The 1988 Data East ROBOCOP Arcade Game - Dedicated Cabinet & Gameplay

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[@jpnasc78]

One of my favorite arcade games of all time. Used to play a lot in a shopping mall here in Brazil. Spetacular combination of graphics, sound & playability. The title sequence is very nice, with that mysterious and dark athmosphere. It is not an easy game but it is possible to finish it with just 1 coin! This game uses the Motorola 68000 processor which was very common in those years and, together with Z80 processor, equiped the majority of games at that time. The sound part was handled by a pair of Yamahas and a OKI chip for storing the digitized voices. In my opinion, the best game produced by Data East. Thanks a lot for sharing with us!

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you for watching Joao, i'm glad you remembered it!

[@arcademcfly1039]

Love when people put these memories ! Similar but in Cali

[@comedyloverism]

they have shopping malls in Brazil? I'm not being sarcastic i'm actually asking.

[@jpnasc78]

​@@comedyloverism yes, sure. Lots of them.😂

[@comedyloverism]

@@jpnasc78 cool

[@evilash570]

Loved this game as a kid!!

[@LyonsArcade]

I like all the ones that take you back....

[@Term180]

I have many fond memories of playing this at a pizza place as a kid. The pizza would always get done too quickly though, which meant my parents would need me to go home, so I never got to finish it until many years later on emu. Awesome to see the original cabinet again, I grew up a huge fan of the franchise (except 3, but like Meat Loaf said, 2 out of 3 ain't bad lol) and enjoyed the first NES game a lot as well (it was the first NES game that was bought specifically for me and not inherited from my older sis). Thanks for the upload! 👍

[@LyonsArcade]

I was just listening to Meatloaf earlier, what a coincidence :) When I was a kid I saved up my money and bought the cheapest NES game they had at the store, "Fester's Quest"... so that's one of my favorites, they mean more to you, it makes it more fun to play :) Thanks for watcing!

[@vogmar1]

" I'd buy that for a dollar."

[@TheGeordieTiger]

👆 Give the man a hand!

[@LyonsArcade]

this one was a lil bit more than that :)

[@skeeterb2006]

@@xyrzmxyzptlk1186 That's a line from the movie.

[@RalonsoF1]

This cabinet has real great sound effects, too!! WOW! Interesting stuff! Thank you for your cooperation!!🤣👍👍

[@LyonsArcade]

Cool game, for sure!

[@danijelcar5184]

Nice RoboCop i had this game on my old Commodore 64 back in 90' 😊😎🖒

[@LyonsArcade]

the Commodore had a bunch of good games :)

[@mujdatozc]

I miss 90s 😌

[@LyonsArcade]

It had it's good moments :) Don't miss the good moments you're living through right now, though!

[@saskia6750]

ooo now we are talking,used to rock at this game !! thank you guys at lyons arcade for a you do for the community .merry christmas all .. ron joe :) x

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you Hope, Merry Christmas!

[@DavidR-ub2dp]

Nice blast from the past it's great you have those vintage arcade cabinets and maintain and enjoy them I'm looking forward to see the starwars game up and running my aunt a ok ned a grocery store and I spend my quarters on it 👍

[@LyonsArcade]

That’s very cool you must have a lot of good memories of there!

[@streetfightingman4240]

I wish i was in the states so I could go to your awesome shop😢 I live in a place called Gloucester, UK. In the town center we have a shop callex "Games and Collectibles" where he has quite a few old Arcade machines set up to play on a Saturday. Yes those pictures around the screen are ALL the first RoboCop. There was no other movie or show at that time with the RoboCop name :)

[@lascheque]

You are the Ron-bocop :D Game looks fun, I only ever played the sequel, it has a stage where the baddies throw arcade games at you :D

[@LyonsArcade]

They had a bunch of games in the background on combatribes, and Revolution X too :)

[@BlueCollar850]

I remember this arcade game. I was maybe 4 or 5 on vacation to Wilmington,NC and my older cousin took me to the circle K and played this game with me. I remember the film clips around the cabinet. Years later in the mid 90’s they had this game at a place called Caesarland which was little Caesar’s version of Chuck E. Cheese, they had this game and I finally played it.

[@LyonsArcade]

That's very cool, it's funny how this stuff occupies a small place in our mind all those years!

[@danjz0404]

I have a RoboCop with a flat marquee and a Heavy Barrel with the rounded one. Unfortunately, don't have either board. But there's a Bad Dudes in the Heavy Barrel!

