Download Rise Of The Robots_Disk2 ROM – Amiga Game

Rise of the Robots is one of those early '90s fighting games that looked way ahead of its time—slick 3D-rendered robots duking it out with digitized animations. You play as this cyborg infiltrator sent to take down a rogue AI supervisor that’s turned an entire robot factory against humanity. The setup’s cheesy in the best way, like a B-movie plot that somehow got Queen’s Brian May to compose the title theme.

Gameplay’s straightforward: three punch buttons, three kick buttons, and the usual jump/crouch/block moves. The shoulder barge and turbo headbutt feel satisfying when they land, though pulling them off mid-fight takes some practice. What’s neat is how the AI adapts—if you keep spamming the same move, the robots start countering you harder. Mission mode locks you into a set order of fights, but training lets you pick which bot to practice against (helpful when you keep getting wrecked by that one drill-armed monstrosity).

It’s got that classic Amiga jank—sometimes the controls feel a tad sluggish, and the difficulty spikes are brutal. But there’s charm in the clunkiness, especially with the dramatic cutscenes between fights. Two-player versus is a blast if you’ve got a friend willing to endure the learning curve.