{"id":290491,"date":"2022-06-29T16:12:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thegeekpub.com\/?p=290491"},"modified":"2022-06-29T16:12:43","modified_gmt":"2022-06-29T22:12:43","slug":"petscii-robots-arcade-cabinet-build","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thegeekpub.com\/290491\/petscii-robots-arcade-cabinet-build\/","title":{"rendered":"PETSCII Robots Arcade Cabinet Build"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

If you’re not familiar with a game called Attack of the PETSCII robots, it is a game created by my brother The 8-Bit Guy<\/a>. It is a strategy game with a sci-fi theme, and plays somewhat similar to the Ultima games created by Richard Garriott<\/a> although with many differences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PETSCII is the name of the character set used on the Commodore PET computers of the late 1970s. This is a play on the term ASCII which is used on most modern computer. PETSCII Robots was originally designed for and released on the Commodore PET. Of course PETSCII is used as a play on the word “pesky”. Meaning Attack of the Pesky Robots, using PETSCII characters!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Attack of the PETSCII Robots may shortly become (if it hasn’t already) the game with the most ports to the most number of platforms! It’s available on Commodore, Atari, Apple, Nintendo, Sega, and many other platforms, including numerous architectures within those brands!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 8-Bit Guy’s “Part One” PETSCII Video<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A couple of months ago, David approached me about making a PETSCII Robots arcade. Of course I immediately knew this was something we had to do! You should watch David’s video on the build before finishing this article and video. It’s a Mega Update video, but he spends some time talking about the arcade version at the beginning of it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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