[@LyonsArcade]

That's pretty wild, somebody's been messin' around :)

[@MarioFanGirl93]

I played RoboCop on the NES, but not on the Arcade. Seems fun, I would love to try that one day because I also love arcade games!

[@LyonsArcade]

It made it all a little different back in the day when you had to pay to play it, it changed how you felt about the game, lol. Not quite as big of a deal though of course on free play!

[@xtrememan01]

I never known there was a arcade robo I got to get one so cool

[@irfanc9942]

My first ever played game at the age of 3 or 4 years old.

[@LyonsArcade]

This might be the same exact cabinet you played!

[@irfanc9942]

@@LyonsArcade yes, i was looking for some early childhood memories and had in mind this cabinet. And my first game played was at the same cabinet in the Netherlands. Very impressive at a young age in the early 1991-1992s

[@stevenhumberstone384]

Best arcade game ever

[@akoww1000]

I got hooked on this game when it came out. Played it at a bowling alley every Saturday. I didn't care for the NES version of it

[@LyonsArcade]

Those were the days :) Late 80's hanging out at the Bowling Alley!

[@InsanePsychoRabbit]

The original RoboCop movie was shot in Dallas. It's especially obvious if you live anywhere near Detroit (or Dallas, for that matter) that it was not shot in Detroit.

[@LyonsArcade]

That makes sense :) I'm not too familiar with the Dallas or Detroit skylines.

[@CHINASAUR]

Such a cool game :D I've never seen the original robocop cabinet before

[@LyonsArcade]

This is the only one we've ever had, they don't make that many of them!

[@johnerbudman123]

This comment will be here still when me and my memories of this amazing game are long gone 😢

[@sylvainster30]

That is like my holy grail of arcade games! I beat that sucker with only 1 credit most of the time! Do you still have that cabinet? ✌🏼😎👍🏼

[@howardronamald2849]

How cool is that, that you pulled out the NES. I actually love the nes game still. I rented it as a kid then bought it years later used. That arcade is so badass. The movie reel is the best. Robocop 2 coin op is also ausome. You played extremely well btw! Would be cool of you come across a Batman the movie cab to review or repair.

[@LyonsArcade]

Yeah I'd like to get that Batman game in, I haven't seen one in a long time! Thank you for watching Howard.

[@howardronamald2849]

@@LyonsArcade You're welcome. I enjoy your vids!

[@JeffBarberDigideus]

Its funny you said its a rip off if batman. Ocean was a uk developer who bought licenses and made really questionable games to sell off the back of the name. They owned the license to batman in the 80s as well so this hame is just a rebadged version of the same gane. I saw one of these in the 90s in an arcade in London. Nice find!

[@LyonsArcade]

That makes sense.... the mechanics were pretty similar.... probably the same exact engine :) Still pretty cool because of the theme!

[@spidermcgavenport8767]

@21:50 perfect timing when RoboCop says drop it and the bad guy does just that with a live grenade.

[@LyonsArcade]

Yeah that didn't work out so well for Mr. RoboCop :)

[@jastald8443]

I love my original cabinets. Ive got a Stern Tutankham and a Super Hang On - Mini Ride model. The super hang on i should have researched more before buying as getting replacement parts for the bike is a nightmare. Im really surprised no one has made a STL file to 3d print replacement handle bar covers as that part is damn near impossible to replace now a days.

[@LyonsArcade]

You might have to be the one to make it, Jastal! There's a little more 3d models being made but not much yet, we need to make a huge database of all that kind of stuff as it gets designed....

[@susanfit47]

The side art is similar to the movie poster and the bezel contains many stills from the film. The cabinet above is a conversion of an original Bad Dudes Vs. DragonNinja. The conversion kits were released with either a curved marquee for the "Bad Dudes" cabinets or with a flat marquee for use in other uprights.

[@jarrodhawkins4673]

The top is arched to match the Robocops helmet

[@LyonsArcade]

It does kind of look like his helmet now that you mention it :)

[@ps5stuffguy]

I have seen the film around 50+ times so I recognise the scenes in the pics yeah lol

[@LyonsArcade]

I don't think I've seen it since it came out! Great movie though, I need to rewatch it....

[@ps5stuffguy]

@@LyonsArcade So you have probably never seen the uncut version? 😱

[@ps5stuffguy]

@@LyonsArcade Basically the bluray is uncut version. Way more violent

[@Jamesamong007]

I remember reading on an arcade game database that there is a little known hack of this game made to resemble Inspector Gadget

[@LyonsArcade]

That would rock!

