Cyber Police ESWAT Longplay (Arcade) [60 FPS]
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Developed and published by Sega in 1989
Following my recent longplay of the the C64 version of ESWAT ( • Cyber Police ESWAT Lon... ) and found it somewhat lacking, I wanted to play the original arcade game to refresh both my memory of the game and to put the C64 into context.
I played ESWAT in the arcade only once, but I remember that it's the only coin-op that I bothered to buy additional credits for following defeat. For some reason, the game clicked with me and I was curious to see if that was still the case today.
The game feels rather like Shinobi, but with less ninja and more guns. The style of gamplay is very similar in that you must run and gun down multiple enemies, as well as move between the top and bottom play-fields.
I still think that the decision to have the player progress through the ranks before being promoted to ESWAT is a cool idea. An arcade is no place to present the player with lengthy explanations regarding gameplay elements, so the opening screen showing the rank progression through to earning the ESWAT suit is nicely done. I suppose it's also a deliberate ploy to get punters to spend more money by making them play through three levels before they even get to the good stuff!
The ESWAT mech-suit is equipped with a fully automatic chaingun that allows the player to hold down the fire button for sustained fire. Whilst you might think that this gives you an advantage, it's more of a necessity since the number of enemies increases and most of these are armed with guns, attack more often or take multiple hits to kill. The chaingun can be bolstered with one of three different super-weapons that are designed for clearing the screen of enemies when the going gets tough. These weapons don't appear often and must be caught as they fly across the screen, so it's likely that you will lose out if one appears in the midst of a hectic gun battle.
Perhaps the biggest challenge in the game is conserving ammunition. Bullets are limited and certain enemies require multiple hits to down, so you need to collect the bullet boxes that occasionally appear on each level. Running out of ammo will limit you to a close-range melee attack, which puts you at greater risk of getting shot by enemies. Running out of ammo is less of an issue as a regular cop as your handgun files a single round, but the ESWAT suit's chaingun fires in a minimum of three-round bursts, so it's extremely easy to run out of ammunition.
The in-game graphics are pretty good. The sprites are nicely animated, especially the main police officer who has enough frames is his walking cycle to make it look realistic and not as though he's ice-skating. The ESWAT suit breaks apart and bits fall off as it takes damage, which is a really nice touch.
Most importantly, the controls are responsive and the sprite collision is excellent. The C64 version was plagued with hit-box problems that made avoiding bullets impossible, but none that exists here. In fact, the arcade version of ESWAT is arguably easier than the C64 version purely because it works correctly!
As with other games released during this period, the game uses an increasing number of digital sound effects and speech samples. The music is also quite catchy, although it still sounds quite poor when compared to some of Capcom and Konami's games from the same era.
ESWAT is another solid title from Sega. I don't think it's as memorable as Shinobi or Golden Axe, but it's a fun and challenging title that is definitely worth sinking a few coins in the slow.
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Games like this (shinobi, rolling thunder, ninja gaiden etc) ate so many of my quarters. I wish we had quality games like this these days.
@user-or6yn8pm3c
4 ай бұрын
They should have games that are even better but big AAA game makers don't like to take risks. Making a game today is like making a big Marvel movie. There's also politics involved. Gaming was more niche back when there were arcades so everything was about fun.
My mom used to own this game for her store and me and my brother beat it. I had that first level down to a T. I would jump on that small roofing as a glitch to beat the first boss. Great memories.
@SoniManuk
10 ай бұрын
i used to play this game straight out of elementry school at the bowling alley on the way home. killed it with two quarters. classic
10:08 A Gorilla. Throwing barrels at you. I see what you did there Sega.
@edwardgaines6561
6 жыл бұрын
Kyntteri I thought he was throwing his own feces!
@youfube-
6 жыл бұрын
Ok but pause at 10:17 and look see what the dude in the purple jacket is doing.
@edwardgaines6561
6 жыл бұрын
YouFube Giving an enema, I hope?😲
@trevormoses5061
2 жыл бұрын
@@youfube- 😆😅🤣
i used to play this game straight out of elementry school at the bowling alley on the way home. killed it with two quarters. classic
@georgeshelton6281
3 жыл бұрын
I fantasized of Craig Ferguson sobbing; like the Warner Bros looney tunes male cartoon barnyard hunting dog 🐶 Jack, knowing how sadistic this VG (video game) is.
