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| Judge Dredd | |
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| Developer(s) | Probe Software |
| Publisher(s) | Acclaim Entertainment |
| Designer(s) | Simon Bland Andy Cambridge Ben O' Reilly |
| Composer(s) | Andy Brock |
| Platform(s) | Super NES, Sega Genesis, Game Boy, Game Gear, DOS |
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| Mode(s) | Single-player |
Judge Dredd is an action video game for the Super NES, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Game Gear and Game Boy originally released in 1995. The game is loosely based on the 1995 film Judge Dredd, which was a spin off from the Judge Dredd strip from 2000AD.[1]
Several video games have been produced, based on Judge Dredd. In 1987, Beam Software developed the first Judge Dredd video game, published by Melbourne House in the UK. It was not critically well received.1 Later in 1987, UK publisher Pirannah were to release Judge Death on the ZX Spectrum. Feb 28, 2005 Judge Dredd: Dredd vs. Death Welcome to Mega-City One, a city of over 400 million people - every one of them a potential criminal. It is the third decade of the 22nd Century, unemployment is widespread, boredom is universal and only the Judges can prevent total anarchy.
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- Judge Dredd is an action video game for the Super NES, Sega Genesis/Mega Drive, Game Gear and Game Boy originally released in 1995. The game is loosely based on the 1995 film Judge Dredd, which was a spin off from the Judge Dredd strip from 2000AD.
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Gameplay[edit]
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The game features run and gun gameplay with a variety of weapons. The player is given a choice to either execute criminals or arrest them.
Levels range from the major futuristic city known as Mega-City One, a prison in a post-nuclear wasteland, ruins and a showdown with the rogue Judge Rico Dredd.[2]
Plot[edit]
In the 22nd century, everybody lives in the urban areas of the world.[3]Police officers and lawyers have been abolished and only the Judges are in complete control of human society.[3] One of them, Judge Dredd, must pursue the renegade Judge Rico and Mega-City's most dangerous criminals. Eventually, Dredd defeats Rico and wins a final battle with the Dark Judges to rescue Mega-City.[4]
Development[edit]
For seven of the game's 12 levels, the backgrounds were created by digitizing sets from the movie; the remaining five levels use backgrounds based on the comic book.[5]
Ports[edit]
A conversion of the game was in development for the Atari Jaguar CD after Atari Corporation and Acclaim announced their partnership in March 1995 that included plans to release three titles for the system, but Judge Dredd was later licensed to Atari Corp. months after the announcement of the partnership and was planned for a Q4 1995 release, but the port went unreleased for unknown reasons.[6][7][8][9][10][11]
Reception[edit]
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The four reviewers of Electronic Gaming Monthly criticized that the game's bosses are overly difficult, but generally approved of Judge Dredd for its large levels and selection of weapons, with one of their reviewers remarking that 'What Judge Dredd lacks in originality, it more than makes up for in playability.' They were much more critical of the Genesis version, which they said suffers from inferior graphics, sound, and most importantly, control compared to the SNES version.[12] Similarly, GamePro criticized the game's lack of originality but praised the large levels, selection of weapons, and the ability to arrest enemies instead of killing them. They too gave the Genesis version a more negative review on account of inferior graphics and sounds.[16]
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Electronic Gaming Monthly reviewed that the game 'translates surprisingly well to the Game Boy', with most of the levels and graphical effects of the home versions, but that the Game Boy version also suffers from inferior sound quality.[13]GamePro's review of the Game Boy version criticized that Judge Dredd is overly similar to previous handheld action/adventure games and has so-so controls, but concluded, 'Is Judge Dredd tough? Not guilty. Is it terrific? Not guilty. Is it worth playing? Guilty.'[17]
Next Generation reviewed the Genesis version of the game, rating it three stars out of five, and stated that 'in the end, Judge Dredd is guilty of one thing, it's yet another side-scroller.'[14]
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Next Generation reviewed the SNES version of the game, rating it two stars out of five, and stated that 'while it's well animated and tightly designed, that still doesn't make Judge Dredd very interesting.'[15]
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References[edit]
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- ^'Video game summary'. MobyGames. Archived from the original on 2010-03-17. Retrieved 2010-05-26.
- ^ ab'Basic game overview'. Neoseeker. Archived from the original on 2012-01-23. Retrieved 2012-01-22.
- ^'Ending for Judge Dredd (SNES)'. VG Museum. Archived from the original on 2012-05-06. Retrieved 2012-01-23.
- ^'Stallone Deals Dredded Justice on the Big Screen'. GamePro. IDG (82): 26. July 1995.
- ^'ATARI AND ACCLAIM JOIN FORCES IN MAJOR SOFTWARE DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT'. Nine Lives. March 22, 1995. Archived from the original on 2004-12-14. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
- ^'CVG News - Atari's Cat Gets The CD Cream - Big Cat Claws EA Deal'. Computer and Video Games. No. 163. Future Publishing. June 1995. pp. 12–13. Archived from the original on 2018-10-18. Retrieved 2019-01-05.
- ^'Acclaim join Atari for a bit of a Jag 'n' Jam'. Ultimate Future Games. No. 7. Future Publishing. June 1995. p. 23.
- ^'Jaguar: mass market machine'(PDF). Edge (supplement). No. 22. Future Publishing. July 1995. p. 7. Archived from the original on 2018-08-29. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
- ^'Special E3 Messe - Acclaim - Never Change A Winning Team!!!'. Mega Fun (in German). No. 34. CT Computec Verlag GmbH & Co. KG. July 1995. p. 9. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
- ^CRV (August 6, 2017). 'Blog:Legal Brief: Atari vs. Sega - Jaguar 95 96 pending titles'. gdri.smspower.org. Archived from the original on 2018-09-22. Retrieved 2018-09-22.
- ^ abc'Review Crew: Judge Dredd'. Electronic Gaming Monthly. Ziff Davis (72): 35–36. July 1995.
- ^ ab'Review Crew: Judge Dredd'. Electronic Gaming Monthly. Ziff Davis (72): 40. July 1995.
- ^ ab'Finals'. Next Generation. No. 8. Imagine Media. August 1995. p. 76-77.
- ^ ab'Finals'. Next Generation. No. 8. Imagine Media. August 1995. p. 77.
- ^'Here Comes the Judge'. GamePro. IDG (82): 24–25. July 1995.
- ^'ProReview: Judge Dredd'. GamePro. IDG (83): 88. August 1995.