the third best game by Zzap!64 magazine. Info rated Paradroid four-plus stars out of five. Praising how all of the large game fit into the Commodore 64's memory, the magazine concluded that "if you like science fiction, arcade games, inspiring graphics, and intricate gameplay, you will LOVE Paradroid!". Paradroid 90 received "C+VG Hit" with a score of 93% in Computer and Video Games and was ranked the 22nd best game of all time by Amiga Power. Other clones and games inspired by Paradroid Several Freeware or free and open source software clones of the game have been published: Paradroid for Windows and Linux, current version 1.3 (March 2004), which garnered favourable reviews at the Home of the Underdogs. Freedroid Classic for Windows, Linux, OS X and Sharp Zaurus, current version 1.0.2 (2004) Project Paradroid for Windows, current version 2 (2006) Paradroid Redux is a reimplementation of the original Commodore 64 code, fixing bugs and adding features. Freedroid RPG is a Diablo-style role-playing video game based on Freedroid Classic, inheriting only the main theme of fighting hostile robots, the takeover-game, and the robot models. Urbanoids Quazatron Andrew Braybrook's Graftgold partner, Steve Turner, wrote a version of Paradroid for the ZX Spectrum called Quazatron in 1986, also published by Hewson. Gameplay was similar but on an isometric playing field, and based in cities rather than spacecraft. See also C64 Direct-to-TV (the "30 C64 games in 1 joystick" unit) References External links (Heavy Metal Paradroid) Paradroid at the C64 Wiki Paradroid 90 at Lemon Amiga Birth of a Paradroid – the original diary of the making of the game by Andrew Braybrook Longplay (Video) at www.c64-longplays.de Longplay (Video) at www.archive.org/details/C64GVA230-Paradroid Paradroid Remake in progress 1985 video games Acorn Archimedes games Amiga games Atari ST games Commodore 64 games Graftgold games IOS games Shoot 'em ups Single-player video games Video games developed in the United Kingdom Virtual Console games Hewson Consultants games