The player character is employed in the police force and works his way up from Rookie to Delta Force, achieved through systematically neutralizing threats which appear in various environments and scenarios. As a Rookie, the player character teams up with a somewhat boisterous policewoman, taking on burglars, armed robbers, and gang members. After getting promoted to Undercover, the player character gets a slightly overweight male partner and confronts drug smugglers and crime lords at a nightclub, a chop shop, and an airfield. Next, in SWAT, the character deals with bank robbers, meth cooks, and outlaw bikers become the enemies. Finally, in Delta Force, the player must stand up to serious threats to national security, such as a hijacked shipment of nuclear material, hijacked planes, and assassination attempts. Each part of the game is made up of three separate scenarios, with one final mission involving a plot to steal plutonium that is filmed partly in night vision.
Gameplay
The CD-i, 3DO, Sega CD, and PC versions use a mouse or light gun to aim and shoot the villains.[3] Reloading is done by moving the light gun outside of the screen and pressing the trigger; this is also achieved when using the mouse by directing the cursor to the bottom right-hand corner of the screen and right-clicking. The player can reload at any time and an infinite number of times. The player has three lives at their disposal. There are four levels, not counting the shooting range, which one can access to improve one's aim and reflexes. Once the player has completed a scene, on the selection screen the icon is closed off, being stamped with the words "CASE CLOSED", but if the player waits too long to choose another scene, a completed case may automatically begin.
Release
A port for the Atari Jaguar CD was reportedly in development but never released.[4][5] A port for the PlayStation, &.Sega Saturn was also slated for Christmas 1996,[6] but was cancelled at the last minute.
Reception
Play Meter listed Crime Patrol to be the ninth most-popular arcade game at the time.[7]
GamePro panned the Sega CD version, citing poor acting, corny dialogue, excessively grainy graphics, inaccurate controls when using a standard gamepad instead of a light gun, and generic light gun shooter gameplay.[8] The same GamePro reviewer leveled all the same criticisms at the 3DO version except for the graphics, remarking that the 3DO version has "clean, sharp, digitized images".[9] A reviewer for Next Generation gave the 3DO version two out of five stars, criticizing the poor acting and overt similarity to previous American Laser Games offerings. Though he admitted that the game is decently fun with a 3DO light gun, and that the video contains several entertaining stunts, he concluded, "Personally, we'd rather rent Commando again."[10]
Maximum dubbed the PC version "one of the best arcade conversions, ever" but derided the shallow and lowbrow nature of the game itself. They described the line of American Laser Games light gun games as "lineal descendants of fairground shooting galleries. Substitute the moving ducks and gats for an episode of Starsky & Hutch and a plastic pistol ... and you have grasped the essence of the thing." However, they acknowledged that this style of game has its appeal and concluded, "No intellectual challenges here, folks, but for the right kind of homo-couchpotatus, Crime Patrol is a satisfying piece of idle machismo." They gave it three out of five stars.[11]
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For the 1936 film see The Crime Patrol Crime Patrol is a live action LaserDisc video game released by American Laser Games in 1993 American Laser Games released a sequel Crime Patrol 2 Drug Wars later that year Crime PatrolOriginal North American arcade flyerDeveloper s American Laser Games CapDisc CD i Digital Leisure Windows Publisher s American Laser Games ArcadeNA American Laser GamesEU Atari Games Philips Media CD i DVD WindowsNA Digital LeisureRU 1C CompanySeriesCrime PatrolPlatform s Arcade 3DO Interactive Multiplayer DVD Macintosh Microsoft Windows MS DOS Philips CD i Sega CDRelease1993 ArcadeNA May 1993 1 EU 1993 3DONA 1993 Sega CDNA 1994 MacintoshNA 1994 MS DOSNA 1994 CD iNA 1996 DVDNA 17 November 2001 WindowsNA 16 January 2002RU 2002Genre s Interactive movie light gun shooterMode s Single player Co opArcade systemAmiga based hardware 2 Contents 1 Storyline 2 Gameplay 3 Release 4 Reception 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksStoryline EditThe player character is employed in the police force and works his way up from Rookie to Delta Force achieved through systematically neutralizing threats which