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Unfair as it might have been, my young self still persevered and finished it, which is a testament to how badass it was. Utterly drenched in Robocop and Terminator 80s/90s attitude. I also found it a glorious touch on the Genesis version how the hair-challenged human enemies fell apart like Emile in the first Robocop movie.
Agreed. As challenging as it could be, at least it wasn't full of cryptic level design nonsense, or progress traps. Lion King, Earthworm Jim 1 & 2 and Comix Zone being some games that come to mind. The difficulty spike was also at least kind enough to be near the end of the game. 😂 My biggest issue with this game was accidentally picking up a weapon that I didn't want and in turn losing a weapon I wanted to keep hold of. That used to drive me insane!
Up until Rogue City I always considered this the best Robocop game. At least the Genesis version for me. The first Terminator encounter where you gradually expose them from being human into pure machine was pretty cool. My only disappointment was the super spongey final boss but everything else has that gritty '80s/'90s dark aesthetic that simply looks cool. I loved that one gun where you could have the projectiles stay on screen and direct them with your movement.
Wow, that GMan took me by surprise! Nice one Mayo! As for the game, I as yourlsef, played the Genesis version and way later found out about the SNES version and I agree with you on everything. While the Genesis version is hard as balls, it controls infinitely better. I'd hope someone do a modern take on this!
Imagine being a kid in the 90s and being a fan of Terminator, Robocop (and all the action movies of that time, of course) and this fucking game comes out. It blew me away. The graphics, the music, the violence. OMG. One of the best Genesis games!!
Loved playing this in SNES. My dad brought from his trip to the US back in the 90s. Amazing experience afaik, and still remember SKTR and SKNN were passwords for the fortress and second to last levels
The Genesis version is a completely different game pretty much. I grew up with the SNES version too and is the one I prefer. So many things about the Genesis version feel rushed and unfinished. If it had the polish of the SNES version I think it would be the best one.
Used to own this game for Genesis until I recently moved and had to sell all of my video games for moving/living expenses until I found another job. I remember first seeing this game at a friends house when he had a birthday party. There was so much gore that the parents made him turn it off(even though they rented it for him). Such a classic!
This game is a lot deeper than it initially seems. I had the game and the comic book, so I knew what the plot was supposed to be. I always imagined the secret levels as entering an alternate timeline. The timeline resets a few times in the comic, as the Terminators fail and have to try again. The secret levels have new bosses, which is interesting. Then there is the secret code that makes you super fast and can jump higher. That is supposed to be the future version of Robocop with the terminator body. There is also a secret code for the unedited version, which turns the enemies into the women from the SuperNES, more blood, and if you get hit by fire you stay on fire, having to walk by a fire hydrant to put yourself out, way more difficult. The laser pistol is really effective against ED209 and the final boss, as it is just the right height to hit the weak spot without having to jump.
Also with the unedited mode, if Robo dies with his legs touching one of the girls, they'll be electrocuted and die in Sarah Connors holding the fence pose as a skeleton from T2
@@DrazenX195 Wow, you just unlocked a memory! And did I dream this, or did that mode also unlock a terminator dog-thingie enemy? Strangely enough, it only popped out once or twice in the entire game IIRC...
@@DrazenX195 Man, I could swear there was just one, but only with the unedited mode cheat (kinda makes sense they didn't bother to place more if it was going to be cut, I guess)... I'll have to replay it some of this days just to check if I misremember...
I actually have a lot of appreciation and love for the 90's style of limited continues with no saves. The game is basically saying to you, it's not enough to just beat a certain section or level ONCE. You have to learn to MASTER these levels. Find all the hidden items. Lose the fewest number of lives possible. There's a difference between beating every level one time nonconsecutively and beating every level, in a row, with the mistakes of the early levels impeding you in the later ones. There's a feeling of satisfaction that is derived from completing games like these that few modern games have come close to. Your heart will pound like crazy when you're on the final boss, knowing that death means next time you have to start all the way back at level 1.
I used to love the genesis version. The weapon variety, the speed and pace of the game play, the environments which feel like they belong in a robocop movie, and getting those boss battles with the Terminator, Caine, and ED-209
I had the Genesis version of RoboCop vs. Terminator. I was a teenager, so the bloodiness of the Genesis game drew me to that one. I was also happy to have a RoboCop game with a RoboCop sprite that actually looked good. The one like it was from the arcade game. I did beat the game, there might have been some extra lives code I used from GamePro magazine or something.
It went from being a crossover comic series made by Frank Miller. To becoming a 16-bit video game adaptation of the comic series. You also forgot that on SNES version it has that cool metallic looking box of it
Loved Frank Miller's take on time travel, it's inherently confusing as a concept so why not have fun with it and have Robocop basically kill his own timeline while still running around doing stuff because slow changes to history?
Love your RoboCop content Mayo. It's so good to see RoboCop get to shine even if for a little bit. Happy new year man can't wait to see what cool content you got for us this year.
I have never not cheated at this game! I would always enter in the different cheat combinations when pausing the game. I can’t believe you actually beat the game normally. Props!
@@underthemayo Right?It was this big black brick looking thing that you can't miss lol.I remember I was too young to be able to rent it out and I was too short because it was at the top.
ya the terminator chip plastic shell is what caught my eye for the snes version as a kid, T2 was the first R rated movie i was allowed to watch (on laserdisc) boy was it the greatest imaginable.