[@LyonsArcade]

That would rock!

[@xGodofAcidx]

If a Nintendo game doesn't load, try this.. turn it off, put your index finger in the indentation in the plastic and wiggle it back and forth a few times. Works about 95% of the time. Usually the problem isn't that they're dirty, they just don't seat correctly for whatever reason.

[@LyonsArcade]

Good tip!

[@hardlucknate6769]

I saw a clip a Chase into an arena and I saw Playing for Keeps monster truck

[@jonathanbranhamsgaminganda8799]

The real Ghostbusters arcade game had a rounded markee it was a data East game I think

[@LyonsArcade]

Same company I believe, I've never had that one though!

[@OldNerdPlayingOldPCGames]

Great work my friend 👍

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you Old Nerd!

[@tony714keene]

I like the woodgrain arcade cabinet and that Marquis. I only like stock arcade cabinets not modified or b game.

[@WorldWalker23]

Plenty of arcade games had left and right buttons. I may be wrong but from what I saw at the time it seemed to be the rise of two player games that removde the left buttons on cabs and then that became the norm. Personally I used a right stick player when given the choice. If I am using something like a competition pro I still control with my right hand. It just made more sense to me. I am right handed and dont understand nor do I need to understand why most right handed folk control with the left hand. I liked choice. Choice was good. But then two players had way more buttons so something had to give

[@LyonsArcade]

That sounds right, with the extra joystick they had to sacrifice something :)

[@ShutUpAndListen79]

I have the original PCB but wish I had the cabinet.

[@LyonsArcade]

I always was a sucker for those late 80's cabinets like this....

[@wilder9777]

OMG joe´s best ARCADE like

[@LyonsArcade]

We thought you'd like that one, Wilder!

[@wilder9777]

@@LyonsArcade Merry Christmas Joe´s

[@tomyyoung2624]

cool robocop!

[@LyonsArcade]

How are you, Tomy Young2???

[@tomyyoung2624]

@@LyonsArcade good!

[@jumpingeneral]

Loved robocop on my nes 1988! No one ever talks about robocop 2 arcade game. Is it a more rare game? Better or worse? Seems like the dedicated robocop 2 cabinet is hard to find . Any thoughts

[@ps5stuffguy]

👍

[@LyonsArcade]

Thank you for watching Ps4 & Stuff!

[@WILDGEESE399]

Officer murphy , i remember when this movie came out and they converted him into robocop then the officers made fun of him i felt so bad for him , lol

[@LyonsArcade]

It was a great movie for kids at the time although I suppose it's pretty violent, lol

These giant sausages on stage 3...

[@LyonsArcade]

I don't know what they were thinking :)

[@Nizmo240sxFranks]

Any idea where I can get the sound chips at for this ? I changed my 6502 and didn’t give me my sounds at all but I need game roms too

[@LyonsArcade]

I'm not sure if changing the roms will fix anything, usually roms don't go bad on boards it's something else. You can buy any rom though from www.HobbyRoms.com .

[@scatalabad]

The left handed thing is weird. Im a lefty too, and I play games just like everyone else. However I play better on Street fighter 2 if I play on the right side of the screen. I also use a computer mouse just like right handed people.

[@LyonsArcade]

I'm the same with the computer mouse... and I play guitar right hand on purpose so I don't need a special guitar.

[@scatalabad]

I couldn't play a right handed guitar. As soon as I bought a left handed one i managed to learn quite easily. Got a few left handed ones now.

[@scatalabad]

I also find it easier to do special moves in street fighter 2 if I'm the second player on right side of screen.

[@skeeterb2006]

Hey!! I'm a southpaw (left handed) too!!!

[@LyonsArcade]

Robin, all us smart people are left handed :)

[@skeeterb2006]

@@LyonsArcade Im proud to be a southpaw! Living in a backwarads world.

[@skeeterb2006]

@@LyonsArcade Remember the Mr. Do's Wild Ride I told you about how it quit working. I found out what was wrong. I pulled it out and opened the back and low and behold i found that the wires going to a transformer had been chewed by vermin. I have to replace those wires to get the game working again. The transformer doesn't get power until it is powered on. I tucked the cord inside and closed it back up until I can repair those wires.

[@LyonsArcade]

Robin I've seen that many times, sometimes they'll only do a few little spots so hopefully they didn't make too big a mess!

[@fen4554]

15k plays at .25 a piece is only $4000. Adjusted for inflation this machine made about $10000 of profit. Minus the cost of the cabinet, those are slender profits.

