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Cobra

The Game """""""" This is where the law stops ... and you start Advance through three playfields. CITY SCENE (night-time), RURAL AREA (day-time) and FACTORY. Use platforms and levels to locate and protect…

31 December 1986

Cobra is a platform developed by Ocean Software, released 31 December 1986 on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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What Cobra is

Cobra is a platform game developed by Ocean Software and released in 1986. It is available on Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Crime is a disease. He's the cure. The Cobra strikes! As vigilante cop, Marion Cobretti of the 'Zombie Squad', you must rescue top fashion model Ingrid Knutsen from an army of psychotic killers and the evil clutches of 'The Night Slasher'.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Cobra launched on 31 December 1986, within three weeks of World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel and Rebelstar.

Released around the same time: World Games, Gauntlet, The Sentinel, Rebelstar.

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When did Cobra come out?
Cobra was released on 31 December 1986 for Amstrad CPC, Commodore C64/128/MAX and ZX Spectrum.

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