I played both of these extensively and they were both great, but I agree that the Genesis one was just more fun. It did lack the polish of the SNES, but damn, it was crazy. I don't remember beating the Genesis game, but I also don't remember it being unfair. It might have just been one of those games that was so much fun I didn't mind dying.
I never liked any of these 90’s run and gun/platformers. The levels are all huge, mazelike and a slog to get through. Since the designers always wanted to show off the new 16 bit graphics, they made the characters bigger- mostly by zooming your view in. So your ability to even SEE the level is significantly diminished compared to say, the NES Mega Man games. They’re terrible and I hated them all, uniformly. Glad you had fun, Mayo.
Thank you for this. My favorite Sega Genesis game and possibly my favorite game of all time. I have a photo of me standing next to the wall poster which came with the Genesis version of this game. THIS is the game I think of first when I think of the Genesis. Such a hidden gem title.
I had a turbo controller at the time when I had this game and funnily the turbo controller toggle would trivialize the game difficulty. The pistol would fire as fast as the ED-209 gun while the ED-209 gun would fire slower than the pistol. The high angle robocall holds it at also was chin height of Skynet so you didn’t need to jump to do damage. Just hold down the fire button with turbo on. The result was an absolute stomp if you kept the pistol.
Even after all these years I still think of the Megadrive port. The music just sticks with ya, you know? That and the gore. That wonderful, over the top, albeit gratifying gore... It's really weird how the SNES port turned out so different. If only these two games had their pros combined, we'd have quite a spectacular installment.
I only played the SNES version back in the day, and never did manage to finish it. Regardless, this was always a game I held in high regard. It's nice to see somebody else giving it some props.
Ayyy it's Gman! XD Also this is such a banger of a game. Dad and me would take turns playing it as a kid, beat it so many times. Thanks to the secret lives room and multiple cheat codes built into the game.
The red laser makes the final boss a lot easier. It fires faster to help you deal with all the stuff thrown up at the screen. I used it more than plasma rifle to take out final boss years ago.
I remember playing this non stop as a kid and if I remember correctly the large gun that fired a storm of bullets that looks like a swarm was the key to beating the final boss which took forever lol
I have a question buddy. I played the game fron nearly 20 years and for some reason if you use any cheats there is two level that will full darkness except for the laser shots and Skynet's head (final boss). Is the Genesesis Version. That happen to you?
Fantastic video - thanks. RoboCop Vs Terminator holds a special place for me as it was one of my two first ever games (the other being Street Fighter II Turbo) on the SNES. My favourite of the two versions is the SNES one, though I agree that it would have been a perfect game if the best features of both were combined. Important to note that in the SNES version, there was a '3D' level which at the time seemed very advanced.
One trick I did was enter the secret stage in the second level and got the ED 209 gun early, and then repeat the process to spam extra lives. I finally beat the game like 10 years ago and was so happy. Frustrating at times but fun game.
For me the best weapon was the ED-209 arm hands down, it just MELTS bosses, even Skynet becomes a joke! (if you manage to hold onto it until then, that is). Plasma may have more raw damage, but ED's fire rate is downright broken. Owned and played it a lot as a kid (I was able to finish it! Not that it was easy), and never ran into that non-dying bosses bug you mention, though. Maybe my euro version had some patching, who knows. And, by the way, it's worth mentioning that there are several cheat codes, with one of them actually unlocking cut content (!!), like punk ladies on the first levels like on Snes (with their corresponding gory deaths, maybe the reason it was cut). Great video for a great game!
I feel that neither should have Murphy be able to jump because he never did jump. His lack of jumping should have been given as a game mechanic and force players to find ways to get Murphy around with no jumping.
Thats not gonna work for a 2d 90s game. It works for the new game Rogue City since they can be more realistic. But even there they have an unlockable dash because it's a video game.
I haven't beaten it yet but this is my favorite version of the game. Second to the Genesis version is the Game Boy version. In that game Robocops fun actually ejects tiny shells every time you fire your gun. Talk about insanely accurate attention to detail but that's as far as it goes lol
the final boss is pretty easy with the homing missile launcher btw, just stand at the other end of the screen, and keep firing, they will take out the drones, and all you need to focus on is dodging the bullets.
Never played it but I remember it slightly, and more so the conversations we all had as boys about this or that character in a crossover or versus situation. Eventually aside from this game, there were the occasional comic books abotu some stuff, but nothing beat the Aliens vs Predator comics by Dark Horse. And of course they were made into films eventually. I also am reminded of the one time Superman vs Aliens happened, and I had that book. ( or at least the first big big of like 50 pages). Freddie vs Jason became a thing in the movies, and aside from other random crossovers in games or elsewhere, and the most famous crossover of those days of Marvel Vs DC/ Dc vs Marvel in the comics, there still hasnt been all that much in terms of BIG crossovers, even in tv. Yah I remember that time in the flash a buncha the tv dc characters "crossdover" but whatever lol. Oh and I recall the Batman vs Spawn comics ^
I remember how, for weeks, me and my buddy rushed to my house after school to play this game, every day getting a bit further, until one day we finally reached the final boss...and lost. I dont know what effect that had on us, but we gave up and never played the game again, however, I have nothing but fun memories about this game. And just like with every single game available for both the Genesis and the SNES, despite the gigantic technical difference between consoles, Genesis would always come on top...just like your mother when-nah, forget it.
