Lost In Translation/Chase H.Q.

About The Game
Chase H.Q. is a chase-view, driving arcade video game where the player takes on the role off an undercover cop and gets behind the wheel of a custom Porsche in this Miami Vice-inspired racer from Taito. The player has 60 seconds to catch up to the criminal and then a further 60 seconds to ram his car until it is too damaged to drive.

Like Sega's seminal "Out Run", Chase H.Q. features forked junctions offering players a choice of routes; in this game, however, the route selected is merely a temporary diversion and dictates how quickly the criminal is caught up with. The player's Porsche is equipped with a limited number of turbo boosts which, when used, push the car to incredible speeds - at the expense of control. The turbos must be used wisely if the player is to have a chance of capturing the criminal before the time limit expires.

Chase H.Q. was arguably the first sprite-scaled racer since Sega's legendary "Out Run" - released 2 years' earlier - to truly capture the gaming public's imagination. The game consists of 5 levels.

Trivia
Released in November 1988.

The names main characters of chase H.Q. are as follows...
 * The Caucasian cop : Tony Gibson
 * The African-American cop (A.K.A. Mr. Driver) : Raymond Broady
 * Chase H.Q.'s Dispatcher : Nancy (she doesn't have a last name)

The main player's car (the black Porsche) makes an appearance in the spin-off to the Chase H.Q. series : "Crime City".

Pony Canyon / Scitron released a limited-edition soundtrack album for this game (Syvalion : G.S.M. Taito 3 - D28B0014) on 21/03/1989.

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

 * Game Designer:
 * Hiroguki Sakou


 * Game Programmers:
 * Takeshi Ishizashi
 * Takeshi murata
 * Kyoji Shimamoto


 * P.C.B Designer:
 * Masahiro Yamaguchi


 * Sound Designers:
 * Yoshio Imamura
 * Naoto Yagishita
 * Eikichi Takahashi
 * Fumiaki Imaoka


 * Music Composer:
 * Takami Asano


 * Cabinet Designer:
 * Nobuyuki Iwasaki


 * Proposer:
 * Yoshiharu suzuki

Ports

 * Consoles :
 * Nintendo Famicom (1989)
 * NEC PC-Engine (1989)
 * Nintendo Game Boy (1990)
 * Sega Master System (1991)
 * Sega Game Gear (1991) (Japan version only)
 * Sega Saturn (1996, "Chase H.Q. Plus S.C.I.")
 * Nintendo Game Boy Color (2000, Chase H.Q.: Secret Police)
 * FM Towns Marty
 * Sony PlayStation 2 (2007, "Taito Memories II Vol. 2")


 * Computers :
 * Amstrad CPC (1989)
 * Commodore Amiga (1989)
 * Atari ST (1989)
 * Sinclair ZX Spectrum (1990)
 * Commodore C64 (1990)
 * Sharp X68000 (1992)


 * Others :
 * Mobile Phones (2004)

