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~ In 1993 screen shots of a game started appearing which promised to be the best fighting game ever made, if not, the greatest game ever made. The hype was insane.... That game was called Rise of the Robots, and although it was initially designed for the Amiga, it quickly spread to about every other platform in sight. We had Rise of the Robots Amiga, Rise of the Robots Sega Genesis, Rise of the Robots SNES, Rise of the Robots CDi, Rise of the Robots 3DO, Rise of the Robots on PC, even Rise of the Robots on the Game Gear... of all consoles. The problem was, it turned out to be an absolute turd. They lied to us through the power of marketing. In this video, I'll explore the story and just why Rise of the Robots was such utter baubles.

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00:00-00:45 Introduction
00:45-01:59 World of Tanks
01:59-36:45 Rise of the Robots
36:45-38:57 Wrapping Up

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[kenfagerdotcom]

My strongest memory of Rise of the Robots for SNES is crying because I spent my hard earned allowance on it.

[FULLSENDSONLY]

When I was in middle school the local Toys R Us has a bin of these games for PC that came with a 6 CD holder. There was no price listed. I brought it to the self-scan price checker and couldn't believe my eyes. The game rang up for $0.01. I went home and got a quarter, came back, and bought the whole bin. I still use the CD cases today. One of the highlights of my childhood. The game definitely sucked though.

[BongoBaggins]

I once met one of the programmers of Rise of the Robots, a pleasant young chap, in The Forester's Arms in Congleton. He was nice enough to apologise. I bought him a pint.

[stoltobot]

We who lived through the hype train of RotR learned a lot about media, consumerism, and life in the process

[Abo]

I matched four numbers on the first UK lottery. My Amiga mates and I had all bought into the ROTR hype so I spent my winnings on it, which had *just* come out. Magazine reviews werent out at that point it had all been previews. The game came on like 14 floppies! No problem, I had an A1200 with a 60MB(!) internal HD so I installed it (which took ages) and we eagerly fired it up. Well, my mates took the piss and I was angry at wasting that cash.

I took it back to the shop the next day. I told them there was a problem with I think disk 11 and it wouldn't install. They weren't about to test that out so luckily I got a full refund.

[mintydog]

I've spent 16x longer watching this video than I ever have playing Rise of the Robots.

[Asobitech]

I remember the hype around Rise of the Robots being immense, as noted the Edge cover and preview article definitely sold us all on it. The real casualty is a game called, One Must Fall: 2097, released one month before Rise. It may not look as flashy, but it has a solid fight engine, with combos and satisfying controls for a PC fighting game. I didn't find out about this game until much later.

[thewelder]

I was working at Mirage when RotR was being developed. Although I didn't work on that particular title, I worked on their later stuff on the PS1. The compression that was used for the video stuff on RotR was way ahead of its time.

[DYNANiK.official]

I'm 38 now and I remember me drawing Coton in school art class. I was so fascinated of the game even as a Kid living in Germany. The magazines were, even here, full of the advertisements back then... but finally when the game released everybody knew it sucks :D

[thundercid]

As someone who never played this game but saw the hype, I appreciate the research and callback to a nostalgic time in my life.

[yellowblanka]

If you want a good robot-based fighting game I'd suggest "One Must Fall 2097" - and it's now freeware. It also feels good to play, uses pre-rendered graphics and didn't cost anywhere near a million to make (AFAIK)

[doingtime]

I remember playing it as a kid, it did look amazing for the time though it was entertaining for about 15 minutes. Makes you appreciate more games like Street Fighter 2, the moves, the colors, each character with its own personality, the controls etc.

[LockFarm]

I was working one of the stands of the big UK games expo in 1991, and Magic Pockets gave me the best moment of the show (not a game the company I was working for was involved with in any way). A rather confused looking parent walked up to the stand and asked me "Excuse me, do you have Magic Pockets?".... "No Sir, I always walk this way"...

Kept me amused for hours.

[raimee]

Man I remember buying Rise and being underwhelmed. I have to say watching this and the name drop of all those old school games and gaming companies gives me warm and fuzzy feelings inside. A time in my life I do miss.

[computer_toucher]

Minor detail: I absolutely love the "3D Ken Burns" effect of cutting out a foreground item and scaling it more than the background. Nice effect and this one on the portrait of the Bitmap Bros guy was excellent. Good job!

[BrettCharlesBass]

I will always remember when my Amiga 500 was in a shop being repaired and the shop gave me a Mega Drive for the weekend, my Mother said I could rent one game, the game I chose (after seeing it in a magazine) was Rise of the Robots, and wow, that might have been my first ever ‘buyers remorse’ 😅

[dylanhoyal]

I love that line at the end...because I was thinking the whole time "this just sounds like Cyberpunk or No Man's Sky without being able to patch later"

[Locomamonk]

The demo for this game blew my socks off, I played it like 20 times, the robots design even frightened me back then

[retrojoe]

The best video about Rise of the Robots ever published on YouTube! Huge compliments for your work, Mister.