Demolition Man

Demolition Man

1

K-A

8.0

1995-01-01

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Demolition Man is a pair of action video games based on the film of the same name. Acclaim Entertainment published the 16-bit version, which features run and gun gameplay, for the Super NES, Sega Genesis and Sega CD. Virgin Interactive released a completely different game for the 3DO that combined several distinct gameplay styles. In both games, the player controls John Spartan, the main character from the film, as he attempts to find and defeat his nemesis, Simon Phoenix.

• SNES, Sega Genesis, and Sega CD

Description:

Two men enter the future, bringing with them the values of a brutal past. One cop. One criminal. One mission: destroy the other man first!

You’re John Spartan, freshly dethawed from the San Angeles Cryo-Prison. Armed with shotguns, magnum handguns and grenades, hunt Simon Phoenix through 10 explosive levels from the ravaged Wasteland to the Hall of Violence!

BeWell, DEMOLITION MAN... you’re the future’s only hope!

- Control DEMOLITION MAN John Spartan in the futuristic action adventure based on the Warner bros./Joel Silver (Die Hard and Lethal Weapon I and II) hit movie.

- Multiple player perspectives including side scrolling and top-down view.

- 10 explosive levels including an infra-red chase through the subterranean Wasteland.

- Shoot enemies from all angles with a stash of grenades, shotguns and the magnus handgun.

- Track down Simon Phoenix and his escaped cryo-cons on the hazardous city streets and decidely dangerous Wastelands of San Angeles.

The 16-bit game is primarily a platform game, with two overhead top-down shooter segments; in either gameplay type the player character can fire in eight directions. Stages are filled with many enemies, mostly gunmen. Enemy characters and the player character can take a number of hits before dying. Power ups can be found around the stages that increase the characters health or ammunition. The game gives the player limited continues and very few lives. The first stage is set in 1996 and all stages after in 2032, following a simplified plot of the movie. In the two overhead view stages the player must find and rescue hostages in order to unlock doors elsewhere in the level.

Weapons include the basic police-issue handgun, a more powerful magnum, a shotgun which fires in a wide spread, and various types of hand grenades. Even though he is the final boss of the game, the player has to fight Simon Phoenix in short-lived ”teaser” battles before defeating him for good at the cryo-prison.

The SNES version included cheat codes that are accessed by pausing the game with the start button, and then followed by a sequence of button presses to acquire a particular power up, or skip to the next level.

The Sega CD version was the last release for the console in North America.

• 3DO version

Description:

Finally! The power of 3DO. The action of a hit movie. The challenge of a video game. But deeper. And better. Because this time, you control the outcome of a real movie. With real stars Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes, real suspense and real challenges that demand real skill. Actually control cinematic-quality live action footage of Stallone as the Demolition Man in a game that merges movie and video footage so smoothly you’ll feel plunged into the movie itself. Contains never-before-seen footage of Stallone and Snipes filmed especially for this interactive adventure.

The 3DO game was developed in tandem with the film and entails several gameplay styles: of the game’s 16 levels, nine are light gun shooter levels, four are one-on-one fighting, two are first-person shooter; and one is a mission-based racing game. Due to the advanced 3DO sound engine, the soundtrack is ripped directly from the movie, and full motion video is heavily used, incorporating both footage from the film and exclusive footage of Sylvester Stallone and Wesley Snipes made specifically for the game. Jesse Ventura reprises his role as a minion to Simon Phoenix as the only actor in the movie to play a cryo-con henchman in the underground level and cryo-prison level. A version of the game was in development by Virgin Interactive and planned to be published by Atari Corporation for the Atari Jaguar CD, but it was cancelled after several delays. A PlayStation version was also in development but never released.

The game uses a password system to save progress, while the 3DO’s internal memory is used to save the high score list. There are three difficulty modes.

The light gun shooter levels support the 3DO Gamegun in addition to the standard gamepad. The Gamegun can be daisy-chained to a standard gamepad, which then acts as an extension cord and allows the player to navigate the pause menu and play the non-light gun levels without having to switch out controllers; in fact, Demolition Man will not acknowledge the Gamegun if it is plugged into the controller port on the 3DO itself. The light gun levels are set on a static background on which digitized enemies pop out at random, in a shooting gallery style of gameplay.

The one-on-one fighting levels are similar to Mortal Kombat, in that they feature digitized sprites viewed from a side perspective. In all four levels the player controls John Spartan and plays against Simon Phoenix, but Phoenix’s AI is different in each level.

The first-person shooter levels are extremely simple compared to most games in the genre: there are no doors, switches, or health or ammunition pickups, and the player has only one weapon (a pistol) with unlimited ammunition. In lieu of health pickups, John Spartan slowly recovers health over time. The level designs are on a two dimensional square grid and are maze-like, with a great number of branching paths. The player’s objective is to reach a specific location within the level.

In the racing level, the player must catch up to Simon Phoenix’s car before his own car runs out of fuel, avoiding other cars on the road while picking up fuel refills.

Sega Genesis (Mega Drive)

Acclaim Entertainment

021481800415

1

United States

16-bit

Cartridge

1

Thick Snap Case

~$43.49

2025-10-06

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