Cyclops Robot

The Cyclops Robot is boss with one central green eye, which tries to smash you either with its own arms or body as a whole, and also shoots lasers a deterrent. It can only be damaged via its one green eye.

Background
This first level boss, is one that is controlled via its eye, the Install Ball (or Alien Eye) later seen to join forces with the alien. The robot itself was likely built by the FBI in order to defeat said alien.

Involvement
This boss is first shown at the end of level 1-1, and is situated on the dock 'Grease Glob' fast food store. It is the 2nd boss overall and 1st non-mini boss.

Strategy
The Cyclops Robot can only be damaged by targeting its one green eyeball. At the beginning, while you try to focus on it's eye, it will only walk left and right, either attacking with its huge arms or with a cannon identical to the one used by Tin Man, firing a laser at its head level. (For the record: you should never jump on the roof of the nearby fast food joint, there's really just no need.)

Instead, follow the Cyclops Robot's movements and stand right under its eye. Once it stops moving - just before it pounds its fists into your yellow mug - fire upwards at its eye before jumping up in the air. Charged shots work wonders in this battle. Just keep firing charged shots at its eye. It's best to stand under the boss and aim up at its eye than trying to aim at its eye from a horizontal level, as it will occasionally punch downward if you are underneath it, so beware of that.

Once the Cyclops Robot is damaged down to a quarter health, it then smashes the building behind it down, before its arms fall off and it develops a new strategy. Now the robot will jump high in the air before slamming down to the ground.

As it jumps, walk under it by following the arrow on the screen (the little alien head), then line up with that and continue firing upwards at its eye to hurt the robot at that height. Don't forget to move before it drops down on top of you! When it lands, jump up so you don't get knocked over.

Now instead of just worrying about the robot, FBI agents that rush onto the scene will attack you. The robot just runs around now, and jumps up, so all you need to worry about is hurting the eye and the agents - although they shouldn't be too much trouble, as they sometimes drop power-up package rewards to pick up. Focus on the Cyclops Robot and keep attacking it for the duration of the battle. If done properly it will go down soon enough.

Trivia

 * The Install Ball within the robot for this stage reappears at the end of the stage in the penultimate boss of the game, in a considerably larger machine.
 * The Install ball also bounces out of its suit after defeating the boss, seen crying at the end of this level. When enraged, the ball flashes shades of purple and yellow out of frustration.
 * A similar looking 'cyclops' appears in level Russia level 2-3, this time without the instant ball.


 * An Install Ball can be seen in Castle crashers as a pet you can equip.