In Williams’ 1982 arcade game Robotron: 2084, what is the name of the family the player rescues?

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In Williams’ arcade game Robotron: 2084, the player rescues the last human family.

Robotron: 2084 was created by Eugene Jarvis and Larry DeMar and released in 1982. Its dystopian premise imagines a future in which robots have become hostile and nearly all humans have been eliminated. The player controls a cybernetic hero fighting through dense waves of enemies.

The survivors are collectively identified as the last human family. They include a mother, a father, and a child, and rescuing them is a major objective of each wave. The child is especially valuable because saving family members contributes to the player’s score.

This objective is separate from the game’s twin-stick shooting mechanics. The earlier listed question about Robotron’s controls concerns movement and firing; here, the focus is the game’s story and rescue targets.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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