Editing Paradroid (section)

===Reception===
The game has been heralded as one of the best original games to appear on the Commodore 64, as can be seen when the readers of ''Retro Gamer'' selected it as the best game on the platform:
{{quote|Andrew Braybrook's ''Paradroid'' is a masterpiece, there's no other way to describe its sheer brilliance.<ref name="rgamer96">{{citation | title = Top 25 Commodore 64 Games of All Time | journal = Retro Gamer | issue = 96 | pages = 58–67 | url=http://www.retrogamer.net/top_10/top-ten-commodore-64-games/ | date = November 2011 | publisher = [[Imagine Publishing]] | accessdate = 2013-01-11}}</ref>}} In 1993, ''[[Commodore Force]]'' ranked the game at number 14 on its list of the top 100 Commodore 64 games.<ref>{{cite web|title=Top Ton!|url=https://archive.org/stream/zzap64-magazine-101/ZZap_64_Issue_101_Commodore_Force_Issue_11_1993_Autumn#page/n32/mode/1up/|website=Commodore Force|date=Autumn 1993|accessdate=2017-09-03|page=33}}</ref> Also in a 2002 Zzap!64 tribute publication, ''Paradroid'' via a community vote was ranked the best C64 game ever with the comment "there is something about ''Paradroid'' that sets it apart from other C64 games".<ref name="ZzapTribute">{{citation | url=http://www.zzap64.co.uk/zzap107/zzap107misc.html | title=Zzap64 Def Guide To... The Best C64 Games Ever! | journal=DEF Tribute to Zzap!64 | issue=107 | pages=10–11 | date= March 2002}}</ref>

When it originally came out, it received 97 out of 100 in the ''Zzap!64'' November 1985 issue with the comment "THE classic shoot em up".<ref name="zzap64review"/> It also received a "Gold Medal" where 98% is the highest score ever given in the magazine,<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.zzap64.co.uk/zzap100/100thspec5.html | title=Zzap!64 Gold Standard}}</ref> once again 97 out of 100 with the remark "A game no C64 gamer should be without", in 1989 for the re-issued "Heavy Metal" Edition.<ref name="zzap64review2"/> In November 1988, it was selected the second best Shoot 'em up on the C64<ref>{{citation | url = http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displaypage.pl?issue=043&page=106&magazine=zzap | journal = Zzap!64 | title = DEF Guide to Shoot 'em Ups | date = November 1988 | issue = 43 | pages = 105–108}}</ref> and in December the same year, it was selected the third best game by ''Zzap!64'' magazine.<ref>{{citation | url = http://www.zzap64.co.uk/cgi-bin/displaypage.pl?issue=044&page=124&magazine=zzap | journal = Zzap!64 | title = The Best and Worst of Six Years of the C64! | date = November 1988 | issue = 44 | pages = 124}}</ref>

''[[Info (magazine)|Info]]'' rated ''Paradroid'' four-plus stars out of five. Praising how all of the large game fit into the Commodore 64's memory, the magazine concluded that "if you like science fiction, arcade games, inspiring graphics, and intricate gameplay, you will LOVE ''Paradroid''!".<ref name="info198601">{{Cite magazine |date=December 1985 – January 1986 |title=Paradroid |url=https://archive.org/stream/info-magazine-09/Info_Issue_09_1985_Dec-Jan_1986#page/n47/mode/2up |magazine=Info |pages=45–46 |access-date=2019-03-19}}</ref>

''Paradroid 90'' received "C+VG Hit" with a score of 93% in ''Computer and Video Games''<ref name="cvgp90"/> and was ranked the 22nd best game of all time by ''[[Amiga Power]]''.<ref>{{citation | url = http://amr.abime.net/issue_419_pages | title = All-Time Top 100 Games | date = May 1991 | journal = Amiga Power Supplemental | page = 7}}</ref>