Editing Paradroid (section)

{{Short description|1985 video game}}
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{{Infobox video game
|title = Paradroid
|image = Paradroid cover.jpg
|image_size = 256px
|caption = European cover art
|developer = [[Graftgold]]
|publisher = [[Hewson Consultants]] <br> Jester Interactive Publishing
|designer = [[Andrew Braybrook]]
|engine = 
|released = 1985
|genre = [[Shoot 'em up]], [[puzzle video game|puzzle]]
|modes = [[Single-player]]
|platforms = [[Commodore 64]], [[Amiga]], [[Atari ST]], [[Acorn Archimedes]], [[C64 Direct-to-TV]], [[Virtual Console]], [[iOS]] (ZX Spectrum Elite Collection)
}}

'''''Paradroid''''' is a [[Commodore 64]] [[video game]] written by [[Andrew Braybrook]] and published by [[Hewson Consultants]] in 1985. It is a [[shoot 'em up]] with [[Puzzle video game|puzzle]] elements and was critically praised at release.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displaypage.pl?issue=007&page=124&magazine=zzap|title=View a Scan|website=www.zzap64.co.uk|language=en|access-date=2018-09-09}}</ref> The objective is to clear a fleet of spaceships of hostile robots by destroying them or taking over them via a minigame. It was remade as ''Paradroid 90'' for the Commodore [[Amiga]] and [[Atari ST]] home computers<ref name="diary2">{{citation | url=http://amr.abime.net/review_26661 | title=From start to finish: The diary of a game | journal=Amiga Action}}</ref> and as Paradroid 2000 for the [[Acorn Archimedes]]. There exist several [[fan-made]] [[Remake (computing)|remakes]] for modern PCs. In 2004, the Commodore 64 version was re-released as a built-in game on the [[C64 Direct-to-TV]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://pepm.bluedomino.com/c64dtvsupport.htm#games |title=Games on the C64DTV}}{{dead link|date=June 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref> and in 2008 for the [[Wii]] [[Virtual Console]] in Europe.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/reviews/2008/05/paradroid_virtual_console |accessdate=2014-06-19|title=C64 Nintendolife ''Paradroid'' Review|date=22 May 2008}}</ref>