Robocop Arcade Game - Playthrough - Deathless

This is a deathless playthrough of the 1988 Data East game "Robocop", with the default settings. Created using MAME 0.145

[@P1GEONPOO]

Kids these days will never understand how good these arcade perfect games looked for us kids back in the day. Arcade, coin ups were new and improving at a super fast rate. This game here was one of the best of its time. Hard as nails but totally immersive.

[@BoStErO1905]

You know how many times I spent quarterless as a kid looking at this arcade... just staring... almost hypnotic.

[@ZoneyDuel]

"Drop It!"

[@bormisha]

Same here! Spent way more time watching than playing!

[@juliusquasar1565]

Squeaky voiced teen employee of the Arcade: “I’m sorry but you’ll have to leave!”

[@camf33]

I was mesmerized by this.. LOL. and yes I was 14 so imagine that..

[@mike_yarddogg]

@@juliusquasar1565 Yes, you sound like that acne-ridden teenage kid from _The Simpsons._

[@kryptonrider]

This is the best Robocop game ever created, along with the NES version!!! I spent a lot of coins to play this in the arcade, good ol' times

[@WebVManReturns]

I loved both games equally.

[@gregs7519]

Same here.

[@Musicradio77Network]

The NES version sucks! Because Ocean developed the game and ended up published by Data East. The NES version wasn't as good as the original arcade. Stick with the original arcade version.

[@bmshaven]

The Robocop NES game was not that bad. I would say it's very underrated. By itself it isn't bad, but when you consider it's a movie license game, its actually quite good. Robocop 2 and Robocop 3 were atrocious. If Ocean did in fact develop the 1st game, then I don't know why they moved to a different game engine that included platform jumping. I rather enjoyed that the first one just had walking and climbing. Having said that, the arcade version does bring back some great memories.

[@OfficialTruDru]

@sherman1ai exactly

[@jonmichael3280]

I really miss how basic older games were. Simple but effective! Sometimes less is more I suppose

[@JeffMercedesC]

I hope to own this must have arcade machine some day. It's an Awesome arcade game and movie. Extreme Nostalgia 😎🤘

[@davidsantoselmellodelamarg4923]

YOUR MOVE, CREEP! GREAT OLD TIMES PLAYING THIS VIDEO ARCADE AS A KID.

[@vargaslc2]

I was a master at this game back in the day! I could beat it on one quarter. This was my jam!

[@BrockLee3]

I always love the way he would look at US and say, "Thank you for your co-operation."

[@SDSOverfiend]

One of thee best movie adaptation video games ever

[@darrylwoodbury]

"You are under arrest!" (Shoots guy) No, he's dead, not under arrest.

[@梦醒红楼]

it saved a chinese cute girl with sweet voice

[@user-uv7ig7vl2s]

Just like a real cop !!

[@fullmetajacket2090]

did you see the movie? tons of jokes like this

[@lionelhutz5137]

"You're reading miranda to a corpse!" *drops guy*

[@ADRIEL296]

The dialogues are so realistic. Game was way ahead of its time. lol

[@RedRanger2001]

"Dick, you're fired!" "Nice shootin', son. What's your name?" "Murphy."

[@pinarb4975]

It took me back to my childhood... I loveeeed it! Robocop dırın dırın dıt! love you!

[@EDGar-wi6np]

This took me back to my childhood to which it made me realize that I’m going to be 40 next year, lol

[@SillyPom]

Wow. I never noticed when I played this as a kid that it actually uses arrangements from the original score by Basil Poledouris. That's freaking bad ass! *applauds*

[@Caltops78]

Basil is by far my favorite movie composer of all time. The Robocop score will always be awesome

[@jellyboy123]

i remember the sound in the arcade was really crisp

[@masaditjr2645]

K⁹⁷

[@casenanson2584]

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[@musajeremiah9328]

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[@casenanson2584]

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[@casenanson2584]

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[@HeadacheCentral]

Impressive. They could've gone with a completely original score, but what we get here is a very faithful representation of the music from the original RoboCop movie. And none of it feels out of place with the arcade machine's sound chip either. Very impressive.

[@indiaalphanovember8217]

Played this at Glasgow Airport on my way to Majorca for a holiday as a kid. Amazeballs!

[@kev3d]

*Everyone Dead* "Thank you for your cooperation."

[@PoppaJohn82]

I will never forget my local Papa Gino's had this arcade game back in the early 90s... I always wanted to play but my mom of course never had any spare change lol!! I can still remember hearing "drop it" during the high score cut scenes lol!! Great memories. Great game.

