Atari ST - Data East - 1989
Robocop
- Genre
- Shoot'em Up! - Horizontal Scrolling
- Year
- 1989
- Language
- Machine Language
- Publisher
- Data East
- Controls
- Joystick
- Distributor
- —
- Players
- 1
- Developer
- [n/a]
- Resolution
- Low
- Licensed from
- Orion Pictures
- Programmer(s)
- Johnson, Peter
- Country
- Graphic Artist(s)
- Johnson, Peter
- Software
- —
- Game design
- Johnson, Peter / Data East
- Box/Instructions
- —
- Musician(s)
- Johnson, Peter
- License
- Commercial
- Sound FX
- Johnson, Peter
- Serial
- —
- Cover Artist(s)
- —
- ST Type
- ST, STe, TT / 0.5MB
- MIDI
- —
- Version
- —
- Dump
- Download
- Number of Disks
- 2 / Single Sided
- Dump format
- Other
- Protection
- —
OTHER VERSIONS WITH THE SAME TITLE (3)
ADS (2)
CATALOGS (1)
ARTICLE (3)
News
TIPS (5)
TRIVIA (5)
Speech
The digized speech from the title screen comes not from a movie but is a voice of the game coder Peter Johnson. He couldn't get a decent sample from VHS-tape and decided to do it with his own voice. It was treated through a Yamaha SPX90 effects unit.
Graphics
You can actually build a face of Gary Bracey (Ocean's software development manager) in the identikit minigame.
Source: Peter Johnson interview at codetapper.com
Awards:
Golden Joystick Awards: Best soundtrack of the year runner-up 1989
Origins
Based partially on Data East 1988 coin-op.
Charts
Top UK ST charts position: 1 (9/1989), 4 (4/1992 budget)
Months on charts: 14 between 8/1989 - 9/1992
Months on charts: 14 between 8/1989 - 9/1992
BOOK / MAGAZINE REVIEWS (4)
The One · May, 1989Rating: 80 %
ST Format · September, 1989 · by Barrett, GaryRating: 56%
Atari User (Spain) · Setiembre, 1989Rating: 75%
ST Action · June, 1989Rating: 87%