HOW TO PLAY Your goal is to infiltrate these settlements and destroy all of the robots. To do this, you’ll need to locate weapons and other tools. Brains or Brawns? At first glance, Attack of the PETSCII Robots might look like an action shooter game. However, it’s really not. Think of it more of a strategy and exploration game. While you are given weapons to fight with, you will never win if you try to fight the robots head on in battle. The way to victory is by examining each robot situation as a strategy. In most cases there will be a way to defeat every robot without engaging with them in a head on battle. The trick is finding all of the right tools, and learning how to use them. When can you exit the level? There is a transporter room in every settlement. However, to prevent unauthorized robots from leaving the settlements, the transporter systems have been remotely programmed not to activate until all robots have been destroyed. Once you have destroyed all robots, you will see the transporter pad activate, then you can step onto it to complete the level. USING THE MAP Activating the map is handy not only to see where you are, but to find the remaining robots. Things to know about the map: Activate map by pressing TAB on the keyboard or using the Gamepad. When using the gamepad, it toggles between Playfield, Map with Player, and Map with Robots. SHIFT-TAB will toggle between flashing the player or flashing the remaining robots. You can still walk around and do things while the map is on screen.
