James Pond 2: Codename RoboCod

James Pond 2: Codename RoboCod is a platform game with some side-scrolling levels originally developed by Millennium Interactive. It was first released in 1991 for the Amiga, DOS and Sega Genesis with three different publishers. Later, the game appeared on Amiga CD32, Atari ST, Commodore 64 and SNES. The SNES version was called Super James Pond 2. More recently the game was ported and released as a budget title for the Playstation and the Game Boy Advance by Play It Ltd.

This game features James Pond, a walking fish with body armour. The evil Dr. Maybe has captured lots of penguins as well as toys. Given the code name RoboCod (a pun on RoboCop), the remaining penguins send James on a mission to rescue the other penguins, retrieve the toys and defeat Dr. Maybe. In the original UK version of the game, the penguins featured as in-game product placement for the McVitie's biscuit company's Penguin Biscuits, making it one of the earliest games to use this form of advertising.

James starts outside a giant castle that turns out to be Santa's toy factory. There are many doors there, two and two situated next to each other. Each door leads to a stage with many toy-theme levels, 50 in total. Hostile creatures lurk about in these levels, and they come in all thinkable forms. There are no weapons in the game, so James must jump upon them to defeat them. After completing two stages (doors), James goes on to another door where a boss is awaiting.

James can pick up items that provide points. Power-ups include extra lives and wings that grant James the ability to fly. From time to time James may enter a vehicle, namely a car, plane or bath tub (!).