The Adventures of Robby Roto:
This is a bizarre little game put out by Bally Midway in 1981. A sort of bastard child of Pac-Man and Dig Dug, Robby Roto had players assay the role of a little yellow disc who digs around in tunnels looking for his little disc friends. Unlike Dig-Dug, however, you can't choose where you want to dig, you must travel through a pre-determined maze with some parts visible and other that are hidden. As you find your friends, they follow you, creating a long line of little discs that make it much easier for you to get nailed by the enemy. Each level has enemies that chase you around, increasing in speed the higher up in levels you go. According to the flyer, the enemies include sinister spiders, jawbones, a wicked troll and a dragon called "The Evil Voltar".

While the game sounds pretty run of the mill, the flyer is something different entirely. It looks like something off of my old Dungeon's and Dragons Monster Manual. It's also very evocative of the old Golden Key Comics and those ads for plastic models you used to find in the backs of them. I'm intrigued in particular with the wicked troll. Knowing the awesomeness of 8-Bit graphics, I can only imagine that it looks exactly like the goggle eyed freak that they have pictured. Flynn De Marco