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{{stub}}'''''{{PAGENAME}}''''' (アトミックロボキッドスペシャル) is a [[PC Engine]] port of the titular 1988 arcade shoot-'em-up game, ''Atomic Robo-Kid'', that was released only in Japan. It is notable for having several large, open levels that require exploration and a shopping system where a player can trade in their extra lives for power-ups.
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==Story==
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Earth outpost colony Terra-12 has nearly been destroyed by an alien invasion and strange radiation. The small battle robot Atomic Robo-Kid is tasked with saving the colony.
  
 
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*'''Chracter Design:''' Tsutomu Fuzisawa, Tokuhisa Tajima
 
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*'''Sound Effect:''' [[Mecano Associates|Mechano Associates]], Yujiro Tanaka, Yoshio Nagashima, Akemi Tsunoda
 
*'''Special Thanks:''' Jun Sato, Itsam Matarca, Kohji Abe, Miho Shigekusa, Nobuyuki Narita, Ryuichi Iwatani, Takahiro Ohta
 
*'''Special Thanks:''' Jun Sato, Itsam Matarca, Kohji Abe, Miho Shigekusa, Nobuyuki Narita, Ryuichi Iwatani, Takahiro Ohta
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Atomic Robo-Kid Special
System(s): PC Engine
Publisher: UPL
Developer:
Supporting companies:
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Genre: Shoot-'em-Up






























Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
PC Engine
JP 		¥6,7006,700 UP01001
Non-NEC versions
Arcade
Arcade
Commodore Amiga
Amiga
Atari ST
Atari ST
Commodore 64
Commodore 64
Sega Mega Drive
Mega Drive
X68000
X68000

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Atomic Robo-Kid Special (アトミックロボキッドスペシャル) is a PC Engine port of the titular 1988 arcade shoot-'em-up game, Atomic Robo-Kid, that was released only in Japan. It is notable for having several large, open levels that require exploration and a shopping system where a player can trade in their extra lives for power-ups.

Story

Earth outpost colony Terra-12 has nearly been destroyed by an alien invasion and strange radiation. The small battle robot Atomic Robo-Kid is tasked with saving the colony.

Production credits

  • Game Design: Tsutomu Fuzisawa
  • Program Design: Toshio Arai
  • Chracter Design: Tsutomu Fuzisawa, Tokuhisa Tajima
  • Background Design: Noriko Fuzisawa
  • Sound Effect: Mechano Associates, Yujiro Tanaka, Yoshio Nagashima, Akemi Tsunoda
  • Special Thanks: Jun Sato, Itsam Matarca, Kohji Abe, Miho Shigekusa, Nobuyuki Narita, Ryuichi Iwatani, Takahiro Ohta
Source:
In-game credits[1]

Magazine articles

Main article: Atomic Robo-Kid Special/Magazine articles.

Physical scans

NEC Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
83 №102, p107[2]
PC Engine
 83
Based on
1 review

PC Engine, JP
AtomicRoboKidSpecial PCE JP Box Front.jpg
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
PC Engine
 ?
CRC32 dd175efd
MD5 548ca5eb135f526f3a2837f5259d795f
SHA-1 1ea46287855ef25e4614a3f37a7037baa5a49545
512kB Card (JP)

References

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Sega Retro has more information related to Atomic Robo-Kid
  1. ↑ AtomicRoboKidSpecial PCE Credits.pdf
  2. ↑ CVG UK 102.pdf, page 107


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