Crime Patrol
From Sega Retro
- For the unreleased Sega Saturn version, see Crime Patrol (Saturn).
Crime Patrol is a full-motion video light-gun game for the Sega Mega-CD. It was only released in North America. The game supports the GameGun, Justifier, and Menacer as well as the Sega Mouse.
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Gameplay
The game is a light-gun shooter. The player assumes the role of a police officer in a modern city. The video is shot from a first-person perspective and follows the same series of events every time, with some portions randomized for challenge. Criminals appear on screen, and the player must shoot them within a short time window before they can shoot the player. People appear in the video footage, rather than being digitized sprites laid over a background as in games such as Lethal Enforcers. Because of this approach, there are only two possible outcomes to each encounter with a criminal: the player shoots the criminal in time (in which case the video proceeds with the criminal dying), or the player fails to react quickly enough (in which case the video cuts to a shot of the criminal shooting the player, and the stage ends in defeat).
The player is armed with a "ten-shooter" pistol with ten rounds. The player starts the game as a Rookie and can choose from three missions to play in any order. After completing all of them, the player is promoted to Undercover and given a new set of three missions to complete. The player is likewise promoted to SWAT and finally to Delta Team after completing each successive set of three missions.
Using a control pad, the D-Pad moves the targeting cursor around the screen and fires. The player can move the cursor around the screen faster by holding
for double speed,
for quadruple speed, or
+
for octuple speed. The pistol can be reloaded at any time and any number of times by moving the targeting cursor to the bottom of the screen to "holster" it and shooting with
. Using a mouse, moving the mouse aims and clicking the first button fires. Reloading is similarly done by moving to the bottom of the screen and firing. Using a light gun, pulling the trigger while pointed at the screen shoots and pulling the trigger when aimed away from the screen reloads. Some stages contain brief non-interactive scenes that can be skipped by firing.
The player has three lives. The player loses a life and returns to the stage selection screen if a criminal shoots the player or if the player shoots an innocent bystander.
There is a two-player mode where two players take turns playing, but there is no simultaneous two-player mode.
Partners
The player is accompanied by a different partner in each portion of the game.
Stages
Rookie
Practice | |
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A shooting gallery. It is not necessary to complete the practice stage to progress to the next rank. | |
Store | |
Street | |
Warehouse | |
Undercover
Drug Ring | |
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Stolen Car Ring | |
Mob Hangout | |
SWAT
Meth Lab | |
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Bank Scene | |
Crack House | |
Delta Team
Airplane Hijacking | |
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Germ Warfare | |
Terrorist Hostage Scene | |
Nuclear Power Plant Takeover | |
This mission is played after all of the others have been completed. |
Production credits
- Sega Programmers: Li Tan, Tom Desmarais, Steve Stewart, Durwin De Larue
- Artwork: Maida Smith, Jeffrey Backer
- AMERICAN LASER GAMES, INC.
- AN INTERACTIVE VIDEO PRODUCTION BY AMERICAN LASER GAMES, INC
- Crime Patrol Executive Producer: Robert Grebe
- Producer: David O. Roberts
- Dialog: Ben Zeller
- Creative Manager: Randy Quick
- Art Director: Kylene Wing
- Production Assistants: Steve Malin, Josh Ott
- Stylist: Nancy Harvin
- Props Assistants: Jorge Andrade, Patt B. Garcia
- Wardrobe: Carolyn Fleming
- Wardrobe Assistant: Mary McCarthy
- Make-up/Hair: Merle Dean Sanchez
- Make-up/Hair Assistant: Gina La Mendola
- Stylist: Nancy Harvin
- Gun Wrangler: Utah Conner
- Gun Wrangler Assistants: Steve Harrow, Tim Carr
- Stunt Coordinator: Ken Bates
- Special Effects Coordinator: Dieter Sturm
- Special Effects Foreman: Yvonne Sturm
- Special Effects Construction: Rick Beaulieu
- Sound Recordist: Eric Williams
- Audio Post Production & Gun Security: Paul Senych
- Graphics Design: Kelly Lujan
- Director: Barry Kirk
- Game Programmer: Pierre Maloka, Steve Frank
- Producer/Assistant Director: Les Wells
- Engineer: Steve Denning
- Assistant to the Producers: Michelle Scutti
- Swat Team Coordinator: Russ Showers
- Office Managers for Southwest Productions: Rebecca Beall, Leslie Stone
- Senior Editor: Greg Kiernan
- Key Grip: George Tague
- Best Boy: Myke Groves
- Gaffer: John Stearns
- Electrician: Bob Willis
- Script Clerk: Peggy Durkin
- Artwork: Maida Smith
- Original Music Score: John Wagner Recording Studios
- Still Photographer: Ralph Genter
- Craft Services/Catering: Evergreen Catering
- Transportation Vehicles: Wayne Elliott, Lindsay Elliott, Bill Saylor
- Post Production Facilities: 30 Second Street
- Paramedic: Ken Garcia
- ROOKIE COP LEVEL
- Rookie Patrol Partner: Rima Miller
- Stockboy: Samuel Martinez
- Shoppers: Stanley Allen, Krista Gallegos, Ronald Ortiz, Melissa Shipley, Tracey Weisert
- Gang Fight: Armando Ortega, Chris Ballard, Katherine Haupt, Mario Garcia, Youn Bom Kim, Melissa H. Salsich, Larry D. Tapia III, Chau Taan
- DETECTIVE LEVEL
- Undercover Cop Partner: Mike Fleming
- Stolen Car Ring:
- Ring Leader: DA
- Keith Knapp, D. Williams
- Drug Ring:
- Drug Lord: David House
- Girlfriend: C.H. Shelley
- Bodyguard: Justin Gouch
- Limo Driver: Clifford Washington Jr.
