An Irem Undercover Cops brawler with polished cyberpunk flair. Three player coop, solid albeit dated, essential for fans.
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Beat-'Em-Up2 players12+
Description
Irem beat-'em-up featuring elite soldiers battling mutants in an abandoned city. Published by Irem, released in Japan in 1995. Three playable characters with distinct techniques, post-apocalyptic city levels and massive bosses. A little-known Irem beat-'em-up on Super Famicom.
Complete: box, manual and disc/cart very clean. Lightly handled.
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Collector interest
A 1995 Irem/Varie Super Famicom beat'em up, Japan-exclusive, a port of the 1992 Irem arcade known for its dystopian neo-Tokyo art direction. The cart is culturally important as one of the rare official SFC ports of Undercover Cops, an arcade game otherwise hard to play at home. Intact boxed CIB with cardboard sleeve and illustrated manual has become a serious target for Irem SFC collectors, and the cote climbs hard, sustained by real physical scarcity.
Better with friends
A beefy beat'em up where two plainclothes agents pound through an infested city, in raw, cathartic co-op. Mutual aid paces progress: covering each other, grabbing enemies to hurl them and syncing blows makes the waves far more satisfying to sweep. Snappy and generous with demolition, it chains fights with gusto and makes two-player sessions a complicit outlet you happily restart.
Is Undercover Cops still worth playing in 2026?
Undercover Cops, the SNES port of the Irem beat them up, offers a playable trio of muscular vigilantes pounding with the help of objects picked up in the street. The cartridge loses the arcade three player co op but keeps the very 1990s post apocalyptic aesthetic and the direct readability. The difficulty stays demanding. Recommended to fans of arcade beat them ups adapted to home, to those wanting an off radar 16 bit Irem title and to lovers of absurd casts.