The final boss is horribly demoralizing yes. But the fun he creates is the mastery of the levels before him so you have the lives to deal with him. Kinda interesting.
I fondly remember this game and beating it multiple times back in the day. I had the SNES and I did like that version better. I also remember the pistal in the snes getting and keeping a upgrade when you get to the future instead of losing it like you did in the past.
To be honest, I never played this game back in my childhood. I played only Robocop based games, but not this crossover. I only knew about it from my friends and from the book with guides that I had and that's it. But I just could not find it anywhere to buy it back then. So yeah, I only played Robocop 2 and 3 on NES and Robocop 3 on Sega Mega Drive. And very later I played that unfinished crappy on FPS Robocop game from 2003 or so on PC that I liked for he most part. But at that point I already played Robocop vs Terminator but I never beat it because these days I don't have enough patience to do so. Like, when I'm starting to play some retro game, I play it for 30 or 40 minutes and then my interest in it just goes away and I just ended up playing something more modern on PC. Some retro FPS games or something like that. Also, you need to check out NES version of Robocop vs Terminator the ROM of which was released few years ago in to internet. It was never released officially back in the days but it is playable.
One of the things I like from the SNES one is the footsteps. It´s a tiny detail, but it makes a difference to me. As for the story, as far as I know the Genesis one didn´t have the rights for the comic. I don´t know how these legal stuff goes, but they had the rights of Robo and Terminator and had to come with a basic outline that didn´t follow the comic as the SNES does. I had to use some cheats to finished both versions. They´re really difficult. And some days ago a PC fan made game was released, RoboCop VS. Predator. It´s a nice, short Game Boy looking game with a story that makes zero sense. But it´s cute to have more RoboCop stuff to play with.
Of all the SNES/Genesis shared games, this is one of the few that is better on Sega than its counter system. Oddly too, it runs more smoothly, has better sound, everything. I don't know if the SNES developers just didn't put in the same effort, but as with MK, the Genesis version always felt better, even though SNES was technically a superior system. Love the game though, one of the best on Sega and just have the love the concept of Robocop v. Terminator.
I played this game for the first time in early December 2023 (Genesis version). After 3 days, I was able to beat it with over 20 lives to spare. It’s not hard once you learn it. Fantastic game though.
Funny that I love the Genesis version due the arcade and gore feel, and Snes due the comic book adaptation story on intermissions. I also like the BGM and FX from Snes a very lot.
Great game, great review. One of the most chalennging side-scrollers in my childhood was the Turok Evolution for GBA. The music was eargasmic, every weapon has a cool alternative version and the shotgun. Oh God, that shotgun. It just obliterate every-damn-thing in a glorious, humongous "half of the screen" blast. And blood! If a human enemy exploded, it was in a fountain of blood, kinda like the "sploosh" effect from anime-style samurai fighting. But it was hard. Way less harder than Robocop versus Terminator, but TE was my arch-enemy kind of jam. By the way. If you like the sidescrollers and DMC, is there a chance to someday see your review on the first Shank? That game is a Tarantino comic style combofest and still a blast to play, even if the bosses is a little gimmicky.
Also don't feel bad about save states. That is the only reason I ever beat Super Ghouls and Ghosts. Used the save states on the SNES classic that they released.
i played the hell outta this game as a kid. I discovered so many secret levels. When i watch the play throughs on youtube i notice that they dont know about those secret stages.
If I remember correctly, the SNES version was harder because when you died you actually had to start again from a checkpoint? Whereas the Genesis version you respawned on the spot. Probably the reason why there was no I-frames on the genesis version.
Now this right here is my childhood..hoping Teyon now having the rights to both, give us a new Robocop VS Terminator game...and let us pick up ED 209's gun! 😂 Also omg, that Gmanlives cameo, I wondered what accent you were butchering for a moment. 😂😂😂
I could never complete this game without using the 99 lives and weapon selection cheat: pause game and tap A,C,A,B,A,B,B (yes I still remember that cheat input after all these years)
They Should've Took It To The Next Level And Had Arnold Schwarzenegger Star As RoboCop Back In The 90s,That Way RoboCop vs The Terminator Would Make Absolutely Perfect Sense 💯🎯
You're welcome to your taste, but I prefer the SNES one for all the reasons that you don't. I like that it's slower paced with clunkier movement, that feels way more like Robocop to me than the Genesis, which aimed to emulate a run and gun style of game like contra or gun star heroes, but it pales next to the giants of that genre and I'd rather just play the classics. SNES RvT is a thinking man's platformer, you have to plan out your movement and attacks to overcome the greater difficulty, and to me it's the far more rewarding gameplay experience. The Genesis one had to add all the bullshit deaths and traps to make up for overall easier combat and movement, and I find the SNES one far better balanced. But to each his own.
I remember seeing an ad contest on tv to win the genesis game and I asked my mom if I could get it and she said no. Tbf, I was only six years old at the time. Got around to playing it years later and although the SNES version isn't my cup of tea gameplay wise, I really enjoyed the genesis version.
