics generally lacking in detail, but liked the cute and varied robot designs. The controls were also praised as being accurate and easy to learn.

Reviews for the Saturn port made similar comments, though this time they tended to criticize rather than complement the cuteness of the robots. A review in Next Generation said the Saturn and PlayStation versions are "nearly identical".