Atari and Jeff Minter have introduced that they’re working collectively to create a reimagining of I, Robot — no, not the film.
I, Robot is an Atari title from 1984 notable each for being one of many first arcade video games with 3D polygonal graphics rendered in real-time and for being fairly uncommon, because it was a monetary and essential disappointment on the time of its launch. Jeff Minter and Atari are giving I, Robot a psychedelic overhaul, though it retains the identical core gameplay loop of gamers needing to flip the colour of tiles in a 3D house whereas avoiding being destroyed by an enormous eye watching them.
Jeff Minter is understood for being an revolutionary sport designer behind titles like Tempest 2000 and Assault of the Mutant Camels. He additionally developed an actual model of Polybius, the legendary urban-myth arcade sport. Atari studio Digital Eclipse profiled him for his or her interactive documentary Llamasoft: The Jeff Minter Story, whereas Atari at massive let him revive, reimagine, and launch Akka Arrh, a sport which Atari had canceled within the Nineteen Eighties.
Video games like Akka Arrh and I, Robot are half of a bigger initiative by Atari to revive its basic titles. Final 12 months, Lunar Lander and Yars have been reimagined with brand-new video games, whereas this 12 months Breakout, Deadly Run, and I, Robot are all getting that therapy.
I, Robot can be launched for PC, PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Collection X|S, Nintendo Swap, and Atari VCS in Spring 2025.