Freedroid
4.6star
345 reviews
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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
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
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Ratings and reviews
4.9
286 reviews
Graeme Cooke (Brusion)
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3 August 2025
Was super excited to see paradroid for Android, but the controls are nearly impossible to use. If you try to takeover other droids, the controls are 1. over the playboard, so you can't see, and 2. the movement skips are all over. Would love to see this with some improved controls.
1 person found this review helpful
Reinhard Prix
5 August 2025
Thank you for your feedback! I keep hearing complaints about the controls and would like to understand better what exactly to do about it. I've had no issues on any phone yet (see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLryOyqBz1U for how it looks and plays for me). Maybe you have a screen recording?
A Google user
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27 September 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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Robin Abel
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28 November 2021
Edit: Sorry it took so long to see the update. Control is much better now, although a d-pad style would probably be better esp.for positioning the connectors during takeover. Still, vastly more playable & enjoyable. Updated to 4 stars...thanks dev! [Old review] I miss this classic, but this port is unplayable. UI is exceedingly sensitive to the extent of being uncontrollable.
Reinhard Prix
5 September 2018
Touchpad controls have been fixed (amonst other minor improvements) in the latest update (version 1.2.0).
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
- 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
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About the developer
Reinhard Prix
reinhard.prix@posteo.de
Germany
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