Freedroid Classic
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About this game
Freedroid Classic recreates the robot combat and circuit duels of Andrew Braybrook’s 1985 Commodore 64 game Paradroid. You start as the small 001 influence device. Explore the ship’s decks, use lifts to get around, and clear hostile droids by shooting them or taking over their bodies. A stronger body gives you different weapons and movement, but relying on it for too long can leave you short on energy.
Press Space to skip the mission briefing and the robot introduction. Move with the arrow keys or WASD. Hold Space with a direction to shoot. To try a takeover, hold Space without a direction, then move into contact with a droid. Press Space through the portraits, choose a side with Left or Right, then use Up or Down to pick a row and Space to place a capsule. The side controlling more of the middle column wins.
This browser edition uses the upstream SDL2 code from the 1.9.1 source archive. It keeps the original maps, artwork and effects. Sound starts muted, and this edition has no background soundtrack. Game menus remain in English. Completed scores are saved on this browser when you submit your name. Settings are saved when you quit through the game. A new visit starts a fresh mission.
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Quick tips
Press Space at each introduction to get to the ship. The touch controller’s Space button works here as well.
Hold a direction with Space to fire. Hold Space alone before moving into a robot to attempt a takeover.
During a takeover, watch how each circuit reaches the center. Use Up and Down to choose a row and Space to place a capsule.
Enter or E operates lifts and consoles. P pauses. Press Q, then Y to quit and save settings.
- Arrow keys
- Move the droid or select a row or side during a takeover
- Space
- Fire with a direction, initiate a takeover, place a capsule or skip the briefing
- Enter
- Use lifts and consoles, confirm a menu choice or submit a high score
- P
- Pause or resume the game
- Esc
- Open the options menu or return to the game
- Q
- Open the quit confirmation
- Y
- Confirm quitting
- N
- Cancel quitting
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Rights and Source Notes
Browser play is available for this entry. Official project references are listed below.
- Distribution
- GPL-3.0-or-later
- Browser player
- WebAssembly · Browser play
- Added to archive
- 2026-11-09
- Official references
- Source code
- Download open-source code packageSource code only; this is not a game ROM download.
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