Starsky & Hutch

The Boys Are Back In Town!

It's time to clean up the streets of Bay City the only way Starsky and Hutch know how. With your Ford Gran Torino and .357 Magnum. It's up to you to climb your way to the top of the TV ratings.

18 Episodes and 3 TV Specials to Explore in 100 miles of Bay City Streets!

Play Alone or with a Partner - One Drives and the Other Shoots!

Perform Heart-Stopping Stunts to Keep Your Audience Tuned In!

Additional Features: - LIGHT GUN Compatible! - STEERING WHEEL Compatible!

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Back of Case - PlayStation 2

Jump in the classic Gran Torino and be the coolest cops in town! Control the streetwise Starsky and the soft-spoken Hutch, solving the toughest cases in the roughest neighbourhoods. Helped along by the cool jive-talking fo Huggy Bear, get ready for a high-speed chase to catch the bad guys!

The officially licensed game of the massive 70's TV series 'Starsky & Hutch'. Live the Dream!

Set in a living 3D world, with over 100 miles of Bay City roads to cruise or catch crims.

Authentic sights and all the sounds, with skids, stunts and shooting by the funkload.

The coolest unlockable extras around! New vehicles, play modes, exclusive interviews and much more....

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Back of Case - PC

Jump into the classic “Gran Torino’” and be the coolest cops in town! Control the streetwise Starsky and the soft-spoken Hutch, and solve the toughest cases in the roughest neighbourhoods. Helped along by the cool jive-talking of Huggy Bear, get ready for a high-speed chase to catch the bad guys! Features* The Officially Licensed Game of the massive 70’s TV series “Starsky & Hutch’”. Live The Dream!

• Let one player drive while the other shoots – use steering wheel and lightgun control simultaneously for maximum impact!

• Set in a living 3D world, with over 100 miles of Bay City roads to cruise or catch crims.

• Authentic sights and all the sounds, with skids, stunts and shooting by the funkload.

• Fast and furious shooting and driving action.

• 19 episodes that recreate the 1970s TV series Starsky and Hutch. Split into three series of six episodes, with one TV special to complete the game.

• Unique gameplay requiring the player to constantly keep their viewer rating positive so that episodes can be completed and new series commissioned.

• A full AI-driven traffic system with hundreds of cars, all of which obey the laws of the road (except for the felons that Starsky and Hutch chase on a regular basis!).

• Single player and two player co-operative play (where driving and shooting are performed separately).

• Integrated story trajectory and narrative created by Matt Costello, the scriptwriter of 'Seventh Guest'.

• Striking 2d stylised cut scenes introducing and concluding each episode narrated by Antonio Fargas - 'Huggy Bear' from the original TV series.

• Full utilisation of the Renderware 3.3 engine including anti-aliasing, complex particles, skinning and motion blending.

• Full environment mapping on all cars.

• Animated trees and trash.

• The coolest unlockable extras around! New vehicles, play modes, exclusive interviews and much more...

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Empire Interactive's web site

Take-Two Interactive Software's Gotham Games Announces Starsky and Hutch for the PlayStation®2, Xbox and PC

Gotham Games, a publishing label of Take-Two Interactive Software, Inc. (NASDAQ: TTWO), announced today that it will release the thrilling driving shooter Starsky & Hutch, under license with Sony Pictures Consumer Products, for the PlayStation®2 computer entertainment system, the Xbox video game system from Microsoft, and PC in North America this fall.

Co-published by Take-Two's Gotham Games label, through a distribution agreement with Empire Interactive, players will relive the non-stop action of the renowned TV series, which in its four-year run established itself as a pop culture phenomenon. Donning the bell-bottoms of detectives Dave Starsky and Ken Hutchison, gamers control the trademark "Red Tomato" car and battle crime through the tough roads of Bay City. Antonio Fargas reprises the role he made famous, providing his voice to play the irresistible and streetwise Huggy Bear who lends a hand and guides the boys through each assignment.

"Starsky & Hutch the game stays true to the formula that made the show so great," said Jamie Leece, president of Gotham Games. "Not only does it have the classic high-speed chases and crime-fighting action, but also the nostalgic appeal of authentic music, sound effects and unbelievable stunts that fans of the series know and love."

