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Encyclopedia > Robots (video game)
Robots
Developer(s) Eurocom
Publisher(s) Vivendi Games
Release date(s) NA February 22, 2005
Genre(s) Platformer
Mode(s) Single player
Rating(s) ESRB: Everyone
Platform(s) GameCube, PlayStation 2, Xbox, Windows, Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS

Robots is a video game of the platformer genre released in 2005 by Eurocom. The game is based on the movie of the same name. A video game developer is a software developer (a business or an individual) that creates computer or video games. ... Eurocom (founded: October 1988) is a UK-based video game developer founded specifically to develop games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. ... Video game publishers are companies that publish video games that they have either developed internally or have had developed by a video game developer. ... Vivendi SA (formerly known as Vivendi Universal) is a French conglomerate active in media and communications with activities in music, television and film, publishing, telecommunications and the Internet. ... World map showing North America A satellite composite image of North America. ... February 22 is the 53rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 2005 2005 in games 2004 in video gaming 2006 in video gaming Notable events of 2005 in video gaming. ... This is a listing of computer and video game genres with brief descriptions and examples from each genre. ... Platform game, or platformer, is a video game genre characterized by the character having to climb up and down, or jump from and to, platforms and ledges, while fighting enemies and collecting objects required to complete the game. ... In computer games and video games, single-player refers to the variant of a particular game where input from only one player is expected throughout the course of the gaming session. ... The Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB) is a self-regulatory organization that applies and enforces ratings, advertising guidelines, and online privacy principles for computer and video games and other entertainment software in the United States and Canada (officially adopted by individual provinces 2004-2005). ... The Nintendo GameCube is Nintendos fourth home video game console, belonging to the sixth generation era—the same generation as Segas Dreamcast, Sonys PlayStation 2, and Microsofts Xbox. ... The PlayStation 2 (PS2) (Japanese: プレイステーション2) is Sonys second video game console, the successor to the PlayStation and the predecessor to the PlayStation 3 (which is to be released in November 2006 in Japan and North America, and March 2007 in Europe). ... The Xbox is a sixth generation era video game console produced by Microsoft, first released on November 15, 2001 in North America, then released on February 22, 2002 in Japan, and on March 14, 2002 in Europe. ... Microsoft Windows is a family of operating systems by Microsoft. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Nintendo DS (sometimes abbreviated NDS or DS, also as iQue DS in China) is a handheld game console developed and manufactured by Nintendo, released in 2004. ... Namcos Pac-Man was a hit, and became a cultural phenomenon. ... Platform game, or platformer, is a video game genre characterized by the character having to climb up and down, or jump from and to, platforms and ledges, while fighting enemies and collecting objects required to complete the game. ... Eurocom (founded: October 1988) is a UK-based video game developer founded specifically to develop games for the Nintendo Entertainment System. ... See also: Robots (soundtrack) Robots is a computer-animated film produced by Blue Sky Studios for 20th Century Fox (the same companies behind the film Ice Age), and was released theatrically by March 11, 2005. ...


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Viewing Review @ Video Game City (758 words)
The whole purpose of the game is to program your robot in order to, well, feel good about yourself and compete against others on the internet.
The thing is, the only thing that will bring you into this game is the fact that YOU brought up that robot that is spinning around the screen and shooting the other robot that maybe your friend or someone else programmed.
The area background that the robots battle on is rather plain in itself.
Halfbakery: Video Game Playing Robot (764 words)
But the whole reason robots are such efficient workers is because they have yet to have been distracted by video games.
Programming a robot to play a given game is one thing, but programming a robot to learn games is another batch of croissants entirely.
However, that is already the game computer's job, so there really isn't any use for the robot.
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