@Odjn RyuJanuary 29, 2025
I remember my dad buying Robot City for me and my brother from a long-defunct store called Odd Jobs. The game's setting was neat: you played an amnesiac who crash lands in the planet of Robot City, which is solely inhabited and governed by autonomous robots. A murder against another human has been committed, and the robots suspect you along with two other humans. The game has an unsettingly atmosphere thanks to the design of the city constantly morphing and the music. As a kid I was sometimes too scared to play the game, but I felt better about it once I wired up the companion robot Alpha. I never did finish this game myself despite watching my brother beat it and watching YT videos. I always loved talking to the robots in the game, who refer to you as "Friend, Derek" and figuring out the laws of robotics and finding ways to talk yourself out of situations and encounters. Given Byron Preiss Multimedia shuttered a long time ago, this is truly a 90s lost gem and I wish more people got to experience it. A perfect choice for a GOG release!