RoboCop 3

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RoboCop 3
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Flying Edge (US/EU)
Sega Game Gear
Acclaim Entertainment (JP)
Developer:
Sound driver: Krisalis sound driver
Genre: Action[1][2][3]

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Mega Drive
US
$49.9549.95[4] T-81226
Videogame Rating Council: GA
Sega Mega Drive
EU
T-81226-50
Sega Mega Drive
UK
£39.9939.99[5] T-81226-50
Sega Mega Drive
SE
(Rental)
Sega Master System
EU
MK-27064-50
Sega Master System
UK
£29.9929.99[7] MK-27064-50
Sega Master System
GR
Sega Master System
AU
FROB03SEC
Sega Master System
BR
027350
Tectoy: Todas as Idades
Sega Game Gear
JP
¥4,5004,500 T-81097
Sega Game Gear
US
T-81178
Videogame Rating Council: GA
Sega Game Gear
EU
T-81178-50
Sega Game Gear
ES
Sega Game Gear
UK
£24.9924.99[9] T-81178-50
Non-Sega versions

RoboCop 3 (ロボコップ3) is an action game developed by Eden Entertainment Software and published by Flying Edge for the Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, and Sega Game Gear. The game also saw a release on competing systems, with the Super NES version being released earlier, in 1992.

Story

In "Old Detroit" in the near future of 1999, the evil conglomerate Omni Consumer Products (OCP) advances its program to demolish the city and build a new "Delta City" over the former homes of the residents. Cyborg police officer RoboCop is Old Detroit's last hope.

Gameplay

Mega Drive version

The game is a run-and-gun platformer played as RoboCop. He moves with Left and Right and kneels with Down. He jumps with C. He starts each level with his standard-issue, single-shot pistol, but he can find more powerful weapons in the levels to augment his arsenal. He shoots with B and switches weapons with A. All weapons have limited ammunition (which is separate for each weapon). If RoboCop exhausts all of his ammo, he is limited to punches (and RoboCop can only punch when fighting the ninja androids). Weapons can be aimed upwards or at upwards diagonal angles using the D-Pad.

There are flying levels where RoboCop flies over the city with a jetpack. These levels play like a vertically scrolling shoot-'em-up. RoboCop moves in any direction with the D-Pad. He fires bullets at aerial targets with B and fires missiles at ground targets with C. Both weapons have unlimited ammunition.

RoboCop has an energy meter that goes down as he takes damage. Having physical contact with enemies does not always damage RoboCop; vehicles do continuous damage to RoboCop for as long as they are touching, but human enemies do not. RoboCop loses a life if he runs out of energy. Long falls, bottomless pits, and running out of time also cost a life.

There are three difficulty levels (Easy, Normal, and Hard), and the player can set the starting lives and continues in the options.

Weapons

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Single-Shot Pistol
Shoots one bullet at a time.

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3-Way Pistol
Shoots a three-way spreadshot (but costs three bullets per shot).

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Laser Gun
Shoots a powerful laser.

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Flame Thrower
Shoots a continuous stream of fire. Shorter range than the other weapons.

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Missile Launcher
Shoots small missiles.

Items

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P
In the platforming levels, adds another weapon to RoboCop's arsenal. In the flight levels, upgrades RoboCop's bullets.
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E
Restores part of RoboCop's energy.
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Rewards 1,000 bonus points.
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Replenishes ammunition for the currently equipped weapon.

Levels

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Level 1

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Level 2

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Level 3

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Level 4

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Level 5

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Level 6

Versions

Differences between the Mega Drive and SNES versions:

  • The Sega Mega Drive version runs at a higher resolution, with more horizontal screen space.
  • The Sega Mega Drive version has more options, such as difficulty level, lives and continue modification. Default settings are more difficult (1 life vs 3 lives).
  • Flight stages are very different. The MD version has nighttime stages, the SNES version has daytime stages that also feature a scaling effect. Enemy layout aside from bosses is very different.
  • Extra voice sample "Thank you for your cooperation" and intro scenery in the Sega Mega Drive version, ending shows a city scenery instead of Robocop from the score screen.
  • Miscellaneous color count and sound differences, with the Sega Mega Drive having less bright colors.

Entirely different games based on the movie were developed by Digital Image Design for the Amiga, Atari ST, and PC and for the NES and Commodore 64 by Probe Software.