[@filmnstuff]

This is one of the best arcade games ever. I have so many fond memories of playing this as a kid. And I especially like the different models of ED 209s.

[@whitelikejesus]

This takes me back to the time when everyone had the NES. Magical as it was, arcades had the superior hardware, and it made it more special to have to travel somewhere and spend money to get the best graphics and sound you could at the time.

[@P1GEONPOO]

Yeah I was always jealous of how well arcade games looked and performed as a kid. They were leaps and bounds better than the consoles or computers like the Amiga of the day.

[@billyrigney4455]

Man i miss standing in front of an arcade machine. I still ove gaming but its not the same anymore, it used to be a real treat going to the arcade when i was a kid.

[@90sArcadeGames]

I agree 100%. I think it is because nowadays arcade games don't have much to offer compared to what you can already play at home. Home gaming killed the arcade!

[@spy7533]

Visit Japan if you can. Vou Will go nuts!!

[@defmike5580]

I feel like watching the movie now. I remember, playing this on the arcade as a kid. Good times...

[@jamesstewart7095]

The good ol' days when enemies couldn't crouch. :-)

[@captaincorleone7088]

Some of the enemies in this game *do* crouch and shoot at you...

[@sootmann]

This is only one of 2 games in my life I could beat. (The other was Operation Wolf.) You can also kill ED-209 at the end of Wave 1 by keeping the 3-way gun and going all the way to the right of the screen, point up and right, and jumping repeatedly and shooting as much as you can, starting before he even shows up on the screen. I think if you're really conservative with your shots, you can save the cobra gun for the wrecking ball guy. I spent a *lot* of quarters on this game. :-)

[@90sArcadeGames]

I played this game plenty of times in the arcade, but I could never even get past the second stage with one coin. It takes a lot of tries to learn the trick for each boss.

[@counteractman9380]

Yep, great times.

[@counteractman9380]

Operation wolf was great but ridiculous as well. Fun times

[@WebVManReturns]

I have only beaten X-Men, Soul Calibur, and Soul Claibur II in the arcade. I spent $5 in quarters to beat X-Men and only 1 quarter to beat SC & SC II.

[@DrRinse]

If you lined up the tip of the cobra gun so that it ran parallel with the ground to the right of the lift at 6:12 and fired a shot, it activated a cheat where your score would keep going up until you fired another shot.

[@RealGhostHawk38]

Wish I was alive to play this awesomeness. "You are under arrest" *kills guy* SAVAGE LEVEL: ITS OVER 9000!

[@zozepp8993]

Love KZbin decided to take me down this Rabbit Hole today brings back memories of dumping quarters into the arcade all day long great times

[@praxtron8957]

I am sure to finish this game you'd have to spend an equivalent of the cost of a PS4 plus 30 new games just on tokens :)

[@phj9894]

i lately realized that this game has different sprite on robocop's left and right side. good detail.

OMG it's true, he's always holding the gun with the right hand; there's actually a BMP for his left side. :D Pretty amazing for the time this game was made.

[@seanwilkinson3975]

hijong park - Good eye! I'm not certain I would've eventually noticed it.

[@kgb1588]

... The game is *really* great; carefully crafted, a game of _skill_ (for example, *crucial* every time at the shooting range; can't miss, or: can't complete the game. :))

[@demontorch]

Very impressive for a game from the late 80’s

[@captaincorleone7088]

The programmers really paid attention to many aspects of the film and its storyline and if you're really eagled eyed, there's a trick that you can pull off which is a humorous call back by the programmers to a pivotal and funny scene.

[@ionlion]

What wonderful memories, thank you. Had this unit in my local pub as a child and got to the point where I could complete it with 20p. Those were the days eh?

[@90sArcadeGames]

You're welcome!

[@xXxJEDIxMASTERxXx]

Data East games are the shit...I love both Robocop games, and don't forget Bad Dudes 😎

[@synthonaplinth5980]

Yes, great game!

[@joshuamelton9148]

Chris Ellis Captain America and the Avengers was an awesome game as well.

[@scottcharney1091]

It's so strange how "the shit" became positive.

[@romerome719]

Christopher J. Ellis I have bad dudes for nes but they just released the actual arcade version on the Nintendo Switch for like $7.99.

[@DeaNofMeaN73]

Bad Dudes vs Dragon Ninja!!

[@AstarothIII]

Este es el primer videojuego que jugué en arcade, yo tenía como unos 7 años y también lo terminaba con sólo una moneda =D Así comenzó mi adicción a los videojuegos xD

[@ghostridertom]

One of the best arcade games ever. Catches the spirit of the times and movie feel.

