Deactivators

Deactivators is an arcade-puzzle maze game in which you control a squad of bomb disposal droids. Pick up each droid and throw it out of the building to safety; failing costs a droid and can also remove access to a room.

Levels feature grid-like layouts with doors, trapdoors and poles, making careful mapping important as the buildings grow larger. Security droids patrol the rooms, but can be tricked into falling through holes. A computer room acts as the operational hub, providing access to teleports and force-field controls through circuit boards hidden around each level.

Later stages introduce changing gravity and rooms with distorted directional senses, demanding greater precision. The game is listed in the Arcade, Puzzle and Strategy genres, with versions for Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, Commodore C64/128/MAX and Sinclair ZX Spectrum.