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1994 · Arcade & Origins

Virtua Cop

Sega AM2 · Shooter

Cover Virtua Cop
Screenshot Virtua Cop 1
Developer
Sega AM2
Publisher
Sega
Original release
01 settembre 1994
Genre
Shooter

Overview

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.

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Virtua Cop — screenshot

Screenshot Virtua Cop 1

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Game data

Original title
Virtua Cop
Developer
Sega AM2
Publisher
Sega
First release
01 settembre 1994
Genres
Shooter
Era
Arcade & Origins