Electrocop

Electrocop

released on Sep 01, 1989

Electrocop

released on Sep 01, 1989

Electrocop is a third-person shooter game in which players starts off with a countdown clock of one hour to complete the task of rescuing the president's daughter. You have to make your way through different levels coming up against different foes. These foes are robots that go by, Walker, Python, Mine, Wall Cannon, Virus and Stringray. To get between each level you have to hack through different doors through a computer interface. While in this interface there are directories of Information where you can learn more about the robots, Programs that disable robots and help hack through codes. Games where you can pass the time by playing games of Meteors, Letter Puzzle and Out Break. Along with Med-pack which heals you and weapon repair to help repair your damaged weapons. There are also different weapons to choose from to help you out during the course of the game. Atari was planning to release a different Electrocop game for the Atari 7800 console. The development was handled by outside contractors. While the game is said to have been finished, a prototype has yet to be found (as of September 2014). However, artwork that Amy Hennig did for the game has appeared on the internet.


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Pretty interesting multi-plane shooter.

This game isn't great, but has a pretty unique mechanic of moving in Z/ in and out of the level instead of just a traditional sidescroller. The computers don't just open doors either, there are versions of breakout and asteroids on there which is impressive for a small handheld game!

Sadly, it's shooting mechanics are clunks and you'll easily get lost trying to find door codes. Worth a look for 5-10 mins (or a whole hour, which is the time you are given to complete the whole game, gotta love a time limit!).

Playing Through My Evercade Collection Part 14: Atari Lynx Collection 2

Oh good we're back to this nonsense again. What is up with Lynx games and oversized sprites being hit by things charging in from offscreen. This is a mess of a game with ugly graphics, messy sound design and clunky unplayable gameplay with incomprehensible design all-round. So another tech demo that should have stayed a tech demo.

This was technically well made, and looked kind of interesting, but was also vague and obtuse enough to discourage me from getting too far into it.