RoboCop: The Video Games - Retrospective / Review
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- A retrospective look back at all the video games based on RoboCop!
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Robocop vs Terminator on the Genesis/Mega Drive was just awesome. The graphics are great and it plays well. My favorite version.
My thoughts exactly.
The best
Nothing more satisfying than shooting some thug through an apartment window and seeing his bloody spray across the curtains... The violence was tame by today's standards, but back in the 90s it shocked many a parent lol
And it was the right difficulty too
Yeah it's probably in my top 5 Genesis games. The biggest problem with the game are the bullet sponge/mediocre bosses. If you lose your good weapon late game; it's probably better to just reset the game so you don't have to shoot the bosses 1000 times with your pistol. The bosses aren't very interesting either and don't really have phases or different patterns.
Time to stop work and instantly watch this!
Me too, friend
I hope this is the start of a new series.
1- Serve The Public Trust
2 - Protect The Innocent
3 - Uphold The Law
4 - *CLASSIFIED*
5 - Immediately Watch Literally Anything RoboCop Related...
OCP runs the cops, I work for Dick Jones!!, Dick Jones!!!!
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He is a robot. He is a cop.
He's everything you're not
He is RobertCop
Go go gadget winkie.
Bloody hell ashens is it really you lol i wish you would do more retro game reviews 😊
*cyborg
My Dad had the 80’s Robocop arcade game in his pub back in the day. He’d let me borrow the keys so had unlimited credits ever Sunday afternoon for an hour. Loved it!!
*every Sunday
jesus christ what an intro. you are a talented dude
What an utterly fantastic documentary this is. The opening couple of minutes with everyone in the shops sifting through the titles , and the young lads looking excitingly at the Commodore and then Sega games.... some of my favourite memories revolve around moments like that in the very early 90s. And just seeing the classic "Ocean" logo reminds me of the legendary loading screen themes that got me rocking out as I eagerly awaited the game to load. And Robocop on the c64 was one such game. I found out years later online about the fact that twas released unfinished! I enjoyed what I got to play of it at the time. I utterly loved the arcade game- but the real deal for me is and will be Robocop V Terminator on the Megadrive. That is one of the best shooters Ive every played, and the game gets better and better as you go back to the future later on. Again, this was a fascinating, fantastic documentary. Absolute well done to you, Sir. 👍😃👏👏
Thank you very much for your feedback!
What an intro to the video.. loved it and seriously miss those times of going to a computer shop as a kid to pick up the latest video games.
34:53 Detroit is of course famous for its off shore oil rigs and medieval cathedrals.
Well, you cannot really blame the devs on the latter: the movie does have a scene set in a church with some gothic undertones and they had to make a whole level out of it...so they created Notre-Dame de Detroit!
The irony is now you could make excellent games based on movies due to the power of modern computers, we rarely get them.
Too many rushed cash grabs and micro-transactions.
I wouldn't say it's ironic. The capability of machines and the expectations of consumers these days mean that developing AAA games is unbelievably expensive, and very hard to do. I love the original Data East arcade version of Robocop. Graphics like that will always look special and exciting to me.
Yes, the tech now means you could make a game that's super close to the film visually. We're getting close to photorealistic graphics. A modern terminator game could be extraordinary.
Back then the gams had almost no chance of capturing the visuals of the films.
@@jonathanbowen3640 they made one recently 🤷♂️ and a new robocop game is coming out too
@@davidcarlton2513 The recent Terminator Resistance game doesn't looks so interesting to me (or most people) as its inspired more by the more recent stuff like terminator Salvation than the present day (well 80s and 90s) original and T2. They should have made something like Alien Isolation but on streets rather that on spaceship. T3 the redemption game had a tiny bit of this but was still crap.
I don't even consider Salvation as a Terminator film tbh.
Robocop Rogue city looks potentially good though
That intro was a blast of nostalgia, ty for this one!
I pray that one day a highly talented team of devs would make a proper Robocop FPS with love, passion and respect the franchise deserves. NUKE NUKE NUKE NUKE !!!!!
I want to see a Robocop game in the lines of LA Noire
And predator.....aliens.......back to the future etc
RoboCop rogue city is coming out which looks good.
Welp....
Third person, so you can shoot all angles, and either action or gta style.
Robocop 3 for the NES has some of the BEST music. Especially in between levels when fixing him up.
The Robocop vs Terminator Sega Genesis game was one of my favorite games. I was able to get halfway through that game.
Yeah should of been a movie but never happened
Best one
remember there was cheat/complete game you could vs woman enemy instead of men lol
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I have beaten it before, it is tough but doable when you understand the game mechanics. For example I think you have to make sure you have the correct weapon when fighting the final boss.
As a lifelong Robocop fan, this video pleases me!
Saaaaaame! ❤
The Gameboy Title Theme is so damn good for Robocop.
The C64/Gameboy theme tune is one of the greatest pieces of music, full stop, of all time.
If you're from the UK (and an old git like me) can you remember the track being used for those weird Ariston Electrical commercials...?