[@AldenRDavis]

"Thank you for your cooperation. Good night."

[@antonioribeirovfx]

A truly classic!! I have an emulator and always play that game every now and then!! Still remember when I saw that arcade for the first time. The sound was so loud that we could hear it across the street!!

[@ShutUpAndListen79]

I have this original arcade PCB. It's great I may pop it back in the cabinet.

[@a.jthomas6132]

I really playing this arcade in Nickel City as a kid. God it's good to be a 90's kid.

[@90sArcadeGames]

Totally agree! That's the whole point of this channel, a tribute to the kids of the 90's!

[@EDGar-wi6np]

They had this at the nickel city in San Jose and it was free play!

[@a.jthomas6132]

ED Gar Really? I didn't know about it.

[@venomtang]

:)

[@ShaneBales]

The game was released in 1987

[@RADBATTLESTV]

"Thank you for your cooperation"

[@noone-yn1td]

+RAD BATTLES TV DROP IT!

[@Adenan2023]

Aaahh, standing in the arcade circa 1988...feeding coin after coin..Do you want to continue...10...9.....8...Hell Yes!!..What memories..Truly this video just brought back memories I did not think I had!!So cool...

[@eladioramirezpanduzo2852]

Que maravilhoso esse joguinho de FLIPERAMA joguei muito em 1991-1993 essa musica desse jogo não saia da minha cabeça!! é muita nostálgia !! obrigado pela postagem amigooo !!!

[@jacobsmith4209]

"Drop it!" Dude's are clearly unarmed lol

[@jsg0810]

Damn , thanks for the video , great memories about it , this kind of games make my childhood happier in mexico , having little cash

[@90sArcadeGames]

As it made my childhood happier in Turkey! You're welcome.

[@iestyndavies7287]

Fair play fella, one credit! After finishing this in the arcade and using endless credits to do so I wouldn't have thought this possible! Incredible achievement, well done!

[@TheRetroManRandySavage]

This is the one arcade game I couldn't master as a kid. It would eat all my money. 😂

[@lifeisyours8250]

This is arcade game is perfection. People don't realise how good the game actually is. It's the perfect balance, the music is great the pacing is great, the bosses, the guns, the sound are all great. Also a perfect movie to game adaptation. It was and still is in my opinion one of the best games ever made.

[@eskanda3434]

Bosses are constantly repeating ed 209

[@yahudahintrudahtruetribeof7639]

I'm from houston and I remember I used to play this game all the time in the early 90's at a place called woolworth and dairy queen in nachadochas

[@ivanscissorhands2008]

Thank you for your cooperation..... Oh i good old days..... remember when i went running after school to the arcade place..... this arcade is till alive in my country, i play it once in a while 🇬🇹

[@EternalGuardian07]

That dodge at 1:31 was amazing.

[@MrBoricuoso]

Robocop in the arcades is one of my favorites games of all time. I used to play it when i was very young..

[@SpoofyJ]

Kind of a shame that it didn't end with the guy falling out the window like in the movie.

[@kleepklopp5084]

+BUSINESS BOT V1.0 Yeah after the Old man fires Dick Jones to counteract Prime Directive 4.

[@mresturk9336]

@@kleepklopp5084 And the guy has to be swapped out with a really shoddy stop motion puppet with giant arms for the falling scene...

[@Perno007]

loved this game! still looks good

[@speedy316uk]

Going to the social club as a kid, begging my mum and dad for more money to play this, there was always a choice 3 credits of this or a glass of coke. Always played this and went thirsty!

[@StormsparkPegasus]

That's about how I used to play this back in 1989. I used to destroy this game 2/3 times a week and often had crowds around me. It was all just about remembering where the enemies came from, and conserving shots from the powerful gun. If you saved as many shots from the powerful gun as you could, you could destroy the final boss in like 3 seconds with it.

[@90sArcadeGames]

Totally agree that it is all about knowing which enemy comes from where. Took me hundreds of tries to get it right.

[@darrenleechow8398]

still have cheats missing that made the bosses easy @@90sArcadeGames

[@RMarkNolan]

You are obviously a master of this game. Well played, it was enjoyable to watch!

[@90sArcadeGames]

Thank you very much!

