Virtua Cop is a shooter developed by Sega AM2, released 1 September 1994 on PlayStation 2, Sega Saturn, Arcade and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 1 hrs to finish.
What Virtua Cop is
Virtua Cop is a shooter game developed by Sega AM2 and released in 1994. It was published by Sega. It is available on PlayStation 2, Sega Saturn, Arcade and PC (Microsoft Windows).
The premise, in the publisher's words
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…
How it plays
It is played from a first person perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Single player and Split screen.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 1 hrs.
What it launched against
Virtua Cop launched on 1 September 1994, within three weeks of EarthBound, The Need for Speed and Kirby's Dream Course.
Released around the same time: EarthBound, The Need for Speed, Kirby's Dream Course.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
Screenshots
All media
Dlc
Quick answers
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