The Robocop pinball machine is a classic. It gets serious play in tournaments
Clarence Boddicker is one of the all time great movie villains.
Spent many hours back in '89 at my local chippy playing the arcade, & eating chip butties.
Good times.
I really liked playing the arcade version of Robocop 2. It's a shame that not too many people seem to know about it.
Yeah, I only became aware of it little more than a decade ago while extensively playing through the MAME32 catalog. I don't remember ever seeing it in an arcade. Actually, even the Robocop 1 arcade game was a pretty rare sight in my neck of the woods: I only ever saw one cabinet in a mountain resort. Anyhow, Robocop 2 was good: it was clearly shaped after Capcom's side-scrolling beat-em-ups of the era like Final Fight. The fact you can have TWO Robocops on screen was awkward but I never thought about the possibility of having Anne instead of the secondo Robo as Oliver says in the video...it would've been intriguing, provided they designed a different combat system for her...something the devs definitely wouldn't have been very happy to do, given how tight budgets and schedules were back then.
I bought both arcade pcbs (Robocop being the first pcb I ever bought, Robocop 2 some years later) many years ago when I got into arcade collecting. I still have the first one, I honestly can't remember if I still have the second one or if I sold it on! It was pretty good though. The only place I ever saw a Robocop cab was at my local leisure centre (can't remember if it was an original Data East cab or a converted jamma cab though). Played it every time I went there!
I do I spent much money in on a local machine, RoboCop Vs terminator too.
My family ran a video shop as I was growing up. We had a rented arcade machine and one day Robocop appeared. The rental guy ran a ton of coins through the slot so I could play for an hour or two. It became an obsession for me, I'd even steal the odd ten pence just to play it. I got it for the Amiga that xmas. It WAS the arcade game as far as I was concerned.
The arcade version was so beautiful. I remember me a friend of mine use to document how many times we finished the game with one quarter. He beat me 28-22. Remember the lady who ran the arcade it was in use to give me a quarter back whenever I did this. I still see her to this day around my way.
Dude your honestly my favorite TH-cam channel. I love your Retrospectives/Reviews. Keep up the great work buddy 👍.
Gotta say, Oliver, that editing from 0:58 - 02:26 is Beast AF.
Peter Weller is, if not my favorite actor, than my favorite person who also acts!
Excellent work. Ive always love a new series of videos from a youtuber and i believe this is indeed one of them. Please continue making more.
Great video! I loved how you edited the sounds from the movies to match the events in the games. I love Robocop.
You always know how to pick the best films to talk about! You add videos games to the mix, GOLD
You're one of my favorites here on youtube. Thanks for making such cool videos for us to watch.
REALLY enjoyed that. I recall those gaming years. Hope you find time in the future to create more of these Oliver.
I hope this is the start of a new series.
Great you're still doing game reviews, great stuff! Cheers!
This is easily the best vid I've ever seen from you! Saved and shared.
Really good editing and production quality. Liked it very much.
This was an amazing breakdown. As a huge fan, even I learned a lot - thanks!
So much info, amazing work. Great video. Thank you.
Can't wait to watch this!
I'd buy that for a dollar!
Fantastic retrospective, well done.
Early memory of the pizza guy adjusting the original cabinet, while I waited for my brothers order, allowing me to play with 0 credits. I'm still in awe of that day.
Great series and video game, video. Keep them coming!
I only just found this channel and love it already :)
Back in the days... C64... I always thought that my disk was corrupt and therefore my RoboCop game would crash... 😄 Thanks so much for clearing this one up after all these years 😊
This is the best review of the Robocop games I have ever seen👍 Fantastic work🤩 loved playing Robocop 1, 2 and 3 on my Amiga😀
Some great memories, excellent review as always
Top notch work, as always
Well this was awesome and unexpected! Well done!
Love these gaming reviews mate. That RC3 security port plug-in, jeez I’d forgotten about that,,!
Quality content.
When I played cyberpunk I thought imagine this game but as robocop. Ed209 on street corners whilst doing movie related missions etc.
Well done. Please do more of these videos.
Why your channel isn't more popular I have no idea.
Used to have Robocop in my local arcade, it was very popular, seen it completed with no deaths regularly
Incredible retrospective! A games series would be awesome and how long it was was beast mode.
This brings back so many memories
Great review bro!
My first taste of the RoboCop computer game was at my brother's friend's house in 1989/90. He had an Amiga and he let me have a go on it. Always found it difficult trying to defeat ED209. One time, his mate rented out the film and told me to leave as I was only 11 and it was an 18. In 1991, I went to a family friend's house and his son let me play RoboCop 2 on his Amiga as well and I remember being highly impressed with the graphics and special effects. Never played 3 but heard about it. I think it had come out after the actual film was made in 1991.
God this was great! Love your channel, Oliver!
Great video! I have Robocop on C64, Robocop 2 on GX4000, Robocop 3 on Master System and SNES and Robocop vs Terminator on Mega Drive. I find the GX4000 game extremely difficult, I saw more of the game in this video than I even managed to see in game myself!
