thordog
Feb 25th, 2007, 08:36 PM
I spent a lot of at the arcade as a kid. I played everything: Galaxy Force 2, The Simpsons, The TMNT games and Hydra, to name a few of my favorites. One always stands out in my mind, however, as the game that ate my quarters more than any other.<BR><BR>ESWAT Cyber Police. When this first came out in 1989, I was one of the first to play it at my local arcade. <BR><BR>The game is of the side-scrolling action genre. As the name implies, you are a cop, fitted with cybernetic attachments. You must battle through levels of criminals, blasting away at anything that moves. The twist, however, was that you could collect armor power-ups, and eventually turn into a walking tank. Conversely, though, as you took damage, you'd lose parts of your armor. Not the most innovative game, but it was damned fun. <BR><BR>The graphics were not the best out there at the time, but they didn't hinder the game, and were good enough. <BR><BR>The sound was good. Pretty standard, however, and nothing mind-blowing. <BR><BR>Gameplay was great. For a side-scrolling fighting game, it hooked me in. The armor upgrade angle was also very cool. <BR><BR>It was somewhat original. It had the whole RoboCop vibe going, but was different enough that I didn't mind. It also came on the heels of other police-themed beat-em-ups, like NARC. <BR><BR>Overall, this was a fun game. I whiled away many an hour to beat this game (I was only 7 or 8 at the time). I'd recommend it to anyone who could find it.