abcop is a futuristic 3Dracingarcade game released by Sega in 1990.^[5][6] It never received any official port to home consoles.^[7]

Development and release

A.B. Cop was developed by Aicom and released in arcades by Sega in 1990 using their X Board.^[3][1][2] The soundtrack was composed by Hikoshi Hashimoto.^[4] The game has not received any official port to home consoles.^[7]

Reception – abcop

In Japan, Game Machine listed A.B. Cop on their March 1, 1991 issue as being the thirteenth most-successful upright/cockpit arcade unit of the month, outperforming titles such as Winning Run Suzuka GP and Special Criminal Investigation.^[12] Mark Caswell of Zzap!64 gave the game an overall mixed outlook.^[13] Spanish magazine Micromanía gave it a positive outlook.^[14] Kurt Kalata of Hardcore Gaming 101 gave it a positive retrospective outlook

References

1. ^ Jump up to:^a b Famitsu DC (15 February 2002). Chapter 3 – H, Y board & SYSTEM 16, 18, 24, 31: 1991 – A.B.コップ. セガ・アーケード・ヒストリー (Sega Arcade History). Famitsu Books (in Japanese). Enterbrain. p. 101. ISBN 9784757707900.
2. ^ Jump up to:^a b Akagi, Masumi (13 October 2006). セガ社 (Sega). アーケードTVゲームリスト 国内•海外編 (1971-2005) (in Japanese) (1st ed.). Amusement News Agency. p. 37. ISBN 978-4990251215.
3. ^ Jump up to:^a b CRV (August 27, 2006). “Aicom”. gdri.smspower.org. Retrieved 2018-11-02.
4. ^ Jump up to:^a b Hashimoto, Hikoshi (December 20, 2016). “A.B.COP-STAGE1”. SoundCloud. SoundCloud Limited. Retrieved 2020-06-07.
5. ^ “VG: A.B. Cop”. Beep! MegaDrive (in Japanese). No. 18. SoftBank Creative. March 1991. p. 130.
6. ^ Yanma (March 1991). “Super Soft Hot Information: Video Game! (ビデオゲーム) – エアバイクコップ”. Micom BASIC Magazine (in Japanese). No. 105. Dempa Shimbunsha. p. 247.
7. ^ Jump up to:^a b “The Unconverted: A.B Cop”. Retro Gamer. No. 98. Imagine Publishing. January 2012. p. 42.