game
| title | Special Criminal Investigation (World set 1) |
| set name | sci |
| manufacturer | Taito Corporation Japan |
| year | 1989 |
| genre | Shooter (hof) |
| category | Shooter / Driving (chase view) (hof) |
| driver status | imperfect |
| driver source | taito_z.c |
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| rating |   64.9% after 22 votes |
| clones | Special Criminal Investigation (Japan) Special Criminal Investigation (US) Special Criminal Investigation (World set 2) |
display
| colour emulation | good |
| palette | 4096 |
| display type | raster |
| orientation | horizontal |
| resolution | 320x240 |
| frequency | 60.000000Hz |
sound
| sound emulation | good |
| channels | stereo |
controls
| players | 1 |
| nplayers | 1P |
| controls | 2 way joystick |
| buttons | 6 |
| coin slots | 2 |
hardware
| cpu | 68000 @ 12MHz |
| cpu | Z80 @ 4MHz |
| cpu | 68000 @ 12MHz |
| audio | YM2610 @ 8MHz |
| audio | Volume Filter |
| audio | Volume Filter |
| audio | Volume Filter |
| audio | Volume Filter |
data
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| info | 0.53 [David Graves] WIP:
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| history | S.C.I. - Special Criminal Investigation (c) 1989 Taito. A direct sequel to 1988's "Chase H.Q.", S.C.I. once again puts the player in charge of an unmarked police car - this time a Nissan 300ZX T-Top Turbo - in which the player must chase and capture a criminal mastermind before the time limit expires. Graphically, S.C.I. is very similar to its predecessor, although there are slight improvements with both a better use of colour and the introduction of some new weather effects; such as the rain on the first stage. Unlike the first game, the player is armed with a gun; this is used to take out criminals and roadblocks as the player races against the time limit, and also to capture the criminal mastermind and make an arrest before the time limit expires. - TECHNICAL - This game was available in at least 3 different dedicated cabinets, plus it was also sold as a conversion kit for "Chase H.Q". * The sitdown version is a strange plastic monstrosity with a huge monitor. This may have been a Japan only release, as the cabinet looks very similar to the popular Japanese cabinet style. * The standup versions are all very solid wooden affairs, covered with full painted sideart (very few games still used painted sideart in the late eighties). All versions use Happ Controls force feedback steering wheels (the ones that can spin all the way around), a high low shifter (different versions had this on different sides), and a single pedal. Taito Z System hardware Board Number : M4300140A Prom Stickers : C09 Main CPU : (2x) 68000 (K1100492A, K1100491A) Sound CPU : Z80 Sound Chips : YM2610 Screen orientation : Horizontal Video resolution : 320 x 240 pixels Screen refresh : 60.00 Hz Palette colors : 4096 Players : 1 Control : Steering wheel Buttons : 6 - TRIVIA - The car that you drive is a Nissan 300ZX T-Top Turbo. - UPDATES - The US version is slightly different, it has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen. - TIPS AND TRICKS - A little known trick (or is it a very generous bug?) to this game : Start a new game, and accelerate VERY slowly until your score reaches 90. Now STOP and just let the time run out. Once your game ends, don't continue, just let the timer run down. Once that happens, you'll notice that your score will SKYROCKET to the ridiculous amount of 76,543,210. Now go ahead and claim your top spot on the hi-score table (cheater!@#). - SERIES -
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