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Robocop 2 (Game Boy)
The first Robocop was one of the arcade games at the Jr. Store (similar to a 7-Eleven) near my house that I dropped many quarters into. They always had two arcade games there that rotated out periodically. I liked both the game and the movie. The second game and second movie were really both more of the same but I never liked them as much. I guess they just didn’t add enough that was new.
There were three different versions of Robocop 2 depending on the system it was developed for. This ad is for the version for Nintendo and Game Boy which was developed by Ocean who also did the Commodore 64 port. Robocop 2 like the first Robocop game is basically a side-scrolling action game that loosely follows the plot of the movie. It was a pretty mediocre platformer. The first seemed to have both better graphics and gameplay while the second just seemed much more rushed.
Oddly, while this seems to be an ad for both the NES and Game Boy ports, it shows screen shots from the Game Boy. You would think they would show screen shots from the NES version since they would theoretically look superior. Possibly the Game Boy version was done first but I’m not sure.
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The Punisher (Game Boy)
The Punisher (Game Boy)
The ad is for the 1991 release ‘The Punisher: The Ultimate Payback’ for the Game Boy. This is a port of an NES game simply titled ‘The Punisher’ that was released in 1990. It is a rail shooter which is a pretty unique genre for the NES and Game Boy. The Game Boy port has some differences from the NES version, including the advertised appearance by Spider-Man.
The Punisher is a violent character and it shows in this game. It is one of the more violent games on the NES and Game Boy. Generally speaking, it got fairly good reviews so I imagine it’s just a matter of whether you like this genre or not. I was never terribly fond of this type of shooter anyway and without some sort of light gun it loses most of its appeal to me.
Oddly, they changed The Punisher’s back story for the game. In the comics he was a former U.S. Marine who served in the Vietnam War. In the game, he is a former detective instead.
From the ad:
“Crime. The stench is everywhere. But now Jigsaw and his band of drug lords will be taught a lesson in justice – Punisher-style!
There’s nowhere for them to hide. Packing his M60 machine gun, nitro-charged grenades and heat-seeking rockets, The Punisher will hunt them down from the urban New York jungle to the voodoo-infested wilds of South America… destroying everything evil in his sight! With Spider-Man at his side, hundreds of enemies will be given the ULTIMATE PAYBACK!”