Robotica: Cybernation Revolt

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Robotica: Cybernation Revolt
System(s): Sega Saturn
Publisher: Sega, Acclaim Entertainment (US)
Developer:
Sound driver: SCSP (1 track)
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Saturn
JP
¥6,8006,800 GS-9008
Sega Saturn
US
$49.9549.95[1] T-8104H
Sega Saturn
EU
MK81008-50
Sega Saturn
DE
DM 110,-110,-[4]
Sega Saturn
BR
192036

Robotica: Cybernation Revolt, known simply as Robotica in North America and Deadalus (ダイダロス) in Japan is an first person shooter for the Sega Saturn.

Gameplay

Robotica: Cybernation Revolt is a first-person shooter similar in design to Wolfenstein 3D and Doom, where the player controls a bipedal walking mechanoid shooting at robots. When entering a level, the player is tasked with finding a light switch, then finding a key, before making their way to the exit without being killed by enemies.

Despite debuting after Doom, the technology on show in Robotica is not as advanced - levels do not vary in height, and it is impossible to look up or down. Similar to the aforementioned games, enemies are represented as 2D sprites which are scaled to give the illusion of depth, however the levels themselves are seemingly rendered as polygons, as opposed to the raycasting techniques seen in Doom (and the PC version of Duke Nukem 3D).

Robotica does not perform well, generally failing to hit 30FPS (or sometimes even 20FPS) in most scenes, particularly when the lights are switched on and multiple enemies are on-screen at once. The game's design partially mitigates this problem by featuring levels constructed out of tight corridors, and by forcing the player to traverse the map and dispatch enemies in the dark, fewer objects are likely to be in the room when the lights are switched on.

A map is included in the top left to guide players when visibilty is low.

Versions

Localised names

Also known as
Language Localised Name English Translation
English Robotica: Cybernation Revolt Robotica: Cybernation Revolt
English (US) Robotica Robotica
Japanese ダイダロス Deadalus

Production credits

  • Produce: Akihiko Murakami
  • Main Program: Toshiyuki Kobori
  • Program: Kenichi Shimizu, Yoshimitsu Tamura
  • Movie Design: Manabu Tamura
  • Screen Design: Ichirou Kojima
  • Map Design: Kentarou Noguchi
  • Enemy Design: Nobuyuki Suzuki
  • Rendering: Hiroshi Hamagaki
  • Sound Produce: T's Music
  • Music: Takeshi Sato
  • Sound Effect: Munetaka Sakamoto
  • Plan: Masanobu Fukasawa
  • Special Thanks: Syuich Ohira, Kenji Ota, Yoshinari Sunazuka, Kaoru Ogi, Isao Nakasugi, Shuji Fukui, You-Ichirou Naraoka, Tomoyuki Takahashi, Yukie Takahashi
© Sega Enterprises, Ltd. 1995
Source:
In-game credits
Deadalus Saturn JP SSEnding.pdf
[5]

Track list

1. [Data Track]  
2. CD Warning Message (00:08) 
Running time: 0:08

Magazine articles

Main article: Robotica: Cybernation Revolt/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in VideoGames (US) #79: "August 1995" (1995-0x-xx)
also published in:
  • GamePro (US) #73: "August 1995" (1995-xx-xx)[6]
  • Fusion (US) #0102: "Volume 1, Number 2: September 1995" (1995-0x-xx)[7]
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Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
40 [4]
92 [8]
57 [9]
52
40 №20, p75
71 [10]
68 №328, p39
85 [11]
80
80
70 [1]
79 №12, p68/69
84 [12]
60 [13]
70 [14]
48 [3]
65 [15]
63 [16]
79 [17]
70 [18]
63 [19]
51 [20]
81 №7, p80/81
Sega Saturn
67
Based on
23 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
CD Player (DE)
40
[4]
Consoles + (FR)
92
[8]
Consoles + (FR) NTSC-J
93
[21]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
57
[9]
Electronic Entertainment (US) NTSC-J
25
[22]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
71
[10]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
68
[23]
GameFan (US) NTSC-U
82
[11]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
70
[1]
Games World: The Magazine (UK)
79
[24]
HiTech (ES) NTSC-J
60
[25]
Joypad (FR)
84
[12]
MAN!AC (DE) PAL
53
[26]
MAN!AC (DE) NTSC-J
53
[27]
Maximum (UK)
25
[13]
Mega (UK) NTSC-J
28
[28]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
90
[29]
Mega Fun (DE) PAL
58
[30]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
48
[3]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) NTSC-J
70
[14]
Next Generation (US) NTSC-J
50
[31]
Player One (FR)
65
[15]
Power Unlimited (NL)
59
[32]
Saturn Fan (JP) NTSC-J
65
[33]
Saturn+ (UK) PAL
84
[34]
Secret Service (PL)
65
[35]
Sega Magazin (DE) PAL
74
[36]
Sega Power (UK) NTSC-J
63
[16]
Sega Pro (UK) NTSC-J
79
[17]
Świat Gier Komputerowych (PL)
50
[37]
Sega Megazone (AU)
55
[38]
Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)
70
[18]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
51
[20]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
63
[19]
Super Juegos (ES)
83
[39]
Total Saturn (UK) PAL
56
[40]
Ultimate Future Games (UK) NTSC-J
81
[41]
Última Generación (ES)
66
[42]
Video Games (DE) NTSC-J
58
[43]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
70
[44]
Sega Saturn
64
Based on
40 reviews

