The games will vary in obscurity, but I promise each would have had a North American release.

Please refrain from using reverse image search.

I’ll provide an answer if unsolved in 8 hours.

Can you guess the game ?

  • REDACTED@infosec.pubEnglish
    2·
    10 hours ago

    It looks like an older Robot Arena 2, the game I was looking for yesterday after remembering that I used to play a cool robot-building/fighting game during childhood. Oh the nostalgy…

  • DingDongDitch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    23·
    23 hours ago

    That looks like Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction to me. I don’t know if it got a different name for the US release.

    One of my favourite childhood games

    • 64bithero@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      11·
      23 hours ago

      Correct ! Wow I thought this one was going to unsolved !

      Only came out on PC in the US and we never got its amazing sequel…

      • DingDongDitch@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        5·
        22 hours ago

        Both Arenas of Destruction and Extreme Destruction are fun games, but I think I personally enjoyed Arenas of Destruction more. Purely for that one level with all the landmines, that was endless entertainment for me

  • 64bithero@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    13·
    23 hours ago

    Game: Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction Publisher: BBC/Vivendi Universal Developer: Climax Platform: PS2 / Windows (US only got PC release) Release: 2001 (UK) / 2002 (US)

    Winner: dingdongditch

    Thanks for all who participated! Will do another tomorrow !!

  • Soulinyx@piefed.worldEnglish
    202·
    1 day ago

    Robot Arena 2

    Because I don’t think it’s either Battle Bots or Robot Wars. It’s just that scythe looking hook thing looks familiar from somewhere in a game like this.

    • otacon239@lemmy.worldEnglish
      12·
      1 day ago

      Oh man, played so many hours of this as a kid. I looked it up and it looks like it might actually hold up today as being decently detailed. I might have to boot it up again.

      • Soulinyx@piefed.worldEnglish
        6·
        1 day ago

        It’s a damn shame that GOG didn’t go out of their way to pick up both of these games. They were some of the first of their kind.

      • CaptDust@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
        4·
        1 day ago

        Check out Robot Rumble 2! It’s admittedly rougher to onboard and lacks tutorials, but it’s modern and has a pretty solid bot builder. Once it clicks, it really opens up. And it’s free.

        • 64bithero@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
          2·
          22 hours ago

          It’s a really hard game to get into and the UI is as ugly as Sin. But the physics are on another level. Here is hoping it gets some UI revamps .

          And some ai bots to fight out of the box.

          Battle RC is 5 dollar game on Steam that looks promising.

    • 64bithero@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      23 hours ago

      I loved the Robot Arena games (except for 3) I thought about doing that game. But remembered this one was even more obscure.

  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 day ago

    Reminds me of that BattleBots game that released on like, GameCube/PS2. And GBA for some reason.

    EDIT: Okay, apparently the console version never released which makes sense since the only way I remember it is from a gaming magazine image. The GBA game was released with a subtitle.

    • 64bithero@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      22 hours ago

      The console game was developed by THQ and allegedly was close to completion. It’s a shame it never came out.

  • mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    6·
    1 day ago

    Oh shit, I used to have this game in a 4-pack with Roller Coaster Tycoon 2 back when I was a teenager. Was the name Robot Arena? I don’t have the disk anymore to check