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| | Robocop | | Genre | Action Shooter | Developer | Ocean Software | Publisher | Ocean Software | Released | 1988 | Rating
| Graphics: | 7.0 | Sound: | 7.0 | Gameplay: | 8.0 | Overall: | 7.0 |
| Reviewed by | ndial | Released by Nihon Bussan/AV Japan for the arcades (1987), Robocop is a side-scrolling run 'n gun and beat 'em up game loosely based on the Robocop film story! The game was converted by Ocean Software to home computers and consoles back in 1988. |
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STORY / GAMEPLAY Patrolman Murphy was the 32nd cop to be gunned down in Detroit since Security Concepts Inc. took charge of the Detroit Police Department. It was the opportunity for OCP to present their plans for a safer city. So the OCP took destroyed Murphy and transformed him into a deadly killing machine with a reinforced titanium body and other robotic body parts! Though the scientists erased Murphy's memory, they could not completely wipe it out, so Robocop sets out to track down the gang that killed him and terminate them. Your mission is to save innocent Detroit citizens from the evil plans of OCP to conquer the city and the baddies are not happy with it, so you must fight hard even against your own creators. The enemies attack in groups, riding motorbikes, yielding chainsaws, shotguns and grenades. Robocop has limited ammunition supply but you can get extra ammo as you progress by smashing ammo crates. There are also some special bullets with enhanced features scattered around. At the end of each level you'll have to destroy a big boss (like the ED209) and you're also given the opportunity to earn a few bonus points by either taking out mockup targets or trying your luck in a photo-quiz sequence where Robocop must identify and fix the photo of a particular criminal! GRAPHICS / SOUND the graphics are pretty nice in both CGA and EGA modes (no VGA mode here)! Most of the original (arcade) details are depicted here though using the awkward standard of an EGA (or CGA) color palette. The sprites move rather fast, which makes the game pretty playable. Note that the MS-DOS Robocop is a straight port from the Atari ST (same goes for the Amiga too). The ST and Amiga conversions share the same graphics quality, using more accurate colors. The PC (DOS) version offers good sound, with several sound FX and a few in-game tunes taken from the original, but unfortunately these can be heard from the PC-speaker only. | |
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Hardware information |
| PC (ms-dos based)CPU: Various processors from Intel,AMD, Cyrix, varying from 4.77Mhz (Intel 8088) to 200Mhz (Pentium MMX) and up to 1995 (available on this site) MEMORY: 640Kb to 32MB RAM (typical up to 1996) GRAPHICS: VGA standard palette has 256 colors and supports: 640x480 (16 colors or monochrome), 640x350 in 16 colors (EGA compatability mode), 320x200 (16 or 256 colors). Later models (SVGA) featured 18bit color palette (262,144-color) or 24bit (16Milion colors), various graphics chips supporting hardware acceleration mainly for 3D-based graphics routines. SOUND: 8 to 16 bit sound cards: Ad-Lib featuring Yamaha YMF262 supporting FM synthesis and (OPL3) and 12-bit digital PCM stereo, Sound Blaster and compatibles supporting Dynamic Wavetable Synthesis, 16-bit CD-quality digital audio sampling, internal memory up to 4MB audio channels varying from 8 to 64! etc. Other notable sound hardware is the release of Gravis Ultrasound with outstanding features!
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| CGA: 16-color palette (4 on-screen) | | EGA: 64-color palette (16 on-screen) | | VGA: 256-color palette (256 on-screen) | |
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