Dead Metal/Robot Wars: Metal Mayhem

Dead Metal was a House Robot designed to resemble a scorpion. He was armed with a set of pneumatic pincers and a 3000 rpm circular saw, mounted on his 'head'. His method of attack was to first grab hold of a robot, before the 'head' assembly would slide forward, the circular saw cutting into the robot. Notably though, the head assembly never could slide forward in any of Robot Wars games that Dead Metalappeared in, as the head would be stationary, the saw simply spinning where it was. Dead Metal has appeared in all five of the Robot Wars video games.

Appearance and Armament
This was the first Robot Wars game, and as such it was the first video game appearance for Dead Metal and the other four House Robots around at that time. Due to the Game Boy Color's comparatively poor graphics, the arenas and robots could not be very detailed, and this is also true for Dead Metal.

The most noticeable thing about Dead Metal's appearence in this game is that he is grey and pink. This of course was not true to it's real-life counterpart, and this colour scheme was never repeated in any subsequent Robot Wars games. Dead Metal is however, distinguishable as his real-life counterpart, and he is positioned in the bottom-right Corner Patrol Zone (CPZ). Dead Metal's claws are visible, and they continually open and close during battles. It is unclear though as to where the saw is mounted. There is however, a grey line on his back, this could suggest either the arm, on which the saw was mounted in previous wars, or it could represent the saw itself.

When attacking competitor robots, Dead Metal simply opens and closes his claws, damaging the competitor robot. He also follows competitor robots around his CPZ to attack them. Dead Metal, like the other House Robots in this game, turns to face competitors as they pass his CPZ but do not enter it.