[@LyonsArcade]

Plus they split it in half with the location....

[@kyomdrift4319]

RobertCOOOP!

[@LyonsArcade]

Yes Yes Yes

[@alanaspinall9273]

Hi all, I wonder if anyone can help, I have a Robocop arcade machine like this one, only difference is the cabinet say's Black magic on it, I bought it just over 13 years ago from a work colleague, it was working a few years ago, then I moved it and now I just get a rumbling noise from the speaker and their is distortion on the screem (scrambled graphics), can anyone tell me what is wrong with it?

[@LyonsArcade]

Might be the power supply. Open it up and you'll find a little box with wires screwed to it about the size of a VHS tape, you can order a new one at www.TwistedQuarter.com .

[@alanaspinall9273]

@@LyonsArcade Thanks for your reply and link, I will get the multimeter out and test it.

[@Axess-sv8nq]

DROP IT!

[@LyonsArcade]

Pow Pow

[@Axess-sv8nq]

"Oooh! Guns Guns GUNS! Come on, Sal! Tigers are playin'...TONIGHT! ...... I never miss a game."

[@thestarglider]

Useless fact for ya. Ocean Software in Manchester England licenced the rights to the game before anyone else. Then Sub-licenced it to Data East, who then designed and released the game, and Ocean just copied the arcade game design for the home machines. That's genius!

[@LyonsArcade]

They do business the way I want to do business :) The Tom Sawyer, paint a fence method.

[@memyopinionsche6610]

Those end bosses are pretty easy.

[@LyonsArcade]

I'm just making it look easy cuz skills

[@memyopinionsche6610]

Or the program makes it look easy.

[@timothyhall7606]

A semi-circle eh?....

[@LyonsArcade]

Yes sir pretty strange!

[@Mnpctech_Giveaway_PC_Mods]

Yea, doesn’t seem like a lot of plays during its career. Maybe it resided in somebody’s home or storage for most of its life.

[@LyonsArcade]

Definitely could be.

[@Ajaxaxxess]

Cab is beautiful but im a bit dissapointed in Data East for doing nothing with that CPO. Hearing you talk about cutting the curved marquee got me bummed. Amazing what they did for an extra token or 2 isnt it?

[@LyonsArcade]

Yeah there's tons of them like that, also Dragon's Lair had a similar thing going on, they'd cut it flat!

[@carlw.8671]

I have a chance to buy the arcade game at 650.00 good shape. Is it worth it?

[@memyopinionsche6610]

One bar left.. But it really looked like you were flipping the game off.

[@LyonsArcade]

Not me, I would nevvvvvvver do anything like that!

[@memyopinionsche6610]

Lol. That's a middle finger to me because it still looks like a middle finger to me. And I get it..

[@-Rottenapple-]

Your move, creep.

[@LyonsArcade]

I haven't seen the movie in 30 years....

[@user-vd4ew9fg8l]

oh！データイーストのロボコップ！なつかしい！(≧▽≦)あなたに メガドライブの「ロボコップVSターミネーター」に あげれば良かった

[@LyonsArcade]

私はそれをプレイしました、それは良いゲームです！

[@user-vd4ew9fg8l]

@@LyonsArcade さん 安心しました。(≧▽≦) 夢のコラボですからね 映画化には 遠い道のりですよね

[@yandman26]

Awesome game but hideous slowdown, that poor cpu gets choked out. I believe sly spy used the same cabinet.

[@LyonsArcade]

Sly Spy and Bad Dudes :)

[@yandman26]

@@LyonsArcade I know, but you'd already mentioned Bad Dudes

[@AlexC1980s]

@@yandman26 I have a Heavy Barrel in that same cabinet as well

[@InsanePsychoRabbit]

Lefties of the world unite!

[@LyonsArcade]

That would include Ned Flanders!!!!

[@Markboyy1984]

U said u missed 2 during shooting practice when u actually missed 3, and on the stage prior to that u took forever killing the bad guy the one that held the woman hostage!

[@LyonsArcade]

You're right, I probably did some other bad things too

[@Markboyy1984]

@@LyonsArcade Shooting practice is tough especially the second one I’ve managed to shoot all the targets a few times but on the second one I have succeeded only a few times. If u can nail both of them and get perfect 100% u will have a good chance of finishing the game without dying, the last two stages are hard though. If u can make it to the second highest floor and get the baby food (max energy) u should be able to finish the game from there, the bosses are easy to defeat on the second last stage.

[@petermuniz9296]

Mk11 robocop is way better

[@chiko32100]

i hate nes