the cutting room mirror

Beverly Hills Cop (DOS)

A milquetoast collection of minigames, only notable for the title screen music breaking on anything that isn't an early-80s 8088 IBM machine (despite releasing in 1990!).

Hidden Text#

rem *** Beverly Hills Cop
rem *** (c) Tynesoft Computer Software 1989
rem *** All rights reserved

rem *** Game controller system  : Gary Partis
rem *** Demo and hi-score table : Gary Partis
rem *** Game 1                  : Scrapped
rem *** Game 2                  : Gary Partis
rem *** Game 3                  : David Crofts
rem *** Game 4                  : David Crofts
rem *** Game 5                  : Game Partis

These credits can be found in GAME.BAT. They are hidden with the rem command, which is used to put comments in batch scripts. Interestingly, a scrapped Game 1 is mentioned.

'Beverly Hills Cop - The Computer Game' Written by Gary James Partis and
David Crofts for Tynesoft Computer Software Ltd. (c) Tynesoft Ltd 1989.
All rights reserved.

If ST/Amiga programmers think that they are so great, how come all the
ones I have come across are spineless, pathetic excuses for human
beings...?

Bye bye for now....

More credits and a short rant can be found in BHC.COM.

Build Date#

Found at the end of BHC.COM.

CGA Version

EGA Version

Assembled at 20:25:10 on 23 Nov 1989

Assembled at 20:54:06 on 23 Nov 1989

References#


  1. Beverly Hills Cop ad - ACE, Issue 29, February 1990↩︎
  2. Whodunit: Computer Mystery and Suspense Games for Armchair Detective - VideoGame & Computer Entertainment, Issue 15, April 1990↩︎