If you ever checked the log of Professor Czerkov’s and looked for any entries about Virus, you’d find quite a few, most of them starting with a sentence: Subject 046 appears to be highly interested and proficient with hand-held electronic games.

A long time before the shuttle crash, Virus mastered all the primitive electronic games the 80’s could muster. Years passed and while in South America, when the A.R.C. was salvaging all of the precious items from the wreck, the skilled spider monkey discovered that the main computer had several games loaded in its memory. Pong, Space Invaders, Asteroids – these captured the imagination of the A.R.C.’s tech-genius in making. Not willing to part with these, he redesigned a training bicycle into a motorized three-wheeler that would help him to drag the computer.

Already in Pulp City, Guerilla assigned the task of researching new means of combating Supremes and since “da teknology” was more or less black magic to the fierce leader, Virus could do whatever he wanted. First came the advanced weaponry. Teamed up with Dr. Red, the super duo constructed plasma guns, new types of ammunition and grenades. But the spider monkey wanted something bigger, more fearsome, something that could be A.R.C.’s trademark.

So, if in a game of Pong a paddle would be used to chase the ball, why couldn’t a robotic body be programmed to chase real enemies?
Thus the first Apebot was born. Or rather constructed. The simple Pong pattern was built into its brain and shortly afterwards, the beast of steel saw the action. Everything was fine, Apebot (the paddle) chased  down Grimm Alpha (the ball) and repeatedly kept smashing the opponent against the asphalt. The faulty and simplistic programming saw its demise when more grimms arrived and Apebot’s brain circuitry fried as it wasn’t able to process so many “balls” that needed to be paddled.

The second more advanced programming crashed after a month of steady working, when Apebot was overcome by swarms of Heavy Metal bots, failing to go for Androida who controlled them. Virus noted: Apebot performs great against many “balls” but fails to recognize and eliminate “the paddle.”

The current Apebot programming is still faulty as the hulk freezes every time it fails to complete a pattern. As long as Virus is close behind Apebot, able to override the programming manually, the steel gorilla performs wonderfully. It is able to process more advanced commands and make simple tactical decisions.

What’s even more important and absolutely unexplainable through the basics of Pong programming, the bond between Apebot and Virus is much more than one would expect from 3 tons of steel and 15 pounds of a spider monkey.