Transformers: The Battle to Save the Earth

Based on the popular 1980s animated cartoon of the same name, The Decepticons
are building a giant robot to threaten the Earth. Players must keep track of
their action on a game map and send the appropriate Autobot (Cliffjumper,
Bumblebee, Rodimus Prime, Hot Rod, Hound, Pipes, Blurr and Kup are featured)
to combat each threat and prevent the Decepticons from stealing energy to
build their giant robot. In order to accomplish this, the Decepticons must
undergo a sequence of events in their complicated plan that takes place in
such locations as: off-shore oil rig, nuclear power plant, Dinosaur Park,
space center, Andreas Zoo, and a pipeline.. As a brief overview: First, energy
must be collected to power-up a dinosaur in Dinosaur Park. This dinosaur will
then be sent to collect Space Dust from the space shuttle before destroying
it. The space dust will be used to grow hippopotami to gigantic proportions
and use them to collect more energy from the pipeline. The Autobots’ ultimate
goal is to interrupt and delay this sequence.

In _Transformers_ players choose the Autobot to go to locations on the map.
When they reach the location the game switches to a first-person view, and
players have to move a cross hair to shoot at a near-endless stream of
Decepticon jets that fly onto the screen. Players can be hit by their missiles
– too many hits and the screen cracks up and the Autobot is defeated,
requiring another one to take it’s place. The more Decepticon jets that are
destroyed, the longer it takes for the Decepticons to progress to the next
stage of the plan, in sequence.

The game’s intro features over a minute of speech which is notable both in
1984 and for the Commodore 64 platform itself.