The History of Robocop 2 - arcade console documentary

The history of Robocop 2' and his various different video games
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[@jkiller404]

I remember being 7 or 8 and my mom gave me a whole roll of quarters and when I went to the local arcade, I saw this machine and it was new. So I started playing and as I got halfway through, I realized I started forming a crowd, watching me play so I kept pumping in the quarters. I remember getting to the last boss fight and it kept going and going and as I spent the last quarter in my roll, I finally beat his third phase and beat the game. I had everyone in the arcade watching at that point. I’ll never forget that

[@nal101]

Robocop 2 on the NES pissed me off so much as a kid. Being stuck on the first level until realizing you had to go into the sewers to get more Nuke. The only game where I threw the controller down out of frustration.

[@themcadamsminute8494]

In my opinion Robocop 2 is one of the best arcade cabinets of all time! And I love how Robocop 2 was a R rated movie made for kids! I love it!

[@maxxdahl6062]

I actually liked the first game a lot more. It was way more common and the 209 still sounded bad ass.

[@T.R.C_TomtokyoYugi]

​@@maxxdahl6062I agree the same I love Robocop and Robocop 2 because it's my favorite movies ever!

[@MrTikbik2000]

I introduced my 5 year old son to Robocop by playing Robocop 2 with him on my arcade emulator several months ago. Cool seeing you do a breakdown on this one. Thanks!

[@Larry]

Show him the cartoon series! Most of the episodes are on KZbin!!!

[@TexasHollowEarth]

@Larry Bundy Jr - Excellent suggestion Larry! I loved getting up early Saturday mornings to watch Robocop and Dinoriders. I still want both of these series on DVD, but they're unavailable in the States 😥👎

[@ShadowAngel-lt8nw]

That's the most murican post ever. Sure, introduce your 5 year old to violence and guns and then wonder when he runs amok at a school, like it seemingly happens every week in Burgerland. smh

[@morenauer]

I find the idea of Robocop jumping absolutely hilarious. They should be falling through the flood every time they land.

[@ramza813]

Detroit in Robocop is safer than Detroit in 2023

[@testosteroneinc.3800]

Portland Oregon is now worse than 1990's Detroit. 😏

[@ReluctantWarrior]

​@@testosteroneinc.3800 and Florida in 2023 is now more dangerous than both.

[@ramza813]

@@testosteroneinc.3800 that's their own damn fault for letting antifa run around cosplaying for months trying to burn a stone building. The adults need to take over

[@ultraslang]

LOS ANGELES 👋🏼^~^👋🏼

[@Ottophil]

@@testosteroneinc.3800 america in general seems pretty much a mess.

[@mbe102]

LMAO, I literally say the "happy little games" every time, and this one haha, with the vocoder, thats awesome!

[@ats2099]

That you referenced the WCW/RoboCop cross over really took me back. I was a huge RoboCop fan as a kid, and while I was only a casual follower of WCW wrestling and its antics, I sure remember when Sting had Robo escort him to the ring after being "jumped in a parking lot and leg broken" by the 4 Horsemen. (spoiler, he accidentally got his foot stuck in a chain link cage during a prior match and broke it himself)

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I wanted to include video of it but WWE slapped me with a copyright for my in your house video

[@Krullmatic]

Their prophecy of Detroit being a crime ridden city was spot on!

[@jonathanlisowski5618]

Didn't even know this game existed. I loved the first arcade Robocop game so I'm surprised I never saw the sequel at any arcade.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It didn't last very long around here

[@chumpyman]

I’m a huge fan of data east arcade games

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

You and me both

[@bransonbenson9520]

What a way to start the day and kick off the week on a high note🎉 With the best video game history recap anywhere💯 You're an institution Patman🫡

[@Lastjustice]

I never saw this game in the wild. The arcade game looked like a cool game. I'd definitely given it a try had I seen it.

