A hugely important game in Saturn history, 1995’s Virtua Cop was the first of Christmas 1995’s “Big Three” arcade conversions meant to showcase that the Saturn had what it took to compete with the upstart PlayStation.
Coming across very faithfully from the arcades courtesy of a surprisingly inexperienced internal team at SEGA, the game was sold standalone as well as with the Stunner light gun.
Fully polygonal and with ever-changing zooms and perspectives, the player can shoot various parts of the bad guys for different point values, building the satisfying point multiplier. Just don’t shoot the brainless innocents that often pop up in the heat of a firefight.
A Saturn fan since the beginning, Peter plays Saturn almost exclusively. For Peter, Saturn represents a moment in time where 2D games were at their best, 3D was just rising, and fascinating gaming ‘firsts’ were commonplace. There are very few Saturn games that Peter cannot find some enjoyment in!
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