Not to be confused with Maze Craze: A Game of Cops 'n Robbers for the Atari 2600, or the Commodore VIC-20/C64 game from 1985.
Cops N' Robbers provides examples of:
- Attract Mode: The cars shoot at each other while the game waits for you to start.
- Death Is a Slap on the Wrist: You crash for a few seconds, then off you go again.
- Every Bullet is a Tracer: Every bullet can be seen flying across the screen.
- One Bullet at a Time: You have to wait for your bullet to hit an enemy car or go off screen to fire again, producing the classic variable rate of fire depending on where your car is and where you're shooting.
- One-Hit-Point Wonder: The cars crash with a single hit. The beer trucks are invincible.
- Painfully Slow Projectile: The bullets fly slowly across the screen, and can be dodged by the enemy cars.
- Player Versus Player: The game was designed for two players, though it can be played alone.
- Scoring Points: Each side scores one point every time they hit an enemy car.
- Shoot 'Em Up: Both sides are fixed on the left and right sides of the screen, shooting at each other.
- The Roaring '20s: A generic gangster setting, with late '20s or early '30s cars. The beer trucks may indicate that this is after Prohibition, or may just be a case of poor research.
- Timed Mission: Three minutes.
- Top-Down View: The cars and road are seen from above. The cars are seen from the side when they crash, so apparently they roll over.
- Villain Protagonist: The game provides one of the earliest examples since the robbers are playable.