I only ever made it to the first future stage as a kid. I’d love to try this game again as an adult. I too, never owned the game, but rented the shit out of it for my Genesis.
Whoa, the surprise cameo from the Gman was great! Totally unexpected but no less appreciated.........like ya mum. Eh, I suck at this shit for real, that's what it actually looks like lol. But yeah, awesome vid! Appreciate you covering this one, these games were such bullshit on the old consoles back in the day. I grew up with the first Robocop game on NES and man, what a bunch of bullshit. It had some cool ideas for the time I guess, but cool ideas does not always a good game make. Unless I just sucked at it, that's also possible. I'd say using save states is the way to play a lot of these old games because it's war out there bro, they wanna be insanely difficult then we even the odds in whatever way works because options to do so are plentiful these days!
@@underthemayo "Robocop like you've never seen him before....slow, lumbering, and completely harmless!" I feel like that's a good tagline for the game they really should have used back in the day haha. Nah, I owned it growing up so I got love for it. Maybe one day you can give it the Mayo treatment, now that would be the shit.
With both Terminator: Resistance and Robocop: Rogue City under one developers belt, I wonder if we'll get another Robocop vs. The Terminator in the future?
I hooked up the game genie and would blast on my piecemeal surround system Fight - War of Words in my room! My Parents thought there was something wrong…
Honestly, just having the player respawn when they lose a life would make the SNES version so much better. I wonder if someone could do a rom hack of it? 🤔
I Always used the extra violence and loads of lives cheats when playing this as a kid love this game always wished they had made a port of the arcade game back in the day too
I've played through both versions of this game multiple times, but I only just now realized that the Cobra Assault Cannon isn't a weapon Robocop can use in either of them. Now I'm wondering just how often it, or a stand in, shows up as a usable weapon in Robocop games.
@@underthemayo I know, it's just even tho we saw Murphy use it in the first film, short as that may have been, I'm just surprised it does not show up as something the player can use more often. It'd be a cool mid to late game weapon.
I never knew about that secret stage on the first level and I don't remember if I had found any other secret stages but I sure as hell beat this game when I was a kid. Wonder how I'll fair if I try this game now.
This was my goto game for my Modded Sega Nomad with a modern LCD Screen and lithium battery pack. This game is just great to pickup and go. I loved how you can steer the grenades after you shoot them. I've tried the SNES Version and it's not even fun with is clunky ass controls and movement of Robocop is so sluggish and jerky with the extra walk animation he has on it. The Genny version has super tight controls and beautiful gory graphics. Some games are certainly better on SNES than Genny but Blast Processing crushes SNES with Robocop vs Terminator!
I beat the last boss with pistols... I was using a game genie for infinite health, but it took an ungodly long two hours just shooting constantly. You really will not stand a chance with the pistol.
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early contender for vid of the year
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@@southendbusker7534thanks! Just wait for the 2014 remake. It may be my best script.
The cameo was hilarious
I herd a rumor that rougue city's dlc is gonna be robocop vs terminator related. Thoughts??
Unfair as it might have been, my young self still persevered and finished it, which is a testament to how badass it was. Utterly drenched in Robocop and Terminator 80s/90s attitude. I also found it a glorious touch on the Genesis version how the hair-challenged human enemies fell apart like Emile in the first Robocop movie.
Lol hair challenged
Agreed. As challenging as it could be, at least it wasn't full of cryptic level design nonsense, or progress traps. Lion King, Earthworm Jim 1 & 2 and Comix Zone being some games that come to mind. The difficulty spike was also at least kind enough to be near the end of the game. 😂
My biggest issue with this game was accidentally picking up a weapon that I didn't want and in turn losing a weapon I wanted to keep hold of. That used to drive me insane!
Funny we could do this at 15 but not 45😅
Same here the sky-net head boss was easy when your reach it
@Alpha-ho2eq naw for reals even trying to beat MK1-MK2 now is impossible compared to being a kid and winning
Up until Rogue City I always considered this the best Robocop game. At least the Genesis version for me. The first Terminator encounter where you gradually expose them from being human into pure machine was pretty cool. My only disappointment was the super spongey final boss but everything else has that gritty '80s/'90s dark aesthetic that simply looks cool. I loved that one gun where you could have the projectiles stay on screen and direct them with your movement.
"No in-game context is given on the condition of Detroit..."
Exactly. Drug dealers, Criminals, etc. :)
the Gman cameo got me.
Wow, that GMan took me by surprise! Nice one Mayo!
As for the game, I as yourlsef, played the Genesis version and way later found out about the SNES version and I agree with you on everything.
While the Genesis version is hard as balls, it controls infinitely better.
I'd hope someone do a modern take on this!
Mindless 90s violence , full finished game on release, perfect, wish developers could take note nowadays, not sure what they played growing up.
Imagine being a kid in the 90s and being a fan of Terminator, Robocop (and all the action movies of that time, of course) and this fucking game comes out. It blew me away. The graphics, the music, the violence. OMG. One of the best Genesis games!!
Loved playing this in SNES. My dad brought from his trip to the US back in the 90s. Amazing experience afaik, and still remember SKTR and SKNN were passwords for the fortress and second to last levels
The Genesis version is a completely different game pretty much. I grew up with the SNES version too and is the one I prefer. So many things about the Genesis version feel rushed and unfinished. If it had the polish of the SNES version I think it would be the best one.
