+GoldenWheels Posted March 29, 2017 Share Posted March 29, 2017 Got the new Shout! blu ray, watched it last night. Seen in the arcade in the movie (where Robocop asks "isn't it a school night?") are many arcade cabs: Kung Fu Master Midnight Resistance Sly Spy Vigilante Heavy Barrel Real Ghostbusters Hippodrome Bad Dudes Slap Shot Super Volleyball What do these games have in common? What does that have to do with Robocop? (not much of a trivia Q as it is pretty obvious but something compelled me to make a list of the games--some seen only for a second--so I have to do something with the "knowledge"! ) Also seen in the back of the arcade are four or five more cabs that are busted up, one an Asteroids machine. Couldn't recognize the rest. Good movie...not as good as 1 though. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
128Kgames Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Got the new Shout! blu ray, watched it last night. Seen in the arcade in the movie (where Robocop asks "isn't it a school night?") are many arcade cabs: Kung Fu Master Midnight Resistance Sly Spy Vigilante Heavy Barrel Real Ghostbusters Hippodrome Bad Dudes Slap Shot Super Volleyball What do these games have in common? What does that have to do with Robocop? (not much of a trivia Q as it is pretty obvious but something compelled me to make a list of the games--some seen only for a second--so I have to do something with the "knowledge"! ) Also seen in the back of the arcade are four or five more cabs that are busted up, one an Asteroids machine. Couldn't recognize the rest. Good movie...not as good as 1 though. God awful movie, certainly not Frank Miller's best work, but at least it was better than 3. Haven't watched it in years as it hurts my soul too much. Might have liked it better if Robo had overridden his programming and shot that little twerp kid. Nah, still would have been crap. The original is one of my all time favorite movies, right up there with Back to the Future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 God awful movie, certainly not Frank Miller's best work, but at least it was better than 3. Haven't watched it in years as it hurts my soul too much. Might have liked it better if Robo had overridden his programming and shot that little twerp kid. Nah, still would have been crap. The original is one of my all time favorite movies, right up there with Back to the Future. I have the blu of 3 too! Figure to watch it this weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverfleet Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Aren't most of those Data East games? They had the license for Robocop too IIRC. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptenmaterial Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Robocop 1 is great, can't believe I slept on it for so long. It has the highly politicized dystopian feel of the Bachman Books (Running Man and Roadwork I'm thinking of) with a focus on workers' rights, shattered communities, the environment etc. The scene where the guy melts after slamming into the vat of toxic waste is some A+ body horror. Haven't seen much of two. The baseball team scene is disturbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gentlegamer Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Robocop 1 is great, can't believe I slept on it for so long. It has the highly politicized dystopian feel of the Bachman Books (Running Man and Roadwork I'm thinking of) with a focus on workers' rights, shattered communities, the environment etc. The scene where the guy melts after slamming into the vat of toxic waste is some A+ body horror. Haven't seen much of two. The baseball team scene is disturbing. Best scene, best character (Red Forman) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+GoldenWheels Posted March 30, 2017 Author Share Posted March 30, 2017 Aren't most of those Data East games? They had the license for Robocop too IIRC. Correct answer for both. This was a very popular arcade for having, like, 7 different Slap Shot machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cynicaster Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 The scene where the guy melts after slamming into the vat of toxic waste is some A+ body horror. Ha, I remember back in the 80s we had a copy of Robocop on VHS and we'd always pause it on this scene and step frame by frame through it. I got a kick out of seeing the freeze frame of the prop that is supposed to be the melting guy just before the car smashes into him. PS--the Robocop arcade game is bloody horrible. I didn't care much for it when it came out, but for some reason I can't quite articulate, I forced myself to play through the whole thing on MAME a year or so ago and it is just... so cheap and bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GameGirl420 Posted March 30, 2017 Share Posted March 30, 2017 Spoke a little about RoboCop in depth with actress Nancy Allen(aka Officer Lewis) on my radio show recently... I even used a bit of sound FX from the RoboCop NES game during my broadcast. Tried playing the NES game recently and it was boring lol. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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