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Future Cop: LAPD

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Future Cop: LAPD is a third-person shooter developed by EA Redwood Shores and published by Electronic Arts and released first for the PlayStation, then Mac OS and Microsoft Windows. Future Cop was originally developed as an installment of the Strike series.

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Future Cop: L.A.P.D.未来战警装甲機動隊 L.A.P.D.Future Cop: LAPD 2100Future StrikeSoukou Kidoutai LAPDFuture Cop L.A.P.D.装甲機動隊 L.A.P.Dشرطى المستقبل: ال اى بى دىشرطي المستقبل: إل أي بي دي

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About Future Cop: LAPD

There are two modes of play in the game, Crime War and Precinct Assault (both modes can be played either as single player or two player). Precinct Assault is a strategy mode that is similar to Herzog Zwei (except the player can actively help their armies get to the other base) and is well known for inspiring MOBA games like DotA and League of Legends.

Crime War is a story mode, following a day in the life of an LAPD X1-Alpha pilot. The story events range from rogue lunatics arming observatories with weapons, to a malfunctioning supercomputer. Players begin in a futuristic Griffith Park, but as they advance through the game they may unlock areas such as Venice Beach, LAX and Long Beach. Crime War also supports a second player in cooperative play. Cooperative play features the unique feature that the life bars of the two players are intertwined; if either player is destroyed, it counts as a failure for both players.

Considered an early form of the MOBA genre by some, Precinct Assault is an arena battle mode in which each player starts with a single base and can capture automated Turrets or Outposts across the map. The objective is to defeat one's opponent by purchasing and deploying Hovertanks to invade their main base. The game ends when one player's base is breached by either a standard or super-sized "Dreadnought" Hovertank. Players may also deploy defensive Helicopters or the "Flying Fortress" Superplane to assist in securing their perimeter, shooting down enemy tanks that come near the base. Single-player mode consists of fighting a computer opponent named "Sky Captain", whose in-game avatar is a Superplane, more powerful and advanced than the X1-Alpha. Two player mode is a competitive battle between two X1-Alpha robots. There are five different precinct assault areas with 10 difficulty settings (for single player); however the level "La Cantina" was not on the original PlayStation release, only being added later for the computer versions. There is also a bonus area, known as 'Bug Hunt', which is the same as the 'Proving Ground' level, except all objects have been made into creatures such as worms and butterflies, instead of Hovertanks and Helicopters. The Flying Fortress is now a bat, and the Dreadnought is a large, armored caterpillar. The level features an up-beat music track in comparison to the game's normal dark military music and "Sky Captain" is a dragonfly.

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Future Cop: LAPD — PlayStation screenshot 1Future Cop: LAPD — PlayStation screenshot 2Future Cop: LAPD — PlayStation screenshot 3

Download Future Cop: LAPD

Future Cop: LAPD is abandonware and no longer sold or supported by its publishers. Files are archived here for these platforms:

Windows (1998)

  • Future_Cop_LAPD_Win_ROM_EN.7zEN419 MB
  • Instructions Future_Cop_LAPD_Win_ROM_EN.7z

    How to play on Windows

    1. Download and Extract Future_Cop_LAPD_Win_ROM_EN.7z
    2. Open the "Game Files" folder
    3. Mount the file called "future_cop_lapd.img" (you can use WinCDEMU to do this, read here if you're not sure how: https://oldgamesdownload.com/wiki/howto/windows/)
    4. Go back to the "Game Files" folder and run "Install-FutureCop.exe". Install the game
    5. Play the game
    6. Note: if you get an error, make sure you go to Legacy Components on Windows 10 and uncheck both options

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21 thoughts on “Future Cop: LAPD”

  1. 0
    YOU CAN PLAY ON WIN 10:
    Download dgVooDoo, paste DDraw.dll and D3Dllm.dll from MS>x86 folder into the game’s folder where the .exe is.
    Run the game as administrator.

    If audio’s not working, change it in settings. Setting windows are outside of the game, so it will be switching back and forth. If the window is outside your screen and you can’t move it, use tab and arrow keys to change volume.

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  2. 0
    Hi, I followed the steps for this but when I press ‘Install game’ it only a few bars load and it has the message “can’t find the Future Cop LAPD CD!”

    I extracted all the files (I had to highlight and do this via the 7zip App as there was no extracting option when I right clicked).

    Do you have any advice for me?

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      have you tried to burn a cd using WinCDEMU first ?
      if not just install WinCDEMU and then right click on ” future_cop_lapd (disc image file ) ” choose ” select driver letter & mount ” then just press “ok”
      then try to install game again and good luck
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  3. 0
    It shows the 3DFX logo and them go back to the desktop but the games doesn’t close, it keeps running but i cannot play.
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  4. 0
    Could you expand on step 6 on how to play on Windows. Which Legacy Components and where exactly do I find these?
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