Crimewave

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Crimewave

System(s): Sega Saturn

Publisher: Eidos Interactive (US, Europe), Virgin Interactive Entertainment (Japan)

Developer: Eidos Interactive

Sound driver: SCSP (1 track)

Peripherals supported: Arcade Racer, Mission Stick (JP)

Genre: Drive Shooting (ドライブシューティング)^[1], Shooting^[2]

Number of players: 1-2

Official in-game languages:

English

Deutsch

Français

Español

Italiano

日本語

Release	Date	RRP	Code
JP	1997-06-27^[2]	¥6,8006,800	T-7018G
US	1997-03-10^[3]		T-8807H
EU	1996-11-08		T-8807H-50
DE	1996-11-08		T-8807H-50
PT	199x
UK	1996-11-08^[4]	£44.9944.99^[5]	T-8807H-50
PL	1997	199zł199
AU	199x		FCRI01SSC
BR	199x		191x11

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Crimewave (クライムウェーブ) is a Sega Saturn overhead free-roaming vehicular run and gun developed and published by Eidos Interactive in late 1996.

Gameplay

The game has the player drive one of eight vehicles around a city destroying criminals. The city is split into sections, which can only be accessed when crime levels have fallen to a certain value.

History

Development

Crimewave was developed with the Sega Saturn in mind, simply because Sega Saturn development kits were cheaper at the time than those of the PlayStation^[6].

Artist Joe Groombridge managed to sneak in "risqué artwork" in the red light districts in the game, as the publishers never noticed^[6]. A Confederate flag on the top of a car was spotted, however, and was removed from the North American release in fear of offending customers^[6].

The Japanese version supports the Arcade Racer and Mission Stick as there was an opportunity to develop the game further between Crimewave's Western and Japanese releases^[6].

Production credits

EIDOS UK

Program and Game Director: Jim Blackler
Art Work: Joe Groombridge
Levels and Additional Artwork: David Banner
Music Composition: Joe Myers, Designed by the Crimewave Team
Sound Effects and Additional Music: Mike Ash
Packaging and Manual Design: Diana John

EIDOS US

Producer: Tom Marx
Squad QA: Mike McHale, Matt Miller, Philip Baker, Brian Schorr, Mike Schmitt, Frank Hom
Marketing Squad: Paul Baldwin, Gary Keith, Sutton Trout, Kelly Zavislak, Lee Wilkinson
Special Thanks to: Anamaria Hernandez, James Poole and T Mann

Source:

US manual^[7]

Magazine articles

Main article: Crimewave/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in EGM² (US) #29: "November 1996" (1996-xx-xx)

Print advert in GameFan (US) #0504: "Volume 5, Issue 4: April 1997" (1997-xx-xx)

Physical scans

Sega Retro Average

Publication

Version

Score

576 KByte (HU)

63

^[9]

Edge (UK)

PAL

40

^[10]

Electronic Gaming Monthly (US)

NTSC-U

61

^[11]

Famitsu (JP)

NTSC-J

45

^[12]

Gambler (PL)

52

^[13]

Game Power (IT)

73

^[14]

GamePro (US)

NTSC-U

60

^[15]

Game Informer (US)

NTSC-U

72

^[16]

Gry Komputerowe (PL)

80

^[17]

Joypad (FR)

PAL

82

^[18]

LeveL (CZ)

71

^[19]

MAN!AC (DE)

PAL

48

^[20]

Mega Force (FR)

PAL

86

^[21]

Mega Fun (DE)

PAL

54

^[22]

Mean Machines Sega (UK)

PAL

80

^[5]

Next Generation (US)

NTSC-U

50

^[23]

Player One (FR)

55

^[24]

Saturn Fan (JP)

NTSC-J

50

^[25]

Secret Service (PL)

56

^[26]

Sega Power (UK)

PAL

76

^[27]

Sega Saturn Magazine (UK)

PAL

73

^[28]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

53

^[29]

Sega Saturn Magazine (JP)

NTSC-J

58

^[30]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

94

^[31]

Total Saturn (UK)

PAL

94

^[32]

Ultra Game Players (US)

66

^[33]

Video Games (DE)

PAL

38

^[34]

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Based on 27 reviews

Crimewave

Saturn, JP
Cover
Spinecard Disc

Saturn, US
Cover
Manual

Saturn, EU
Cover
Disc

Saturn, PT

Saturn, AU
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Disc

Saturn, BR
Cover

Technical information

ROM dump status

System

Hash

Size

Build Date

Source

Comments

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

66,164,112

CD-ROM (EU)

T-8807H-50 V1.000

✔

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

65,893,632

1997-03-15

CD-ROM (JP)

T-7018G V1.003

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1996-10-15

CD-R

Page

?

