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Crack Down
System(s): Sega System 24 , Sega Mega Drive , Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS, ZX Spectrum, Virtual Console , Steam
Publisher: Sega , U.S. Gold , Sega (JP/EU), Sage's Creation (US) U.S. Gold
Developer: Sega , HOT-B [1] Arc Developments
Genre: Action
Number of players: 1-2
Release
Date
RRP
Code
JP ▼
2007-08-07
600pts600
EU ▼
2007-09-07
800pts800
Crack Down (クラックダウン) is a top-down arcade shoot-'em-up title developed by Sega for their Sega System 24 arcade board. It has subsequently been ported to a variety of systems, including the Sega Mega Drive , Commodore Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, DOS and ZX Spectrum. The Mega Drive version is a common choice for compilations, and has therefore seen several re-releases among other early Mega Drive titles. It has also been brought to the Wii 's Virtual Console service. For whatever reason, Sega had Sage's Creation publish the Mega Drive port in North America (it may have had to do with HOT-B making the port).
The game features two heroes, Ben and Andy, who have to get through a series of levels as quickly as possible by placing bombs on marked X spots scattered around the levels. The levels are heavily defended, but the player has an array of weaponry including a cannon, machine gun, and superbombs at their disposal in order to stay alive.
Crack Down is unusual in that its System 24 roots mean that the screen is always split into two. As a result, one of the main complaints for weaker systems (with lower screen resolutions) is that the majority of the screen is not used when playing a one-player game.
There is a known glitch in the Amiga version of the game which causes the final level to crash. Recent fan hacks have fixed the problem, but it was never addressed during the production run.
Production Credits
Mega Drive Version
Planning: Kobupan
Screenplay: 2468Drive, Kanazawa
Programming: SA.160A, EC.NA.DF.OE, Ebuc, Soft MA
Graphic Design: Kanazawa, Nagasaki, Gunma
Music Composed by: Sega
Music Arranged by: Mecanoize
Sound Design: YMOIMO by MS
Special Thanks to: Hokkaido, Chiba, Kanagawa, Help 1, Help 2, Help 3
Director: SA.160A
Producer: 2468Drive
Promotional Material
CrackDown MD US PrintAdvert.jpg
Mega Drive US print advert
CrackDown Computers FR PrintAdvert.jpg
Home computers FR print advert
Digital manuals
Physical Scans
System 24 Version
Division by zero.
Based on0 review
Sega Retro Average
Publication
Version
Score
Mega-Tech version
Mega-Tech,
Cover
Mega Drive Version
Sega Retro Average
Publication
Score
Source
Games-X (UK)
60
№8
Hobby Consolas (ES)
65
Sega Mega Drive Advanced Gaming (UK)
72
№5, p91
Mega (UK)
72
№23, p79
MegaTech (UK)
65
№1, p77[2]
Mean Machines (UK)
84
№5, p66-68[3]
Joystick (FR)
82
№14, p118
Player One (FR)
83
№10, p37
Raze (UK)
78
№10, p51[4]
Sega Power (UK)
60
№19, p12
Sega Power (UK)
80
№23, p53
Sega Pro (UK)
88
№2, p19[5]
Sega Pro (UK)
82
№18, p64
Mega Drive, US
Cover
Cart
Mega Drive, EU
Cover
Cart
Mega Drive, JP
Cover
Cart
Manual
Mega Drive, BR
Cover
Amiga Version
Amiga, UK (Kixx)
Cover
Amstrad CPC Version
Sega Retro Average
Publication
Score
Source
Joystick (FR)
80
№6, p134
Amstrad CPC, UK (Disk)
Disk (front)
Disk (back)
Amstrad CPC, UK (cassette)
Amstrad CPC, UK (Kixx)
Cover
Amstrad CPC, ES (cassette)
Cover
Cassette
Atari ST Version
Commodore 64 Version
Commodore 64, UK (Kixx)
Cover
Cassette
DOS Version
ZX Spectrum Version
ZX Spectrum, UK (Kixx)
Cover
ZX Spectrum, ES
Cover
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