RoboCop Versus The Terminator
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System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Publisher: Virgin Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Developer: Virgin Games NMS Software | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distributor: Ecofilmes (PT) Hent Gruppen (SE rental) Tec Toy (BR) Samsung (KR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Licensor: Dark Horse Comics, Hemdale Film Corporation, Bethesda Softworks, Orion Pictures | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sound driver: GEMS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Genre: Action[1][2][3], Arcade[4] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number of players: 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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RoboCop Versus The Terminator (ロボコップ VS ターミネーター) is an action platform game that combines elements from the Terminator and RoboCop movie franchises similar to Aliens vs. Predator. The story was largely based on a comic book of the same name by Frank Miller, though elements may have been taken from a script for a feature-length film (which was later cancelled). The Japanese Mega Drive version uses the comic book's cover.
Contents
Story
The story is set a few years after RoboCop is created. SAC-NORAD contracts Cyberdyne Systems to build Skynet, which is modeled after RoboCop's neural networks. When activated, Skynet becomes self-aware and launches a war against mankind. In the future, Skynet sends several Terminators back to the past to cripple the Resistance.
RoboCop destroys one of the Terminators and travels to the headquarters of Omni Consumer Products (OCP), the technology firm that created him. After defeating an ED-209 unit reprogrammed by the Terminators, RoboCop plugs himself into the OCP computer system, which allows him to reassemble himself in the future. Now RoboCop must fight through the Terminator outposts and make his way to Skynet to destroy it.
Gameplay
Mega Drive version
The game is a run-and-gun platformer where the player controls the cyborg police officer RoboCop. He must use a variety of weapons to defeat numerous Terminators in an attempt to save the future. RoboCop is moved with and and kneels with . He jumps with and can jump higher with +. He climbs ladders with and descends them with . He enters doorways with .
RoboCop fires his weapon with , and he can fire his weapon while walking, kneeling, or jumping. He can aim his weapon in eight directions with the D-Pad, including while jumping or standing on a ladder. He can carry two weapons simultaneously, and the active weapon is switched with . Additional weapons are found throughout the levels. Picking up a new weapon replaces the inactive weapon. All weapons have unlimited ammunition.
Weapons have rapid-fire, but it can be faster to fire by pressing the button rapidly instead. There is no shot rate limit; the rate is controlled by the amount of bullets on screen at once, which allows some bosses to be defeated easily by using rapid-fire at point blank. Certain enemies have specific weaknesses; for example, standard Terminators are weak against the Plasma Rifle. The number of on-screen bullets can become very high in later levels, with only the Flame Thrower (which resembles the spreadshot from the Contra series) being able to destroy certain enemy bullets.
RoboCop has a health gauge, which can be replenished by finding health pick-ups. RoboCop takes damage from enemies and hazards. Enemy projectiles move relatively slowly so that they can be dodged by the player. Many levels have parapets that block enemy fire and can be used as cover. RoboCop loses a life if he loses all of his health. He is revived where he died as long as the player has lives remaining, but he loses his active weapon. Levels contain health items and sometimes optional objectives (such as rescuing hostages or destroying security cameras) that provide points and healing. Extra lives can be found throughout the levels and are also granted for every 10,000 points that the player earns. Levels contain numerous secret areas. The game ends if the player runs out of lives, but it can be continued from the start of the current level as long as the player has continues remaining.
Weapons
Pistol | |
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The standard weapon. Very weak against enemies later in the game. | |
Grenade Launcher | |
Shoots grenades that hang in the air that can be moved in any direction with the D-Pad. | |
Bazooka | |
Shoots powerful but short-ranged projectiles. | |
Homing Missile Gun | |
Shoots small projectiles that seek out enemies, allowing RoboCop to attack enemies without directly engaging them in their line of fire. | |
Flame Thrower | |
Shoots three steams of fireballs in a spreadshot, covering a large area. | |
ED-209 Gatling Gun | |
Rapidly shoots a stream of bullets. | |
Laser Gun | |
Rapidly emits a strong red laser. | |
Plasma Rifle | |
Emits a very powerful white laser that can destroy many Terminators in a single shot. |
Items
Life Booster | |
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Replenishes RoboCop's health gauge by 25%, 50%, or 100% of its complete capacity, depending on how full the jar appears. | |
Shield | |
Grants RoboCop temporarily invulnerability. | |
RoboCop Head | |
Gives the player an extra life. |
Levels
Trainer Level | |
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Streets of Detroit | |
Delta City Under Construction | |
The Toxic Farm | |
OCP Office Complex | |
Terminator Outpost | |
Underground Complex | |
Underground Bunker | |
The Wall to Skynet | |
Skynet | |
Development
The game reuses some assets from the Mega-CD version of The Terminator, such as the crab enemy in the Terminator Outpost level and the terrain on the Underground Bunker level.
