- Techno Cop
Infobox VG
title = Techno Cop
developer = Tony Porter, Gary Priest, Jon Harrison, Kevin Bulmer, Benn Daglish
publisher =Gremlin Graphics
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designer =
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released = 1988
genre =Run and gun
modes = Single player
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platforms =ZX Spectrum ,Commodore 64 ,Amstrad CPC ,Commodore Amiga ,Atari ST ,Sega Mega Drive/Sega Genesis
media = Cassette,floppy disk , cartridge
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followed by ="Techno Cop" is a
video game released in 1988 for theZX Spectrum ,Commodore 64 ,Amstrad CPC ,Commodore Amiga , andAtari ST . It was subsequently ported to the Mega Drive/Genesis in 1990. The gameplay combines pseudo-3d driving in the graphical style of "Outrun " with side-scrolling action as the player controls a police officer driving to and then moved through various seedy locations in a one-man war against crime. The game was the first game on the Genesis to have a warning label due to its violent content.The game was largely panned by video game critics for its simplistic graphics, sound, and the fact that many of the levels looked too similar.
toryline
In the single-player
side-scrolling game you play a cop in a seedy futuristic urban city. Armed with a pistol you have to kill various thugs, before the timer runs out. While the game has several levels, the background in the game does not change that often."Techno Cop" was one of the first games made for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis from a third party developer and was part of an attempt by
Razorsoft to test what sort of content would Sega allow on a game made for one of its systems.Violent Content
"Techno Cop" was allowed to have blood in it, provided that it had a parental advisory label on the game's box. The violent content was when a police officer shot a criminal, with the criminal being blown apart. However, when Razorsoft tried to translate "
Stormlord ", another one of its computer games, they were required to replace partial female nudity with partial - if provocative - attire.External links
*WoS game|id=0005163
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