Robby Roto
Encyclopedia
The Adventures of Robby Roto! (Robby Roto for short) is a 1981 arcade game
produced by Bally/Midway
. It is no longer available in most arcades
.
It is notable for being one of the few games whose copyright
has been released to public use. ROM images of the game may be used freely for non-commercial use. ROM's can be played through the use of an emulator
, such as MAME
.
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
produced by Bally/Midway
Midway Games
Midway Games, Inc. is an American company that was formerly a major video game publisher. Following a bankruptcy filing in 2009, it is no longer active and is in the process of liquidating all of its assets. Midway's titles included Mortal Kombat, Ms.Pac-Man, Spy Hunter, Tron, Rampage, the...
. It is no longer available in most arcades
Video arcade
An amusement arcade or video arcade is a venue where people play arcade games such as video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, merchandisers , or coin-operated billiards or air hockey tables...
.
It is notable for being one of the few games whose copyright
Copyright
Copyright is a legal concept, enacted by most governments, giving the creator of an original work exclusive rights to it, usually for a limited time...
has been released to public use. ROM images of the game may be used freely for non-commercial use. ROM's can be played through the use of an emulator
Emulator
In computing, an emulator is hardware or software or both that duplicates the functions of a first computer system in a different second computer system, so that the behavior of the second system closely resembles the behavior of the first system...
, such as MAME
MAME
MAME is an emulator application designed to recreate the hardware of arcade game systems in software on modern personal computers and other platforms. The intention is to preserve gaming history by preventing vintage games from being lost or forgotten...
.
External links
- MAME's Download Page whence the ROM may be downloaded
- Permission to do so from the copyright holders