Slapstick
Slapstick is the Japanese title for the role-playing game "Robotrek," developed and published by Enix for the SNES, released in 1994. It features the same gameplay, story, and robot customization system as the original game. You play as a young inventor, who must travel through a world, building robots and fighting enemies, with a focus on exploration, combat, and robot customization.
The gameplay involves navigating through a world map, exploring towns and dungeons, and engaging in turn-based combat where your robots fight for you, and you can also customize your robots' weapons, armor, and abilities. A unique feature is the "robot" customization system – you can build and customize your own robots from parts you find or buy, and you can equip them with different weapons and abilities, adding a layer of strategy and variety to the gameplay. The game includes a large world with multiple towns, dungeons, and areas to explore, and a rich story that unfolds as you progress.
The graphics are colorful and detailed, with a sci-fi and anime style and well-rendered sprites for the characters and robots, and the backgrounds are varied and atmospheric. The music is upbeat and energetic, with a fun and catchy soundtrack. Critics praised the robot customization system and the overall engaging gameplay, making it a solid and unique RPG for the SNES. It supports one player. Slapstick is a fun and engaging RPG that offers a great robot customization adventure.