Chase H.Q.

01.12.1989
Genre: Racing Arcade
As an undercover agent of Chase Headquarters, your job is to patrol the streets and track down five criminals. You are given a mission briefing before you start which gives information on the suspect and what car they drive. Then you drive across the city without crashing into other cars, and catch up with the criminal's car. To arrest the suspects, you must keep bumping into their car until it is no longer functional. And you have to do this under a strict time limit. You can't afford to crash into cars or buildings or you waste time getting on the road again.

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01.11.1988

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.

Part of collection:
Chase H.Q. (last 3 games)

31.12.2007

This modern sequel to the classic chasing game by Taito carries a similar formula with modern graphics. You are a cop that can pick between three different indestructible cars to chase criminals down, smashing their vehicles until they can't budge another inch, gaining points in the process. As such, this is not a racing game, the timer only exists to provide a level of challenge to the game.

30.06.2000

The chase is on in CHASE HQ: Secret Police for the Game Boy Color. Loosely adapted from the arcade game of the same name, CHASE HQ is a unique mix of racing and action for one or two players. In the One-Player mode, you'll lead a handpicked team of undercover cops, each with unique talents. You'll be shown what kind of vehicle the suspect is driving, and then you'll hit the streets to find him. When you finally locate the perp, you'll switch to a behind-the-vehicle view as you try to shoot or bump the criminal off the road. Once you've managed to lower their life-bar far enough, they'll pull over and you'll make the arrest. There are 10 levels of single-player action, so you'll be plenty busy as you try to collar the criminals. You can also grab a friend to play Head-to-Head using a link cable, with one person playing the cop and the other playing the bad guy.

17.01.1997

The Tracer Team is looking for a few good drivers. Don't get the wrong idea, though. In Ray Tracers a "good driver" always exceeds 150 mph, crashes into everything possible and uses up nitro boosters like they're going out of style. so, have you got what it takes? A futuristic city is terrorised by Black Kaiser, an armed racer gang. Cindy Gibson believes the gang were responsible for her father's death and she wants revenge. Inheriting her father's awesome racing cars, Cindy creates Ray Tracers and recruits the best racers she can find. Now the real battle begins in a search for the truth! Created in the best anime traditions, Ray Tracers is instantly addictive and immensly playable. Varied scenery, tunnels, dips, sudden drops and obstuctions just begging for you to decimate! The monster-fast, explosive arcade smash from Taito - Ray Tracers.

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31.12.1982

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