Mr. Robot

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This article is about the Moonpod game. For the 1984 Datamost game, see Mr. Robot and His Robot Factory.

Mr. Robot

Developer(s)	Moonpod
Publisher(s)	Moonpod
Designer(s)	Mark Featherstone
Latest version	1.01
Release date(s)	10 January 2007
Genre(s)	rpg/Platform/Adventure
Mode(s)	Single player
Platform(s)	Windows

Mr. Robot is a 3D computer game by Moonpod Games and published as shareware. Notably the game design attempts to combine the two discrete genres of RPG and platform game. The platform adventure part of the game takes place on-board a spaceship called 'The Eidolon' which is destined for a remote colony planet when things start to go wrong. The player takes the part of 'Asimov', a "lowly service droid", who must attempt to save the humans stored in cryosleep. The RPG element takes place inside a virtual computer world in which the player can hack computer terminals to combat defence computer programs via a turn-based battle system.

[edit] Critical Acclaim

9.6/10 Editor's choice gold award at VG Core
Scored 87% in PC Format UK magazine, and also won the award for 'best ending' in the PC Format 2007 game awards.
82% in PC Gamer UK magazine.

[edit] Trivia

The game's protagonist 'Asimov' is named after Science Fiction author Isaac Asimov. His serial number is 1138.
Initial design is said to be inspired by the classic filmation series of games by Ultimate, such as Knight Lore and Alien8.
One of the human crew is named 'Zamanova' after Czech model Veronika Zemanová.
The 'HEL-9000' computer is a reference to HAL 9000, a fictional character in the Space Odyssey series.
The Nanomeks have 'Huey' written on their backs, and are based on the robots from the movie Silent Running, including a loading screen which shows Nanomeks playing poker.
There are 4 shuttles named 'Dark Star', 'Sulaco', 'Serenity' and 'Starbug', after the spaceships in the movies Dark Star and Aliens and the TV series Firefly and Red Dwarf respectively.
The robot Raistlin is named after Raistlin Majere.
Orgus' "Death Blossom" attack is a reference to the starfighter secret weapon in the film The Last Starfighter.