Robotron is Awesome!!!!!

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I picked up mine on Thanksgiving when I was visiting my family in Arizona. I found it on CL prior to heading out there. I made him an offer and he accepted it. Luckly we drove the van and had enough room to pick it up. The game is great shape and plays with no issues. I replaced the Willis CPO and swapped out the micro switch joystick with the correct 4" wico. I remeber playing it back in the day and dumping a bunch of quarters in it. It's one hell of a game that keeps you coming back for more. Williams designers knew how to put them together.

So far I have only managed a high score of 230,000 at level 9 but I'm working on that. I can't belive I was considering trading it away for a Tron.
 

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You sunnabeach! Stealin' our-a games! ;)

Nice get!
 
Awesome, one of my goals over my Christmas vacation is to finally break 1,000,000 with the guy named Ron who also happens to be a robot.
I actully got pretty close this morning
 
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Nice, Robotron is one of the greatest. Challenging game though. May I ask, was it in Tucson? :)
 
I kept playing and practicing for awhile and had many scores over 300,000 saved. Did not play for a few weeks then played a couple of games and on the third one broke 400,000 and had about six lives left when the machine shut off....losing my high score. Found the switch was bad on the behind the cabinet door. Arrrr........ I haven't swapped the joys yet for leafes. Using Happ supers. Keep playing and improving and eventually you'll break through during a game and have a big run. What a game...
 
If I start getting tired, I'll play some robotron.. talk about a game that keeps you on the edge of your seat! And I don't think I have ever been past level 10 or somewhere thereabouts! lol
 
Awesome game but gets impossible around level 12-14. I don't see how people can have marathon games on it. Will have to pick one up someday and put it next to my Berzerk. Can you imagine switching characters between the two games. Average game time playing berzerk with robot ron - 23 hours. Average game time playing Robotron with humanoid - 23 seconds. Anyone else here ponder such things?
 
I wouldn't consider myself to be a "great" Robotron player, but getting 1,000,000 points isn't TOO difficult for me. What skill level do you guys play on? Default, which I think is 5? I can't remember what I currently have mine set to (probably default), but I used to play it on either 6 or 7 (out of 10, I believe)...
 
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