RoboCop Versus The Terminator

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RoboCop Versus The Terminator
System(s): Sega Mega Drive, Sega Master System, Sega Game Gear
Publisher: Virgin Games
Developer:
Sound driver: GEMS
Genre: Action

















Release Date RRP Code
Sega Master System
EU 		MK-29022-50
Sega Master System
EU
(Classic) 		29022-50
Sega Master System
UK 		£34.9934.99[1]
Sega Master System
AU 		FROB07SEC
Sega Master System
BR 		028520
Sega Game Gear
US 		T-70128
Sega Game Gear
EU 		T-70128-50

RoboCop Versus The Terminator (ロボコップ ＶＳ ターミネーター) is a sidescrolling shoot 'em up that combines elements from the Terminator and RoboCop movie franchises similar to Aliens vs. Predator. The story was largely based on a comic book of the same name, though elements may have been taken from a script for a feature-length film (which was later cancelled). The SNES version has a slightly different story, a more cartoony look as well as different stage layouts and enemies.

Sega Mega-CD and NES versions of the game were planned, but cancelled.

Gameplay

The player controls RoboCop, who has re-assembled himself in the future to stop Skynet. With a variety of weapons he must defeat numerous Terminators in an attempt to save the future. There is also a fight with an ED-209 from the RoboCop series.

A is for switching weapons, two can be carried simulataneously, with the currently inactive weapon being replaced by a new one. B fires and C jumps. The game has a slow autofire function, tapping the buttons can drastically increase fire rate. There is no shot rate limited in place, the rate is controlled by the bullets on screen at the same time, so some bosses can be defeated easily by point blanking and using autofire. Certain enemies have specific weaknesses, e.g. standard Terminators are weak against the plasma rifle. The numer of onscreen bullets can become very high in later stages, with only the flame thrower (which resembles the spreadshot from the Contra series) being able to destroy certain enemy bullets.

There are also a numer of secret rooms.

The game keeps a score. but it can be cheated, e.g. by entering the bonus stage accessed from stage 2 repeatedly, which resets all enemies, items etc.


The game seems to reuse certain graphics from the Mega-CD version of The Terminator, such as the spider enemy.

Production credits

Mega Drive version

  • Programmed & Directed By: John Botti
  • Lead Animator/Art Director: Bob Stevenson
  • Lead Designer: Tim Williams
  • Background Artists: Mike Fields, Kevin Toft
  • Director of Music & FX: Tommy Tallarico
  • Music By: Mark Miller
  • Samples By: Steve Henifin
  • Computer Art Consultant: Nick Bruty
  • Assistant Designer: Noah Tool
  • Additional Animations: Robert Steele, Dean Ruggles
  • Additional Computer Art: Kevin Toft, Tom Tanaka, John Weir
  • Hostage Played By: Jose Villeta
  • Conceptual Art: Julian Moran, Brandon Humprheys, Tom Tanaka
  • Manual By: Russ Ceccola, Lisa Marcinko
  • Design Development: Parker A. Davis, Lyle J. Hall III
  • Testing and Quality Control: Mike McCaa, Erik Harshman, Paul Moore, Ken Love, Bijan Shaheer
  • Producer: Scott Duckett
  • Executive Producer: Neil Young
  • Director of Design: David Bishop
  • Vice President in Charge of Development: Dr. Stephen H. Clarke-Willson

Magazine articles

Main article: RoboCop Versus The Terminator/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

  • ES print advert

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Print advert in Sega Visions (US) #15: "October/November 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
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Print advert in VideoGames (US) #58: "November 1993" (1993-1x-xx)
also published in:
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Mega Drive print advert in Mega (UK) #1: "October 1992" (1992-09-17)
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Master System/Game Gear print advert in Computer & Video Games (UK) #144: "November 1993" (1993-10-15)
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Physical scans