[@susanfit47]

This arcade game was developed and published by Data East in 1988 based on the 1987 film of the same name. In the game, a player controls RoboCop who advances through various stages that are taken from the 1987 movie. The bonus screen is a target shooting range that uses a first-person perspective. The intermission features digitized voices from the actors. It was sub-licensed to Data East by Uk-based Ocean Software, who in turn had obtained the rights from Orion Pictures at the script stage. The 1988 run & gun and beat 'em up hybrid arcade game developed and published by Data East, was licensed from a computer game company rather than the other way around. This is why the arcade game bears a licence credit for Ocean. It has more recently appeared on mobile phones. The IBM and Apple ports were produced by US-based Quicksilver Software. Unlike the other home versions, the Commodore 64 version is a mostly original game that only loosely follows the arcade RoboCop. In addition to a different soundtrack, the boss battles are replaced with a screen where the player must shoot a man holding a woman hostage (without hitting her). The original European cassette tape version was notorious for a huge number of bugs (which were cleaned up in the US disk release). The games capture the spirit of the RoboCop film to some degree, as it involves killing generic criminals and enemy bosses, like the dangerous ED-209. Being quite popular, RoboCop was followed by several sequels (most of them handled by Ocean), including RoboCop 2, RoboCop 3, and RoboCop versus The Terminator which was developed for, but never released in arcades, and was later ported to several other consoles including the Sega Mega Drive, Super NES, Nintendo Game Boy, Sega Game Gear, and even as a final generation title for the Sega Master System in Europe.

[@JustWasted3HoursHere]

I like how at the very end of the credits it says "The End & All Over".

[@MrGamecatCanaveral]

Finally! After 26 years I see what's after level 1. Yes!!!!!!!

[@danielridgeway6375]

I remember when I was a kid the local Walmart had this cabinet in the foyer and I would just stand there and watch the demo play over and over again. It was the most amazing graphics I had ever seen in like 88. The picture on this video doesn't do it justice. It looked awesome on that cab monitor with the lower res and scanlines. Then I rushed out to get the NES version and it was a complete turd.

[@tigerlee9613]

I like how they try to mimic the movie characters and moments as much as possible in the game.

[@kevinkelley4376]

Clarence Bodiger was an epic character. "Bitches leave.." 😂 I still talk about how Robocop was ahead of its time. The acting, ultraviolence, & how they created there own world with the commercials, cars and sarcastic take on society. "And I want a new car!! And I want the city to pay for it all.. What kind of car Miller? I dont know..Something with reclining leather bucket seats.. Something that goes really really fast and gets really shitty gas mileage... How bout' the ahh' 6000 S U X?" *I used to joke about how the toxic waste death guy went on to be a surgeon on E R television series. Some of his co-workers must have fucked with him a little about it.."Gimme all your money bookworm or I'll blow your brains out.." 😃

[@AllThingsRenStimpy]

I have a dedicated Robocop upright arcade machine in my bedroom next to a 60n1 cab. I hear the attract mode noise from this game all day.... That intro music....it's burned into my skull.

[@hunter371]

"You are a Bad Dude." Ohh Data East....

[@trinitaterion]

Back in the day we dreamed about having these graphics and sounds at home!

[@feroswan4609]

Hah, definitely! I always used to stare longingly at Afterburners graphics too in the arcade, Spectrum version nothing like of course ... didn't stop us playing them though.

[@nostromov7892]

(For sure, used to wear-out -many- tape decks and have to adjust the heads on new ones, in order to be able to load games. :))

[@EternalGuardian07]

The ED-209s sound like they're saying "It's all cool, baby."

[@stephenw1467]

Thanks man. I enjoyed that, I have never seen this game clocked. I am 42 years old right now. Again, thanks. Well played.

[@90sArcadeGames]

Thank you for watching and all your comments! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@kshortdogg7]

Bravo Zulu on not losing a life throughout the entire game. The Robocop games are always in pattern to defeat the enemy. Robocop vs Terminator is another example.

[@carlosgp2608]

thank you so much, back in time 30 years!!!

[@chuck7190]

Remember in the 1990's when we built cyborg cops. Ah those were the days! Plus...I can't believe he also mastered the bonus rounds, let alone played a flawless game. Incredible!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@90sArcadeGames]

Thanks! That's what happens when you play a game 6534885 times : )

[@shipped_my_pants_3000]

I feel sorry for the kids who didn't grow up with these arcade games. They lack the imagination inspiring

[@David315842]

Robocop: You're under arrest. Woman: Thank you.

