Virtua Cop (1994)

Sega AM2

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

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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 … 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 more

Details

Developers
Sega AM2
Publishers
Sega
Genres
Shooter
Themes
Action
Series
Virtua Cop
Also known as
Virtua Squad · Bācha Koppu (Japanese title, romanization)

Release dates

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

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