Nintendo has released a solitary new game onto Virtual Console - Andrew Braybrook's C64 classic Paradroid. Priced at 500 Wii Points (GBP 3.50 / EUR 5 approx), it's a classic, top-down science-fiction ...

When beardy old farts bang on about how games were so much more original in the old days, they're not just wallowing in a misguided sea of addled nostalgia. Paradroid - a robot power-struggle game ...

I've done a 3D remake of Paradroid and would like get some (more) feedback on it. I'm especially interested in "old school" gamers' opinions about it. After searching around in this forum, i think ...

I'm not normally a huge fan of retro videogames - once you've wiped away the tears of nostalgic joy you're usually left let down by the rudimentary and frustrating action. I don't buy the "pure ...

The Oddworld franchise isn't the only series developer Just Add Water had its sights on for a reboot — the company recently tweeted a concept image of an abandoned remake of the Commodore 64 classic ...

Paradroid puts you in control of a robot on board an abandoned starship. These robots have a power level going from 001 to 999, and, unfortunately, he's got a level of 001 and is as such the weakest ...

Paradroid has an addictive gameplay rarely found in todays games. I mixes action with tactics which are both needed to stay in the game let alone finish it. The story is simple, a fleet of spaceships ...

Forget robots taking over the world: in 1985 they were perfectly content with just taking over each other. This, at least, is the message from the classic C64 game Paradroid, which combined top-down ...

If you take control of the 999 command cyborg, you get to bully the other droids around for a while.

Liam loves Android, design, user experience, and travel. He doesn't love ill-proportioned letter forms, advertisements made entirely of stock photography, and writing biographical snippets. Adding to ...