You can do two main things in the game: build robots and fight with the robots you have made. You can only work with one robot at a time, but you can build and save as many bots as you like. In the Bot Lab, you choose from various chassis types, armor, mobility, weaponry, and accessories to assemble your robot. Each component has various properties such as weight, energy required, strength, and damage abilities. Once you've built your robot, you can take it into the arena to fight against an opponent. The game allows you to play several types of matches: a practice session, which is to help you learn to play without risking damage to your newly created bot; a tournament match, in which you fight against a series of computer opponents for the championship title; a custom challenge, where you can make wagers against computer players in non-tournament matches; and multiplayer mode, where you can fight against your brother, friend, uncle, dentist, etc. over a local network or the Internet.

Robot Arena - May 10, 2001
Well, at least they can't say they lied in the title. There's a robot... and an arena.

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