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Revision as of 13:29, 2 June 2019

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Special Criminal Investigation
System(s): Sega Master System
Publisher: Taito
Developer:
Genre: Racing

















Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code
Sega Master System
EU 		7079
Sega Master System
AU
Sega Master System
KR

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Special Criminal Investigation, known often simply as S.C.I., is a action-driving game released by Taito for the arcades in 1989. It was subsequently ported a variety of consoles and computers including the Sega Master System in 1992. Special Criminal Investigation is a sequel to Chase H.Q., with some versions of the game going so far as to call it Chase H.Q. II: Special Criminal Investigation. Aside from being part of the same series, it is unrelated to the Sega Mega Drive game Chase H.Q. II.

Special Criminal Investigation is very similar to Chase H.Q. but contains a few key differences - two directional traffic, the ability to fire (and be fired at) and helicopters which occasionally fly by to drop off extra ammo.

Predictably the Master System version takes a hit both in the audio and graphical departments. Many of the special effects are also cut.

Magazine articles

Main article: Special Criminal Investigation/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

ES print advert 1
ES print advert 2

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average 
Publication Score Source
61 [2]
60 [3]
57 №13
62 №31, p150
26 [4]
62 №35, p42/43
60 [5]
54 №14, p32/33
60 [6]
Sega Master System
 56
Based on
9 reviews
Sega Retro Average 
Publication Version Score
Computer & Video Games (UK) PAL
61
[2]
Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK)
26
[7]
Excalibur (CZ) PAL
60
[8]
Joypad (FR)
57
[9]
Joystick (FR)
62
[10]
Mega Byte (UK) PAL
41
[11]
Mega Force (FR) PAL
55
[12]
Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL
26
[1]
Sega Power (UK) PAL
62
[13]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
54
[14]
Sega Pro (UK) PAL
54
[15]
Sega Force (UK) PAL
60
[6]
SuperGamePower (BR)
66
[16]
Video Games (DE)
22
[17]
Sega Master System
 50
Based on
14 reviews

Special Criminal Investigation

Master System, EU
SCI SMS EU Box.jpg
Cover
SCI SMS EU Cart.jpg
Cart
Master System, AU

Master System, KR
SCI SMS KR cover.jpg
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System Hash Size Build Date Source Comments
Sega Master System
 ?
CRC32 fa8e4ca0
MD5 74c8108e7207d5b7149a69b0fc90d877
SHA-1 8daabf51099bd2702fe4418fd202eff532bc710a
256kB Cartridge (EU)

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Mean Machines Sega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-xx), page 72
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Computer & Video Games, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-15), page 28
  3. ↑ Excalibur, "" (CZ; 1993-09-10), page 37
  4. ↑ Mean Machines Sega, "November 1992" (UK; 1992-10-xx), page 72/73 (72)
  5. ↑ Sega Power, "September 1993" (UK; 1993-08-05), page 101
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Sega Force, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-10), page 8
  7. ↑ Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide, "" (UK; 1993-11-18), page 153
  8. ↑ Excalibur, "" (CZ; 1993-09-10), page 33
  9. ↑ Joypad, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-10-xx), page 82
  10. ↑ Joystick, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 150
  11. ↑ Mega Byte, "February 6, 1993" (UK; 1993-02-06), page 1
  12. ↑ Mega Force, "Octobre 1992" (FR; 1992-xx-xx), page 81
  13. ↑ Sega Power, "October 1992" (UK; 1992-09-03), page 42
  14. ↑ Sega Pro, "December 1992" (UK; 1992-11-12), page 32
  15. ↑ Sega Pro, "April 1993" (UK; 1993-03-11), page 72
  16. ↑ SuperGamePower, "Maio 1994" (BR; 1994-0x-xx), page 50
  17. ↑ Video Games, "9/92" (DE; 1992-08-26), page 100
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Games in the Chase H.Q. series for Sega systems
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