High Score Challenge - Round 6

o1s1n

The second greatest RoboCop game next to RoboCop Versus The Terminator on the Megadrive, Data Easts 1988 RoboCop.

Will we leave it to run two weeks till the 8th of January?

Retr0gamer

Im ok with two week run.

Not ok with robocop vs Terminator being called good.

unky chop chop

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122985389#Comment_122985389

I " remember" that being a good game , I finished it as a young lad and thought I was kick ass .

Quick lash of Robocop before I prepare for the Xmas joy.

Jesus , one life and life level doesn't even replenish after first level ...!!!! Wheres me baby food :)

Ahhh man ,what music track and sound effects .

DROP IT ....YOUR MOVE

brilliant !!!

unky chop chop

Whats the one where ya have to pick off lad with a hostage in first person . Thought this was it...maybe different version or sequel

unky chop chop

Got to second level boss .

Retr0gamer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122987164#Comment_122987164

That was on the commodore 64 for sure.

unky chop chop

On a side note. In dundrum bowl I remember playing Robocop, opposite was this holographic game where you were a cowboy( in my mind it was Steve Martin,) . Was mental kinda quick time game and i recall it being most expensive game in the arcade ...jeez at that time must have been 2x 50ps or more

Thought I was imagining it but Ive found it .

Time traveller

Pheeww. Thought I'd lost it there.

What a crazy innovative idea.sega really where the kings of ground breaking arcade cab ideas.

https://www.theverge.com/2012/5/2/2993327/time-traveler-sega-holographic-game

unky chop chop

I remember the arcade also got GLOC around the same time .

God damn spinning ball shapped hydraulic cabinet . Think it was a sequel to afterburner .

Right , enough of the rose tinted glasses for now. Must get the shopping done 😬

Retr0gamer

Funny thing about Data East games is they get completely dismissed now because the narrative of videogames is controlled by the American side. They aren't the best games but they are really fondly remembered in Europe as the 8 and 16 bit systems got such great conversations of a lot of their games while the NES got crummy versions or just missed out entirely.

unky chop chop

Always liked Data East games.

But it's Ocean who really shine. Games and conversions they lashed out late 80:s to 90's ....unbelievable

unky chop chop

Gave this another 3 goes and got to third boss.

There is a first person target bonus round after round 2. Pumped up my score

" I'll buy that for a dollar " 😃

o1s1n

Had a couple of goes this evening, level 2 boss for now!

unky chop chop

Ya would have kicked my ass if ya finished the boss, yeah get ( I think 10000 for finishing the level), and then bonus round ya get a rake off points also .

And there was baby food to replenish the oul health in level 3:) I missed it

Now to Indiana Jones for me,not given it a go yet 😃

o1s1n

Broke the 100,000 on the third level boss.

You actually get all your health back and your energy bar increased if you get a perfect shooter score on the target range. Really helps!

unky chop chop

Ahhh nice one , I feckered up the bonus stage and was left with feck all health for third level.

o1s1n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122992733#Comment_122992733

Yeah id so much health going into stage three from the bonus level that I didn't even need to try going for the health power up - which is a good thing as it looks like a absolute bitch to get to.

The chainsaw guys are far and away the most dangerous enemies in the first three levels. I've found the trick is making sure to shoot up at them when they're in the air, so by the time they land they're only one or two shots more til death.

Otherwise it's bye bye a third of your health :eek:

Also worth making sure you use up the tri shot before Ed209 so you can shoot at him faster with your standard gun. Just go absolutely nuts with the tri shot when you first get it.

o1s1n

Wehey, beat the third level boss and up to level 4 now.

It's actually fairly handy to get the perfect shooter target score after stage 2. Makes stage 3 a bit of a breeze.

unky chop chop

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123000855#Comment_123000855

God damn...kicking ass for jesus !!

Need to get on this during the week, been busy watching classic Xmas films . So far my constantly growing holy grail compilation I'm working through is

National lampoons .

Trading places.

Planes trains and automobiles.

Uncle buck .

Indiana Jones

Gremlins

Diehard 1,2&3

Star wars

Naked gun 1,2&3

Aeroplane

Back to the future

The life of Brian .

I have actually created a homer groove in the couch over the last 2 weeks :)

"Thank you for your cooperation"

Inviere

^^ Planes, Trains…. I try to watch it every year, absolute gold. You're going the wrong way!!!

o1s1n

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123003352#Comment_123003352

There's something magical about that film this time of the year, one of the first ones I watched as soon as I finished up for the holidays.

Then I tend to make my way through as many films with a John Williams soundtrack as possible.

Had a lovely day the other day watching the Indiana Jones trilogy followed by Jurassic Park and then E.T.,while sipping a few Baileys. Can't be beat!

I hadn't actually watched Jurassic Park in about twenty years. It's a really brilliant film, had actually forgotten how good it was.

unky chop chop

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123003641#Comment_123003641

Ya know I've never sat down and watched E.T

I did as a child obviously and even had one of those fake leather E.T teddy bears ...remember them ?Loved that lad , he took some hell of a beating.very resilient young fella .

Thought I was imagining that there but found a pic of him

Anyway I'll stop turning this thread into a train crash, sorry

o1s1n

Only three days left, get yer scores in!

unky chop chop

Feck ,totally forgot about this over the festive period , I'll get on this.

Thank you for your cooperation

unky chop chop

Gave this another crack of the whip .

Im nipping at your heels @o1s1n .

Have yet to perfect the bonus round but got the baby food in the next stage .

I seem to have got a bit more life from somewhere else also ..think it was a hostage maybe ??

o1s1n

Ah fair play! Will we leave it run till Sunday? Would love to have another crack at it, it can get quite addictive once you've the patterns down.

Retr0gamer

I still haven't gotten around to playing this yet. Just been a busy few weeks.

unky chop chop

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123039242#Comment_123039242

Ahh no..you take it. Didn't realise it was over .

So that's Retro -2

Me -2

o1s1n -2

Its even Stephen's and all to play for and @o1s1n your choice for the next round

o1s1n

Ah no not at all, sure we'll let it run till this weekend! Have a few more blasts and see how you get on. Interested in seeing Retr0s take on it too if he manages a bit of time.

Lemming

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122987428#Comment_122987428

Ocean did some awesome license-tie in games back in the C64 days. Some turds too, but some of my favourites were from Ocean (Robocop being one of them, alongside Platoon & the Untouchables to name a few). Not to forget the Ocean loaders too; some fantastic SID soundtracks.

unky chop chop

Ahhh forgot about the untouchables!!

Platoon was a classic., loved Rambo, batman Navy seals also.

They were the kings of pumping brilliant film tune themes from the c64 SID and the best loading screens .

Retr0gamer

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123042879#Comment_123042879

I'll try and get a bit in on Sunday. Been ages since I played it.