Crime City
A one or two player sideways scrolling platform shoot-em-up in which
two cops, by the name of Tony Gibson and Raymond Brody, fight gangs of
criminals over six platform-strewn stages. Each stage centres around a
specific criminal activity, such as bank robbery or smuggling. The
ultimate goal in Crime City is to find the King-pin boss
characters
that await the players at the end of each level, and arrest them.
The game's heroes start each level armed with a pistol, and extra
weapons become available as players progress through a level. Both the
pistol and additional weapons have only a limited amount of ammunition,
and if players runs out of ammo, they will only be able to punch or
somersault attack
into attacking enemies. Each stage features
numerous background items that can be used to attack enemies, such as
wooden barrels, boxes and hanging lights. When shot, some criminals
drop packets of illegal drugs, which can be picked up for bonus
points.
Crime City's gameplay takes its inspiration from both Namco's
Rolling Thunder
and Sega's
Shinobi
. (arcade-history)
There is no relation whatever to the Amiga game Crime City, which is an adventure game.
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