Lost In Translation/Special Criminal Investigation

About The Game
Special Criminal Investigation is chase-view arcade video driving game.

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.

Trivia
The car that you drive is a Nissan 300ZX T-Top Turbo.

Soundtrack releases :
 * S.C.I / Taito - Pony Canyon / Scitron - PCCB-00024 - Apr 21, 1990

Updates
The US version is slightly different, it has the "Winners Don't Use Drugs" screen.

A Generous Bug?
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 SKY-ROCKET to the ridiculous amount of 76,543,210. Now go ahead and claim your top spot on the hi-score table (cheater!@#).

Series

 * 1) Chase H.Q. (1988)
 * 2) S.C.I. - Special Criminal Investigation (1989)
 * 3) Super Chase - Criminal Termination (1992)
 * 4) Ray Tracers (1997, Sony PlayStation)
 * 5) Chase H.Q. 2 (2007)

Staff

 * Project Leader:
 * George Jyuttute


 * Game Designers:
 * Hiroyuki Sakou
 * Fumio Horiuchi
 * Eiji Nishikawa


 * Software:
 * George K-5
 * Yuichi Kikuchi
 * David Uematsu
 * Kazunori Sako


 * Character Designers:
 * Oolong Yamada
 * Gyoza Ohmae
 * Kawamoyan
 * Gishikun
 * Kazumasa Fuseya
 * Gomachan
 * Neko Minako
 * Kohzoh Igarashi
 * Senba Takatsuna
 * Tetsuya Shinoda
 * Takayuki Ogawa


 * Sound Created By Team Zuntata:
 * Takami Asano (Godiego)


 * Hardware:
 * Masahiro Yamaguchi
 * Yuzuru Yoshimura


 * Mechanical Designers:
 * Itsuji Yamada
 * Kazuaki Sasaki
 * Takaaki Deguchi


 * Designer:
 * Atsushi Iwaoka

Ports

 * Consoles :
 * NEC PC-Engine (1991)
 * Amstrad GX4000 (1991)
 * Sega Master System (1992)
 * Sega Mega Drive (1992, "Chase H.Q. II")
 * Sega Saturn (1996, "Chase H.Q. Plus S.C.I.")
 * Sony PlayStation 2 (2007, "Taito Memories II Vol. 1") (Japan only)


 * Computers :
 * Atari ST (1990)
 * Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1991, "Chase H.Q. II")
 * Amstrad CPC+ (1991)
 * Commodore C64 (1991)
 * Commodore Amiga ("Chase H.Q. II - Special Criminal Investigation", 1991, Ocean)