Versions
A Sega Mega-CD[15] version of the game was planned but cancelled.
A different version of the game was released for the Super NES, developed by Interplay. This version has a slightly different story, a more cartoony look, and different level layouts and enemies.
A unique version of the game for the NES was developed by Realtime Associates and completed but never released.
Production credits
Mega Drive version
- Programmed & Directed By: John Botti
- Lead Animator/Art Director: Bob Stevenson
- Lead Designer: Tim Williams
- Background Artists: Mike Fields, Kevin Toft
- Director of Music & FX: Tommy Tallarico
- Music By: Mark Miller
- Samples By: Steve Henifin
- Computer Art Consultant: Nick Bruty
- Assistant Designer: Noah Tool
- Additional Animations: Robert Steele, Dean Ruggles
- Additional Computer Art: Kevin Toft, Tom Tanaka, John Weir
- Hostage Played By: Jose Villeta
- Conceptual Art: Julian Moran, Brandon Humprheys, Tom Tanaka
- Manual By: Russ Ceccola, Lisa Marcinko
- Design Development: Parker A. Davis, Lyle J. Hall III
- Testing and Quality Control: Mike McCaa, Erik Harshman, Paul Moore, Ken Love, Bijan Shaheer
- Producer: Scott Duckett
- Executive Producer: Neil Young
- Director of Design: David Bishop
- Vice President in Charge of Development: Dr. Stephen H. Clarke-Willson
Master System and Game Gear versions
- Programmed By: Mike Fox
- Graphics & Animation By: Steve Beverley, Wayne Edwards, Nick Pearce
- Music By: Mark Cooksey
- Quality Control By: Alex Rutter
- Additional Testing: Adam Puttergill, Richard Faulkner, Steve Morgan, Michael Wenn, James Dillon, Carl Perrin
- Virgin USA QA Team: David Fries, Bijan Shaheer, Erik Harshamn, Paul Moore, Mike McCaa
- Special Thanks to: Jackie Allen, Ellie Crowther
- Producer for NMS: Richard Chappells
- Producer for Virgin: John Roberts
RoboCop TM & (C) 1993 Orion Picture Corporation. All rights reserved. TM designates a trademark of Orion Pictures Corporation.
The Terminator TM & (C) 1984 Cinema '84. A Greenberg Brothers partnership. All rights reserved. TM designates a trademark of Cinema '84. Licensed by Hemdale Film Corporation. Sublicensed by Bethesda Softworks.
Developed and produced by NMS Software Ltd.
Game Code (C) 1993 Virgin Games. All rights reserved.
Licensed by Sega Enterprises Ltd.
Magazine articles
- Main article: RoboCop Versus The Terminator/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
- Main article: RoboCop Versus The Terminator/Promotional material.
Physical scans
Mega Drive version
80 | |
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Based on 38 reviews |
Mega Drive, EU (Classic Mega Drive) |
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Master System version
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76 | |
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Based on 10 reviews |
Master System, EU (Classic Master System) |
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Game Gear version
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83 | |
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Based on 6 reviews |
Technical information
- Main article: RoboCop Versus The Terminator/Technical information.
References
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The Terminator (1992) | T2: The Arcade Game (1992) | RoboCop 3 (1993) | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1993) | RoboCop Versus The Terminator (1993) | |
The Terminator (1992) | T2: The Arcade Game (1993) | RoboCop 3 (1993) | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1993) | RoboCop Versus The Terminator (1994) | |
The Terminator (1992) | T2: The Arcade Game (1993) | RoboCop 3 (1993) | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1993) | RoboCop Versus The Terminator (1994) | |
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