Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness (1995)

Developer: Capcom
Platforms: Arcade, PlayStation 3, Sega Saturn, PlayStation, PlayStation Portable
Genres: Fighting
Rating: 3.3 of 5, 7 player ratings

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The catalog in 3D

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How it feels

A slick 1995 Capcom mech brawler where you mix and match robot parts to forge your own fighting style, rewarding tinkerers and competitors alike.

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About

The premise in Cyberbots is similar to Armored Warriors, albeit it features only a maximum of two playable characters on screen as opposed to three. Cyberbots is a very innovative game, attributed to its amount of selectable options, parts, and mecha that permit the player to format their play style to their preference. Similar to the Armored Core series, different legs (which affect movement abilities), arms (which affect reach and melee capabilities) and weapons can be mixed and matched between the selectable robots available to the player. Gameplay in Cyberbots is similar to other Capcom-created fighting games, with a medium-sized command list of executing various attacks available to each individual robot. Battles are a duel-formatted affair with players and the computer fighting against one another to proceed to the next battle.

Screenshots

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Cyberbots: Fullmetal Madness screenshot 6

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