Virtua Cop (1994)

Sega AM2

Arcade · PC (Microsoft Windows) · PlayStation 2 · Sega Saturn

3.43 from 169 ratings

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Players assume the role of police officers in a first-person perspective and use a light gun to shoot criminals and advance through the game, with penalties for shooting civilians. The players could also shoot powerups that grants him a weapon or a life. The weapon is lost if the player is hit, but not if he shoots a civilian. Virtua … Read more
Players assume the role of police officers in a first-person perspective and use a light gun to shoot criminals and advance through the game, with penalties for shooting civilians. The players could also shoot powerups that grants him a weapon or a life. The weapon is lost if the player is hit, but not if he shoots a civilian. Virtua Cop was notable for its use of polygonal graphics, which were subsequently used in both House of the Dead and Time Crisis, instead of the two dimensional sprites that were popular for previous games in the same genre. It is also notable for being one of the first games to allow the player to shoot through glass. Its name derived from this graphical style, which was previously used in Virtua Fighter, Virtua Striker and Virtua Racing. Read less
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Details

Developers
Sega AM2
Publishers
Sega
Genres
Shooter
Themes
Action
Series
Virtua Cop

Release dates

  • Sep 1994 (Full Release) (Japan) Arcade
  • Oct 1994 (Full Release) (Europe) Arcade
  • Nov 1994 (Full Release) (North_America) Arcade
  • Nov 15, 1995 (Full Release) (North_America) Sega Saturn
  • Nov 24, 1995 (Full Release) (Japan) Sega Saturn
  • Dec 08, 1995 (Full Release) (Europe) Sega Saturn
  • Oct 25, 1996 (Full Release) (Japan) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Nov 11, 1996 (Full Release) (North_America) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • 1997 (Full Release) (Europe) PC (Microsoft Windows)
  • Aug 15, 2002 (Full Release) (Japan) PlayStation 2
  • Q4 2002 (Full Release) (Europe) PlayStation 2

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Rating distribution

5 stars
21
4 stars
52
3 stars
76
2 stars
18
1 star
2
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Review fanofgames 5/5 · Apr 19, 2023

thrilling action game

it's hard to understand what this game is until you play it. you may think you've played it or you get what it's about. that's what i'd thought. but it's not at all like time crisis or house of the dead or mad dog mccree. virtua cop's closest neighbor is probably star fox 64, followed by virtua cop 2, and …

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it's hard to understand what this game is until you play it. you may think you've played it or you get what it's about. that's what i'd thought. but it's not at all like time crisis or house of the dead or mad dog mccree. virtua cop's closest neighbor is probably star fox 64, followed by virtua cop 2, and after that it's out in the boonies.

the more time you spend playing virtua cop, the better it gets. it is a game that respects you and wants to sharpen you. getting a virtua cop 1cc has been one of my life's great delights.

check it out. i played it with a mouse. it's fun with a mouse. i'm kind of curious what it's like with a standard controller but not curious enough to actually try it. i'd like to play it with a lightgun, but boy that's hard these days, isn't it.

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