is a fighting

Fighting game

Fighting game is a video game genre where the player controls an on-screen character and engages in close combat with an opponent. These characters tend to be of equal power and fight matches consisting of several rounds, which take place in an arena. Players must master techniques such as...

 arcade game

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...

 developed and published by HOT・B. It is HOT・B's only attempt in the fighting game genre after the success and craze of Capcom

Capcom

is a Japanese developer and publisher of video games, known for creating multi-million-selling franchises such as Devil May Cry, Chaos Legion, Street Fighter, Mega Man and Resident Evil. Capcom developed and published Bionic Commando, Lost Planet and Dark Void too, but they are less known. Its...

's Street Fighter II

Street Fighter II

is a competitive fighting game originally released for the arcades in . It is the arcade sequel to the original Street Fighter released in and was Capcom's fourteenth title that ran on the CP System arcade hardware...

, which inspired other companies to create their own inspiration as well. It is also one of HOT・B's few coin-op arcade games, and was the first giant mech

Mecha

A mech , is a science fiction term for a large walking bipedal tank or robot, including ones on treads and animal shapes.-Characteristics:...

-based fighting game in the modern fighting era, which later ones include from Mobile Suit Gundam

Mobile Suit Gundam

is a televised anime series, created by Sunrise. Created and directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino, it premiered in Japan on Nagoya Broadcasting Network on April 7, 1979, and lasted until January 26, 1980, spanning 43 episodes...

-based ones like Banpresto

Banpresto

is a Japanese toy company, best known in America for game development, headquartered in the Shinagawa Seaside West Building in Shinagawa, Tokyo. It was founded April 1977 as Hoei Sangyo, Co. Ltd. The company was renamed Coreland in 1982, and during the 1980s it worked mainly as a subcontractor for...

's Mobile Suit Gundam: EX Revue

Mobile Suit Gundam: EX Revue

is a fighting arcade game developed by Allumer and published by Banpresto in Japan. It is based on the Mobile Suit Gundam franchise.After Char Aznable and Zeong have been defeated by the player, the final boss, Ramuiko Stein, appears to defend A Baoa Qu. Her face is not revealed until defeating...

, to originals like Capcom's Cyberbots: Full Metal Madness.

Gameplay

Schmeiser Robo plays similarly to other 2D versus fighting games during its release, which the player's character fights against his or her opponent in best two-out-of-three matches in a single player tournament mode with the computer or against another human player. However, unlike most other fighting games released at the same time, the game uses an 8-way joystick and 3 buttons: one for punching, another for kicking, and the last one first introduced in the game during the modern era of fighting games, the guard button. Every character can do moving and attacking in spite of repeatedly pressing the guard button; however, they can’t block their opponents' attacks by using it. Other unique features introduced in this game are quick (or small) jumping, air-guarding, counter-attacking, guard-canceling and rush-attacking. To perform rush-attacking, when the player's basic standing punch or kick hits, the player must tap the same key separately and rhythmically. The damage balance setting is extreme. In most fighting games, players usually see invisible walls or barriers in both corners of each stage, but in Schmeiser Robo, there are visible force beams that prevent anyone from flying past them. Demo footage is only in the Japanese version.

Characters

There are eight characters to choose from in the game and each of them fight inside their own unique mechs called "Walkers". Unlike most fighting games at the time, each character also has a 'fighting rate' score which increases or decreases depending on how well they fight.

Pilot:

The protagonist of the game. He pilots a Walker that performs electrical punching moves.

Pilot:

A teenage female pilot that regulates a Walker that can do rolling attacks and rapid punches.

Pilot:

A military soldier.

Pilot:

A pilot that controls a head-standing Walker.

Pilot:

A pilot from China.

Pilot:

A young girl who pilots a gorilla

Gorilla

Gorillas are the largest extant species of primates. They are ground-dwelling, predominantly herbivorous apes that inhabit the forests of central Africa. Gorillas are divided into two species and either four or five subspecies...

-like Walker.

Pilot:

A ninjitsu-performing Walker piloted by a young boy.

Pilot:

A pilot that controls an arachnid

Arachnid

Arachnids are a class of joint-legged invertebrate animals in the subphylum Chelicerata. All arachnids have eight legs, although in some species the front pair may convert to a sensory function. The term is derived from the Greek words , meaning "spider".Almost all extant arachnids are terrestrial...

-based Walker.

Celberus

Pilot: Z'Hell

The final boss and only unplayable character in Schmeiser Robo.

External links

• Schmeiser Robo at The Large Cult Fighting Game March
• Schmeiser Robo at Fighters Front Line
• Schmeiser Robo at arcade-history