Decepticon Police officer

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:''Decepticon Police officer is an figment of [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]'s imagination from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]].''

[[Image:Returntocybertron-decepticoncop.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"Are you username: LadiesMan217?"]]
This '''Decepticon Police officer''' patrols the Decepticon-controlled streets of [[Cybertron (planet)|Cybertron]] in a grim reality where the [[Autobot|Autobots]] were all but wiped out.

==Fiction==
[[Image:Returntocybertron-policecar.jpg|left|150px|thumb|Is this his patrol car, or is it his alternate mode? The world may never know.]]
When the entire [[Earth]]-based Autobot force was wiped out in a Decepticon raid, Optimus Prime took a one-man shuttlecraft back to Cybertron in search of reinforcements. He found one feeble [[Ancient Autobot survivor|survivor]] hiding in a dark alley, but the Decepticon Police officer showed up and shot them down. The whole thing was part of an incredibly elaborate dream that Prime had while KOed by a Decepticon blaster. {{storylink|Return to Cybertron|Return to Cybertron}}

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Transformers: Mystery of Convoy

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[[Image:Convoynonazotitle.png|right|180px|thumb|Convoy no Nazo title screen.]]
'''''Transformers: Mystery of Convoy''''' (トランスフォーマー　コンボイの謎 ''Transformers: Convoy no Nazo'') is a video game developed by ISCO and distributed by [[Takara]] for the [[Famicom]] (the Japanese version of the Nintendo Entertainment System). The player controls [[Ultra Magnus (G1)|Ultra Magnus]] on his mission to find the whereabouts of the missing [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]]. Along his quest, Ultra Magnus faces various [[Decepticon]] threats, including [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]]-like fighter jets, the ''[[Nemesis (G1)|Nemesis]]'', the [[combiner]]s [[Menasor (G1)|Menasor]] and [[Bruticus (G1)|Bruticus]], [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]] and a final battle against [[Trypticon (G1)|Trypticon]].

The game was followed by ''[[The Headmasters (video game)|The Headmasters]]''.

In 2008, Mystery of Convoy was made available on the Wii's [[wikipedia:Virtual Console|Virtual Console]] service in Japan. It cost 500 Wii points.

==Gameplay==
[[Image:Convoynonazoscreen.png|right|180px|thumb|Ultra Magnus tries not to get his ass kicked ''by the first enemy.'']]
The game is a simple 2D platformer, with the player making their way through 10 levels while under constant attack from various enemies. Killing enemies earns the player points and various power-ups, such as extra defense or temporary flight, and at every 20,000 points the player is awarded with an extra life. Many of the levels are simple horizontal fields, while two are vertical and one is a frustrating labyrinth. At the end of each level is a boss, which in most cases just floats up and down and the right side of the screen while firing projectiles at the player.

Ultra Magnus fights with a very short-range gun and can transform. While transforming lets him fire upwards and makes him harder to hit, it makes his forward shots arc downwards and takes away his ability to jump. Unless he's using the "B" power-up, Magnus will die from a single hit of any kind, whereas the majority of enemies require multiple hits to be destroyed.

There are also a few secrets in the game, such as special red jet enemies that appear in certain stages. If Ultra Magnus manages to kill these, [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]] appears and lets him skip a few levels. Another secret is the seven hidden letters that spell out "RODIMUS", which are obtained by killing certain enemies. If the player collects all seven letters by the end of the game, they are given the option of playing through the game again, this time as [[Hot Rod (G1)|Rodimus Prime]]. Rodimus Prime has a new vehicle mode sprite, but his robot mode is simply a recolored Ultra Magnus, and the gameplay remains exactly the same as during the Magnus run.

This game is also somewhat notorious for being extremely difficult to the point of frustration, thanks to dodgy hit mechanics and sluggish control.

==Cheat Codes==
{| border=1
|+Memory Address Cheat Codes
!Address
!Value
!Effect
!Side Effect
|----
|0069
|3
|Always have three lives
|----
|0053
|20
|Indestructible
|Music restarts everytime you are hit
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|0053
|40
|Shot Power Up
|----
|0053
|60
|Indestructible and Shot Power Up
|}

==Notes==
* The English title on the package of the game is mistakenly labeled as "Mystery of Comvoy".
*Despite his Japanese name being in the title of the game, [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]] only appears in-game twice. First during the start screen, when his head explodes and reassembles as the player's sprite, and later his head reappears colored gray right at the end of level 7.
* The ''[[Alternity (toyline)|Alternity]]'' story, "[[To Die Game!]]", [[retcon]]s this game as being part of a cross-dimensional game between the hyper-dimensional guardian [[Optimus Prime (G1)#Alternity|Optimus Prime]] and the equally powerful [[Megatron (G1)#Alternity|Megatron]], wherein Optimus had to choose one avatar (Ultra Magnus) to fight endless hordes of Decepticons empowered by Megatron.
*The events of this game were adapted by [[Ikuo Miyazoe]] into a [[manga]] special titled "Famicom How-to Manga: Transformer: Mystery of Convoy" and published in the December, 1986 issue of ''[[Comic Bom Bom]]''.

==External links==
* [http://www.pleasesavemerobots.com/scrambledcity/ Perhaps the most comprehensive ''Convoy no Nazo'' site online, with screencaps, hints, and .ROM files.]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_lHEfl5oPI ''Convoy no Nazo'' commercial on YouTube]
* [http://www.gametrailers.com/player/51566.html Angry Video Game Nerd's review at Gametrailers.com]

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