James Pond: Underwater Agent or Robocod?

[JetSetWilly]

Cant believe he/she found that thread from 6 years ago ! Didnt realise the search worked that well

The search is rubbish. Given the chance, it couldn't have even found Bin Laden (when he was alive)

[Sir Hilary Bray]

My son has the DS game, and it's a bit different from the original.


I also remember the Amiga CD version having different levels?

[ToxieDogg]

Don't think I answered this question back in the first place, so I'm with Darran on this, thought they were both censored.

Robocod in particular is completely overrated. Remember everybody raving about it and then being completely unimpressed by it when I sat down with it myself. I never like Operation Starfish much either.

[eeztheman]

Thought that Robocod was OK - just a bit bog standard, but always nice to play it at Christmas.

Was overrated at the time for sure.

My little boy loves playing it though.

[Sir Hilary Bray]

I was always quite fond of the Amiga and Snes versions of the game.


Isn't the Master System version a bit shorter? sure I read that somewhere.

[killbot]

I always preferred Underwater Agent. Robocod - IMO - is overrated. There were better platformers on the Amiga (Rainbow Islands, Superfrog, Zool 2) never mind the MD/SNES.

[RetroMartin]

Neither, the third one Operation Starfish was by far much better then the first 2!

[DoctorForbin]

Robocod. Especially as xmas approaches (unless I am confused - Robocod was the Xmas themed MD game?)

[AndyR]

I think Robocod really showed what the A500 was capable of and the Amiga version was certainly the best looking, smoothest and most colourful version out there.

Still not a patch on Superfrog though - best platformer ever!!!!!

[Chinnico]

In my opinion, although Robocod displayed a much larger showcase of visual and sound effects, it grew a little bit larger than required, giving the more limited, although more focused, JP: Underwater Agent the upper hand on the enjoyability side.
Playing Robocod there were no real urge or pressure; the levels, although rich in variety, in the end did not pose any real challenge and were quite dull.
I recall an evening, playing it with my brother and a friend of ours on his MegaDrive. After one hour or so, we found ourselves mesmerised in the jelly level, jumping on the sofa rythmically along with Robocod (which we couldn't control anymore, bouncing around the level's walls) and singing together the hideous jingle "DANDAN DANDAN DANDAN DAN! DANDANDAN! DANDANDAN!..".
And we weren't even drunk...
That damn jingle is stuck in my mind even now...