{{Short description|1991 video game}} {{Infobox video game |title = A.B. Cop |image = A.B. Cop arcade flyer.jpg |developer = [[Aicom]]<ref name="GDRI">{{cite web|author=CRV|url=http://gdri.smspower.org/wiki/index.php/Aicom|title=Aicom|website=gdri.smspower.org|date=August 27, 2006|accessdate=2018-11-02}}</ref> |publisher = [[Sega]] |composer = Hikoshi Hashimoto<ref name="SC">{{cite web|last=Hashimoto|first=Hikoshi|url=https://soundcloud.com/hashimoto-hikoshi/abcop-stage1|title=A.B.COP-STAGE1|work=[[SoundCloud]]|publisher=SoundCloud Limited|date=December 20, 2016|access-date=2020-06-07}}</ref> |platforms = [[Arcade game|Arcade]] |released = {{vgrelease|WW|January 1991<ref name="SAH">{{cite book|author=Famitsu DC|author-link=Famitsu DC|url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File%3ASega_Arcade_History_JP_EnterBrain_Book.pdf&page=43|chapter=Chapter 3 - H, Y board & SYSTEM 16, 18, 24, 31: 1991 - A.B.コップ|title=セガ・アーケード・ヒストリー (Sega Arcade History)|series=Famitsu Books|publisher=[[Enterbrain]]|date=15 February 2002|page=101|language=ja|isbn=9784757707900}}</ref><ref name="ATVGL:JaO1971-2005">{{cite book|last=Akagi|first=Masumi|chapter-url=https://archive.org/stream/ArcadeGameList1971-2005#page/n38/mode/1up|chapter=セガ社 (Sega)|title=アーケードTVゲームリスト 国内•海外編 (1971-2005)|edition=1st|publisher=Amusement News Agency|date=13 October 2006|page=37|isbn=978-4990251215|language=ja}}</ref>}} |genre = [[Racing video game|Racing]], [[Vehicular combat game|vehicular combat]] |modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]] |arcade system = [[Sega X Board]] }}
'''''A.B. Cop''''' is a futuristic [[3D computer graphics|3D]] [[Racing video game|racing]] [[arcade game]] released by [[Sega]] in 1991.<ref name="B!MD18">{{cite magazine|url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:BeepMD_JP_1991-03.pdf&page=132|title=VG: A.B. Cop|magazine=[[:ja:ゲーマガ#BEEP!メガドライブ|Beep! MegaDrive]]|issue=18|publisher=[[SB Creative|SoftBank Creative]]|date=March 1991|page=130|lang=ja}}</ref><ref name="MBASICM105">{{cite magazine|last=Yamashita|first=Nobuyuki|url=https://archive.org/stream/micomBASIC_1991-03#page/n242/mode/1up|title=Super Soft Hot Information: Video Game! (ビデオゲーム) - エアバイクコップ|magazine=Micom BASIC Magazine|issue=105|publisher=Dempa Shimbunsha|date=March 1991|page=247|lang=ja}}</ref> It never received any official [[Porting#Porting in gaming|port]] to [[Home video game console|home console]]s.<ref name="RG98">{{cite magazine|title=The Unconverted: A.B Cop|magazine=[[Retro Gamer]]|issue=98|publisher=[[Imagine Publishing]]|date=January 2012|page=42}}</ref>
== Gameplay == [[File:ARC A.B. Cop (Air Bike Cop).png|thumb|left|Gameplay screenshot]] {{Expand section|date=June 2020}} Gameplay is similar to that of ''[[Chase H.Q.]]''.<ref name="MDF14">{{cite magazine|url=https://retrocdn.net/index.php?title=File:Megadrive_Fan_1991-03.pdf&page=129|title=Ge-Sen Freak!: Sega Area - A.B. Cop|magazine=[[:ja:メガドライブFAN|Mega Drive Fan]]|issue=14|publisher=[[Tokuma Shoten]]|date=March 1991|pages=132–133|lang=ja}}</ref><ref name="AJ18">{{cite magazine|last=Labiner|first=Michael|url=https://archive.org/stream/Amiga_Joker_1991-02_Joker_Verlag_DE#page/n105/mode/2up|title=Coin-Op|magazine=Amiga Joker|issue=18|publisher=Joker-Verlag|date=June 1991|pages=106–107|lang=de}}</ref><ref name="A.B.Chg101">{{cite web|last=Kalata|first=Kurt|url=http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/a-b-cop/|title=A.B. Cop|publisher=Hardcore Gaming 101|date=December 12, 2013|access-date=2020-06-07}}</ref><ref name="AH">{{cite web|url=https://www.arcade-history.com/?n=a.b.-cop&page=detail&id=3354|title=A.B. Cop|website=arcade-history.com|access-date=2020-06-07}}</ref> The player takes on the role of the A.B. (Air Bike) Cop who must chase down and destroy the perpetrators of various crimes (which changes every level) before the time limit expires. ''A.B Cop'' introduced an element new to the racing genre: the end-of-level guardian.
== Development and release == ''A.B. Cop'' was developed by Aicom and released in arcades by Sega in 1991 using their X Board.<ref name="GDRI"/><ref name="SAH"/><ref name="ATVGL:JaO1971-2005"/> The [[Soundtrack#Video game soundtracks|soundtrack]] was composed by Hikoshi Hashimoto.<ref name="SC"/> The game has not received any official port to home consoles.<ref name="RG98"/>
== Reception == In Japan, ''Game Machine'' listed ''A.B. Cop'' on their March 1, 1991 issue as being the thirteenth most-successful upright/cockpit arcade unit of the month, outperforming titles such as ''Winning Run Suzuka GP'' and ''[[Special Criminal Investigation]]''.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - アップライト, コックピット型TVゲーム機 (Upright/Cockpit Videos)|magazine=[[:ja:ゲームマシン|Game Machine]]|issue=398|publisher=[[:ja:アミューズメント通信社|Amusement Press, Inc.]]|date=1 March 1991|page=29|lang=ja}}</ref> Mark Caswell of ''[[Zzap!64]]'' gave the game an overall mixed outlook.<ref name="Z!64a.b.c">{{cite magazine|last=Caswell|first=Mark|url=https://archive.org/stream/zzap64-magazine-076#page/n37/mode/1up|title=Corky's Day at the Arcades! - AB Cop (Sega)|magazine=[[Zzap!64]]|issue=76|publisher=[[Newsfield Publications]]|date=August 1991|page=38}}</ref> Spanish magazine ''[[Micromanía]]'' gave it a positive outlook.<ref name="MMa.b.c.">{{cite magazine|author=S.E.A.|url=https://archive.org/stream/micromania-segunda-epoca-42#page/n98/mode/1up|title=Arcade Machine: A.B. Cop-Air Bike - Un Poli Motorizado|magazine=[[Micromanía]]|volume=2|issue=42|publisher=Hobby Press|date=November 1991|page=99|lang=es}}</ref> Kurt Kalata of ''Hardcore Gaming 101'' gave it a positive retrospective outlook.<ref name="A.B.Chg101"/>
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * [https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/arcade/566416-ab-cop ''A.B. Cop''] at [[GameFAQs]] * [https://www.giantbomb.com/ab-cop/3030-36088/ ''A.B. Cop''] at [[Giant Bomb]] * [https://www.arcade-museum.com/game_detail.php?game_id=6797 ''A.B. Cop''] at [[Killer List of Videogames]] * [https://www.mobygames.com/game/arcade/ab-cop ''A.B. Cop''] at [[MobyGames]]
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