Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction (GBA)

Robot Wars: Extreme Destruction was the last of the four Robot Wars video games to be released. It was created by Crawfish Interactive, published by BBC Multimedia, and made for the Gameboy Advance. Despite having the same name as a game released for the console, the gameplay and available robots are very different from those of the console version of Extreme Destruction.

Arenas
The game features six different arenas, each with a variety of hazards including pits, flame jets, and the Disc of Doom. The arenas are as follows:


 * Studio- The Series 6 version of the Robot Wars Arena
 * Melting pot- A volcano themed arena with a pit full of molten lava.
 * Acid Bath- A pollution themed arena with a pit full of acid.
 * Deep Freeze- A snow themed arena with slippery floors.
 * Desert Storm- A desert themed arena.
 * Red Planet Rumble- An arena on Mars with weaker gravity than the others.

Making a Robot
Unlike the console version, there is no money or credits system. Instead, you get an unlimited supply of whatever components are available. Some components start out locked and become unlocked when you win a certain event.

Robot Battles
You fight robots in championships in order to unlock features in the game. There are  Every event has the option of choosing bronze, silver, or gold, depedning on what level of difficulty you prefer. Initally, only the bronze level is available and silver and gold must be unlocked. In bronze and silver battles, you fight competitor robots from Robot Wars, whilst gold battles are against the house robots. The modes of play are:


 * Quick Battle - Battle against another robot; this is the only mode where silver and gold are initially unlocked
 * Tournament- Four one-on-one battles.
 * Mayhem - A four-way melee.
 * Bash N' Dash - All three oponents are teamed up agaist you; you only need to survive to the end to win.

The Bash N' Dash and Mayhem can both be played multiplayer with up to four players. There is also a mode called Grudge Match, exclusively for two players, in which each person gets to choose a robot to battle with.

There is also the Gauntlet mode, in which your robot must perform tasks within a time limit. Like the battle mode, each challenge features a bronze, silver, and gold level. The Gauntlet challenges are:

Slalom- Guide your robot along a slalom. You may not touch the cones or go off the path. Skittles- Knock down all the bowling pins. Long Jump- Drive your robot onto the floor flipper, and land in the end zone to win. Sumo Basho- Push Shunt out of the ring or destroy him. Shunt is allowed to use his axe on the gold level. Dump- Push all the scrap into the pit. You lose if you fall in yourself Drop Zone- Four Drop Zones are constantly dropping barrels; you must destroy a specified number to win. Green barrels damage your robot.

Playable Robots and House Robots
There are many playable robots, most of which must be unlocked to use. The full list includes:


 * Destructive Criticism
 * Hypno-Disc
 * Tricerabot 3.0
 * Tornado
 * Firestorm 3
 * Dominator 2
 * Razer
 * Bigger Brother 2
 * Thermidor 2
 * Pussycat
 * Wheely Big Cheese
 * Rosie the Riveter 2
 * Panzer Mk 2
 * Stinger
 * Chaos 2
 * 101
 * Propeller Head

Although the setting for this game is around Series 6 of Robot Wars, Refbot, Mr. Psycho, and Growler do not appear, but Dead Metal, Shunt, Sir Killalot, Matilda and Sergeant Bash do.

Voice Artists
Though there is no commentary in this game, Jonathan Pearce can be heard calling out "3... 2... 1... Activate!" at the beginning of each match and "Cease!" at the end.