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=== Tropes appearing in this game: ===
=== Tropes appearing in this game: ===
* [[Abandon Ware]]: This game is no longer made, and you'd need a 5.25 floppy drive to run it if you found a copy.
* [[Abandonware]]: This game is no longer made, and you'd need a 5.25 floppy drive to run it if you found a copy.
** A java version named ''[http://www.droidquest.com/ Droid Quest]'' has been made.
** A java version named ''[http://www.droidquest.com/ Droid Quest]'' has been made.
* [[Copy Protection]]: Utilized copy protection by checking the 5.25" disk for a "flaky bit". If the bit was not found, the player's ability to solder connections in the robots of the main game was disabled, rendering the game unwinnable. However, the copy protection was never disclosed in the manual and the flaky bit had a tendency to "settle" over time, meaning that many users found their legitimate games impossible to play past the third level.
* [[Copy Protection]]: Utilized copy protection by checking the 5.25" disk for a "flaky bit". If the bit was not found, the player's ability to solder connections in the robots of the main game was disabled, rendering the game unwinnable. However, the copy protection was never disclosed in the manual and the flaky bit had a tendency to "settle" over time, meaning that many users found their legitimate games impossible to play past the third level.
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* [[Pressure Plate]]: Several puzzles require either you or your robot to activate a door this way.
* [[Pressure Plate]]: Several puzzles require either you or your robot to activate a door this way.
* [[Programming Game]]: Yep!
* [[Programming Game]]: Yep!
* ~Run Don't Walk~: Your character moves quickly at all times. You can move slowly, but it's only useful in trying to enter your robots, or get on the teleport pad at the end of each level.
* [[Run Don't Walk]]: Your character moves quickly at all times. You can move slowly, but it's only useful in trying to enter your robots, or get on the teleport pad at the end of each level.
* [[Shout-Out]]: The robot patrolling one level of the sewer that zaps you if you get too close is actually a [[Doctor Who|Dalek]].
* [[Shout-Out]]: The robot patrolling one level of the sewer that zaps you if you get too close is actually a [[Doctor Who|Dalek]].
* [[Video Game Tutorial]]: Not only will you need to do them, but they are easier and in some ways more fun than the game.
* [[Video Game Tutorial]]: Not only will you need to do them, but they are easier and in some ways more fun than the game.