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Press Release

Take on the role even hard-core stuntmen passed on.

Features

• Perform mind-boggling, pants-wetting stunts
• Play story mode or roam freely around 100 miles of Bay City streets
• Unlock movies, game modes, music and interviews
• Play Starsky to a buddy's Hutch (or vice versa) in co-op mode
• Convenient auto-save

In the bicentennial year (1976), criminals are gettin' funky. It's up to two high-five'n cats to get down to business and chill those turkeys, you dig? Get behind the wheel of the Big Tomato and put the hammer down to help Starsky & Hutch bring peace to the streets of Bay City by tearing them up.

Starsky commands the wheel and Hutch rides shotgun, blasting out the window. He shoots to both stop the bad cats and to collect items, such as tires and turbo boosts, that will help duo rush through Bay City.

But this ain't no Sunday stroll, sucka, you got to keep the folks at home watching or you'll get cancelled. This is a TV show, after all. Perform stunts and pump a lot of lead into the crooks' wheels to earn ratings points. Driving through Special Event items will give you big rating points, too. If you take too long or hit innocent people, the viewership tells you to hit the road.

Simple controls (R Button accelerates the car, A Button makes Hutch shoot) make this game one you can just fire up and make skid marks with. Don't concern yourself too much with losing ratings points unless your perpetrator gives you the slip, 'cuz driving time with no action gobbles your ratings points faster than Starsky can down a burger.

Bottom Line

This ain't brain surgery, which is probably good for Starsky's sake. This is high-octane, high-emission, hard-drivin' action that will leave you squealing for more.

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www.nintendo.com – GameCube

Get down on it and feel the funky vibe of this 1970s cop show spinoff

It's time to travel back to a simpler time, a time when hairdos were big, cardigans were bigger, and running around in bri-nylon flares generated enough static electricity to power your house for a month.... Yep, it's time to journey back to the 70's for a welcome slice of classic cop-show action, with Empire Interactive's take on the cult TV phenomenon: Starsky & Hutch. It may seem like a lifetime ago since the draylon-clad duo graced our screens with their inimitable crime-solving, laydee-charming ways, but it'll feel like yesterday when you slip into that iconic red Ford Torino and start crashing through cardboard boxes.

The action in Starsky & Hutch is a combination of fancy car-handling pursuits and classic baddie blasting. You can have a crack at both in the single-player mode, controlling steering, acceleration and shooting, or share the law-enforcing with a mate in co-op mode, with one of you performing the breakneck manoeuvres and the other riding shotgun. If you're really well kitted out - with a steering wheel and a compatible lightgun - you can recreate the drivin' and shootin' feel with each player taking a role. Vintage 70s musclecar optional.

Apart from the interesting drive 'n' shoot formula, Starsky & Hutch has a rather unique scoring system up its chunky-sweatered sleeve. The story is episode-based, so missions take place over the course of three 'seasons'. You're awarded points based on skill and performance in your mission, and TV ratings are boosted if you succeed. What this adds up to is a whole lot of shooting, smashing into stuff, and pulling off cool moves in order to up your ratings. Perform badly, and you'll see your ratings plummet, perform well and you'll see your ratings meter tot-up nicely, earning you power-ups and bonus points.

And it wouldn't be Starsky & Hutch if you couldn't cruise round an authentic 70's city, complete with litter-strewn side-streets and groovy-clothed pedestrians. Your pursuits will take you round four Bay City locations, and the missions involve everything from apprehending a pair of bank-robbers who're fleeing the scene in a getaway van, to blasting the hell out of evil crime-lords.

There are 25 episodes to tackle, with some crazy dialogue provided by the show's very own infamous informer, Huggy Bear, voiced by the legendary Antonio Fargas, star of the original series. And if that's not enough to get you digging out your flares, donning a tank top, and hunkering down for some seriously funky retro-action, then... well, fair enough really. But if you do like a generous helping of misty-eyed nostalgia with your drive and shoot 'em up adventure, you'd do a lot worse than to take Starsky & Hutch for a ride.

• Check out the four funky modes of play: Race, Arcade, Bug, and Pass the Bomb
• Take to the streets and tackle the City's low-life with your buddy in Multiplayer mode
• Authentic 70's soundtrack to get down to

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uk.playstation.com