@@gamble777888 yeahh... the blood for instance, what was shown here do has a closer feel to the movies.
Used to own this game for Genesis until I recently moved and had to sell all of my video games for moving/living expenses until I found another job. I remember first seeing this game at a friends house when he had a birthday party. There was so much gore that the parents made him turn it off(even though they rented it for him). Such a classic!
Lmao - Loved the G-Man cameo. Good stuff as always Mayo
When I was a kid I preferred Aliens Vs. Predator the arcade game but this was fun as well.
This game is a lot deeper than it initially seems. I had the game and the comic book, so I knew what the plot was supposed to be. I always imagined the secret levels as entering an alternate timeline. The timeline resets a few times in the comic, as the Terminators fail and have to try again. The secret levels have new bosses, which is interesting. Then there is the secret code that makes you super fast and can jump higher. That is supposed to be the future version of Robocop with the terminator body. There is also a secret code for the unedited version, which turns the enemies into the women from the SuperNES, more blood, and if you get hit by fire you stay on fire, having to walk by a fire hydrant to put yourself out, way more difficult. The laser pistol is really effective against ED209 and the final boss, as it is just the right height to hit the weak spot without having to jump.
Also with the unedited mode, if Robo dies with his legs touching one of the girls, they'll be electrocuted and die in Sarah Connors holding the fence pose as a skeleton from T2
@@DrazenX195 Wow, you just unlocked a memory! And did I dream this, or did that mode also unlock a terminator dog-thingie enemy? Strangely enough, it only popped out once or twice in the entire game IIRC...
@@Badolo not in the genesis version but there was a terminator dog in the SNES version.
@@DrazenX195 Man, I could swear there was just one, but only with the unedited mode cheat (kinda makes sense they didn't bother to place more if it was going to be cut, I guess)... I'll have to replay it some of this days just to check if I misremember...
@@Badolo I'm sick with covid, I could go ahead and check after I finish eating.
I actually have a lot of appreciation and love for the 90's style of limited continues with no saves. The game is basically saying to you, it's not enough to just beat a certain section or level ONCE. You have to learn to MASTER these levels. Find all the hidden items. Lose the fewest number of lives possible.
There's a difference between beating every level one time nonconsecutively and beating every level, in a row, with the mistakes of the early levels impeding you in the later ones. There's a feeling of satisfaction that is derived from completing games like these that few modern games have come close to. Your heart will pound like crazy when you're on the final boss, knowing that death means next time you have to start all the way back at level 1.
Yeah and they aren't 20 hours long, they're 1 hour. So going again isn't a big deal.
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I agree, but try to tell that to zoomers who think old games are unfair and "haven't aged well".
@@abstractdaddy1384 well there are no epic and legendary loot drops so maybe they have a point
Shumps were the last holdout of that classic design and even they caved, Ginga Force doesn't even have an "arcade mode", just chapters.
@@abstractdaddy1384 I still remember all the "Whaaaa! Whaaaa! Sekiro should have an easy mode!" whinning from a few years ago. Geez.
I used to love the genesis version. The weapon variety, the speed and pace of the game play, the environments which feel like they belong in a robocop movie, and getting those boss battles with the Terminator, Caine, and ED-209
The story in this was better than every terminator film after T2.
I had the Genesis version of RoboCop vs. Terminator. I was a teenager, so the bloodiness of the Genesis game drew me to that one. I was also happy to have a RoboCop game with a RoboCop sprite that actually looked good. The one like it was from the arcade game. I did beat the game, there might have been some extra lives code I used from GamePro magazine or something.
It went from being a crossover comic series made by Frank Miller. To becoming a 16-bit video game adaptation of the comic series. You also forgot that on SNES version it has that cool metallic looking box of it
Loved Frank Miller's take on time travel, it's inherently confusing as a concept so why not have fun with it and have Robocop basically kill his own timeline while still running around doing stuff because slow changes to history?
Love your RoboCop content Mayo. It's so good to see RoboCop get to shine even if for a little bit. Happy new year man can't wait to see what cool content you got for us this year.
Using a turbo button with the default pistol turns it into a literal gatling gun that beats ED-209's rate of fire.
Ol' Painless is waiting...
I have never not cheated at this game! I would always enter in the different cheat combinations when pausing the game. I can’t believe you actually beat the game normally. Props!
I remember how the Snes box stand so much out in the rental store.What a great piece of marketing.
I should have mentioned the box art in the video.
@@underthemayo Right?It was this big black brick looking thing that you can't miss lol.I remember I was too young to be able to rent it out and I was too short because it was at the top.
ya the terminator chip plastic shell is what caught my eye for the snes version as a kid, T2 was the first R rated movie i was allowed to watch (on laserdisc) boy was it the greatest imaginable.
I played both of these extensively and they were both great, but I agree that the Genesis one was just more fun. It did lack the polish of the SNES, but damn, it was crazy. I don't remember beating the Genesis game, but I also don't remember it being unfair. It might have just been one of those games that was so much fun I didn't mind dying.
I am REALLY into the fact that this channel turned into *Alien Theory* but for RoboCop. It’s just great!
