Play RoboCop 3 (Europe) Online

Ocean Software released RoboCop 3 for the NES in 1992, a time when movie tie-in games were a common, often rough, part of the console's library. It arrived late in the system's life, and you could feel that in its attempt to push the hardware with some ambitious, if not entirely successful, ideas.

You control RoboCop through side-scrolling levels, moving screen by screen to clear out criminals and OCP security forces. Your main objective is to stop the corporation's hostile takeover of Detroit, which involves a lot of straightforward shooting with your Auto-9 pistol. The game introduces a jetpack for some vertical flight sections, though the controls are notoriously stiff and unwieldy. You also get to call in backup from the citizen resistance, a feature that adds a minor strategic layer. The pacing is slow and deliberate, weighed down by RoboCop's heavy movement and some frustrating enemy placements. It feels like a slog through a dystopian future where even the hero's mechanics are fighting against you.