RoboCop

DOS - 1989

Also available on: Amiga - Apple II - Atari ST

Year	1989
Platform	DOS
Released in	United States
Genre	Action
Theme	Crime, Law enforcement, Licensed Title, Movies, Sci-Fi / Futuristic
Publisher	Data East USA, Inc.
Developer	Data East Corporation
Perspectives	1st-Person, 2D scrolling, Side view
Dosbox support	Fully supported on current version

4.19 / 5 - 27 votes

Download 814 KB

Play in your browser

Description of RoboCop

Data East's RoboCop is a decent PC port of a fun coin-op game, not to be confused with OCEAN's horrible CGA port released earlier. This release, while still pales besides the Amiga and Atari ST versions which are near-perfect conversions of the arcade original, is at least on par with many other Data East releases. There are some similarities with the OCEAN version, such as the fact that you only have 3 lives in the game, and extra lives are hard to come by.

In all other respects, though, this Data East release is much more faithful to the arcade hit, meaning that it's a lot more fun to play. The controls are intuitive, although it's still difficult to shoot diagonally or evade enemy fire, and RoboCop has only a limited number of moves and weapons. These gripes are valid for the original coin-op version as well, however, and by and large don't detract much from the fun.

In the absolute sense, RoboCop isn't Data East's best, but is definitely above average. And if you're a fan of the arcade original, this is the version you should play.

Review By HOTUD

External links

MobyGames

Captures and Snapshots

Comments and reviews

↑ ↓

LeoPro1000 2021-10-27 0 point DOS version

Nõ se muevę

↑ ↓

KC 2019-12-31 0 point DOS version

I agree with ED, I can not get any controls to work.

↑ ↓

jabbar 2016-08-11 -1 point

graphics are not of high quality

↑ ↓

Khemile 2016-07-15 0 point

It a fun game

↑ ↓

Prava 2015-02-05 0 point DOS version

It is fantastic game.

↑ ↓

Sherbert T Cat 2014-07-05 -1 point DOS version

This was a terrible port.

↑ ↓

Dvon 2013-08-21 0 point DOS version

This game will not launch for me

↑ ↓

Robert 2013-03-02 0 point DOS version

Ive figured out the fix for the shooting freezing up.
I changed the Emulation code under CPU to Simple and changed the CPU_type to slow, cpu cycles max

↑ ↓

Ed 2013-01-01 0 point DOS version

Game runs but you can't fire or do any certain movements. The program rip that is available is terribly buggy. For instance, when you use the space bar to fire, a bunch of horrible static sounds are played and the game continually locks up. You can't play this game in DOSBox no matter what you do.

↑ ↓

JCMan 2011-05-15 4 points DOS version

When I see robocop 1 movie. Then afeter appear the game on arcade. I have the version PC almost 3 years after.

But then my computer haven't the resourdes for play it.
I lost the floopy disk. And never again see it.

Thank you for the game!
: )

Write a comment

Share your gamer memories, help others to run the game or comment anything you'd like. If you have trouble to run RoboCop, read the abandonware guide first!

Download RoboCop

We may have multiple downloads for few games when different versions are available. Also, we try to upload manuals and extra documentation when possible. If you have additional files to contribute or have the game in another language, please contact us!