I vividly remembering beating that final T-800 head with minutes to spare before having to return the game back to Blockbuster
I never liked any of these 90’s run and gun/platformers. The levels are all huge, mazelike and a slog to get through. Since the designers always wanted to show off the new 16 bit graphics, they made the characters bigger- mostly by zooming your view in. So your ability to even SEE the level is significantly diminished compared to say, the NES Mega Man games. They’re terrible and I hated them all, uniformly. Glad you had fun, Mayo.
that gman jumpscare was so scary 😭
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Thank you for this. My favorite Sega Genesis game and possibly my favorite game of all time. I have a photo of me standing next to the wall poster which came with the Genesis version of this game. THIS is the game I think of first when I think of the Genesis. Such a hidden gem title.
I honestly would like more of these.
I had a turbo controller at the time when I had this game and funnily the turbo controller toggle would trivialize the game difficulty. The pistol would fire as fast as the ED-209 gun while the ED-209 gun would fire slower than the pistol. The high angle robocall holds it at also was chin height of Skynet so you didn’t need to jump to do damage. Just hold down the fire button with turbo on. The result was an absolute stomp if you kept the pistol.
Even after all these years I still think of the Megadrive port. The music just sticks with ya, you know? That and the gore. That wonderful, over the top, albeit gratifying gore...
It's really weird how the SNES port turned out so different. If only these two games had their pros combined, we'd have quite a spectacular installment.
I only played the SNES version back in the day, and never did manage to finish it. Regardless, this was always a game I held in high regard. It's nice to see somebody else giving it some props.
Ayyy it's Gman! XD
Also this is such a banger of a game. Dad and me would take turns playing it as a kid, beat it so many times. Thanks to the secret lives room and multiple cheat codes built into the game.
Heh, my dad loved this game too!
The red laser makes the final boss a lot easier. It fires faster to help you deal with all the stuff thrown up at the screen. I used it more than plasma rifle to take out final boss years ago.
I actually prefer playing this over the new RoboCop game. It's slow with too much RPG BS
I remember playing this non stop as a kid and if I remember correctly the large gun that fired a storm of bullets that looks like a swarm was the key to beating the final boss which took forever lol
I definitely got the Genesis version when it came out and put the extra violence code
It took awhile but I did beat the game way back when
I have a question buddy. I played the game fron nearly 20 years and for some reason if you use any cheats there is two level that will full darkness except for the laser shots and Skynet's head (final boss). Is the Genesesis Version.
That happen to you?
I couldn’t tell ya on that, doesn't ring a bell….haven’t played the whole game since the late 90’s
Fantastic video - thanks. RoboCop Vs Terminator holds a special place for me as it was one of my two first ever games (the other being Street Fighter II Turbo) on the SNES. My favourite of the two versions is the SNES one, though I agree that it would have been a perfect game if the best features of both were combined. Important to note that in the SNES version, there was a '3D' level which at the time seemed very advanced.
11:05 woh woh, that's not just a long barrelled gun - it's a cobra gun - state of the art bang bang.
I know it's supposed to be. But it fires just like the other guns so I won't dignify it with that name.
One trick I did was enter the secret stage in the second level and got the ED 209 gun early, and then repeat the process to spam extra lives. I finally beat the game like 10 years ago and was so happy. Frustrating at times but fun game.
Robocop vs Terminatior was the game i got with Sega Genesis for Christmas as a kid. This and Sonic the Hedgehog 2.
For me the best weapon was the ED-209 arm hands down, it just MELTS bosses, even Skynet becomes a joke! (if you manage to hold onto it until then, that is). Plasma may have more raw damage, but ED's fire rate is downright broken.
Owned and played it a lot as a kid (I was able to finish it! Not that it was easy), and never ran into that non-dying bosses bug you mention, though. Maybe my euro version had some patching, who knows. And, by the way, it's worth mentioning that there are several cheat codes, with one of them actually unlocking cut content (!!), like punk ladies on the first levels like on Snes (with their corresponding gory deaths, maybe the reason it was cut).
Great video for a great game!
I feel that neither should have Murphy be able to jump because he never did jump. His lack of jumping should have been given as a game mechanic and force players to find ways to get Murphy around with no jumping.
Thats not gonna work for a 2d 90s game. It works for the new game Rogue City since they can be more realistic. But even there they have an unlockable dash because it's a video game.
I haven't beaten it yet but this is my favorite version of the game. Second to the Genesis version is the Game Boy version. In that game Robocops fun actually ejects tiny shells every time you fire your gun. Talk about insanely accurate attention to detail but that's as far as it goes lol
I played this alot when i was younger. I liked that every level had a secret section.
Well this came out of nowhere. I wouldn't expect anyone to still talk about this game. I loved it when I was a kid.
the final boss is pretty easy with the homing missile launcher btw, just stand at the other end of the screen, and keep firing, they will take out the drones, and all you need to focus on is dodging the bullets.
