Review: I, Robot (Switch) - Another Psychedelic Success For Llamasoft & Atari

Proper bangin'.

If you looked at the title of Atari’s latest release and thought, 'The Will Smith movie?', don’t worry. I, Robot has nothing to do with the 2004 sci-fi film, nor the original Isaac Asimov short stories upon which it was based. Instead, this is a Llamasoft-developed remake of the 1984 arcade title I, Robot from Dave Theurer (Missile Command, Tempest), a game famous for its pioneering use of 3D polygonal visuals, yet one that also commercially failed upon launch, with fewer than 1000 units manufactured.

It’s the perfect game, then, for Llamasoft’s Jeff Minter, a developer who is often keen to give lesser-known titles a revival, modernising them for current platforms while still retaining their original spirit. Llamasoft’s previous game, Akka Arrh, was very much the same deal, with Minter and development partner Ivan “Giles” Zorzin revamping an ‘80s arcade game that never made it beyond the prototyping stage.

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