[@HulkHands54]

Waiting for the "Happy little games" & laughed way too hard at what came next 🤣

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, thanks :-)

[@SweetStevieAaron]

I really like this game. It’s massively underrated. Me and friend discovered it on MAME some time back and of course, we were glad we did.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL, I see what you did there. It's a lot of fun, especially in two player. Thanks

[@greggvictorious968]

I'd buy that for a dollar!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Darn it I should've included that somewhere in my video

[@T.R.C_TomtokyoYugi]

I love that catch phase quote from 1987 Robocop

[@ChanningKing]

I’m pretty unfamiliar with the RoboCop 2 arcade game, but I love how the multiplayer takes advantage of the different color schemes he had over the two movies.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I thought that was a neat little detail as well

[@jasonshouseoffunandvideoga7169]

I had no idea there was an arcade version of robocop 2! The nes version is the one in familiar with and it's a mess. If love to master it at some point but it's not going to be easy. I remember playing the 1st one, renting it all the time from the local video rental store. I also remember putting the 2nd one in and couldn't wait to play it. Then level 1 began and the dreams of a young person were shattered! 🤣 Awesome job with the vid Pat! 💪🔥

[@Day-ZDuke]

Awesome that you chose ‘Over The Top’ as an example for Stallone (opposed to say Rambo). I’m a big ArmWrestling fan! Another great video man! Love your personality and jokes

[@djcactus]

As a child I loved robocop and judge dread but never noticed the pararells 😂 which is crazy when you think about the signature guns they own

[@cyrus2728]

Dredd 😉

[@SuperHns]

I like Robocop 2 the movie, I know many people prefer the 1st (me too) but 2 is still great

[@NYKgjl10]

I remember playing RoboCop 2 arcade game at a local Roy Rogers in Baltomore while visiting a relative of mine. 1990-1991 was such a good year for movies along with games and part 2 is still the best sequel. Peter Weller is RoboCop....Enough said.

[@shawnswint1521]

It's Awesome that He's Reprising the Character Again in the Upcoming Video Game Robocop: Rogue City!!!!

[@morenauer]

That series of movies was prescient af about modern day Detroit, tbh.

[@horrorstew3577]

Greatly appreciate your nod to Dredd. I ❤️ both franchise's but hate it when people say Murphy was first

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

So do I, you would have to be blind not to see it. Thanks

[@horrorstew3577]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries splendid von thurgg earthlett 😜

[@shareofmoney]

This brings back memories. Robocop 2 was one of the games I had with my Gameboy!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Excellent

[@BAZFANSHOTHITSClassicTunes]

Another awesome video Patman. Loved playing this game on the Atari STe. Thankyou for the video Sir.

[@randy7894]

The NES version is pretty awesome when you get the hang of it. Odd, weird but charming and fun.

[@captaincorleone7088]

Another great documentary! I had no idea about the Japanese version with its exclusive "re-cap" level - the passion invested into that reveals how much attention the programmers paid to the film and its characters. Such a shame that it was omitted from the Western releases.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you very much. I wasn't aware of it until a few years ago. They definitely should have included it

[@MrCoffeeMrRadar]

I frequent the arcade back in the day and unfortunately I never saw this one, now I have to check it out. Thanks for the video.

[@BlackArroToons]

Cool to see all the fun versions of the Robocop 2 Arcade game. Alex Murphy is back! Thanks for the History of these games, Patman!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Absolutely, thanks for watching

[@dollarama8652]

WOW! 🤖 at 6:30 Also CRIME CITY!

[@PANTYEATR1]

Awesome video Pat. It would have been cool if you covered the power-ups in the game. Some are obvious, some i don't know what the hell they are😕

[@mulry101]

Nice to so the Robocop 2 arcade game get some attention. I love the music and sound effects of this game.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

So do I, it doesn't get much love that's for sure

[@andrewreed4514]

Would love to see you cover the Ocean Robocop 3 on Amiga. It was a 3D shooter and I remember having it, and found it so difficult due to the extremely low frame rate.

