Robot Rascals is a hybrid digital/analog game by Ozark Softscape and published by Electronic Arts in 1986 for the Apple II, Commodore 64, and MS-DOS.
Robot Rascals is a multiplayer-only scavenger hunt for people at a single computer using physical cards as part of the game.
Daringly billed as a 'family game,' this peculiar fusion of turn-based action and strategy, augmented by a deck of real playing cards, received a polite but puzzled critical reception, and was carefully ignored by everybody else.
"[citation needed] Info gave the Commodore 64 version four stars out of five, describing Robot Rascals as "a cute game" and approving of the graphics and sound.
The considerable number of options and strategies available to each player were a highlight of the game, including alternate victory conditions on the Advanced level.
[4] The magazine's Charles Ardai stated that the game's "charming blend of strategy and luck makes this ... unusually enjoyable".