@CopiousDoinksLLC
3 жыл бұрын
That's actually pretty impressive, this game was hard af
@richardcraver8375
2 жыл бұрын
took me 3. we're enemies now.
@pauldavis5665
Жыл бұрын
Pfft, I one quartered it.
@dragonfire7076
Жыл бұрын
@@victor.elkins bruh y'all is lame, I half quartered it
OMG...I haven't seen or played this game in 30 yrs because as a kid I never knew the name or the developer...but I ran across this video 2day and I instantly remembered this game that I use 2 play at my local pizzeria back in 1989.
That was a hell of a game. Amazing playing and amazing music! Good ol days!
@reinaldoribeiro7021
Жыл бұрын
You right but it's pretty hard as well
3:16 "Oh thank you officer!" That's like the worst attempt of a woman's voice ever...
@figment1988
4 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Minnie Mouse after drinking either one too many White Claws or a single can of Four Loko
@moisescrp
3 жыл бұрын
Worst voice acting ever!
6:28 "I guess we'll all just go home now then"
@georgeshelton6281
3 жыл бұрын
Thus I made fun of every pregnant woman & unborn child, it's just like what the 'Martin' comedy show cast and crew members did in 1987.
4:24 How it felt getting promoted at work this year.
@georgeshelton6281
3 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of the real ghost 👻 busters sometimes.
@CopiousDoinksLLC
3 жыл бұрын
...Did you do the silly smile as well? That seems like an integral part of the process
"OBEY". "STAY ASLEEP". ...lol, quotes from the movie "They Live".
@edwardgaines6561
6 жыл бұрын
Jinzo Clash Ask no questions, tell no lies!
@noez9449
3 ай бұрын
New World Order....
If dodging bullets were that easy...oh yeah, "oooh thank you officer!"
Oh the memories! I used to beat this game with just one coin when I was a kid, if I remember correctly you can defeat the second boss with just one kick, I had such a good time with this game and Snow Bros!
@Macrochenia
2 жыл бұрын
Yeah, if you have no ammo when you get to the second boss and kick him, he's instantly defeated.
@figment1988
2 жыл бұрын
@@Macrochenia and the best way to do this is by intentionally shooting the bottom right crate of the ''crate hill'' to expend the bullets very quickly before meeting the boss
@Macrochenia
2 жыл бұрын
@@figment1988 Shoot the crates, then attack the boss's weakpoint for massive damage.
@figment1988
2 жыл бұрын
@@Macrochenia and watch as lady hostage thanks you with the cheesiest voice impersonation of Minnie Mouse ever.
This game deserves a remake and a 2nd part
@dagainz6997
3 жыл бұрын
It has one. The genesis version.
@jasonlee7816
2 жыл бұрын
@@dagainz6997Sega Genesis/Mega-Drive had a crap remake
@vapaperboi
2 жыл бұрын
Naw no police shit
@mjoe1111211
2 жыл бұрын
@@dagainz6997 didn't know that
@mjoe1111211
2 жыл бұрын
@@vapaperboi it's just a game man.
This was a awesome game. really brought back memories
The boss of Stage 13 is an air conditioner.
Ohhhhhh thankyou officerrrrrrrr!!!
Wow Kia baat hy! Purane din yaad agy
What I loved the most about the game was the huge variety of bosses, from armed thugs, wild animals and monster trucks, to robots and doomsday machines.
Keep up the good work!
For the first time in my life I see how the first boss and was meant to be. I had it and played it on Sega Master System
I still love how dramatically is escalates.
Streets of Rage was initially meant to be a spinoff of ESWAT, called DSWAT. The remnant is your special move in the first game with the offsider cop with the bazooka. But it seems they also reused the concept of the fat firebreather enemy from ESWAT in SOR, which is actually given context in ESWAT, that his ability comes from his flammable alcohol breath. He even uses the same rolling move in later SOR games (I don't recall him using the roll in SOR1, but may be mistaken) The Boomerang boss also seems to be the inspiration for one of SOR1's bosses. Interesting that they went with a King Kong type boss here, as they'd later use Godzilla in the initial versions of Revenge of Shinobi!
