Enforce: The 80s Arcade Cop Game You Forgot Existed!
0🕹 Game Name: Enforce
📛 Alternate Names: Enforce: The Shield of Justice
📅 Release Date: 1988
🔫 Genre: Vertical Shooter / Action
👨 🏻 💻 Developers: Taito
👨 🏻 💻 Publishers: Taito
🔢 Max Players: 2
⁉ Cooperative: Yes
🕹 Game Introduction:
Enforce drops you into a dystopian future as part of a high-tech police unit, using helicopter firepower to bring justice to a crime-infested city.
🕹 Game Description:
Unlike typical vertical shooters, Enforce lets you switch between ground patrol and aerial missions. The game oozes late-'80s cyber-cop vibes with action-packed gameplay that challenges your reflexes and decision-making.
🎴 Game Play:
👉 🏻 Switch between ground and air combat at key stages.
👉 🏻 Blast enemies using rapid-fire and smart bombs.
👉 🏻 Rescue hostages and avoid civilian casualties.
👉 🏻 Dodge relentless projectiles and environmental traps.
📕 Background & History:
Released during a boom in both military and sci-fi shooters, Enforce stood out for combining police and mech elements with dual-stage gameplay. It faded into obscurity but remains a hidden gem.
🐣 Cheats, Tricks, Bugs, and Easter Eggs:
👉 🏻 Time power-up usage for boss battles—multiple at once stack damage.
👉 🏻 Early level respawns can skip enemy waves when timed right.
🐱 💻 Hacks:
👉 🏻 Some emulators enable invincibility toggles and weapon max-outs.
👉 🏻 Region-based dipswitches reveal debug modes.
🎉 Trivia:
👉 🏻 Enforce was one of Taito's few cyber-future police-themed arcade games.
👉 🏻 Features both horizontal and vertical scrolling depending on mission.
👓 Lonster's Review:
Enforce is a gritty, overlooked title that tried something different. The switching mechanics and police theme make it feel like a playable ‘80s action movie. It’s rough around the edges, but cool as hell.
🌟 Legacy:
Though not widely ported or remembered, Enforce inspired the idea of genre fusion in arcade shooters—part strategy, part chaos.
✨ Cultural Impact:
Its concept helped inspire later mech-police titles and even hybrid gameplay in Japanese doujin games.
💭 Lonster's Final Thoughts:
Enforce may be forgotten by many, but for arcade purists, it’s that rare mix of experimental and explosive. Worth the ride—especially with a co-op buddy.
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