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Chase H.Q. (1988)

Taito

Amiga · Amstrad CPC · Arcade · Atari ST/STE · Commodore C64/128/MAX · FM Towns · Sharp X68000 · ZX Spectrum

2.89 from 27 ratings

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At the start of each level the player is informed who they are pursuing, a great distance away: They must apprehend the criminal before their time limit expires. The criminal's car is constantly moving away, so if the player repeatedly crashes or drives too slowly, the criminal will escape. At some points during the game the road splits, and the … Read more
At the start of each level the player is informed who they are pursuing, a great distance away: They must apprehend the criminal before their time limit expires. The criminal's car is constantly moving away, so if the player repeatedly crashes or drives too slowly, the criminal will escape. At some points during the game the road splits, and the correct turn must be taken, otherwise it will take longer to catch the criminal. When their vehicle is reached, the time limit is extended; the vehicle must be rammed a number of times until the criminal is forced to stop, then is arrested. The game includes five levels. As both the initial time limit to reach the criminal and the time extension to ram the criminal are just 60 seconds, the game is very short - a player who is able to finish the game on one credit will enjoy at most ten minutes of game-play. Interestingly enough when Nancy at Chase HQ (at the start of every level) calls on the radio the frequency is always 144.X (various)Mhz. This is actually the 2-meter band of amateur or ham radio frequencies. Although superficially similar in technology to Sega's Outrun, Chase HQ features significant technical advancements over that title in the presentation of perspective, hills and track splits. Read less
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Developers
Taito
Publishers
Ocean Software, Taito, Takeru, Ving Co., Ltd.
Genres
Arcade, Racing
Themes
Action
Series
Chase H.Q.

Release dates

  • 1988 (Japan) Arcade
  • Dec 01, 1989 (Europe) Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST/STE, Commodore C64/128/MAX
  • Aug 09, 1991 (Japan) FM Towns
  • Oct 01, 1992 (Japan) Sharp X68000

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Status scoopings Dec 21, 2022

Actually a quite well done concept: not just a racing game, you are trying to catch up and beat down a villain's car. I will return to this when I'm at it chronologically, but the brief playtest I did today was surprisingly fun. At first I was about to move on thinking I was merely racing, but once it realized …

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Actually a quite well done concept: not just a racing game, you are trying to catch up and beat down a villain's car. I will return to this when I'm at it chronologically, but the brief playtest I did today was surprisingly fun. At first I was about to move on thinking I was merely racing, but once it realized there's vehicular combat to this, and there's a set ending/number of villains, I know this will be worth a full playthrough when I'm at the arcade on my own. Proud of getting the first villain on my first try.

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