Editing Robotron: 2084 (section)

== Gameplay ==
[[Image:Robotron: 2084.png|thumb|left|The protagonist (center) shoots the robots while dodging their attacks and attempting to rescue the human (top right).]]

''Robotron'' is a 2D [[multidirectional shooter]] game in which the player controls the on-screen protagonist from a [[Video game graphics|top-down perspective]]. The game is set in the year 2084 in a fictional world where "Robotrons" have, after a [[robot uprising]], eradicated most of the human race. The main protagonist is called "Robotron Hero" who is a super-powered [[genetic engineering]] error (or mutant) and attempts to save the last human family.<ref name="Fever-1">{{cite book | title = Arcade Fever: The Fan's Guide to The Golden Age of Video Games | chapter = Robotron: 2084 | first = John | last = Sellers | pages = 110–111 | publisher = [[Running Press]] | date=August 2001 | isbn = 0-7624-0937-1}}</ref><ref name="KLOV">{{cite web | url = http://www.klov.com/game_detail.php?game_id=9347 | title = Robotron: 2084 Videogame by Williams (1982) | publisher = [[Killer List of Videogames]] | access-date = 2009-02-10}}</ref><ref name="allgame">{{cite web | url = http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=436&tab=overview | title = Robotron: 2084 - Overview - allgame | publisher = [[Allgame]] | first = Brad | last = Cook | access-date = 2009-02-10 | archive-date = 2009-07-01 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090701003635/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=436&tab=overview | url-status = dead }}</ref>

The game uses a two-joystick control scheme; the left joystick controls the on-screen character's movement, while the right controls the direction the character's weapon fires. Both joysticks allow for an input direction in one of eight ways. Each [[Level (video games)|level]], referred to as a "wave", is a single screen populated with a large number of various enemy robots and obstacles; types range from invincible giants to robots that continually manufacture other robots that shoot the protagonist. Coming into contact with an enemy, projectile, or obstacle costs the player one life, but extra lives can be earned at certain point totals. Waves also include human family members who can be rescued to score additional points, but certain robots can either kill them or turn them into enemies. Destroying all vulnerable robots allows the player to progress to the next wave; the cycle continues until all lives are lost.<ref name="Fever-1" /><ref name="KLOV" /><ref name="allgame" />