Never played it but I remember it slightly, and more so the conversations we all had as boys about this or that character in a crossover or versus situation. Eventually aside from this game, there were the occasional comic books abotu some stuff, but nothing beat the Aliens vs Predator comics by Dark Horse. And of course they were made into films eventually. I also am reminded of the one time Superman vs Aliens happened, and I had that book. ( or at least the first big big of like 50 pages). Freddie vs Jason became a thing in the movies, and aside from other random crossovers in games or elsewhere, and the most famous crossover of those days of Marvel Vs DC/ Dc vs Marvel in the comics, there still hasnt been all that much in terms of BIG crossovers, even in tv. Yah I remember that time in the flash a buncha the tv dc characters "crossdover" but whatever lol. Oh and I recall the Batman vs Spawn comics ^
15:56 - [visible confusion]
16:07 - [visible surprise]
I remember how, for weeks, me and my buddy rushed to my house after school to play this game, every day getting a bit further, until one day we finally reached the final boss...and lost.
I dont know what effect that had on us, but we gave up and never played the game again, however, I have nothing but fun memories about this game.
And just like with every single game available for both the Genesis and the SNES, despite the gigantic technical difference between consoles, Genesis would always come on top...just like your mother when-nah, forget it.
The final boss is horribly demoralizing yes. But the fun he creates is the mastery of the levels before him so you have the lives to deal with him. Kinda interesting.
I still have the game and the cartridge with box. super fond memories of this game still.
I fondly remember this game and beating it multiple times back in the day. I had the SNES and I did like that version better. I also remember the pistal in the snes getting and keeping a upgrade when you get to the future instead of losing it like you did in the past.
8:12 he backed out of that one like Rio.😂
To be honest, I never played this game back in my childhood. I played only Robocop based games, but not this crossover. I only knew about it from my friends and from the book with guides that I had and that's it. But I just could not find it anywhere to buy it back then. So yeah, I only played Robocop 2 and 3 on NES and Robocop 3 on Sega Mega Drive. And very later I played that unfinished crappy on FPS Robocop game from 2003 or so on PC that I liked for he most part. But at that point I already played Robocop vs Terminator but I never beat it because these days I don't have enough patience to do so. Like, when I'm starting to play some retro game, I play it for 30 or 40 minutes and then my interest in it just goes away and I just ended up playing something more modern on PC. Some retro FPS games or something like that.
Also, you need to check out NES version of Robocop vs Terminator the ROM of which was released few years ago in to internet. It was never released officially back in the days but it is playable.
One of the things I like from the SNES one is the footsteps. It´s a tiny detail, but it makes a difference to me. As for the story, as far as I know the Genesis one didn´t have the rights for the comic. I don´t know how these legal stuff goes, but they had the rights of Robo and Terminator and had to come with a basic outline that didn´t follow the comic as the SNES does.
I had to use some cheats to finished both versions. They´re really difficult.
And some days ago a PC fan made game was released, RoboCop VS. Predator. It´s a nice, short Game Boy looking game with a story that makes zero sense. But it´s cute to have more RoboCop stuff to play with.
Of all the SNES/Genesis shared games, this is one of the few that is better on Sega than its counter system. Oddly too, it runs more smoothly, has better sound, everything. I don't know if the SNES developers just didn't put in the same effort, but as with MK, the Genesis version always felt better, even though SNES was technically a superior system. Love the game though, one of the best on Sega and just have the love the concept of Robocop v. Terminator.
Lmao That Moonwalker reference got me!
I'd live to see a romhack that puts some of the cooler elements of the SNES game into the Genesis game. The comic panels, the smarter enemies, etc.
I played this game for the first time in early December 2023 (Genesis version). After 3 days, I was able to beat it with over 20 lives to spare. It’s not hard once you learn it. Fantastic game though.
I used to fill the screen with those slow moving grenades that moved in the direction you were facing...
Funny that I love the Genesis version due the arcade and gore feel, and Snes due the comic book adaptation story on intermissions. I also like the BGM and FX from Snes a very lot.
Great game, great review.
One of the most chalennging side-scrollers in my childhood was the Turok Evolution for GBA. The music was eargasmic, every weapon has a cool alternative version and the shotgun. Oh God, that shotgun. It just obliterate every-damn-thing in a glorious, humongous "half of the screen" blast. And blood! If a human enemy exploded, it was in a fountain of blood, kinda like the "sploosh" effect from anime-style samurai fighting. But it was hard. Way less harder than Robocop versus Terminator, but TE was my arch-enemy kind of jam.
By the way. If you like the sidescrollers and DMC, is there a chance to someday see your review on the first Shank? That game is a Tarantino comic style combofest and still a blast to play, even if the bosses is a little gimmicky.
Also don't feel bad about save states. That is the only reason I ever beat Super Ghouls and Ghosts. Used the save states on the SNES classic that they released.
08:11 I was like " is he going to say it ?! " 🤣
Gotta have that dramatic pause.
i played the hell outta this game as a kid. I discovered so many secret levels. When i watch the play throughs on youtube i notice that they dont know about those secret stages.
A mayo's video about old games? More of these please!!
If I remember correctly, the SNES version was harder because when you died you actually had to start again from a checkpoint? Whereas the Genesis version you respawned on the spot. Probably the reason why there was no I-frames on the genesis version.