[@Barcrest]

Ever knew there was a 2nd game in the arcade

[@markula_4040]

I know you couldn't for obvious reasons so I played the Robocop theme on loop in the background during your entire video.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL awesome

[@JohnDoe-wq5eu]

I had no idea there was an arcade version of the second movie until literally decades after it came out. I always well aware of the original arcade version of course but I never ever once saw the second game out in the wild.

[@Punchable-Face]

As weird as this may sound, I really enjoy your voice, very good narration voice, comforting... lol 😂 I know I'm strange

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

😊 thank you, Don't feel bad my wife thinks I sound like a moron

[@Punchable-Face]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries lol 😂😂 well I guess you'd be a unique one..👍

[@teen_laqueefa]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries you sound like the sports talk sports series guy

[@xxHUNGRY4THETRUTHxx]

I miss Data East 😢

[@thisfreakingguy3833]

I beat robocop 2 on the nes when I was 11 years old... it was tough ... but the end fight was pretty fun...

[@fitnessabcvideo]

Yet another great video.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoyed it, Thank you my friend

[@sprnightfire]

Nice I hope you do Robocop 3 next. Good time you're doing the Robocop videos especially later this year a new Robocop game is coming out.

[@ninjamaster3453]

3? Theres no robocop 3. What are you talking about?

[@GeovaneSanciniSR]

@@ninjamaster3453 If you compare with that 2014 train wreck, Robocop 3 is a master piece 🤣

[@-RH80-]

Never saw that game before, just the first one in the arcade. Good to know, cool video!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks

[@AppliedCryogenics]

Patman, do you ever do old PC games? I was recently reminded of a very unique and excellent late-90's PC game called TIME COMMANDO.. it's a pre-rendered beat'em up on rails(!?) Where you brawl through various historical periods. It's by Adeline Software Int'l, of France, the guys who went on to form Infogrammes and did Alone in the Dark, among others.

[@beagsx3]

The GX4000 version was insanely difficult!! But did look and sound the business, though

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It was really cool

[@DarkLordNick999]

My introduction to RoboCop 2 in the arcade was at Nicklecade in Utah. Nicklecade is gone now.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It wasn't around here for very long

[@gjergjaurelius9798]

Ain't nothing post apocalyptic about Detroit. That's just my city 313 BABY!!!

[@ChantingInTheDark]

15:44 - That's what she said! :D

[@blazerocker1734]

Great review. I still have my NES copy of Robocop 2 but I really wish Data East had ported the arcade version to the Super NES and had it to market by Christmas of 91. With the launch of the system that year it would have been a best seller. What a shame, as the NES version was quite underwhelming in comparison.

[@gstein86]

Great video as always! Like you said, I never knew there was an arcade game.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoyed!Thanks

[@lonesn1per]

That comment about Stallone was a bit over the top ;)

[@johnnygrind77]

The first Robocop movie scared the crap out of me as a kid!! I was able to watch Terminator, Predator, and Aliens no problem, but Robocop struck a nerve with me...

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

The entire concept is a bit unnerving

[@batuempedu2050]

Love your style and sense of humor. Seen nearly all your clips. 😄

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thank you so much :-)

[@UkonJohnNord]

It's so strange but I don't think I ever saw Robocop 2 the arcade game anywhere and I was a huge arcade kid back then. I never saw it in any store, restaurant or arcade. Meanwhile I saw the first arcade game everywhere for like 4 years.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

It's like that with certain locations, no idea why

[@parrishharris3008]

Robocop 2 was a good arcade machine but for me personally the 1st Robocop arcade machine was a fantastic arcade game 💙❤✌.

[@fusionspace175]

As a point of nerd order, Robocop is not an android, he's a cyborg. Androids are robots made to simulate humans like Data, cyborgs are combinations of human flesh or minds and robotic parts or computer systems. Cyborg is a portmanteau of CYBernetic ORGanism.

