Patrolman Alex Murphy was killed on the streets of Detroit. The major corporation there, Omni Consumer Products (OCP) saw an opportunity to sell a new kind of law enforcement officer to the troubled city. They took what was left of Murphy, encased it in titanium armor, wiped his memory and created RoboCop . Now it's up to RoboCop to clean the streets of Detroit and eliminate the one responsible for his murder, Clarence Boddicker. But it looks like Clarence might not be the kingpin of this town...
The gameplay in RoboCop is a side scroller where you control RoboCop . The majority of the game allows you to punch unarmed citizens and shoot armed citizens. You can move left, right and duck but cannot jump. Different weapons can be picked up from enemies, and power-ups to restore health and/or energy. Following levels, RoboCop will have to match a criminal's face to the proper mugshot and engage in a first-person shooting bonus round.
The Amiga and Atari ST versions are faithful to the original level design of the Arcade game, but they also add new features such as first-person rescue hostage scenarios, and a mini-game where you need to match the suspects' faces.