Mega Drive version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
76
93 №144, p34-35[7]
88 №52, p58[8]
66 №12, p46/47
86 №42
40
66 №15, p58
91 №8, p12/13
90 №24, p52/53/54
90 №14, p62-65[9]
88 №37, p106/107/108
90 №49, p34/35/36/37
77 №26, p40/41
79 №6, p48/49[10]
Sega Mega Drive
 80
Based on
14 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
1700 igr dlya Sega (RU)
60
[11]
Alaab Alcomputtar (SA)
90
[12]
Beep! MegaDrive (JP) NTSC-J
68
[13]
Console Mania (IT)
88
[14]
Consoles + (FR)
76
[15]
Cool Gamer (RU)
70
[16]
Computer & Video Games (UK)
93
[7]
Computer + Video Giochi (IT) NTSC-U
89
[17]
Digitiser (UK) PAL
88
[18]
Electronic Games (1992-1995) (US) NTSC-U
85
[19]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
78
[20]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1 (RU)
50
[21]
Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3 (RU)
60
[22]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
88
[8]
GamesMaster (UK)
86
[23]
Gamestar (AU)
88
[24]
Hippon Super (JP) NTSC-J
30
[25]
Hyper (AU)
75
[26]
Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 2 (RU)
65
[27]
Joypad (FR) PAL
89
[28]
Mega (UK) PAL
66
[29]
Mega Action (UK) PAL
91
[30]
Mega Force (FR)
92
[31]
Mega Play (US) NTSC-U
85
[32]
MegaTech (UK) PAL
90
[33]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
90
[9]
Player One (FR)
88
[34]
Power Up! (UK)
81
[35]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
90
[36]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
77
[37]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
80
[38]
Sega Force Mega (UK) PAL
79
[10]
Sega Force (SE)
98
[39]
Sega Mega Drive Review (RU)
80
[40]
Sega Saturn Magazine (JP) NTSC-J
76
[41]
Todo Sega (ES)
94
[42]
Tricks 16 bit (RU)
67
[43]
VideoGames (US) NTSC-U
100
[44]
Sega Mega Drive
 80
Based on
38 reviews

RoboCop Versus The Terminator

Mega Drive, US
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Mega Drive, EU
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Mega Drive, JP
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Mega Drive, AU

Mega Drive, KR

Master System version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
75
87 №144, p36[1]
89
89 №15, p84/85[45]
20 №37, p152
84 №49, p90/91
Sega Master System
 74
Based on
6 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Computer & Video Games (UK) PAL
87
[1]
Joypad (FR) PAL
89
[46]
Joypad (HU)
70
[47]
Mega Force (FR)
82
[48]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
89
[45]
Megazone (AU)
67
[49]
Player One (FR)
20
[50]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
84
[51]
Sega Zone (UK) PAL
85
[52]
Todo Sega (ES)
88
[53]
Sega Master System
 76
Based on
10 reviews

RoboCop Versus The Terminator

Master System, EU
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Master System, EU (Classic Master System)
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Master System, AU
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Master System, BR
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Game Gear version

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
75
68
78 №54, p198[54]
89 №28, p114
84 №49, p90/91
Sega Game Gear
 79
Based on
5 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Computer & Video Games (UK)
90
[55]
Computer + Video Giochi (IT)
90
[56]
Electronic Gaming Monthly (US) NTSC-U
68
[57]
GamePro (US) NTSC-U
78
[54]
Joypad (FR) PAL
89
[58]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
84
[51]
Sega Game Gear
 83
Based on
6 reviews

