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

Official in-game languages:

日本語

English

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1990-12-14^[2]	¥6,800 (7,004)6,800e^[3]	T-24013
US	1991-02^[4]	$49.9549.95^[5]	T-24016

Non-Sega versions
Amiga Arcade Atari ST Commodore 64 PC Engine X68000

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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 Japan in December 1990, and was later released in the United States in February of the following year.

Story

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.

Gameplay

shoots, changes the weapon (when flying) or jumps (when on ground), holding locks the direction and START pauses the game.

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

^[6]

Aktueller Software Markt (DE)

85

^[7]

Beep! MegaDrive (JP)

NTSC-J

68

^[8]

Complete Guide to Consoles (UK)

82

^[9]

The Complete Guide to Sega (UK)

82

^[10]

Cool Gamer (RU)

20

^[11]

Computer & Video Games (UK)

77

^[12]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

65

^[13]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

53

^[14]

Génération 4 (FR)

76

^[15]

Famicom Hisshoubon (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[16]

Hippon Super (JP)

NTSC-J

60

^[17]

Joystick (FR)

84

^[18]

Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)

NTSC

56

^[19]

Mega Drive Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

62

^[20]

Mega (UK)

NTSC

60

^[21]

MegaTech (UK)

NTSC

82

^[22]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

82

^[23]

Power Play (DE)

69

^[24]

Sega Power (UK)

NTSC

50

^[25]

Sega Pro (UK)

NTSC

37

^[26]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

51

^[27]

Tricks 16 bit (RU)

58

^[28]

VideoGames & Computer Entertainment (US)

NTSC-U

70

^[5]

	65
Based on 24 reviews

Atomic Robo-Kid

Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart Manual

Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart Manual

Technical information

Main article: Atomic Robo-Kid/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

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

↑ 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
↑ https://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video/c/rlm4yIWUvN0/m/72MblPjly14J
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "January 1991" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 76
↑ 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
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 20
↑ 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

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

[https:.2F.2Fgroups.google.com.2Fg.2Frec.games.video.2Fc.2Frlm4yIWUvN0.2Fm.2F72MblPjly14J-4] ttps://groups.google.com/g/rec.games.video/c/rlm4yIWUvN0/m/72MblPjly14J

[:File:VG.26amp.3BCE_US_24.pdf_p76-5] 5.0 ^5.1 VideoGames & Computer Entertainment, "January 1991" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 76

[6] 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 22

[:File:ASM_DE_1991-03.pdf_p114-7] Aktueller Software Markt, "März 1991" (DE; 1991-02-22), page 114

[:File:BeepMD_JP_1990-11.pdf_p24-8] Beep! MegaDrive, "November 1990" (JP; 1990-10-XX), page 24

[:File:CGtC_UK_04.pdf_p27-9] Complete Guide to Consoles, "Volume IV" (UK; 1990-11-xx), page 27

[:File:TheCompleteGuideToSega_UK.pdf_p44-10] The Complete Guide to Sega, "" (UK; 1991-05-xx), page 44

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

[:File:CVG_UK_113.pdf_p79-12] Computer & Video Games, "April 1991" (UK; 1991-03-16), page 79

[:File:EGM_US_016.pdf_p20-13] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1990" (US; 1990-xx-xx), page 20

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

[:File:Generation4_FR_030.pdf_p95-15] Génération 4, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-xx-xx), page 95

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

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

[:File:Joystick_FR_013.pdf_p124-18] Joystick, "Février 1991" (FR; 1991-0x-xx), page 124

[:File:MDAG_UK_05.pdf_p90-19] Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming, "January 1993" (UK; 199x-xx-xx), page 90

[:File:Megadrive_Fan_1991-03.pdf_p99-20] Mega Drive Fan, "March 1991" (JP; 1991-02-08), page 99

[:File:Mega_UK_16.pdf_p87-21] Mega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-16), page 87

[:File:MegaTech_UK_01.pdf_p76-22] MegaTech, "Xmas 1991" (UK; 1991-12-06), page 76

[:File:MeanMachinesSega01UK.pdf_p137-23] Mean Machines Sega, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-xx), page 137

[:File:PowerPlay_DE_1991-03.pdf_p150-24] Power Play, "3/91" (DE; 1991-02-15), page 150

[:File:SegaPower_UK_23.pdf_p52-25] Sega Power, "October 1991" (UK; 1991-09-05), page 52

[:File:SegaPro_UK_18.pdf_p64-26] Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 64

[:File:SSM_JP_19950901_1995-09.pdf_p87-27] Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 87

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

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Atomic Robo-Kid

From Sega Retro

Contents

Story

Gameplay

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References