@Macrochenia
2 жыл бұрын
No, the fat enemies didn't gain a rolling attack until Streets of Rage 4.
@xavierpentagon7569
Жыл бұрын
@@Macrochenia ejem, the fat enemies they make a rolling attack in SOR3/BK3
So glad to see it haha thank you
Que saudade dessa época maravilhosa
Buenos tiempos con las maquinitas!
@izderbahenaperalta6141
4 ай бұрын
Sabras donde puedo encontrar el juego en que nintendo? gracias
one of my favorite sega games of all time
@r.maj.7065
2 жыл бұрын
This game? Omg - it is very bad. When you never play good games in your life.
I like the first mission after he goes "E SWAT" his target guy to arrest is a dude wanted for "Attempted Murder" and he slaughters like 160 dudes making the bust. Them Regan years..
Good ol' days :)
@josephbevacqua9217
8 жыл бұрын
+gesheed can you see at 4:24 to 4:26
@gesheed
8 жыл бұрын
What exactly?
@josephbevacqua9217
8 жыл бұрын
gesheed armor
@toddenrico2748
7 жыл бұрын
Joseph Bevacqua You're stupid
@vasool82
6 жыл бұрын
hell yeah
i been looking for this gamefor a long time
Superb game, I used to play it in my childhood, at the end of the 80s... And still playing it at 41 years old on my Nintendo Switch (softmodded) or the PC (Retroarch or Mame). A blast from the past.
Another arcade favorite!
without many comments because it will always be a super classic.
I love how nobody among criminals ever dares to lay finger on the police car's driver
This game is like a Shinobi/RoboCop mashup
@AL82RetrogamingLongplays
5 жыл бұрын
I think Rolling Thunder might have been an influence
great classic of arcades, very good....
This is very shinobi.
@AnyDudeUSA
5 жыл бұрын
With a Rolling Thunder flair.
@manuelmateo3392
4 жыл бұрын
Also gives me a few Ninja Cop/Five-O vibes.
i love this game,very impressive
Cyber police? Consequences will never be the same, so you better not GOOF!
@charlien6123
4 жыл бұрын
Actually it’s armored
In a game called Cyber Police, I was hoping to hunt down Blood On The Dance Floor in this game
I have to chuckle at the technical specs of the ICE suit during the attract mode. It lists features like "Lunch Cude", "Fried Citken", and "Karaoke Mic."
I used to play this in the Arcades wow!. Long time ago
I remember playing this at Walmart years ago and it kind of reminds me of sun set riders
Very good! 🤘
If a Cyber Police officer catches a cold, the other cops mockingly call them "ESNOT".
The soundtrack definitely makes the game better
The title screen is the most 80s thing ever.
This is my childhood !
this seems different to how i remember
@Wipa4
2 жыл бұрын
You probably have played Sega port
The Asian boss was charged with a "hit and run felony". Stereotype much?! 🤔😂
@davidkruse4030
5 жыл бұрын
how is that a stereotype?
These were the days
12:25 - very Paula Abdulish (Doo-Doo you love me) tune :D - funny how most songs are relaxed while the gameplay is heated!
The craziness with that game. It came out around the same time as the robocop movie so everyone was crazy about it.
@phillipsmith4473
5 жыл бұрын
Wonder how many kids wanted to be a police officer afterwards, just like air force pilots after the Top Gun movie.
One would think a major crime syndicate could afford bullets and lasers that fly faster than 25 mph.
como vicie con esta arcade, no recordaba que era de sega siempre pense que era de dataeast
the most accurate depiction of the police ever
Didn't I see that cop car in Streets of Rage 1?
@AL82RetrogamingLongplays
6 жыл бұрын
Yeah, very similar design ;)
E-SWAT WAS SCARY!!!!!! :( Nice to know he was able to still tear it up on karaoke nights at the local bar though, even as a cyborg.
