RoboCop vs. the Terminator (1994) (VG)

User Rating:

7.7/10   

Director:

John Botti

Writers:

Frank Miller (comic book series)
Walter Simonson (comic book series)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A side-scrolling shoot-em-up platformer based on Frank Miller's Dark Horse comic-book.

Plot Keywords:

Robocop | Crossover | The Terminator | Video Game | Character Name In Title

Cast

Robert John Burke	...	RoboCop
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jose Villeta	...	Hostage

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Company:

Virgin Games

Trivia:

Combining the Robocop and Terminator saga has interesting time-line implications. Namely, while the Robocop films steered away from giving the year when they took place, the Terminator series revolved around the years 1984 (events of first film) and 1997 (when the nuclear catastrophe took place). If one accepts Robocop as part of that world, his adventures would have to take place before 1997 (Judgment Day). Although, Robocop apparently took place in 2035, so the Terminators could not have gone back in time. But Robocop: Prime Directives says that (on Alex & Ellen Murphy's tombstones) that RC:PD took place in 2000. So the Robocop films took place in a futuristic present time.

Movie Connections:

Spin off from Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

Awesome!

I played this game on Sega so much in 1993 and 1994, it was sick. Around Christmas 1993, when visiting my father, my best friend and I wrote down a secret code from some magazine, so we wouldn't have to buy it, and continued playing. Great game, along with the first Jurassic Park game.

If you happen to have an old Sega console, see if you can pick up the game on eBay, and just have a blast. I'm sure there are walk-thrus and such on the net. Esp. that code I mentioned!

Also, this is based on the comic of the same title, written by RoboCop 2/3 and Sin City writer, Frank Miller (a legend in the comics field) and drawn by Walter Simonson, another legend. The comic was heavily hyped, after the success of Dark Horse Comics' Aliens vs. Predator in 1991, but was a little bit of a disappointing read. Maybe my expectations were too high.