Awesome work Oli.
Thanks for this . That was a really fun video :) . I brought back memories of playing Robocop 3 for sure and thinking ''Wow graphics will never get better on home computers than this'' lol
very good video as always, keep it up!!!
This was a awesome watch!
the face match and the hostage targeting was great addition
Love the review with the comic scan
I remember being so excited getting the first RoboCop on my ZX Spectrum :) later got RoboCop V Terminator on Mega Drive and enjoyed that too. Had some of the RoboCop V Terminator comics but as usual after a few issues I couldn't get anymore in WH Smith's. Oh and had single of '20 seconds to comply' by Silver Bullet. Played it constantly :)
This is really well done. I would love if, in addition to retrospective/reviews of films, we could also see ones done for video games.
brilliant review! Thanks!
Ah many hours spent on Robocop the Amstrad CPC version. Happy days... I now play it on the CPC emulator on my PC. I remember owning this and having the huge box with the cassette in lol.
Great video!
Very cool and informative video. The original arcade and Robo vs Terminator on Genesis are my personal favorites. I'm currently building the RoboCop suit on my channel at the moment.
One of my earliest memories is watching my brother playing the spectrum version. Another of my earliest memories is watching RoboCop shoot all those people in the warehouse . . . and I turned out fine. Juuuuust fiiiiiiiiine
A thing I like about the speccy-based versions is that even if it's old-school hard, it's one of the easier old-school hard games to master for its galaga-like enemy patterns so once you memorize those, it becomes easier to avoid damage or prioritize the enemies that hurt less. It's also fairer than the arcade and NES versions
I remember having Robocop vs. Terminator on SNES. It had a cool matte black plastic case with raised blocks and lettering. I think it's the only SNES box I didn't just throw away lol.
Wow, Nancy Allen looks great for 70 years old.
It's crazy, JUST as I'm on a Robocop/Terminator kick, you release this! Love it. I hope someone does pick up the license for another game soon, so much potential in the current gaming era.
Appreciate the video, Oliver.
Fantastic Work, great Job on this Dokumentary 😄
And now in 2023 with Rouge City we have the best one yet💙
I really hope to see more movie based game retrospectives!!! Moar plz!
Same here Don. Would be cool to see aTerminator franchise retrospective as it includes two of my all time favourite games; The Terminator Mega CD version) and T2 the Arcade game.
Robo v terminator on the mega drive was the best
There was a neat trick you could use in the arcade version, that let's you beat the game with only 1 quarter. The trick was- do not die. Don't die and you'll collect enough power ups to make through the last level. You die, you lose it all, starting from scratch
Great documentary video mate, thoroughly enjoyed that comprehensive education on Robocop video game journey. I remember firing loads of money into the robocop 2 arcade machine at my local chippy back in the day and having fun but absolutely no success playing vs terminator on the mega drive 😩lol I’m currently looking for a complete copy to play again. I’ll def need to find a emulated version of robocop 2 arcade 👌 Thanks for great piece of content. Subbed 😃
As a 90's kid it feels like the 80's was so much more daring with it's potential franchises. Like, you could have a crumb of an idea, and get a decent budget to try it in the hopes of a franchise. Today, if you don't have an established IP and at least a few things that you promise to do like the other big hits, you get laughed out the door
There was a period in the mid noughties where I wanted nothing more than a Bethesda open world RPG where you play as Robocop.. in my head, it made prefect sense
There's probably a mod for that.
@@Orosian5 lol no doubt
Great video
Oliver love that you gave Jonathan Dunn a nod for the great music. Both him and Martin Galway were the soundtrack to my C64 days in the 80’s.
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Watchin’ a new Oliver Harper vidéo !
Great game! I had it on my Spectrum +3 (in fact, still have, and Robocop 2), and also was the very first arcade pcb I bought (which I still have) when I got into arcade collecting about 20 years or so ago!
only in the 80’s you would see a VHS of a rated R movie have a commercial for the video game tie -in aimed at the younger demographic 😂
Powerful Oliver Harper ladies and germs 👍
Oh look there is a new one! Can't wait to get my hands on that new Robo game!
Retaliator! Glad someone else remeber that game.
This was awesome. Wonder what other licenced videogame histories Oliver could do
I love Robocop Vs The Terminator on Sega Genesis. It's really amazing in both graphics and gameplay.
A division in the timeline would be really useful! But great video
*insert Rerez reference here*
Fantastic video! I still have my disc copy of Robocop for the Speccy, it still plays as good today as it did 25+ years ago. I think Robocop would make an amazing VR game if handled by the appropriate dev team.
Loved this. 1 quarter!
Returning to this video since it came out. Still waiting for the 80’s sci-fi documentary…
This video was awesome.
Robocop 3 on the NES. My first ever game bought by my own money and damn, that was a jackpot. Love it till this day, cause gameplay and music are the best.
I remember the theme tune for the advertisement makes me feel sad wish I was a kid again 😢