Now this right here is my childhood..hoping Teyon now having the rights to both, give us a new Robocop VS Terminator game...and let us pick up ED 209's gun! 😂
Also omg, that Gmanlives cameo, I wondered what accent you were butchering for a moment. 😂😂😂
Happy New Year Mayo. Loved the video
Wasn't ready for the Gman cameo, nice
I could never complete this game without using the 99 lives and weapon selection cheat: pause game and tap A,C,A,B,A,B,B (yes I still remember that cheat input after all these years)
the green tank is in the background in robocop 2 if I remember right, in the ocp lobby
That's just what Detroit looks like all the time
I remember being really young playing this on Sega Genesis.
They Should've Took It To The Next Level And Had Arnold Schwarzenegger Star As RoboCop Back In The 90s,That Way RoboCop vs The Terminator Would Make Absolutely Perfect Sense 💯🎯
You're welcome to your taste, but I prefer the SNES one for all the reasons that you don't. I like that it's slower paced with clunkier movement, that feels way more like Robocop to me than the Genesis, which aimed to emulate a run and gun style of game like contra or gun star heroes, but it pales next to the giants of that genre and I'd rather just play the classics. SNES RvT is a thinking man's platformer, you have to plan out your movement and attacks to overcome the greater difficulty, and to me it's the far more rewarding gameplay experience. The Genesis one had to add all the bullshit deaths and traps to make up for overall easier combat and movement, and I find the SNES one far better balanced. But to each his own.
I remember seeing an ad contest on tv to win the genesis game and I asked my mom if I could get it and she said no. Tbf, I was only six years old at the time. Got around to playing it years later and although the SNES version isn't my cup of tea gameplay wise, I really enjoyed the genesis version.
Hoping Teyon make a reimagining of this. If they have the licenses for it it would make total sense
I only ever made it to the first future stage as a kid. I’d love to try this game again as an adult. I too, never owned the game, but rented the shit out of it for my Genesis.
Whoa, the surprise cameo from the Gman was great! Totally unexpected but no less appreciated.........like ya mum.
Eh, I suck at this shit for real, that's what it actually looks like lol. But yeah, awesome vid! Appreciate you covering this one, these games were such bullshit on the old consoles back in the day. I grew up with the first Robocop game on NES and man, what a bunch of bullshit. It had some cool ideas for the time I guess, but cool ideas does not always a good game make. Unless I just sucked at it, that's also possible. I'd say using save states is the way to play a lot of these old games because it's war out there bro, they wanna be insanely difficult then we even the odds in whatever way works because options to do so are plentiful these days!
I wanna go back to Robo on NES
@@underthemayo "Robocop like you've never seen him before....slow, lumbering, and completely harmless!" I feel like that's a good tagline for the game they really should have used back in the day haha.
Nah, I owned it growing up so I got love for it. Maybe one day you can give it the Mayo treatment, now that would be the shit.
Would love to see the NES version covered!!
With both Terminator: Resistance and Robocop: Rogue City under one developers belt, I wonder if we'll get another Robocop vs. The Terminator in the future?
I hooked up the game genie and would blast on my piecemeal surround system Fight - War of Words in my room!
My Parents thought there was something wrong…
Honestly, just having the player respawn when they lose a life would make the SNES version so much better. I wonder if someone could do a rom hack of it? 🤔
It's a great game and it filled the hole after the Data East Robocop Arcade never got a 16 bit home conversion.
Goated Gman collab
This game was my childhood, but I never got passed maybe...level 2?
Btw left a sub! This video brought back so many memories of this game. You are one of the true gamers. Game on!
7:45 yeah, it’s Detroit. What further exposition were you needing?
Fun fact. There is a cheat code for the genesis version. it also unlocks female enemies.
I Always used the extra violence and loads of lives cheats when playing this as a kid love this game always wished they had made a port of the arcade game back in the day too
The way your channel has pivoted inspires me to pursue my own dreams. You’re really cool.
I just cover what I enjoy covering!
I've played through both versions of this game multiple times, but I only just now realized that the Cobra Assault Cannon isn't a weapon Robocop can use in either of them. Now I'm wondering just how often it, or a stand in, shows up as a usable weapon in Robocop games.
It looks like the rifle holding guys in the street level are holding cobra cannons.
@@underthemayo I know, it's just even tho we saw Murphy use it in the first film, short as that may have been, I'm just surprised it does not show up as something the player can use more often. It'd be a cool mid to late game weapon.
I never knew about that secret stage on the first level and I don't remember if I had found any other secret stages but I sure as hell beat this game when I was a kid. Wonder how I'll fair if I try this game now.
The Predator vs Terminator would have been a much better premise for a game.
This was my goto game for my Modded Sega Nomad with a modern LCD Screen and lithium battery pack. This game is just great to pickup and go. I loved how you can steer the grenades after you shoot them. I've tried the SNES Version and it's not even fun with is clunky ass controls and movement of Robocop is so sluggish and jerky with the extra walk animation he has on it. The Genny version has super tight controls and beautiful gory graphics. Some games are certainly better on SNES than Genny but Blast Processing crushes SNES with Robocop vs Terminator!
Wdym killing a terminator doesn't give you 800 points?!
I beat the last boss with pistols... I was using a game genie for infinite health, but it took an ungodly long two hours just shooting constantly. You really will not stand a chance with the pistol.
I use to own this game as a kid it was 1 of my favorites also THE PUNISHER
Loving your robocop content Mayo! This is great, have you tried out Huntdown? Controls are a bit weird, but it's decent fun :D