Robocop

Information

Genre

Shoot'em Up! - Horizontal Scrolling

Language

Machine Language

Controls

Joystick

Players

1

Resolution

Low

Programmer(s)

Johnson, Peter

Graphic Artist(s)

Johnson, Peter

Game design

Data East, Johnson, Peter

Musician(s)

Johnson, Peter

Sound FX

Johnson, Peter

Year

1989

Publisher

Ocean Software

Distributor

-

Developer

[n/a]

Licensed from

Orion Pictures

Country

United Kingdom

Software

English

Box/Instructions

English, French, German

License

Commercial

ST Type

ST, STe, TT, 0.5MB

Number of Disks

2, Single Sided

Votes / Statistics

Rating: 6.5/10 · Votes: 42 · Downloads: 4,807 · Hits: 20,275

Screenshots (5)

Cover Art (4)

Instructions (2)

Ads (9)

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

Book / Magazine Reviews (3)

The One · May, 1989 · Rating: 80 %

ST Format · September, 1989 · Rating: 56%

Atari User (Spain) · Setiembre, 1989 · Rating: 75%