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Summary

Cosmic Cop (known in Japan as Armed Police Unit Gallop) is Irem’s 1991 side‑scrolling shooter that feels like a secret branch of the R‑Type family. You pilot the sleek R‑11B Peace Maker, a fighter that lets you speed up the scrolling by tilting the ship further to the right—an unusual mechanic that rewards aggressive positioning. The game is split into five distinct zones, each ending in a memorable boss and offering hefty point bonuses for quick completion.

Weaponry is surprisingly deep for an arcade title: standard forward guns, a lock‑on laser that drains its own energy, and a missile unit that can switch between anti‑air, anti‑ground, or napalm payloads. Power‑ups appear as letters—P upgrades your weapons, L refills laser energy, and M equips the missile system, which is lost if you touch terrain. Though it never reached the mainstream in the West, Cosmic Cop was the 13th‑ranked table arcade unit in Japan’s November 1991 charts and its design cues later resurfaced in R‑Type Final.

Storyline

Cosmic Cop takes place at the same time as R‑Type Delta. Players assume the role of an operative in the eponymous private security firm, hunting down rogue autonomous vehicles that have been hijacked by the alien Bydo. These out‑of‑control machines are known as “Mad Cars.”