RoboCop Versus The Terminator

Game Gear, US
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Game Gear, EU
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References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 File:CVG UK 144.pdf, page 36 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 144.pdf_p36" defined multiple times with different content
  2. ↑ File:MegaPlay US 20.pdf, page 38
  3. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 194
  4. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 118
  5. ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 6 No. 12 December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 22
  6. ↑ Sega Magazine, "January 1994" (UK; 1993-12-10), page 25
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 File:CVG UK 144.pdf, page 34 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:CVG UK 144.pdf_p34" defined multiple times with different content
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 File:GamePro US 052.pdf, page 62 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 052.pdf_p62" defined multiple times with different content
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 File:MeanMachinesSega14UK.pdf, page 62 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega14UK.pdf_p62" defined multiple times with different content
  10. ↑ 10.0 10.1 File:SegaForceMega UK 06.pdf, page 48 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:SegaForceMega UK 06.pdf_p48" defined multiple times with different content
  11. ↑ 1700 igr dlya Sega, "" (RU; 2001-xx-xx), page 193
  12. ↑ Alaab Alcomputtar, "" (SA; 1995-08-xx), page 73
  13. ↑ Beep! MegaDrive, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-05-07), page 19
  14. ↑ Console Mania, "Gennaio 1994" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 26
  15. ↑ Consoles +, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 168
  16. ↑ Cool Gamer, "9" (RU; 2002-10-13), page 175
  17. ↑ Computer + Video Giochi, "Novembre 1993" (IT; 1993-xx-xx), page 103
  18. ↑ Digitiser (UK) (1994-01-18)
  19. ↑ Electronic Games (1992-1995), "November 1993" (US; 1993-10-21), page 91
  20. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "November 1993" (US; 1993-xx-xx), page 50
  21. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 1, "" (RU; 1999-xx-xx), page 353
  22. ↑ Entsiklopediya luchshikh igr Sega. Vypusk 3, "" (RU; 2000-xx-xx), page 228
  23. ↑ GamesMaster (UK) "Series 3, episode 6" (1993-10-14, 24:00) (+6:05)
  24. ↑ Gamestar, "June 1994" (AU; 1994-xx-xx), page 74
  25. ↑ Hippon Super, "June 1994" (JP; 1994-04-30), page 63
  26. ↑ Hyper, "January 1994" (AU; 199x-xx-xx), page 53
  27. ↑ Igry Sega Luchshiye iz luchshikh. Vypusk 2, "" (RU; 2001-08-27), page 254
  28. ↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 80
  29. ↑ Mega, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 58
  30. ↑ Mega Action, "Christmas 1993" (UK; 1993-12-02), page 12
  31. ↑ Mega Force, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-12-10), page 130
  32. ↑ Mega Play, "December 1993" (US; 1993-1x-xx), page 74
  33. ↑ MegaTech, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-20), page 52
  34. ↑ Player One, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 106
  35. ↑ Power Up!, "Saturday, December 18, 1993" (UK; 1993-12-18), page 1
  36. ↑ Sega Power, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-xx), page 34
  37. ↑ Sega Pro, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-11), page 40
  38. ↑ Sega Zone, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-25), page 30
  39. ↑ Sega Force, "8/93" (SE; 1993-12-09), page 16
  40. ↑ Sega Mega Drive Review, "1" (RU; 1995-04-03), page 129
  41. ↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "September 1995" (JP; 1995-08-08), page 85
  42. ↑ Todo Sega, "Noviembre 1993" (ES; 1993-1x-xx), page 44
  43. ↑ Tricks 16 bit, "Tricks Sega Gold 800 igr" (RU; 1998-03-20), page 22
  44. ↑ VideoGames, "May 1994" (US; 1994-0x-xx), page 79
  45. ↑ 45.0 45.1 File:MeanMachinesSega15UK.pdf, page 84 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:MeanMachinesSega15UK.pdf_p84" defined multiple times with different content
  46. ↑ Joypad, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 94
  47. ↑ Joypad, "1/1994" (HU; 1994-xx-xx), page 23
  48. ↑ Mega Force, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-12-10), page 108
  49. ↑ Megazone, "October 1993" (AU; 1993-xx-xx), page 51
  50. ↑ Player One, "Décembre 1993" (FR; 1993-1x-xx), page 152
  51. ↑ 51.0 51.1 Sega Power, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-xx), page 90
  52. ↑ Sega Zone, "December 1993" (UK; 1993-11-25), page 33
  53. ↑ Todo Sega, "Enero 1994" (ES; 199x-xx-xx), page 64
  54. ↑ 54.0 54.1 File:GamePro US 054.pdf, page 204 Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; name ":File:GamePro US 054.pdf_p204" defined multiple times with different content
  55. ↑ Computer & Video Games, "November 1993" (UK; 1993-10-15), page 104
  56. ↑ Computer + Video Giochi, "Novembre 1993" (IT; 1993-xx-xx), page 74
  57. ↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1994" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 46
  58. ↑ Joypad, "Février 1994" (FR; 199x-xx-xx), page 114



RoboCop and Terminator franchise games for Sega systems
Sega Mega Drive
 The Terminator (1992) | T2: The Arcade Game (1992) | RoboCop 3 (1993) | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1993) | RoboCop Versus The Terminator (1993)
Sega Master System
 The Terminator (1992) | T2: The Arcade Game (1993) | RoboCop 3 (1993) | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1993) | RoboCop Versus The Terminator (1994)
Sega Game Gear
 The Terminator (1992) | T2: The Arcade Game (1993) | RoboCop 3 (1993) | Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1993) | RoboCop Versus The Terminator (1994)
Sega Mega-CD
 The Terminator (1993)
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