[@Musicradio77Network]

I remember the arcade version when I was in PathMark in Brooklyn since I was a youngster along with "Vs. Super Mario Bros." which was the arcade port of an NES game. This brings back memories, but this would be a great idea for an upcoming "4 O'Clock Game" episode in honor of the new "RoboCop" movie which will be coming out soon. I'll do the arcade version and the NES version.

[@Raymond50001]

Me, "This guy is really good." Other youtuber, "He's not a guy he's a machine."

[@wes5619]

Love those little hidden safe spots lol. I remember in tmnt on the highway skateboard section. Stay at the top and only explosions can touch you.

[@GavinJ37]

Used to have this game at Hoyts in George st Sydney. Played it all the time

[@alpachino468]

1:18 Fun fact: Alamo Guns was also the name of the gun store where The Terminator got his weapons from in the first Terminator movie 🤓

[@everythingphil9376]

Wow, games looked great back in the day! No wonder I spent a lot of quarters in Arcades.

[@ruffnek2072]

This game kicked f..kin ass back in tha day, cheerz mate" Your move creep" F..kin love it

[@TheStapleGunKid]

What a game. The music was great. Such an excellent rendition of the robocop theme song.

[@JR-lg8sq]

The first game in my local arcade to cost 30p a play instead of the usual 20p.

[@VaughnJogVlog]

Played through the NES port years ago, not knowing there was an arcade version.

[@OmegaDez]

I wouldn't call it a port. The two game are nothing alike.

[@20thcenturyfoxyoutube]

played this at the arcade and loved it so much i got the nes version for xmas. one of the holy nes games i gave a shit about enough to beat it without dying to boot. the sound on this and many other arcade games of the time were SO good. double dragon and altered beast arcade versions come to mind.

[@shawnethegreatgamer]

RoboCop: Thank you for your cooperation. Me: I like the sound of that.

[@terrencegraham2668]

"I could buy that for a dollar!"

[@Raymaster7482]

XD

[@anonymousanonymous3707]

I love these old arcade games these were my childhood thanks for this 👍

[@malcolmj4479]

They used to have this in the 7-11 by my house when I was a kid. Why they wanted kids loitering in a gas station is beyond me, but it brings back fond memories of Slurpees and candy that I swear was all paid for.

[@willsee8391]

Malcolm J cause kids buy slurpees and candy.. you answered your own question

[@djstabilo100]

That intro music was hypnotising back in day!

[@tyronekhan848]

Aah games of the 80s and 90s bunked off school many a time to go play these games in arcades

[@noone-yn1td]

DROP IT!

[@LOLmusics]

😂

[@Mr__Geno]

Some arcade game were cheesy as heck, but man who doesn't love playing any arcade games. Truly a great era of gaming.

[@caprice28]

Loved this game as a kid. the 80s were the golden age of videogames. F@$k Yeah!

[@unocarb]

great game and the first two movies were awsome chunks of 80,s action cheese very cool too..

[@JG-xd7wk]

nice shooting, son

[@doubledare84527]

what's your name?

[@calvincameron354]

CTME Murphy

[@GavinJ37]

Murphy

[@dreamlandnightmare]

Wow, the cutscene even shows Murphy's missing arm. Never noticed that when I was 7.

[@McCaler]

Robocop: You are under arrest! *Kills everyone anyway*

[@Chris-cb9or]

Because the criminals did not listen to polite reguests;);)

[@MiscFightVids]

I was going to say this is probably Ocean's best game, but then I watched the credits and realized all they did was extend the Robocop license to Data East.

[@timothylewis2527]

I was terrible at this game in the arcades but I did manage to bear the Nintendo version. I was probably 11 years old, then.

[@ajvhan]

this game was so badass. I woul walk 5 kilometers after school just to spend a few coins in the next town where a bar had no more than 2 arcade machines

[@johnlewisbrooks]

LMAO at 1:53! This always made me laugh! Robocop just gets through shooting the hell out of a giant hulking robot and all he has to say is "Thank you for your cooperation!"

[@HotaruZoku]

Nice to hear the original theme. So many games around that time would be spinoffs, but wouldn't have the actual soundtracks.

[@moominstu2318]

lol what a blast from way back when. I actually had a robo cop game on my Toshiba MSX in the days when games came on cassets and only 1 in 3 attempts to load were succesful. You didnt have to worry about kids playing to many computer games in them days........we usually got board waiting for em to load and just went out to steal cars instead lol

[@sausageslaps]

I pumped a lot of quarters into this sucker back in the day, I could finish it on 2 quarters and even one a few times, a tough game back then

[@Johnlindsey289]

I loved playing this game in the late 80s and early 90s as a kid at the arcades