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Rise of the Robots
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Rise of the Robots (Europe)

Sega Game Gear
🇬🇧
Reviewed in
1994
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Rise of the Robots inherits the impressive marketing of its 16 bit originals, but the Game Gear version shares the same flaws: stiff combat, few moves, predictable AI. The metallic sprites hold up visually without masking shallow gameplay. More a technical curiosity than an enjoyable fighter.

Your verdict
Category
Fighting 2 players 12+
Description
A robot fighting game with pre-rendered graphics.

Rise of the Robots review

3/5
Art direction
★★★★★
"Polished"
2/5
Music
★★★★★
"Decent"
2/5
Story
★★★★★
"Classic"
Gameplay
"Sloppy"
Fun
"Mild"
Addictiveness
"Light"
Difficulty
"Balanced"
Lifespan
"Average"
Technical info
💾0,27 MB 📅01/01/1994
Published by Acclaim

Rise of the Robots (Game Gear) price, value & rarity

Highly sought-after
Q1 loose
 $21 Q6 complete
 $268 Q10 new
 $390 !
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Other versions
Rise of the Robots
USA
01/01/1994
🇬🇧

Collector interest

The European pressing rode Acclaim's heavy PAL distribution, where Rise of the Robots sold on the back of its loud 16-bit campaign. Loose carts stay common and cheap, but complete copies suffer from the critical scorn that thinned the pool of boxed survivors. The pull here is the oddity of a Game Gear port of pre-rendered robots, a relic of mid-90s hype rather than playable depth, with the PAL box now the harder half to track down intact.

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