Robotica: Cybernation Revolt

Saturn, US
Robotica Saturn US Box Back.jpgRobotica Saturn US Box Front.jpg
Cover
Robotica Saturn US Disc.jpg
Disc
Robotica sat us manual.pdf
Manual
Saturn, EU
Robotica-CybernationRevolt-(Saturn-PAL-COVER-HQ).jpg
Cover
Robotica Saturn EU Disc.jpg
Disc
Saturn, JP
Deadalus Saturn JP Box Back.jpgDeadalus Saturn JP Box Front.jpg
Cover
Robotica Saturn JP Spinecard.jpg
Spinecard
Robotica Saturn JP Disc.jpg
Disc

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Saturn
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
142,604,112 CD-ROM (EU) MK81008-50 V1.000
Sega Saturn
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
143,180,352 1995-02-27 CD-ROM (JP) GS-9008 V1.000
Sega Saturn
 ?
CRC32
MD5
SHA-1
142,601,760 CD-ROM (US) T-8104H V1.000

External links

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 GamePro, "November 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 66
  2. GamePro, "November 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 70
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Mean Machines Sega, "December 1995" (UK; 1995-10-30), page 92
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 CD Player, "1/96" (DE; 1996-xx-xx), page 26
  5. File:Deadalus_Saturn_JP_SSEnding.pdf
  6. GamePro, "August 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 7
  7. Fusion, "Volume 1, Number 2: September 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 39
  8. 8.0 8.1 Consoles +, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 172
  9. 9.0 9.1 Computer & Video Games, "June 1995" (UK; 1995-05-xx), page 22
  10. 10.0 10.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "October 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 34
  11. 11.0 11.1 GameFan, "Volume 3, Issue 10: October 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 17
  12. 12.0 12.1 Joypad, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 44
  13. 13.0 13.1 Maximum, "October 1995" (UK; 1995-09-01), page 147
  14. 14.0 14.1 Mean Machines Sega, "June 1995" (UK; 1995-04-28), page 68
  15. 15.0 15.1 Player One, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 154
  16. 16.0 16.1 Sega Power, "July 1995" (UK; 1995-05-18), page 42
  17. 17.0 17.1 Sega Pro, "May 1995" (UK; 1995-04-13), page 60
  18. 18.0 18.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "November 1995" (UK; 1995-10-26), page 70
  19. 19.0 19.1 Sega Saturn Magazine, "April 1995" (JP; 1995-03-08), page 105
  20. 20.0 20.1 Sega Saturn Magazine (readers), "Final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 16 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SnGwSISDRZK Book JP.pdf_p16" defined multiple times with different content
  21. Consoles +, "Mai 1995" (FR; 1995-0x-xx), page 140
  22. Electronic Entertainment, "August 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 77
  23. Famitsu, "1995-03-31" (JP; 1995-03-17), page 39
  24. Games World: The Magazine, "June 1995" (UK; 1995-0x-xx), page 68
  25. HiTech, "Mayo 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 62
  26. MAN!AC, "11/95" (DE; 1995-10-11), page 63
  27. MAN!AC, "06/95" (DE; 1995-05-10), page 46
  28. Mega, "August 1995" (UK; 1995-07-30), page 16
  29. Mega Force, "Décembre 1995" (FR; 1995-1x-xx), page 84
  30. Mega Fun, "09/95" (DE; 1995-08-23), page 90
  31. Next Generation, "July 1995" (US; 1995-06-20), page 67
  32. Power Unlimited, "Jaagang 3, Jul/Aug 1995" (NL; 1995-06-28), page 40
  33. Saturn Fan, "1995 June" (JP; 1995-05-08), page 38
  34. Saturn+, "Christmas 1995" (UK; 1995-12-14), page 60
  35. Secret Service, "Czerwiec 1996" (PL; 1996-06-01), page 67
  36. Sega Magazin, "Dezember 1995" (DE; 1995-11-15), page 56
  37. Świat Gier Komputerowych, "3/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
  38. Sega Megazone, "August 1995" (AU; 1995-0x-xx), page 25
  39. Super Juegos, "Octubre 1995" (ES; 1995-xx-xx), page 104
  40. Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 46
  41. Ultimate Future Games, "June 1995" (UK; 1995-05-01), page 80
  42. Última Generación, "Junio 1995" (ES; 1995-0x-xx), page 90
  43. Video Games, "9/95" (DE; 1995-08-30), page 93
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