![]() ![]() The basic premise of the games are the same (run ‘n’ gun your way through sidescrolling stages). Judge Dredd at first looks similar to Demolition Man. Also unlike its predecessor, the SNES version of the game is by far the definitive version with all others paling in comparison. Unlike its predecessor, Judge Dredd was released on a slew of consoles simultaneously. The Judge Dredd movie game was also released by Acclaim, this time developed by their Probe Software (and is one of the only decent games developed by them). Stranded in the wilderness, Dredd must get back into the city and find a way to prove his innocence, and in the process, he’ll uncover the corruption within the Judge Council and a conspiracy involving cloning. En route, however, Dredd’s carrier is attacked by a group of rogues who call the Cursed Earth (the area outside Dredd’s city) home. Spared death, Dredd is sentenced to life imprisonment at Aspen Penal Colony. A murder is carried out using his gun, and the DNA signatures taken from the gun match Dredd’s. Unfortunately, our “hero”, Dredd, falls victim to the very system he upholds. As the movie states, the Judges are all at once judge, jury and executioner. A council is formed, and this council dispatches a new breed of super soldiers called Judges, who are capable of dispensing law and sentencing at the scene of the crime. Thus, a new era of law enforcement begins. Crime in the few remaining civilized parts of the world has become overwhelming. ![]() The Judge Dredd film is about a future in which the world is mostly a barren wasteland. ![]() comic book character from which it was inspired, so any mention of it would be irrelevant here. The film distances itself quite a bit from the 2000 A.D. Judge Dredd is a grittier echo of Demolition Man. ![]()
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