CRC32
MD5
SHA-1

1996-11-04

CD-R

Page

References

↑ File:Crimewave Saturn JP Box Back.jpg
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 https://sega.jp/fb/segahard/ss/soft_licensee3.html (Wayback Machine: 2019-07-28 12:30)
↑ http://www.sega-saturn.com/software.htm (Wayback Machine: 1997-06-06 05:45)
↑ Computer & Video Games, "November 1996" (UK; 1996-10-09), page 49
↑ ^5.0 ^5.1 Mean Machines Sega, "December 1996" (UK; 1996-11-01), page 73
↑ ^6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 Interview: Jim Blackler by Segacollection.com
↑ File:Crimewave sat us manual.pdf, page 14
↑ GamesMaster, "Christmas 1996" (UK; 1996-11-21), page 57
↑ 576 KByte, "Február 1997" (HU; 1997-xx-xx), page 10
↑ Edge, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-27), page 92
↑ Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 57
↑ Famitsu, "1997-07-04" (JP; 1997-06-20), page 1
↑ Gambler, "7/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Game Power, "Gennaio 1997" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 69
↑ GamePro, "February 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 86
↑ Game Informer, "January 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 52
↑ Gry Komputerowe, "5/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1
↑ Joypad, "Novembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 79
↑ LeveL, "Březen 1997" (CZ; 1997-03-01), page 73
↑ MAN!AC, "04/97" (DE; 1997-03-12), page 84
↑ Mega Force, "Novembre/Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 76
↑ Mega Fun, "03/97" (DE; 1997-02-05), page 91
↑ Next Generation, "August 1997" (US; 1997-07-22), page 119
↑ Player One, "Novembre 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 128
↑ Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 16" (JP; 1997-08-xx), page 90
↑ Secret Service, "Czerwiec 1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 67
↑ Sega Power, "Christmas 1996" (UK; 1996-11-21), page 58
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "December 1996" (UK; 1996-11-14), page 82
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-16 (1997-05-16,23)" (JP; 1997-05-02), page 173
↑ Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 16
↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Two" (UK; 1996-09-30), page 28
↑ Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 18
↑ Ultra Game Players, "February 1997" (US; 1997-01-28), page 78
↑ Video Games, "3/97" (DE; 1997-02-19), page 95

[:File:Crimewave_Saturn_JP_Box_Back.jpg_p-1] File:Crimewave Saturn JP Box Back.jpg

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[:File:CVG_UK_180.pdf_p49-4] Computer & Video Games, "November 1996" (UK; 1996-10-09), page 49

[:File:MeanMachinesSega50UK.pdf_p73-5] 5.0 ^5.1 Mean Machines Sega, "December 1996" (UK; 1996-11-01), page 73

[Interview:_Jim_Blackler_by_Segacollection.com-6] 6.0 ^6.1 ^6.2 ^6.3 Interview: Jim Blackler by Segacollection.com

[:File:Crimewave_sat_us_manual.pdf_p14-7] File:Crimewave sat us manual.pdf, page 14

[8] GamesMaster, "Christmas 1996" (UK; 1996-11-21), page 57

[:File:576KB_HU_1997-02.pdf_p10-9] 576 KByte, "Február 1997" (HU; 1997-xx-xx), page 10

[:File:Edge_UK_041.pdf_p92-10] Edge, "January 1997" (UK; 1996-12-27), page 92

[:File:EGM_US_091.pdf_p57-11] Electronic Gaming Monthly, "February 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 57

[12] Famitsu, "1997-07-04" (JP; 1997-06-20), page 1

[13] Gambler, "7/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:GamePower_IT_57.pdf_p69-14] Game Power, "Gennaio 1997" (IT; 199x-xx-xx), page 69

[:File:GamePro_US_101.pdf_p86-15] GamePro, "February 1997" (US; 1997-xx-xx), page 86

[:File:GameInformer_US_045.pdf_p52-16] Game Informer, "January 1997" (US; 199x-xx-xx), page 52

[17] Gry Komputerowe, "5/1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 1

[:File:Joypad_FR_058.pdf_p79-18] Joypad, "Novembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 79

[19] LeveL, "Březen 1997" (CZ; 1997-03-01), page 73

[:File:MAN.21AC_DE_1997-04.pdf_p84-20] MAN!AC, "04/97" (DE; 1997-03-12), page 84

[:File:MegaForce_FR_54.pdf_p76-21] Mega Force, "Novembre/Décembre 1996" (FR; 1996-1x-xx), page 76

[:File:MegaFun_DE_1997-03.pdf_p91-22] Mega Fun, "03/97" (DE; 1997-02-05), page 91

[:File:NextGeneration_US_32.pdf_p119-23] Next Generation, "August 1997" (US; 1997-07-22), page 119

[:File:PlayerOne_FR_069.pdf_p128-24] Player One, "Novembre 1996" (FR; 1996-xx-xx), page 128

[:File:SaturnFan_JP_1997-16.pdf_p90-25] Saturn Fan, "1997 No. 16" (JP; 1997-08-xx), page 90

[:File:SecretService_47_PL.pdf_p67-26] Secret Service, "Czerwiec 1997" (PL; 1997-xx-xx), page 67

[:File:SegaPower_UK_87.pdf_p58-27] Sega Power, "Christmas 1996" (UK; 1996-11-21), page 58

[:File:SSM_UK_14.pdf_p82-28] Sega Saturn Magazine, "December 1996" (UK; 1996-11-14), page 82

[:File:SSM_JP_19970516_1997-16.pdf_p173-29] Sega Saturn Magazine, "1997-16 (1997-05-16,23)" (JP; 1997-05-02), page 173

[:File:SnGwSISDRZK_Book_JP.pdf_p16-30] Sega Saturn Magazine, "Readers rating final data" (JP; 2000-03), page 16

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_02.pdf_p28-31] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Two" (UK; 1996-09-30), page 28

[:File:TotalSaturn_UK_04.pdf_p18-32] Total Saturn, "Volume One Issue Four" (UK; 1996-12-29), page 18

[:File:UltraGamePlayers_US_094.pdf_p78-33] Ultra Game Players, "February 1997" (US; 1997-01-28), page 78

[:File:VideoGames_DE_1997-03.pdf_p95-34] Video Games, "3/97" (DE; 1997-02-19), page 95

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Crimewave

From Sega Retro

Contents

Gameplay

History

Development

Production credits

Magazine articles

Promotional material

Physical scans

Technical information

ROM dump status

References