Robin Hood

Description

Robin Hood begins with Robin imprisoned in the Middle East before returning to England to find his home destroyed and the country suffering under oppressive taxation. He gathers supporters in Sherwood Forest, rebuilds the rebels’ camp, protects the local population, and attempts to rescue Marian while resisting the Sheriff of Nottingham and Prince John. Although released under the generic Robin Hood title, its opening imprisonment, return from the Crusades, ruined family estate, and wider sequence of events strongly resemble the familiar Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves interpretation.

The game uses a top-down perspective as Robin explores forests, castles, villages, prisons, and catacombs across a sequence of action-adventure stages. Combat includes the longbow, sword, staff, and other acquired equipment, while a targeting system allows Robin to lock onto an opponent and move independently of his aim. Players speak with characters for information, collect and trade items, solve environmental puzzles, and obtain equipment needed to open routes or complete later objectives. The campaign is divided into a series of connected story chapters, with objectives including escape, rescue, camp reconstruction, infiltration, and direct confrontation with enemy forces. Its closest structural comparison is The Legend of Zelda, particularly in its overhead movement, weapon selection, character interaction, puzzle solving, and use of acquired items to support progression. Unlike the earlier Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves games for NES and the original monochrome Game Boy, this title does not alternate between overhead exploration, side-view duels, and large-scale battle modes, maintaining a more consistent action-adventure perspective.

Released in Europe on 30 March 2001 by Electronic Arts, Robin Hood received limited contemporary attention and did not receive a North American release. Its multilingual European cartridge supports English, French, German, Spanish, Italian, and Dutch, reflecting a regional release intended for several markets. Today it is remembered as an obscure late-period Game Boy Color title, with modest presentation and repetitive combat balanced by an unexpectedly substantial quest structure. Physical copies hold additional interest because the game is easily confused with the unrelated 1991 Game Boy adaptation of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves. It remains a game about restoring justice through exploration, archery, and rebellion