Robocop III

Information

Genre

Adventure / Arcade - 3-D

Language

Machine Language

Controls

Joystick

Players

1

Resolution

Low

Programmer(s)

Cansdale, Jamie, Dixon, David, Payne, Russell

Graphic Artist(s)

Kenwright, Martin, Hollywood, Paul, Boardman, Ian, Hollywood, Shaun

Game design

Kenwright, Martin

Musician(s)

Eide, Oisten, Wall, Martin

Sound FX

Wall, Martin, Eide, Oisten

Dump

Missing dump(s)

Year

1992

Publisher

Ocean Software

Distributor

-

Developer

Digital Image Design

Licensed from

Orion Pictures

Box/Instructions

Spanish

License

Commercial

ST Type

ST, STe Enhanced, 0.5MB

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 7.3/10 · Votes: 48 · Downloads: 0 · Hits: 1,034

Trivia (6)

Dongle

Under Gareth Betts' management Robocop III used a security dongle on Amiga. However after they were produced, half of them didn't work which proved to be a nightmare for the company. It is unknown if dongles didn't appear on the ST version for that reasons.

Source: Ocean The History

Origins

Based on 1993 movie by Orion Pictures. Licence for the game was obtained before the actual film was released.

Hardware

Supports STe DMA sound
Supports STe palette

Sound

Features digitized title soundtrack at 12.5KHz (stereo) on STe
Features digitized title soundtrack at 12.5KHz on ST
Features digitized static screen soundtrack at 12.5KHz (stereo) on STe
Features digitized static screen soundtrack at 12.5KHz on ST
Features digitized sound fx at 7.7KHz

Graphics

Features up to 46 colours on-screen simultaneously (in-game) on STe
Features up to 40 colours on-screen simultaneously (in-game) on ST

Charts

Top UK ST charts position: 5 (9/1992)
Months on charts: 3 between 6/1992 - 9/1992

Comments (2)

• Steve — 28 Aug 2015

  Absolutely superb game, STe enhanced too. Nice one Ocean!

• Jack — 25 Mar 2011

  Wrong ad!