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{{Short description|1989 video game}}
{{Infobox video game
|title = Cyber Police ESWAT 
|image = ESWATCyberPolice arcadeflyer.png
|caption = Japanese arcade flyer
|developer = [[Company:Sega|Sega]]
|publisher = Sega<br />[[Company:U.S. Gold|U.S. Gold]] (home computers)
|designer = Nandemo, Macco<br>Chan, Seishi<br>Atsumiya, Mikarin
|composer = Yasuhiro Kawakami
|platforms = [[Software:Arcade video game|Arcade]], [[Engineering:Amiga|Amiga]], [[Engineering:Atari ST|Atari ST]], Amstrad CPC, [[Engineering:ZX Spectrum|ZX Spectrum]], [[Engineering:Commodore 64|Commodore 64]], [[Engineering:Master System|Master System]]
|release = May 28, 1989<ref>{{cite web |title=ESWAT (Registration Number PA0000428171) |url=https://cocatalog.loc.gov |website=United States Copyright Office |access-date=26 September 2021}}</ref>
|genre = Run and gun
|modes = Single-player, [[Software:Multiplayer video game|multiplayer]]
|arcade system = System 16
}}

{{nihongo|'''''Cyber Police ESWAT'''''|サイバーポリス イースワット}} is a [[Software:Side-scrolling|side-scrolling]] run and gun video game developed and released by [[Company:Sega|Sega]] for [[Software:Arcade video game|arcades]] in 1989. Players take control of Duke Oda, a member of the Liberty City Cyber Police Force tasked with finding and arresting the city's most wanted criminals, and eventually dismantling a terrorist organization planning world domination. In 1990, Sega released a Mega Drive/Genesis version known in North America as ''[[Software:ESWAT: City Under Siege|ESWAT]]''.

==Gameplay==
[[File:ESWAT.png|thumb|left|In the arcade game's first stage, players start out as a regular police officer.]]

The gameplay is similar to Sega's own ''[[Software:Shinobi (1987 video game)|Shinobi]]'' (1987),<ref name="VT">{{cite magazine |title=Pedal To The Metal: Sega Set To Speed, Swing, Sidekick Into The 1990s With New Fall Line |magazine=Vending Times |date=August 1989 |volume=29 |issue=10 |pages=52–5 |url=https://archive.org/details/VendingTimesVOL29NO10August1989Clearscan/page/n47}}</ref> as the player has the ability to jump up and down between planes where possible. The goal of each of the game's 15 stages is to find and arrest a specific wanted criminal, who is usually fought at the end of the stage as a boss. Duke is initially armed with only a single-shot pistol, but upon arresting the first three criminals and being promoted to ESWAT, Duke is equipped with a Power Suit with a mounted machine gun for the rest of the game. The suit also has access to limited-use special weapons which can be found within stages. However, both of Duke's standard weapons require ammunition, without which the player can only attack with a kick. Additional ammunition can be found in boxes throughout each stage.

==Hardware/conversion==
The game was issued on [[Company:Sega|Sega]]'s System 16-B which is built around the M68000 and uses a Z80 and a YM2151 for amplified mono sound generation. The System 16 pinout is not JAMMA compatible but JAMMA adaptors are available and fairly common. The game was released in a dedicated two player cabinet and also as a kit that contained the System 16 to JAMMA adaptor. Each player requires one start [[Engineering:Push-button|button]], one [[Engineering:Joystick|joystick]], and three action buttons (shoot, jump, special weapons). This game utilizes a standard resolution arcade monitor.

==Reception==
''Computer and Video Games'' called the game a cross between ''NARC'' and ''[[Software:RoboCop (1988 video game)|RoboCop]]'', but wrote that it "doesn't quite have the flair of either". Rating the game at 76% overall, they recommended only playing ''Cyber Police'' if they were bored with the two other games.<ref name=CVG>"Cyber Police". ''Computer and Video Games''. November 1989. p. 97.</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
* {{KLOV game|7685}}
* {{moby game|id=/e-swat-cyber-police|name=''E-SWAT: Cyber Police''}}


[[Category:Arcade video games]]

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