- Mob Hangout:
- Girlfriend: Amy Lawrence
- Mob Members: Shawn Blea, Manny Smith, Rov E. Tanner
- Dancers: Christina "Kelly", Kathryn "Kathy", Michelle "Michelle", Pamela "Pam", Renee "Randy", Tina "Terra"
- SWAT TEAM LEVEL
- Partner: Paulette Pascal
- Meth Lab:
- News Reporter: Teresa Rodriguez
- Meth Lab Girls: Delta Bayer, Cynthia King
- Bank Scene:
- Bank Hostage: Jim Bradfield
- Bank Teller: Mike Pascale
- Crack House:
- Bikers: Charlie"Z"
- Samantha Kluge, Pierre Maloka, Blair Powless
- DELTA TEAM LEVEL
- Partner: Glenn Atkins
- Nuclear Power Plant Takeover:
- Terrorists: Chris Martin, Storey Smith
- News Reporters: April Neibauer, Teresa Rodriquez
- Plant Worker: Edward Thomas
- Terrorist Hostage Scene:
- Terrorist Leader: Tony Oliva
- African Prince & Princess: Chris Whittaker, Adrienne Bailey
- Stewardess: Colleen Clear
- 'Skycap: Ronald Keith
- Airport Extras: Jason Max Adams, Michael Allen, Mona Baca, Fred Bannon, Iliana Carrillo, Lisa Harris, Douglas D. Henry, Frank J. Lopez, Jennifer Maulsby, Gina Munn, Monica Otero, Manny Perry, Gail Rubin, Sandi Sena, Catherine Taylor, Mark Walch, Dale J. Wendt
- Airplane Highjacking:
- Terrorists: Sam Rasheed, Dennis Romo
- Pilot: Arthur Albert
- Stewardesses: Tracy Dodrill, Pamela Ritke
- Airplane Extras: Susan Coberly, Gary Correll, John Hindi, Ron Kathman, Mary Langlois, Silesha Montano, Shelton Neckles, Robyn Nielsen, Sabrina L. Parrish, Teresa P.-Smith, Audrey Perea, Laurie Reipma, Hunter Richards, Allyson Smith, Saber Sowell, J.T. Stewart, Lorraine Valdez
- Germ Warfare:
- Leader: Michael White
- Stunt People: Chris "Stranded", Denise "Armadillo", Ken "I-YI-Y", Nick "The Animal", Spiro "The Hero", Troy "Boy"
- The Swat Team: Charlie, Dan, Douglas, Ed, Fritz, James, Jerry, Jim, Marc, Neil, Rubin, Russ, Scott, Steve, Terry, Wayne
- New Mexico Gunfighters Association: David Alan May, Jeff Arbogast, Bob Bennett, Susan Bennett, Heidi Briscoe, Lee Briscoe, William Briscoe, Debi Brunty, Wendy Brunty, Tim Eddy, Jim Gottschalk, Lisa Hiser, Jennifer Jacobs, Janet Jordan, Paul Kaveshan, John Krizan, Lisa Kay Krizan, Bud Light, Elaine McNair, Larry McNair, Steve Nessel, Shawn Orgill, Larry Payne, Cynthia Savell, Dawn Sleeper, Jan Stanad, John Stults, Mike Trompak, Josie Vega, Roy Ward
Magazine articles
- Main article: Crime Patrol/Magazine articles.
Promotional material
Physical scans
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55 | |
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Based on 5 reviews |
Technical information
- Main article: Crime Patrol/Technical information.
ROM dump status
System | Hash | Size | Build Date | Source | Comments | |||||||||
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282,661,008 | 1994-12 | CD-ROM (US) | T-111055 |
References
- ↑ Game Players, "Vol. 7 No. 10 October 1994" (US; 1994-xx-xx), page 11
- ↑ File:Crimepatrol mcd us manual.pdf, page 8
- ↑ GamePro, "April 1995" (US; 1995-xx-xx), page 58
- ↑ Game Informer, "March 1995" (US; 1995-0x-xx), page 42
- ↑ Mega, "March 1995" (UK; 1995-02-28), page 56
- ↑ Sega Power, "April 1995" (UK; 1995-02-16), page 62
- ↑ Video Games, "3/95" (DE; 1995-02-23), page 87
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