Special Criminal Investigation

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Special Criminal Investigation
System(s): Sega Master System
Publisher: Sega
Developer: Natsume Co., Ltd.
Licensor: Taito
Original system(s): Arcade boards
Developer(s) of original games: Taito
Genre: Arcade
Number of players: 1
Release Date RRP Code EU 1992-11 7079 PT 199x UK 1992-11 £29.9929.99 7079 AU 199x KR 199x
Non-Sega versions Amiga Arcade Atari ST Commodore 64 PC Engine ZX Spectrum

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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.

Production credits

• Producer: Tomohiro.Nishikado
• Assistant Producer: Takashi.Shiokawa
• Original Planner: Nishiyaman
• Programmer: Atsushi.Tanaka
• Graphic Designer: Tomoyuki.Nishiyama, Sachiko.Matsuura
• Sound Programmer: I.Mizutani
• Sound: H.Iwatsuki
• Special Thanks to: K.Ishihara, TNY, Bit, H.Autumn, N.Mizoguchi, Tomoko, Kotobuki, Shin.Chan, R.Xie

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In-game credits

Magazine articles

Main article: Special Criminal Investigation/Magazine articles.

Promotional material

Print advert in Mega Force (ES) #7: "Noviembre 1992" (1992-xx-xx)
also published in:

• Hobby Consolas (ES) #14: "Noviembre 1992" (1992-xx-xx)

Print advert in Mega Force (ES) #11: "Marzo 1993" (1993-xx-xx)
also published in:

• Hobby Consolas (ES) #18: "Marzo 1993" (1993-xx-xx)

Physical scans

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Publication Version Score Computer & Video Games (UK) PAL 61 Mean Machines: The Essential Sega Guide (UK) 26 Excalibur (CZ) PAL 60 Joypad (FR) 57 Joystick (FR) 62 Mega Byte (UK) PAL 41 Mega Force (FR) PAL 55 Mean Machines Sega (UK) PAL 26 Sega Power (UK) PAL 62 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 54 Sega Pro (UK) PAL 54 Sega Force (UK) PAL 60 SuperGamePower (BR) 66 Video Games (DE) 22

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Special Criminal Investigation

Master System, EU
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Master System, AU
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Master System, PT
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Master System, KR
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Technical information

ROM dump status

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

References

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