Famicom Quest - 1012/1053 (Robocop)

[Tulpa | 3,488]

On 5/9/2022 at 7:47 PM, Gloves said:

I really want it too but I only buy CIB, so... 

So time to sell some blood.

 

 

 

Hey, I didn't say it had to be your blood.

[scaryice | 582]

#1012 - RoboCop

One of the cheapest and most common games I had left is now mine, and more importantly it's also the last Data East game. This is publisher set 19/33 (see the first post for links to previous photos):

 

Data East games

1986-06-03	B-Wings
1986-10-08	Buggy Popper
1987-06-12	Herakles no Eikou: Toujin Makyouden
1987-12-09	Golf Club Birdie Rush
1988-01-29	Donald Land
1988-02-26	Tantei Jinguuji Saburou: Yokohamakou Renzoku Satsujin Jiken
1988-03-30	Be-Bop High School: Koukousei Gokuraku Densetsu
1988-08-12	Soccer League: Winner's Cup
1988-10-21	Cobra Command
1989-01-31	World Grand-Prix: Pole to Finish
1989-03-31	Home Run Nighter: Pennant League
1989-08-25	RoboCop
1989-12-23	Herakles no Eikou II: Titan no Metsubou
1990-03-02	Heavy Barrel
1990-03-23	Boulder Dash
1990-07-24	Home Run Nighter '90: The Pennant League
1990-09-14	Little Magic
1990-09-28	Tantei Jinguuji Saburou: Toki no Sugiyuku Mama ni
1990-12-21	Dai Kaijuu: Deburas
1991-02-08	Dark Lord
1991-04-02	RoboCop 2
1991-05-24	Metal Max

 

Only 7/22 of these made it to North America. I've always thought of Data East, a.k.a. the cooler-sounding DECO, as a company that made of a lot of weirder but still decent games. Metal Max is a good example of that - it's much different than your normal turn-based rpgs of that era, and I enjoyed it more than better known Famicom-only titles like Lagrange Point and Sweet Home. Bump 'n Jump (Buggy Popper), Donald Land, and Heavy Barrel are all fun to me as well. Still, they seemed to lack the ability to make something great.

Heracles, Metal Max, and Jinguuji Saburou (Jake Hunter) all went on to be long-running series, although barely any of those games have gotten a western release.

It looks like they were going for a red color theme with their carts for a while (5 in a row), then they just dropped it - I wonder why. Most of the cart art seems to be a little boring and uninspired. As far as rarity/value, I'd say that Dark Lord is tops, although nothing here is too bad. Robocop 2 and the second Jinguuji Saburou game are harder to find as well.

 

 

Edited July 6, 2022 by scaryice