Unless you are a fan of the film or old NES games, don't expect too much from this Robocop.
Back when I first played Robocop, it had to be circa 1988, I thought the graphics were a little bland and watered down. Robocop himself looked very detailed and large, but the enemies looked liked slightly evolved video game characters from the Atari era. The only consisted of few colors and hardly any detail. The levels fared better in the detail category, but they just seemed empty to me. If you seen the movie, then you will recognize the only music playing during the game. Despite being the only tune, I still was humming it relentlessly. The sound of Robocop’s main gun is decent with its three round burst. The other guns don’t have the same quality and sound generic.
Game play is limited to shooting and moving. There aren’t any platforming elements such as jumping. You do have a selection of a few different guns, but you will be using your main gun and punching most of the time. Being that Robocop is a lumbering character in the movie, not exactly ninja swift, he moves like a tank in the game. I really don’t hold this against the game play since Robocop isn’t supposed to be agile.
Robocop grew on me for a couple reasons. One, as I stated earlier, my parents got it for me so I “forced” myself to enjoy it; two, it was one of a few games I owned for awhile, so I played the hell out of it. Robocop isn’t a terrible game by any means. It definitely lacks in key areas, but I managed to be entertained while playing it. I wouldn’t expect someone who hasn’t played it before to think much of it. If anything, Robocop was an adequate game for its time and because I played it in its heyday, I developed a sentimental attachment to it.