appear in various environments and scenarios As a Rookie the player character teams up with a somewhat boisterous policewoman taking on burglars armed robbers and gang members After getting promoted to Undercover the player character gets a slightly overweight male partner and confronts drug smugglers and crime lords at a nightclub a chop shop and an airfield Next in SWAT the character deals with bank robbers meth cooks and outlaw bikers become the enemies Finally in Delta Force the player must stand up to serious threats to national security such as a hijacked shipment of nuclear material hijacked planes and assassination attempts Each part of the game is made up of three separate scenarios with one final mission involving a plot to steal plutonium that is filmed partly in night vision Gameplay EditThe CD i 3DO Sega CD and PC versions use a mouse or light gun to aim and shoot the villains 3 Reloading is done by moving the light gun outside of the screen and pressing the trigger this is also achieved when using the mouse by directing the cursor to the bottom right hand corner of the screen and right clicking The player can reload at any time and an infinite number of times The player has three lives at their disposal There are four levels not counting the shooting range which one can access to improve one s aim and reflexes Once the player has completed a scene on the selection screen the icon is closed off being stamped with the words CASE CLOSED but if the player waits too long to choose another scene a completed case may automatically begin Release EditA port for the Atari Jaguar CD was reportedly in development but never released 4 5 A port for the PlayStation amp Sega Saturn was also slated for Christmas 1996 6 but was cancelled at the last minute Reception EditPlay Meter listed Crime Patrol to be the ninth most popular arcade game at the time 7 GamePro panned the Sega CD version citing poor acting corny dialogue excessively grainy graphics inaccurate controls when using a standard gamepad instead of a light gun and generic light gun shooter gameplay 8 The same GamePro reviewer leveled all the same criticisms at the 3DO version except for the graphics remarking that the 3DO version has clean sharp digitized images 9 A reviewer for Next Generation gave the 3DO version two out of five stars criticizing the poor acting and overt similarity to previous American Laser Games offerings Though he admitted that the game is decently fun with a 3DO light gun and that the video contains several entertaining stunts he concluded Personally we d rather rent Commando again 10 Maximum dubbed the PC version one of the best arcade conversions ever but derided the shallow and lowbrow nature of the game itself They described the line of American Laser Games light gun games as lineal descendants of fairground shooting galleries Substitute the moving ducks and gats for an episode of Starsky amp Hutch and a plastic pistol and you have grasped the essence of the thing However they acknowledged that this style of game has its appeal and concluded No intellectual challenges here folks but for the right kind of homo couchpotatus Crime Patrol is a satisfying piece of idle machismo They gave it three out of five stars 11 See also EditList of gun gamesReferences Edit Crime Patrol arcade history com Archived from the original on 2018 09 26 Retrieved 2018 09 26 Atari Licensed Games Hardware Atari system16 com 2015 02 12 Archived from the original on 2017 09 21 Retrieved 2019 04 15 Ray Colton January 1 2016 Crime Patrol Sega 16 Archived from the original on 2018 07 02 Retrieved July 1 2018 News Jaguar Plugs into the CD revolution Jaguar CD games in development Edge No 20 May 1995 pp 14 15 Breaking Jaguar Plugs into the CD revolution Jaguar CD games in development Next Generation No 6 Imagine Media June 1995 pp 18 19 More Layoffs for Video Game Companies GamePro No 100 IDG January 1997 p 33 Equipment Poll Video amp Pinball Combined Play Meter Vol 19 no 8 Skybird Publishing July 1993 p 8 ProReview Crime Patrol GamePro No 79 IDG April 1995 p 56 ProReview Crime Patrol GamePro No 79 IDG April 1995 p 91 Crime Patrol Next Generation No 4 Imagine Media April 1995 pp 88 89 Crime Patrol Maximum The Video Game Magazine Emap International Limited 1 161 October 1995 External links EditCrime Patrol at GameFAQs Crime Patrol at Giant Bomb Crime Patrol at Killer List of Videogames Crime Patrol at MobyGames Sega CD version manual 3DO version manual DVD version manual Portals 1990s United States Video games Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Crime Patrol video game amp oldid 1143019435, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
