Robot Commando
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| The Fighting Fantasy series |
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 The 'gold dragon' cover, with artwork by David Martin |
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| Outline | |
| Location: | Thalos |
| Sections: | 400 |
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| Author(s): | Steve Jackson (US) |
| Illustrator(s): | Gary Mayes, David Martin (cover) |
| Year of release: | 1986 |
| Number (Puffin) | 22 |
| Number (Wizard) | N/A |
| ISBN: | ISBN 0-14-032152-7 |
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Robot Commando (ISBN 0-14-032152-7) is a single player roleplaying gamebook written by the u.s.' Steve Jackson, illustrated by Gary Mayes and originally published in 1986. It forms part of the uk's Steve Jackson and Ian Livingstone's Fighting Fantasy series, numbered 22 in the original Puffin printing and not yet included in the Wizard reissuing.
The reader takes the role of a dinosaur rancher in the country of Thalos on a distant planet who finds themself in the middle of an attack by Thalos' mortal enemy, the militaristic Karosseans. A strange weapon is unleashed which causes all of Thalos, save the protagonist, a deep sleep and leaves the land free to be invaded. Over the course of the adventure the reader gets the opportunity to control a variety of giant robots in their battles against dinosaurs and Karossean invaders while looking for a way to rouse his countrymen.
Robot Commando is one of the few entries in this series to feature multiple successful endings, and the presence of several battles which pit robots against dinosaurs make it one of the most memorable in the series.
