Matilda/Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction

Matilda

Matilda was one of the original four house robots in Robot Wars. Matilda was a purple prehistoric dinosaur based robot that featured a chainsaw in the first four series of robot wars. In Extreme 1 onwards, Matilda sported a flywheel at her rear, it was said to be interchangeable with the chainsaw, but after series four, the chainsaw was only ever seen in the american version Robot Wars: Extreme Warriors. Matilda also featured tusks at the front, used to flip robots over, and she is capable of doing this in-game.

Appearance and Armament

Matilda in action

Matilda makes an appearance in the game Robot Wars: Arenas of Destruction along with the other four early house robots. Matilda is found in the top left CPZ, and her in-game counterpart is relatively faithful to her real life form. Her colour scheme is correct, and she has an accurate weapon depiction. One of the few differences is that Matilda's chainsaw does not lift up and down to come in on the attack, like it did in real life.

Matilda rarely strays from her CPZ, and only does when a robot is fully immobile. Like four of the other five house robots, Matilda can't be flipped over and immobilised, despite not having a srimech, or a rollover design, Matilda will always land on her wheels.

Differences from real life

• Matilda's chainsaw does not lift up and down in the game, unlike she did in real life when she came in on the attack.
• Matilda can use it's lifting tusks and body shape to self right, making it very difficult to defeat through flipping like the other house robots.

Matilda's stats in Arenas of Destruction