4:30 Agostinho Carrara
Todo un clásico de mi infancia uuff recuerdo que todo mundo quería jugarlo y todos viendo como le daban la vuelta al juego 😂😂😂hemosionados
@DarkbluesEXE25
Жыл бұрын
Esté juego también está Relacionado con Streets of Rage, por ejemplo el primer Boss el Gordo qué Lanzallamas en su boca es Big Ben el Cuarto Boss del primer Streets of Rage y sus Secuelas y también Cuando tú llamas a la Policía con el Auto es el mismo de ESWAT
That music actually slaps
Classic! Feels more like Rolling Thunder than Shinobi
From the makers of Shinobi, Altered Beast and Elevator action....comes guys with guns shooting in every direction.
Miss this game
This is perhaps one of the few games in which the console port is far superior than the arcade version
@catvitki2557
6 жыл бұрын
Moreno A. Hassem ii
@senecanicholson1090
6 жыл бұрын
Moreno A. Hassem That ending theme song is one of the most superior of its time.
@DenkyManner
5 жыл бұрын
They're both bad though.
@Tony-1971
4 жыл бұрын
Yeah, the genesis version was much more interesting and better than the arcade version.
@Tony-1971
4 жыл бұрын
retread01 Whats bad about the genesis version ?
This is what it would look like, if they decided to make another Home Alone game with Macaulay Culkin: in 2023.
De pequeño me gustaba jugar ver este video juego.
25 years back in the day
Directo en la Nostalgia 😔
@izderbahenaperalta6141
4 ай бұрын
sabes en que nintendo puedo encontrar este juego?
Suncraft is actually a legitimate name of four different companies, namely, Suncraft Knives, which is in Japan, Suncraft Technologies, which is a print company, Suncraft Industries, which makes sprinklers, as well as some tools and clamps, and Suncraft International, which transports, as well as makes, boats. However, as far as I know, none of the companies uses the logo that is found on the container of the semi truck, though. Champions Sporting Goods is also the real life name of a sporting goods chain which is now known as Champs Sports, but there is also another Champions Sporting Goods that is the name of a smaller chain of sporting goods stores in Massachusetts. I also think that there is a Costco in this game, but part of the logo is obscured before you enter into a building.
grandes recuerdos...
0:28 "fried chicken" compartment... Then many years later (2019) KFC comes up with "Colonel Robocop" for their commercials
@mariorossi9300
2 жыл бұрын
Actually way back in 1990 Korean TV aired an AD for Lotte Ham fried chicken, with RoboCop as the main character, so kfc might have licensed that idea.
played this shit alot when i was a kid, liquor store had the arcade machine posted
both versions were very good but i have to admit the arcade one was a little better
uno de los favoritos cops México
Still remember, the ultimate factor lies within you
Lo que no entienden los gamers es que estos juegos lo jugábamos arcade. .25 ¢ argentinos.
Note to self, aluminum trash can lids will stop small arms fire.
1:40 - Big Ben Enemy of Streets of Rage Streets of Rage 2, 3 & 4
Poor guys, fighting to get a neck!
Obey, Stay Asleep ..THEY LIVE!
My childhood days favourat game 90s
I thought that guerrilla was throwing shit lol
this game plays dirty when in the last level it basically insta gameovers you if you run out of credits
It's tricky when you have; even a man/boy who's on a skateboard, come and attack you.
¿ Cómo puede ponerlos tras las rejas si ya los llenó de plomo y los dejó como coladera?😂
@thing5015
4 жыл бұрын
imagine understanding this coment this comment was made by monolingual gang
I like!
4:30 - It's Woody Allen! Or maybe it's Sol Rosenberg.
Hi - from the thumbnail i thought it was the original Robocop , seems to have the same "look and feel"
@jonminton1878
3 жыл бұрын
A bit of rolling thunder mixed in too
11:49 Street Fighter 2 bônus stage
Que jugadoraso no te eliminaron ninguna vida me cae jugadoraso de los 90s
4:22 now i get it. You must be promoted to e-swat
I shore do miss sega namco and midway/Williams old arecade games man IAM old
Lo salve con una ficha cuando tenia 13 años 😮
Fun game
cyber police ESWAT (1989)
THE BEATS SLAP IN THIS GAME!
No tigers were killed in the making of this game. Or gorillas.
19:51 = Washington DC, London, Paris, Berlin , Moscow and Tokyo.
I'VE BACK TRACED IT!
@ronaldmarrou5127
6 жыл бұрын
KingEurope1 Consequences will never be the same.
So many things wrong here... It's beautiful