Robocalypse (NDS)

**Robocalypse** is a Real Time Strategy game for the Nintendo DS released in November 2008. It was developed by Russian/Ukrainian studio Vogster Entertainment and published by TECMO. The game has "fallen under the radar" since its release despite having so much to set it apart from other RTS games and attention to detail. The game contains a 17 level story mode, and an 18 map multiplayer mode, which could be played with up to 4 friends locally. It has a plot written by writer of Spongebob SquarePants, Jay Lender and writer of The Angry Beavers, Micah Wright. The gameplay involved you leading several types of robots to battle usually with the goal of destroying eachothers buildings. The plot of the game follows a nerd named Myron trying to save the world from the evilly polite walking time bomb, The Demolisher. A now defunct port to iOS devices was made 10 months later called Robocalypse: Mobile Mayhem.

## Development

While there isnt currently a specific start date, Robocalypse was officially announced on January 22, 2008 on Robocalypse's official website.

The game had originally started out called KABOOM KABOOM! It had a much grittier and military themed style. There still exists a news article announcing Kaboom Kaboom to coming to DS.

## Plot

Robocalypse begins at Thermidoom labs, a factory who makes home appliances and military robots. This is where we see one of the characters Flaxen Hayer in a fit of rage, push off one of the workers into the assembly line thus causing a mix up between the toasters and the military robots. After a bit our protagonist Myron Mako getting yelled at by Thermidooms presiden, Mr. Yellin.

## Missions

There are 17 Campaign Missions in the game. They are directly intertwined with the story of Robocalypse. You start off in a grassy area, go to a desert, go to a nuclear landscape, and then an alien hive.

1. Basic Training!
2. Basic Training 2: The Revenge!
3. All Our Base Are Belong To US!
4. This Mine is Mine!
5. Black Oil, Red Death!
6. For the Children!
7. Don't Touch the Hayer!
8. Cabin of Doom!
9. Post-Robocalypse!
10. The Traitorous Towers!
11. Demolish The Demolisher
12. Into the Hive!
13. The Barricade Must Fall!
14. Dire Drones of Destruction!
15. The Gauntlet!
16. Flaxen Hayer Must Die!
17. The End

## Multiplayer

Multiplayer was the other gamemode besides the main story. It could be played with up to 2-4 teams of either friends or computer controlled bots. There were two main gamemodes; Deathmatch, a fight to see who could destroy eachothers HQ and have theirs standing last, or Domination, a 2 Player exclusive mode where teams compete to own the most control points. Each gamemode would be tied to a map, so you couldnt use whatever mode you wanted on any map. You could make your team any color from Green, Red, Blue, and Yellow. This game was not compatible with download play. All other players needed to own a copy.

There are 18 total Multiplayer maps. The more teams that join, the less maps that are available. **Games with a lower amount of teams can still play maps made for higher team amounts.**

Multiplayer Maps
* A Sandbox Too Far
* Ice Station Reboot
* Hamburger Hive
* Roadkill Rumble

Domination
* The Gear Hunter
* Myron's Heroes
* The Great Divide
* S\*M\*A\*S\*H
* Saving Private Myron
* Desert Sandbox
* Desert Rust
* The Battle of the Bolts
* Hamburger Hive
* All Rusty on the Alien Front
* Full Metal Racket
* Das Reboot

## Music and Sound Effects

The music of this game was composed by Barry Blum, a composer known for Might and Magic, and the Army Men series.

There are 9 tracks in game and 4 Stingers that go unused.

SSEQ\_000 (Grass)

SSEQ\_001 (Grass Battle)

SSEQ\_002 (Winter / Credits)

SSEQ\_003 (Winter Battle / Title Screen)

SSEQ\_004 (Heroic Stinger)

SSEQ\_005 (Dark Stinger)

SSEQ\_006 (Desert Battle)

SSEQ\_007 (Desert)

SSEQ\_008 (Deep Into Hive)

SSEQ\_009 (Hive Battle)

SSEQ\_010 (Hive)

SSEQ\_011 (Sudden Stinger)

SSEQ\_012 (Sad Stinger)