Crime Patrol (1993)

Developer: American Laser Games
Platforms: Arcade, Philips CD-i, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer, Mac, DOS, Atari Jaguar CD, Sega Saturn, PlayStation
Genres: Point-and-click, Shooter, Arcade
Rating: 3.0 of 5, 5 player ratings

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How it feels

A quick-draw arcade shooter where you click through grainy live-action footage, popping criminals as the stakes steadily climb from petty theft to full-blown terrorism.

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About

Crime Patrol puts the player in the shoes of a police officer, who starts as a Rookie and has to work his way up to become a member of SWAT and eventually the Delta Force team. To do that, he has to complete missions, which involve taking down criminals in a variety of locations. Beginning with smaller-scale criminals (such as shoplifters), the hero will later have to face gangsters, drug lords, and eventually terrorists. For each set of missions, the player characters is being teamed up with another police officer. The gameplay is quite similar to any other of the large live-action laser-gun games found in the arcades - all the player has to do is take the gun (or the mouse in the computer version) and show those criminals who's the boss!

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