# Cosmic Cop

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1991 video game

1991 video game

Cosmic Cop Developer Irem Publisher Irem Artist Akio Oyabu[1] Platform Arcade Release JP: September 1991 NA: 1991 Genre Scrolling shooter Mode Single-player Arcade system Irem M-84 system

***Cosmic Cop***[a] is a [side-scrolling shoot 'em up](/source/Shoot_'em_up#Scrolling_shooters) [arcade game](/source/Arcade_game) produced by [Irem](/source/Irem) in 1991. It is part of the popular *[R-Type](/source/R-Type)* video game series.

## Story

Taking place concurrently with *[R-Type Delta](/source/R-Type_Delta)*, *Cosmic Cop* sees the player as a member of the like-named private security organization tasked with hunting down autonomous vehicles driven berserk by the Bydo, dubbed "Mad Cars".[2]

## Gameplay

Gameplay screenshot

The player pilots an R-Type fighter, the R-11B *Peace Maker*. As in most horizontal shooters the screen scrolls continuously to the right, but *Cosmic Cop* is unusual in that the scroll rate can be controlled by the player. The further right the player's craft is oriented onscreen, the faster the game scrolls.

Gameplay progresses through five different "zones", each culminating with a [boss](/source/Boss_(video_games)). Significant bonus points are awarded for completing the zones quickly.

The R-11B is armed with forward-firing guns, as well as a lock-on laser that automatically targets enemies, but whose energy depletes as it is fired. These weapons can be powered up twice by picking up a letter "P" and the laser's energy can be quickly refilled by picking up a letter "L".

Picking up a letter "M" will equip the R-11B with a missile unit that will fire one of three types of munitions: anti-air missiles, anti-ground missiles, or napalm bombs. Contact with any terrain will cause the missile unit to be lost.[3]

## References to *Cosmic Cop* in other *R-Type* media

- The *R-Type Special* CD released in 1993 includes arrangements of the music from every *R-Type* arcade game, including *Cosmic Cop*.[4]

- The R-11B has an entry in the library in the *R-Types* compilation for [PlayStation](/source/PlayStation_(console)).

- The R-11B is once again playable in *[R-Type Final](/source/R-Type_Final)*, along with its improved successors the R-11S *Tropical Angel* and R-11S2 *No Chaser*. *Final* also includes the anti-ground missiles that originated in *Cosmic Cop* as a weapon, usable by many of the craft in the game.

- The R-11S variant is an available unit in *[R-Type Tactics](/source/R-Type_Tactics)*.[5]

## Reception

In Japan, *Game Machine* listed *Cosmic Cop* on their November 1, 1991 issue as being the thirteenth most-successful table arcade unit of the month.[6]

## Notes

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Also known as ***Armed Police Unit Gallop*** (アームドポリスユニットギャロップ, *Āmudo Porisu Yunitto Gyaroppu*) in Japan.

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-:0_1-0)** ["R-TYPE ORIGINAL SOUND BOX"](https://clrc.myshopify.com/products/m_r-type). *Clarice Shop* (in Japanese). [City Connection](/source/City_Connection_(company)). 2021. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20210211103215/https://clrc.myshopify.com/products/m_r-type) from the original on 2021-02-11. Retrieved 2021-03-09.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-3)** [Official *R-Type* timeline (Japanese)](http://www.irem.co.jp/official/r/j/history/index.html)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** [Arcade flyers describing game mechanics](http://www.arcadeflyers.com/?page=thumbs&db=videodb&id=1869)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-5)** [Review of *R-Type Special*](http://www.altpop.com/stc/reviews/rtyps.htm)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Unit FAQ, Earth side](http://www.gamefaqs.com/portable/psp/file/939773/51156)

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". *[Game Machine](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B2%E3%83%BC%E3%83%A0%E3%83%9E%E3%82%B7%E3%83%B3)* (in Japanese). No. 414. [Amusement Press, Inc.](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A2%E3%83%9F%E3%83%A5%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA%E3%83%A1%E3%83%B3%E3%83%88%E9%80%9A%E4%BF%A1%E7%A4%BE) 1 November 1991. p. 25.

v t e R-Type series List of games Main entries R-Type R-Type II Super R-Type R-Type III: The Third Lightning R-Type Delta R-Type Final R-Type Final 2 Spin-offs Cosmic Cop R-Type Leo Tactics Tactics II: Operation Bitter Chocolate Compilation R-Types Publishers Irem Granzella Related Battle Chopper Last Resort In the Hunt Superior Soldiers Image Fight X Multiply

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