RoboCop

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Description

Patrolman Alex Murphy was killed on the streets of Detroit. The major corporation there, Omni Consumer Products (OCP) saw an opportunity to sell a new kind of law enforcement officer to the troubled city. They took what was left of Murphy, encased it in titanium armor, wiped his memory and created RoboCop. Now it's up to RoboCop to clean the streets of Detroit and eliminate the one responsible for his murder, Clarence Boddicker. But it looks like Clarence might not be the kingpin of this town...

Based on the 1987 movie of the same name, RoboCop allows the player to control RoboCop. The majority of the game is a side scroller. RoboCop can punch unarmed citizens and shoot armed citizens. He can move left, right and duck but can not jump. Different weapons can be picked up from enemies, and power-ups to restore health and/or energy. Following levels, RoboCop will have to match a criminal's face to the proper mugshot and engage in a first-person shooting bonus round.

Amiga and Atari ST versions are faithful to the original level design of the Arcade game, but they also add first-person rescue hostage scenarios, and a mini-game where the player needs to match the suspects' faces

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Part of the Following Groups

• Genre: Side scrolling run and gun
• Inspiration: Movies
• RoboCop games
• Setting: City - Detroit
• Theme: Law enforcement

User Reviews

A disappointing licensed arcade conversion.	DOS	Macintrash (2633)
An early and wonky, but ambitious PC conversion	DOS	Wurtzly (1138)
Faithful to the original coin-op version	Amiga	Katakis | カタキス (42781)

Critic Reviews

Zzap!	Amiga	May, 1989	92 out of 100	92
Commodore User	Arcade	Dec, 1988	8 out of 10	80
Amiga Mania	Amiga	Mar, 1992	80 out of 100	80
Amiga Format	Amiga	Oct, 1989	73 out of 100	73
Power Play	Atari ST	Aug, 1989	72 out of 100	72
Retro Archives	Arcade	Aug 31, 2020	14 out of 20	70
Joystick (German)	Atari ST	Aug, 1989	6.5 out of 10	65
ST Format	Atari ST	Sep, 1989	56 out of 100	56
Retro Archives	Atari ST	Aug 31, 2020	8.5 out of 20	42
Retro Archives	DOS	Aug 31, 2020	8 out of 20	40

Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
This should be made into two different entries.	3	Neville (3417) Jun 30, 2013

Trivia

The two different RoboCop games for DOS

Ocean Software actually produced two different RoboCop games for DOS. One shows EGA graphics, credits Data East and Ocean and is very similar to the coin op. The second one has CGA graphics, gives credit to Astros Productions and Ocean Software and follows the same layout as the 8 bit computers versions.

Atari ST version

The Atari ST version is a direct port from the Amiga. Both these versions retained the level design from the original coin-op.

Extras

The Hit Squad release of this game for the Atari ST came with a sealed envelope containing game cheat codes "For emergency use only".

Awards

• ST Format
  • January 1990 (Issue #06) - Included in the list 50 Games of the Year. Category "Real Dogs"

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