S.C.I.: Special Criminal Investigation
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S.C.I.: Special Criminal Investigation Commodore 64 Front Cover

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Published by

Taito Corporation

Developed by

Taito Corporation

Released

1989

Platforms

Amiga, Arcade, Atari ST, Commodore 64, SEGA Master System, TurboGrafx-16, Wii, ZX Spectrum

Genre

Action, Racing / driving

Perspective

Gameplay

Vehicular

Narrative

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Description

Three girls have been reported missing including the mayor's daughter, and Chase Special Investigations has asked you to track down five vehicles, mentioned in the mission briefing, who are believed to be involved in the kidnapping. Using a heavy-designed machine with a V6 DOHC 3000CC Twin Turbo Engine, five sets of nitro-fuel boosts, and a gun attached to the steering wheel (which you can use to damage the target vehicle), your mission is to patrol the streets and find these vehicles.

The gameplay is similar to Chase H.Q., but there are a few differences. For example, cars travel in both directions instead of one, and some of them will catch up to your car and shoot at you. At least once in every stage a helicopter does a fly by and drops you some grenades you can use to further damage the target vehicle. A guy on a motorcycle will catch up to you and throw grenades at your car. And, most importantly, as mentioned earlier, you can shoot at the target vehicle rather than just bumping into it.

Have fun driving around, but remember, there is a strict time limit, so I wouldn't waste time or keep crashing into things if I were you.

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Screenshots

S.C.I.: Special Criminal Investigation ZX Spectrum Caught the wagon, now to do damage. The small round objects in front of the chase car are shots that missed and hit the road. Good job standard ammo is not limited

S.C.I.: Special Criminal Investigation Atari ST The chase is on

S.C.I.: Special Criminal Investigation Amiga Stage 1

S.C.I.: Special Criminal Investigation SEGA Master System Criminal #4

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Promo Images

S.C.I.: Special Criminal Investigation Magazine Advertisement Back cover

S.C.I.: Special Criminal Investigation Magazine Advertisement Pages 2-3

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Alternate Titles

"S.C.I." -- Sega Master System media title
"Chase H.Q. II: Special Criminal Investigation" -- Amiga/Atari ST/C 64/ZX Spectrum title

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User Reviews

A better conversion that the original, but still mediocre at best	Amiga	Martin Smith (71303)

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Critic Reviews

Computer and Video Games (CVG)	TurboGrafx-16	Apr, 1991	85 out of 100	85
Play Time	Commodore 64	Apr, 1991	84 out of 100	84
Computer and Video Games (CVG)	Amiga	Dec, 1990	84 out of 100	84
ST Format	Atari ST	Jan, 1991	78 out of 100	78
ASM (Aktueller Software Markt)	Atari ST	Jan, 1991	8.4 out of 12	70
ST Action	Atari ST	Oct, 1993	68 out of 100	68
ST Format	Atari ST	Aug, 1993	61 out of 100	61
Datormagazin	Amiga	Feb 14, 1991	6 out of 10	60
Sega Pro (UK)	SEGA Master System	Apr, 1993	54 out of 100	54
Video Games	SEGA Master System	Sep, 1992	22 out of 100	22