- $2.99
- Category: Games
- First released: March 6, 2009
- Versions: 9 archived
- Installable: 9 of 9
- Availability: Still on the App Store ↗
- Seller: Pangea Software, Inc.
- com.pangea.otto
Requirements: Compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. Requires iOS 2.0 or later.
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• 10 levels on amazing 3D alien worlds! • Battle 25 different alien creatures! • Attack with 7 different types of space-age weapons • Fight off giant radioactive killer vegetables! • Ski behind giant metal sea monsters on a river of toxic ooze! • Ride soap bubbles across noxious lakes of slimy goo! • Get shot out of a cannon! • Rescue humans from flying saucers! • Ride bumper cars! • Drink radioactive potions to grow to 50ft tall! • Ride a zip-line to escape mutant radioactive robots! • Pilot a flying saucer and lay waste to an alien fortress! • And much, much more!
The year is 1957 and a fleet of flying saucers from Planet X have come to Earth. These saucers are under the control of the evil Brain Aliens who are abducting helpless human beings and taking them away to strange alien worlds to become slaves of The Giant Brain.
You are Otto Matic, the robot given the job of saving Earth from the Brain Aliens. Your rocket ship will take you to each of the alien planets, and on each planet you must save as many humans as you can, but be careful because the Brain Aliens will try to abduct the humans before you can save them. Once The Giant Brain has been defeated and peace has been restored to the galaxy, you will return to Earth with your human cargo where they will be freed.
Bundle Size Over Time
Ratings Over Time
sampled from 12 archived captures| Date | Version | Rating | Ratings | Price |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 21, 2010 | 3.0 | — | 663 | $3.99 |
| January 18, 2011 | 3.1 | — | 725 | $1.99 |
| January 14, 2012 | — | — | 776 | $2.99 |
| October 26, 2013 | — | — | 813 | $2.99 |
| November 7, 2015 | 5.3 | ★ 3.5 | 844 | $1.99 |
| July 26, 2018 | 5.4 | ★ 3.5 | 884 | $2.99 |
| October 30, 2018 | 5.4 | ★ 3.5 | 883 | $2.99 |
| July 27, 2019 | 5.4.1 | ★ 3.5 | 885 | $2.99 |
From archived App Store listing data, captured by the Wayback Machine.
Archived Reviews
8 of 25I have always thought that this was one of my favorite games. I used to watch my older brother and one of my cousins play this, and It was so cool. I really like the differnt themes the worlds have to. If you thought about buying it, I can tell that you won't regret it. :) PS: if you like this you should also try bugdom 2
Would rate the game higher but it doesn’t have a save game option so every time I close game I start over please fix asap
Very creative, very fun, very retro!
As a passionate lover of 3d platformers, I can assure you that this game is absolutely awful. The controls are sloppy, the adventure feels nonexistent and the story is just bland. Do not make the same Horrible mistake I did by wasting 4 dollars on this horrible app.
I remember playing this when it first came out on Mac. The iPad version is just as fun with the exception that there is no saving your progress. I’d give it more stars if you could start from your last check point in the game.
I used to play this as a kid, it was much more enjoyable when you are able to use the keyboard as game controller. The IPad version using on screen controller and is extremely erratic. It makes the game incredibly frustrating.
Otto Matic is one of those games I feel weird reviewing. I played this along with so many other Pangea Software games when I was growing up. Now it's on iOS, so does it hold up? Let's start with the graphics. While not the best looking of Pangea Software's line up, Otto Matic is by no means bad looking. It translated well to the iOS when so many developers have a hard time making 3D iOS titles. Gameplay is simple, you run around alien worlds shooting enemies and saving humans. This combines the elements from the original Bugdom and Nanosaur from 1999 and 1998. The game is 10 levels long, and the enemy diversity, on par with Bugdom, plus the diversity in doing things, environments, and weaponry truly keeps your attention. However, what is there to return to? The music is stunning. Few games have a competent and CD-quality game score, but Aleksander Dmitrijevic really tried hard, like Michael Beckett. That and the terrific sound quality are what had a nicely appropriate Sci-fi feel. Overall, this is still a fun game with a wonderful tutorial to get you started plus a lot to keep you playing until the end. It's not the game Bugdom was but it's the next best thing. If you played this growing up: Guaranteed nostalgia. Also, NO IN APP PURCHASES! Otto Matic gets an 8/10. Mac version gets a 9/10.
I haven't played this game in a decade and it brings back memories! Super fun! Glad Apple still had it.
Period reviews recovered from Apple's customer-review feeds via the Wayback Machine.