Paradroid C64

V2 UPDATE: No longer requires bluetooth controller or keyboard to play. For a better gameplay experience a bluetooth controller is highly recommended.

A BLUETOOTH CONTROLLER OR KEYBOARD IS REQUIRED TO PLAY THE GAME. PLEASE NOTE: The game runs in an emulator and REQUIRES some configuration of the emulator (See website). The emulator is a faithful recreation of the Commodore 64 home computer.

Enemy forces have hijacked a space fleet by turning its robot consignment against the crew; the job is to neutralize all the robots, thereby rescuing the humans. The player controls a prototype influence device that allows them to control the hostile robots.

The game is set on a spaceship viewed from a top-down perspective. The ship consists of numerous rooms and levels, each one populated by hostile robots or "androids". The player, in control of a special droid called the "Influence Device", must destroy all the other droids on the ship. Each droid (including the player) is represented as a circle around a three-digit number. The numbers roughly correspond to the droid's "power" or "level", in that higher-numbered droids are tougher to destroy.

The Influence Device is numbered "001". The primary way in which the Influence Device destroys other droids is by "linking" with them, effectively taking them over. When the player takes over another droid, the previously controlled droid is destroyed.

The task of the player is to eliminate the hostile robots on 16 decks per ship, either by taking them over or by the use of a weapon. There are altogether 24 robot types in 10 classes.

Setup:

https://www.thawsoe7.co.uk/phoenix-retro-games

https://www.c64-wiki.com/wiki/Paradroid