Production credits

Mega Drive version

Source:
In-game credits
RoboCop 3 MD credits.pdf
[10]

Source:
Uncredited

Master System and Game Gear versions

Source:
In-game credits
RoboCop 3 SMS credits.pdf
[11]

Source:
Uncredited


Magazine articles

Main article: RoboCop 3/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

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Print advert in GamePro (US) #51: "October 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:
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Print advert in Velikiy Drakon (RU) #60 (2002-09-05)
also published in:
  • Velikiy Drakon (RU) #61 (2003-02-07)[16]
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Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Cool Gamer (RU)
30
[17]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
56
[18]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
71
[19]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
68
[4]
Gamers (DE)
27
[20]
GamesMaster (UK) PAL
35
[21]
Mega (UK) PAL
37
[5]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
91
[22]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
37
[23]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
52
[24]
Player One (FR)
74
[25]
Power Unlimited (NL)
55
[26]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
78
[27]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
54
[28]
Sega Force (SE)
43
[29]
Todo Sega (ES)
87
[30]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
44
[31]
Video Games (DE) PAL
46
[32]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
50
[33]
Sega Mega Drive
54
Based on
19 reviews

RoboCop 3

Mega Drive, US
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Cover
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Cart
RoboCop 3 MD US manual.pdf
Manual
Mega Drive, EU
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
Mega Drive, SE rental (HENT orange)
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Cover

Master System version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Megablast (DE) PAL
70
[34]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
57
[35]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
52
[36]
Sega Master Force (UK) PAL
55
[37]
Sonic Mag: B.D. & Jeux-Video! (FR)
65
[38]
Sega Master System
60
Based on
5 reviews

RoboCop 3

Master System, EU
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Cover
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Cart
Master System, GR
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Cover
Master System, AU
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Cover
Master System, BR
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Cover
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Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
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Based on
0 review
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
43
[39]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
49
[40]
Famitsu (JP) NTSC-J
35
[41]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
68
[8]
Joypad (FR)
68
[42]
Mega Force (FR)
65
[43]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
51
[44]
Player One (FR)
68
[45]
Power Unlimited (NL)
40
[46]
Score (CZ)
40
[47]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
55
[48]
Sega Master Force (UK) PAL
58
[49]
Sonic Mag: B.D. & Jeux-Video! (FR)
74
[50]
Video Games (DE) PAL
32
[51]
Sega Game Gear
53
Based on
14 reviews

RoboCop 3

Game Gear, JP
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Cart
Game Gear, US
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
Game Gear, EU
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Cover
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Cart
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Manual
Game Gear, ES
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Technical information

Main article: RoboCop 3/Technical information.

References

  1. File:RoboCop3 GG EU Box Back.jpg
  2. File:RoboCop3 GG JP Box Front.jpg
  3. 3.0 3.1 http://sega.jp/fb/segahard/gg/soft_licensee.html (Wayback Machine: 2013-01-01 20:24)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 GamePro, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 60
  5. 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 Mega, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-21), page 46
  6. 6.0 6.1 6.2 Sega Pro, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-09-09), page 34
  7. Sega Master Force, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 29
  8. 8.0 8.1 GamePro, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 194
  9. Computer & Video Games, "May 1994" (UK; 1994-04-15), page 93
  10. File:RoboCop 3 MD credits.pdf
  11. File:RoboCop 3 SMS credits.pdf
  12. Sega Visions, "October/November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 111
  13. Game Players, "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 109
  14. GamePro, "January 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 75
  15. VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 45
  16. Velikiy Drakon, "" (RU; 2003-02-07), page 68
  17. Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 175
  18. Computer & Video Games, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-15), page 111
  19. Electronic Games (1992-1995), "January 1994" (US; 1993-12-21), page 88
  20. Gamers, "Juli/August 1994" (DE; 1994-07-01), page 23
  21. GamesMaster, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-21), page 88
  22. Mega Action, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-04), page 26
  23. MegaTech, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-21), page 85
  24. Mean Machines Sega, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-11-30), page 118
  25. Player One, "Février 1994" (FR; 1994-0x-xx), page 116
  26. Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 3, Maart 1994" (NL; 1994-02-23), page 36
  27. Sega Power, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-07), page 62
  28. Sega Pro, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-11), page 58
  29. Sega Force, "8/93" (SE; 1993-12-09), page 8
  30. Todo Sega, "Marzo 1994" (ES; 1994-0x-xx), page 78
  31. Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 147
  32. Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 93
  33. VideoGames, "February 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 71
  34. Megablast, "2/94" (DE; 1994-03-30), page 39
  35. Sega Power, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-07), page 78
  36. Sega Pro, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-11), page 71
  37. Sega Master Force, "October 1993" (UK; 1993-08-19), page 28
  38. Sonic Mag: B.D. & Jeux-Video!, "Avril 1994" (FR; 1994-xx-xx), page 40
  39. Beep! MegaDrive, "July 1994" (JP; 1994-06-08), page 19
  40. Computer & Video Games, "April 1994" (UK; 1994-03-15), page 80
  41. Famitsu, "1994-07-01" (JP; 1994-06-17), page 40
  42. Joypad, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 149
  43. Mega Force, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-12-10), page 135
  44. Mean Machines Sega, "August 1993" (UK; 1993-06-30), page 66
  45. Player One, "Janvier 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 121
  46. Power Unlimited, "Jaargang 2, Nummer 1, Januari 1994" (NL; 1993-12-29), page 60
  47. Score, "Červen 1994" (CZ; 1994-06-01), page 58
  48. Sega Pro, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-11), page 70
  49. Sega Master Force, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-11), page 38
  50. Sonic Mag: B.D. & Jeux-Video!, "Juin 1994" (FR; 1994-05-16), page 42
  51. Video Games, "4/94" (DE; 1994-03-23), page 112


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