ROBOCOP

   This video game was developed by Data East and Nihon Bussan.

The Spectrum version of RoboCop achieved particular critical success, receiving a CRASH Smash award from CRASH, 94% in Sinclair User and Your Sinclair gave 8.8 out of 10, also placing it at number 94 in the Your Sinclair official top 100.

Robocop's cassette box for the Spectrum

   With a game like this for the Spectrum you wouldn't need to put a coin on the arcade machine version. The overall opinion was that this game was better than the original arcade game. Its capture of the original material, smooth scrolling and animation, sampled speech and sound effects were highlighted.

   In addition, the ZX Spectrum RoboCop was one of the biggest selling games of all time on that platform and was number one in the sales charts for over a year and a half. It entered the charts in April 1989, and was still in the top five in February 1991. The readers of YS voted it the 9th best game of all time.

Robocop's video game title theme (specifically the Game Boy version) was also used as the music in a series of TV adverts by European kitchen appliance company Ariston.



This is the Robocop splash screen for Spectrum

Screenshot of Robocop's Level 01 on Spectrum

   The box cover for Spectrum is the same image used on the movie poster of the same name.

   The games starts in the streets of Detroit, where you walk "side-scroll" left to right, punching de enemies without any gun, just with your fists. Some of the enemies jump on you with Kung-Fu flying kicks, others shoot at you from the windows.

I'm not sure about Robocop being able to jump really height but it does work in the games some how. The boss of level 1 is Ed-209 and the trick here to pass is to jump and shoot at it.
The consistency of this Spectrum game with the movies is awesome, it seems like you are watching the movie but playing it. From the punks trying to arm a innocent woman to the photo ID puzzle, this game revives the movie in detail.
They even added the baby food so every time you eat it increases your energy levels.



This scene does exist in the movie when two
punks tried to harm an innocent woman