

Undercover Cops is an arcade-style beat 'em up video game developed and published by Irem, originally for the arcades in 1992. It is Irem's first attempt in the modern beat 'em up genre that was founded by Data East’s Kung-Fu Master. Players control "city sweepers", a police agent-like group who fight crime by taking down thugs in New York City in the year 2043. Dr. Clayborn and his henchmen have taken control of the city and Commissioner Gordon (no, Batman is not in the game) made one last plea for help and called three of New York's Finest undercover cops : Bubba, an ex-professional football player; Flame, a former Miss America; and Claude, a retired philosophy teacher. They must fight every lackey and vanquish Dr. Clayborn in order to restore law and order to the city. Very fun beat-em-up where almost anything can be used as a weapon; fish, rocks, i-beams, cars, etc
FightingHack and slash/Beat 'em upActionfemale protagonistbrawlermultiple protagonistsmultiple endingscrimejapan onlyArcade, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Famicom
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Unpretentious, plot-driven, cool and classical in form.
- unpretentiousprestige
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
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- Platforms
- Arcade, Super Nintendo Entertainment System, Super Famicom
- Developer
- Irem
- Publisher
- Irem, Varie
- Released
- July 1, 1992
- Modes
- Single player, Co-operative
- Perspective
- Side view
IGDB rating 7.7/10 from 8 ratings.
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