[@emmanuelmarty5848]

Thanks PatmanQC! I thought Robocop 2 the movie was pretty terrible, but you're right that the game was great, at least on the Amiga 😂

[@rashounjohnson9562]

Robocop 2 arcade game Is the best arcade version of RoboCop I love playing.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes it's a lot of fun

[@nkhazov]

Your videos are awesome. I would love to see a documentary of vs super mario bros it's an arcade game made by Nintendo that I played in 1999 when I was 5 years old that's the 1st game I played. Please make a documentary video of vs super mario bros. Best regards Nikita.K

[@andyc8257]

It's very unlikely the status panel on the GX4000 was a performance thing, the hardware is more than capable of scrolling the entire display at 50FPS (It had hardware support for doing so). More likely it was just a way of reusing the ST assets (a machine which probably did have it to help performance). Unless the game was originally designed for the old school CPC models, but that seems unlikely too given how much it uses of the new functionality in the GX.

[@EditorJohn_TIRL]

That arcade version looks DOPE! Gonna fire it up on my Raspberry Pie tonight!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I enjoyed playing it, especially the Japanese version

[@democrazy69]

Wow. Didn't know that about the japanese arcade, that it had more stuff at the start. Weird that they did that. Great video.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I found it odd as well, thanks

[@garylshawiii483]

Might be time for beat em reboot of those arcade game

[@TheJbonez1000]

Red called Alex Murphy a dumbass before he killed him.

[@T.R.C_TomtokyoYugi]

8:54 9:12 Kane let's step outside!! You coming with me Kane!!

[@T.R.C_TomtokyoYugi]

I Love ROBOCOP and ROBOCOP 2 PatmanQC Thank You For a History Again in ROBOCOP 2 the Arcade "Patient Louis After all we're only Human!!"

[@T.R.C_TomtokyoYugi]

Patient louis after all we're only human, he should of say that line just in the movie but not in the game why? 9:39

[@Carlos.Rodriguez]

Another great video, and I been trying to figure out where have i heard your voice, today I realized, from the NFL Football '94 Starring Joe Montana, I say this in good way, I think your voice sounds similar to the voice un the game🙌 but maybe it's just me... Thank you for your hard work as always🙏

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Glad you enjoyed the video, thank you

[@teen_laqueefa]

He does sound like the guy

[@anthonychobotdoespopcultur7762]

Love thoses robocop arcade games one was in my pizzaera

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

They were always a lot of fun

[@chaosdromanah8620]

Never heard Gx 4000 until now

[@Iohannis42]

NES Ocean games were known for being lackluster.

[@MistaMaddog247]

Wow, I had no idea that the arcade version of Robocop 2 was 'different' from the home versions Ocean pumped out. If I had seen it anywhere I would have enjoyed it better then it's prequel.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes, a lot of people weren't even aware it existed

[@Phoenix2312]

I remember being a teenager when I found a Robocop 2 Arcade Machine at one of my local Stores... I Bloody Loved it and was determined to beat it - I did, but it cost me a lot of Cash! Thing is, I know the Cabinet was NOT a Genuine Data East Cabinet... They had just bought the ROM Boards and changed them over as it was a small "Mom and Pop" store for all you Americans who don't understand our English Vernacular... And I was Sure there was a fight against ED-209 and Dick Jones before the main game started!!! And now I know that I was not misremembering! THERE WAS! But it was Japan Only! So wherever they got the Arcade Board - It was obviously a Bootleg or "Stolen and Translated" board... Which may also explain why it did not stay around long...

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Very interesting. I searched high and low for a picture of a Robocop 2 cabinet but couldn't find one

[@Phoenix2312]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries Funny that... I have NEVER seen a True Robocop 2 Cabinet either! Maybe the Board was a conversion kit to fit any pre existing Cabinet to save on costs. Heck, wouldn't be the first!

[@shawnswint1521]

Fun Fact: Both Robocop 2 & Robocop 3 Movies Were Written by ''Dark Knight Returns & Sin City'' Writer Frank Miller. More so, Miller had a Role in Robocop 2 as a Guy Named ''Frank the Chemist''.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

I should have included that somewhere. Thanks

[@shawnswint1521]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries No Problemo. Though it Retrospect . The Film Director's hired Script Doctors to Dissect Miller's Screenplays to a Point Where his Original Concepts of 2 & 3 Became Nothing with What he Envisioned. Though in 2004. His Original Screenplays for 2 & 3 got turned into a Comic Book Mini-Series called ''Frank Miller's Robocop'', BTW Your Arcade History Videos are Phenomenal!!!

