Crime Patrol

• Title — Crime Patrol • Developer — CD-i CapDisc Windows Digital Leisure • Publisher — Arcade CD-i Philips Media DVD/Windows • Series — Crime Patrol • Platforms — Arcade, 3DO Interactive Multiplayer DVD, Macintosh, Microsoft Windows, MS-DOS, Philips CD-i, Sega CD • Released — ArcadeOctober 1993 3DO Sega CDOctober 1994 Macintosh MS-DOS CD-i DVD17 November 2001 Windows16 January 2002 • Genre — Interactive movie, light gun shooter • Modes — Single-player, multiplayer • Arcade System — Amiga-based hardware

The player character is employed in the police force and works his way up from Rookie to Delta Force, achieved through systematically neutralizing threats which appear in various environments and scenarios. As a Rookie, the player character teams up with a somewhat boisterous policewoman, taking on burglars, armed robbers, and gang members. After getting promoted to Undercover, the player character gets a slightly overweight male partner and confronts drug smugglers and crime lords at a nightclub, a chop shop, and an airfield. Next, in SWAT, the character deals with bank robbers, meth cooks, and outlaw bikers become the enemies. Finally, in Delta Force, the player must stand up to serious threats to national security, such as a hijacked shipment of nuclear material, hijacked planes, and assassination attempts. Each part of the game is made up of three separate scenarios, with one final mission involving a plot to steal plutonium that is filmed partly in night vision.

The CD-i, 3DO, Sega CD, and PC versions use a mouse or light gun to aim and shoot the villains. Reloading is done by moving the light gun outside of the screen and pressing the trigger; this is also achieved when using the mouse by directing the cursor to the bottom right-hand corner of the screen and right-clicking. The player can reload at any time and an infinite number of times. The player has three lives at their disposal. There are four levels, not counting the shooting range, which one can access to improve one's aim and reflexes. Once the player has completed a scene, on the selection screen the icon is closed off, being stamped with the words "CASE CLOSED", but if the player waits too long to choose another scene, a completed case may automatically begin.

A port for the Atari Jaguar CD was reportedly in development but never released. A port for the PlayStation and Sega Saturn was also slated for Christmas 1996, but was cancelled at the last minute.