Freedroid

4.0
337 reviews
10K+
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this game

A FreeSoftware (GPL) remake of Andrew Braybrook's classic C64 game Paradroid.

The player takes control of the so-called 001 influence device and must clear a freighter of robots by either shooting them or seizing control over them. Seizing control is done in a small logic subgame, in which you have to connect more electrical connections within 10 seconds than your opponent.

Freedroid (Classic) was developed by Johannes Prix, Reinhard Prix and Bastian Salmela (originally for DOS, then Linux and Windows, now ported to Android). Additional themes were contributed by Lanzz and Andreas Wedemeyer.

For bug reports and comments visit the project page:
https://github.com/ReinhardPrix/FreedroidClassic

NOTE: The PC game was originally written for Joystick, keyboard or mouse control. The Android version is using pelya's SDL port, which offers on-screen overlay 'joystick emulation'. The GPL sources for this Android SDL port are found here:
https://github.com/pelya/commandergenius
Updated on
Jan 13, 2024

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Ratings and reviews

4.0
276 reviews
A Google user
September 27, 2018
Paradroid was a revelation when it landed on my C64, and this is an extremely successful port. Looks and plays almost identically to the C64 version, right down to the faintly kludgy controls. Yes, the original game was always like that. Took some getting used to, but well worth the effort.
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Simon Whiting
January 14, 2024
Great game, great port, great support. Recent update caused crashes on older phone. Developer quickly got back to us, worked out the issue, and provided a fixed update. My 9yo son is super happy to have his favourite game back.
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Reinhard Prix
January 13, 2024
Ok, I believe I've found and fixed the problem, the new version (1.2.3) should work correctly also on older Android versions. I would be very grateful if you could let me know if it works now.
A Google user
October 23, 2018
Its authentic looking, but the take over the bots mini games is nigh on impossible to control, what exactly is the controls for this please, get this working properly and u could have a big hit on your hands
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Reinhard Prix
February 10, 2024
Thank you for your feedback! Touchpad controls have been improved in recent versions. I've created a demo video that illustrates gameplay and shows the touch-screen controls in action. Please check it out by clicking on 'Trailer' in the play store or visit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLryOyqBz1U directly. I hope this might help.

What's new

- I've created a demo video that illustrates gameplay and shows the touch-screen controls in action. Click on 'Trailer' in the play store or visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLryOyqBz1U

- Fixed backwards compatibility issues on older Androids (7 and 8) due to libpng zlib version requirement (see https://github.com/ReinhardPrix/FreedroidClassic/issues/40)
- plus other minor fixes