[@Roger-fs5yo]

Robocop vs the Terminator on SNES was awesome, just like this video😎

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Thanks but you mean Alien vs. Predator?

[@Roger-fs5yo]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries no negative. There is a SNES game called Robocop vs the terminator. I don't know why I said predator, I will fix it🤗

[@Oniphire]

7:30 Haven't I heard that music used in another game?

[@ThomasSerruques]

gx4000 😂 it was a cpc6128 in disguise. already past its prime when it was released.

[@grongy6122]

You rock dude

[@Lauren_Tyler]

I never had a chance to try this one. Good thing we have MAME! As for Robocop 2, all I've seen of it really is the murder of Officer Duffy. Now THAT was brutal!

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes it was

[@dirkjewitt5037]

Judge Dread would dismantle Robocop, piece by piece. Then piss on the remains to short circuit anything still pulsating.

[@louyork8379]

Yay!! New PatMan!!

[@SammyRenard]

It's criminal that this game was never ported to 16-bit consoles

[@JAC3DG33K]

Robocable’s first appearance years before Prime Directives

[@SomeOrangeCat]

The jumping in the Amiga version always throws me, when I try to get on those floating platforms.

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Yes, Robocop should not be jumping around At all

[@jasonking3182]

Robocop Is one movie series that I would love to see get the Halloween only the first movie is cannon treatment. 40 years later an obsolete Robocop is taken out of mothballs to clean up Delta City that has become a failed company town like Gary Indiana.

[@jasonmohning1708]

I can't tell if the enemies at around 7:35 look like the tarman from Return of the Living Dead or acid-melted Emil from the first Robocop

[@miguelleandri2435]

Awesome joke😂 Patman👍 Red use an Shovel to kick Robocop ass.

[@ag9hj]

Anyone else: 'Happy gaming ..Intergalactic!' 😉

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Hello

[@Djclyve]

I’ve really wanted to use the stage 1 music for a KZbin project I’m doing... but it doesn’t loop correctly. I wonder if there isn’t anyway it could be fixed...?

[@jamesmoss3424]

The second Robocop film is bloody cool and I will play the arcade version. 😀👍🎮

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Have fun

[@jamesmoss3424]

@@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries ok.😀👍🎮

[@HuMaNfRiEnDo]

Murphy! Its you

[@osgeld]

Detroit vs Memphis ... worked a lot in both cities but not lived in them. Detroit, pretty sure I saw a drug deal go down in a nice Kroger Marketplace parking lot. Memphis saw a fist fight with a car's hood open and the engine on fire

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

Holy cow

[@TechRyze]

5:30 'Crassified' 😆

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL

[@danielsantana540]

Good vid

[@danielsantana540]

Wanda de jesus is in robocop 2 she was one of the ocp Detroit cops.she s one my favorite actresses 😊

[@steveafanador6441]

I'd buy that for a dollar 🤪

[@Machtimus]

Holy shit....RoboPat

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL thank you

[@slightlyevolved]

Okay tell me it's not just me.... But don't those hostages on the Amiga version look like Hitler in a letterman jacket? Also, for the NES version, I'm glad they put in my favorite part of the movie, you know, the part where Robocop swam in watermelon soda while doging mini tornados....

[@mauricerobinson3184]

Fun times!

[@tun-tunninc.6492]

It's either really quiet in my house, or I can hear u breathing...

[@TheFLOMAN76]

NES version.... Ughhh. Those colors just slap the retinas of my eyeballs with such intrusive authority. I hate it. And like you said, it just doesn't make sense. LOL! I concur, good sir 😊

[@robertwarf3316]

Heh. Popcorn farts. I thought I made up that term when I was a kid

[@PatmanQC-Arcade-Documentaries]

LOL I don't recall where I heard that for the first time