The Premise
“Tower defense” just about covers it. For the uninitiated, this is a genre of games where you get a top view of a map, and your job is to keep the baddies who emerge from one side of the map to make it alive all the way out the other side. To accomplish said job, you’re equipped with an impressive array of guns. You must place these guns strategically, and then upgrade them even more strategically, to make your enemies pay.
When I say “pay”, I literally do mean pay. Tower defense games, Robo Defense included, have a strong budgetary aspect. Each gun costs money, and each upgrade also costs money. You earn this money by killing baddies. And just like in real life, not all enemies are made equal. Some enemies are harder to vanquish than others, so they’re worth more when they die.
Starting A New Game


As you can see, I have three types of guns at my disposal, as well as an initial budget of $25. The cheapest gun costs $5, and I personally prefer to place as many of these as I can at the beginning of the game. My own tactic consists of building a “maze” my foes must step through, to maximize the amount of fire each foe must take to make it to the other side.

Like in many other Tower Defense games, you can fast-forward the current wave of enemies (by hitting the Fast Forward button on the bottom left corner). You can also pause the game, naturally, though Robo Defense won’t let you build or upgrade your defenses while the game is paused (other games let you do this – for example, Armored II: Tower Defense).

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