Atomic Robo-Kid

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Atomic Robo-Kid

System(s): Sega Mega Drive

Publisher: Treco

Developer: Khaos^[1]

Original system(s): Arcade boards

Developer(s) of original games: UPL

Sound driver: SMPS Z80 (banked)

Genre: Action^[2]

Number of players: 1

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1990-12-14^[2]	¥6,800 (7,004)6,800e^[3]	T-24013
US	1990-10^[4]		T-24016

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Atomic Robo-Kid (アトミック・ロボキッド) is a Sega Mega Drive horizontal shoot-'em-up game developed by Khaos and published by Treco. A port of the titular 1988 UPL arcade title Atomic Robo-Kid, the game was first released in the United States in October 1990, and was later released in Japan the following December.

Plot

Earth outpost colony Terra-12 has nearly been destroyed by an alien invasion and strange radiation. The small battle robot Atomic Robo-Kid is tasked with saving the colony.

Magazine articles

Main article: Atomic Robo-Kid/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Main article: Atomic Robo-Kid/Promotional material.

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)

70

^[5]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

85

^[6]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[7]

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

82

^[8]

The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)

82

^[9]

Cool Gamer (RU)

20

^[10]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

77

^[11]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

65

^[4]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

53

^[12]

Génération 4 (FR)

76

^[13]

Famicom Hisshoubon (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[14]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[15]

Joystick (FR)

84

^[16]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC

56

^[17]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

62

^[18]

Mega (UK)

NTSC

60

^[19]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC

82

^[20]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

82

^[21]

Power Play (DE)

69

^[22]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC

50

^[23]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC

37

^[24]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

51

^[25]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

58

^[26]

VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[27]

	65
Based on 24 reviews

Atomic Robo-Kid

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32	7cd8169e
MD5	1742442f5472eb25bf202e85c481c50e
SHA-1	38115bc07f11885b4e4c19f92508f729ad6c8765

512kB

1990-04

Cartridge (US)

✔

CRC32	e833067e
MD5	ddf044117b485dd51119ccbff1269953
SHA-1	9bed099693c27a6575b394bdd150efb7cc53c5c6

512kB

1990-04

Cartridge (JP)

References

↑ http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Micronics/Khaos
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1990" (JP; 1990-02-08), page 6
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 20
↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 22
↑ Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1991" (DE; 1991-02-22), page 114
↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-XX), page 24
↑ Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 27
↑ The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 44
↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 176
↑ Computer & Video Games, "April 1991" (UK; 1991-03-16), page 79
↑ Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-1x-xx), page 1
↑ Génération 4, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 95
↑ Famicom Hisshoubon, "1990-20, 21 (1990-10-19, 11-02)" (JP; 1990-10-05), page 17
↑ Hippon Super, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-04), page 42
↑ Joystick, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 124
↑ Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 90
↑ Mega Drive Fan, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 99
↑ Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 87
↑ MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 76
↑ Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 137
↑ Power Play, "3/91" (DE; 1991-02-15), page 150
↑ Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 52
↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87
↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 16
↑ VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "January 1991" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 76

NEC Retro has more information related to Atomic Robo-Kid Special

[http:.2F.2Fgdri.smspower.org.2Fwiki.2Findex.php.2FMicronics.2FKhaos-1] ttp://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Micronics/Khaos

[https:.2F.2Fweb.archive.org.2Fweb.2F20200702232146.2Fhttps:.2F.2Fsega.jp.2Fhistory.2Fhard.2Fmegadrive.2Fsoftware_l.html-2] 2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html (Wayback Machine: 2020-07-02 23:21)

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1990-03.pdf_p6-3] Beep! MegaDrive, "March 1990" (JP; 1990-02-08), page 6

[:File:EGM_US_016.pdf_p20-4] 4.0 ^4.1 Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 20

[5] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 22

[:File:ASM_DE_1991-03.pdf_p114-6] Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1991" (DE; 1991-02-22), page 114

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1990-11.pdf_p24-7] Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-XX), page 24

[:File:CGtC_UK_04.pdf_p27-8] Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 27

[:File:TheCompleteGuideToSega_UK.pdf_p44-9] The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 44

[10] Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 176

[:File:CVG_UK_113.pdf_p79-11] Computer & Video Games, "April 1991" (UK; 1991-03-16), page 79

[12] Famitsu, "" (JP; 1990-1x-xx), page 1

[:File:Generation4_FR_030.pdf_p95-13] Génération 4, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 95

[14] Famicom Hisshoubon, "1990-20, 21 (1990-10-19, 11-02)" (JP; 1990-10-05), page 17

[15] Hippon Super, "January 1991" (JP; 1990-12-04), page 42

[:File:Joystick_FR_013.pdf_p124-16] Joystick, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 124

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p90-17] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 90

[:File:Megadrive_Fan_1991-03.pdf_p99-18] Mega Drive Fan, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 99

[:File:Mega_UK_16.pdf_p87-19] Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 87

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p76-20] MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 76

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p137-21] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 137

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1991-03.pdf_p150-22] Power Play, "3/91" (DE; 1991-02-15), page 150

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p52-23] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 52

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p64-24] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-25] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

[26] Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 16

[:File:VG.26amp.3BCE_US_24.pdf_p76-27] VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "January 1991" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 76

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Atomic Robo-Kid

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Contents

Plot

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References