When two titans of the movie pop culture clash there is only one possible result: huge explosions, and that is exactly what RoboCop Versus The Terminator gives. The video game about the two machines armed to the teeth was released in 1993, inspired by the homonymous comic book of the 1992. But thanks to Mortal Kombat 11, the metal showdown is back.
Dead or alive, you’re coming with me!
The videogame RoboCop Versus The Terminator was released after the big success of the comic book crossover. At that time, The Terminator franchise was very present and well-known thanks to: two movies, a comic book and a lot of videogames. RoboCop movies were more recent, the franchise began in 1987 and was less established at that time, even that, the success was incredible and the cyborg police of Detroit got also: comic books, videogames and cartoons.
Hasta la vista, baby
The confrontation of the two franchises was inevitable and the RoboCop Versus The Terminator comic book sets out the condition of a shared universe between the two worlds. But the video game based on the comic was not really welcomed, presenting some story and gameplay difficulties. In fact, for every console (MegaDrive/Genesis, NES and SNES) there is a different story version… What is common to all instead is that the player is RoboCop and must defeat the Terminators and Skynet in order to save the humanity.
I’ll be back
Probably due to the poor performance of the videogame, a movie of the shared universe between RoboCop and The Terminator was set aside. But the hope to see the two lethal machines together once again was never completely lost… And here we are! As anticipated many weeks ago, Mortal Kombat 11 is increasing its DLC contents, therefore to join the NetherRealm violence are the two old cyborgs. Finally we can enjoy the metal fight with all the firepower and the cybernetic strength.
Who knows if this metal clash will encourage someone to release a new RoboCop Versus The Terminator game… In the meantime let’s play MK!