Quazatron [SEP] designer
Quazatron
Quazatron is an action video game developed by Graftgold, and released in in 1986 by Hewson Consultants. It was designed by Steve Turner for the ZX Spectrum.
Plot.
In "Quazatron", the player-controlled droid (KLP-2 "Klepto", from the Classical Greek κλεπτω, "steal") attempts to destroy all the other robots in the underground citadel of Quazatron and subsequent locations.
Gameplay.
Klepto is maneuvered across individual levels of Quazatron, which can be navigated between via a system
slow and jerky" screen scrolling, despite Hewson claiming that problem would be fixed by the game's release.
The ZX Spectrum version was voted number 19 in the "Your Sinclair Readers' Top 100 Games of All Time".
Ports and sequels.
"Quazatron" was followed by a 1988 sequel, "Magnetron".
The same game concept can be seen in "Ranarama" (1987), a game from the same author that appeared between "Quazatron" and "Magnetron".
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