Virocop

Virocop is a Run and gun game developed by Graftgold and published by Renegade Software in 1995.[1] It is regarded as the third game in the Quazatron series, the others being Quazatron and Magnetron.

Virocop
Developer(s)Graftgold
Publisher(s)Renegade Software
Platform(s)Amiga
Release1995
Genre(s)Run and gun

An Amiga Advanced Graphics Architecture version, with enhanced visuals and audio, was also released.

Gameplay

In the game, the player takes the role of a robot called DAVE, who has to clear a virtual games park from a virus which has spread there. There are different zones in the game world, all inspired by other games, like a sports world, the urban jungle world, the gods world, the adventure world and as final world "Silicon Valley". DAVE has several weapons to shoot enemies, with the possibility to buy upgrades after collecting enough powerups.[2]

At certain points in the levels, there are checkpoints which, should you get destroyed, will automatically place you back at the last checkpoint you passed, and are activated by touching them.

The end of level bosses vary across the level sets, e.g. Sports World has an Ice Hockey team which, upon defeating them, cheerleaders appear and do a routine.

Reception

The game received 83% in Amiga Format [3] and 88% in CU Amiga.[2]

gollark: I would probably only do IOUs with people on here, who are relatively trustable.
gollark: Of course, if it was for anything but CBs, you'd need to specify lineage somehow... or just pair of mates, but that'd be a bit inefficient sometimes.
gollark: We were thinking about a speculative future in which IOUs were kind of supported and automatically transferred to people.
gollark: Yes, it is.
gollark: It would set a bad precedent of "don't worry, TJ09 will fix any IOU issues", too.

References
  1. HOL entry for Virocop
  2. CU Amiga Magazine (Jul 1995) pages 48-49]
  3. Amiga Format, Issue 73, July 1995, p.p.44-45


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