James Pond II - Codename RoboCod (C64)

James Pond II - Codename RoboCod

Platform: Commodore 64 Year: 1992 Developer: Data Design Interactive

James Pond 2: Codename: Robocod, also known as Super James Pond, is a platform video game and sequel to James Pond. It was developed by the same British teams as the original. The title music by Richard Joseph is a marimba-heavy rendition of the RoboCop film theme.

James Pond 2 was originally released on the Amiga, Atari ST and Sega Genesis in 1991 by three different publishers. It was next ported to Amiga AGA, Amiga CD32, Game Gear, Commodore 64, Master System, PC, Acorn Archimedes, Game Boy and SNES. The SNES version was called Super James Pond in North America, and Super James Pond II in other regions. The Game Boy version was called Super James Pond in every region. It was later redeveloped and released as a budget title for the Game Boy Advance, Nintendo DS, PlayStation, PlayStation 2, and as a download on the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation 3 via the PlayStation Network store.

Screenshots

The title screen.

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Music

Dale Johnstone arranged a few of Richard Joseph's original scores in Demo Music Creator 1.x or 2.x. The sound effect driver is unique and almost unnoticeably mutes the arpeggio while a sound effect plays.

Recording

#	Title	Composer	Arranger	Length	Listen	Download
01	Title Screen	Richard Joseph, Basil Poledouris	Dale Johnstone	1:21		Download
02	Game Theme	Richard Joseph	Dale Johnstone	2:14		Download
03	Game Over	Richard Joseph	Dale Johnstone	0:05		Download

There are issues with the timing of this recording.

Credits

• Ripper: HVSC
• Recorder: Duc4Wikmedia
• Game Credits:
  • Sound Effects & Music: Richard Joseph
  • Player (C): Balázs Farkas credited as Brian/Graffity
  • Not Credited Composer: Basil Poledouris
  • Not Credited Arranger: Dale Johnstone
  • Not Credited Foley Artist: Unknown
  • Not Credited Programmer (Sound Effects): Unknown

(Arranger confirmed by "the author" to HVSC in 2009. The C64 manual lists the original 16-bit credits, but Joseph told HVSC in 2005 that he did not do the C64 conversion. Source for DMC and Farkas: Hidden comment in music driver, code recognition. Game lacks credits.)

Game Rip

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Audio Devices

This game uses the computer's built-in SID chip. The melody at 0:32 sounds different on every 6581 because it uses SID's infamous filter. Whether it was officially released in NTSC regions is not known.

Releases

UK Title: James Pond II - Codename RoboCod Platform: Commodore 64 Released: 1992-0?-?? Publisher: Millennium Interactive Limited

Links

• mobygames.com/game/c64/james-pond-2-codename-robocod - MobyGames.
• gamefaqs.gamespot.com/c64/574591-james-pond-2-codename-robocod - GameFAQs.