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| Developer(s) | Sega |
| Publisher(s) | Sega U.S. Gold (home computers) |
| Composer(s) | Yasuhiro Kawakami |
| Platform(s) | Arcade, Mega Drive/Genesis, Atari ST, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, ZX Spectrum |
| Release | Arcade 1989 Mega Drive December 20, 1990 |
| Genre(s) | Run and gun |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Crack Down (クラックダウン) is a run and gun arcade game originally released by Sega in 1989, and ported to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in 1990. It was also ported and released to a number of home computer platforms by U.S. Gold.
The Mega Drive version of Crack Down was re-released on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on August 7, 2007 and in PAL regions on September 7, 2007. It released also on Steam on June 1, 2010.
Overview
Using a top-down perspective (akin to Gauntlet), the player controls either Ben or Andy, a pair of agents charged with stopping mad scientist Mr. X (Mr.K in the Sega Mega Drive version) from taking over the world, as they make their way through several timed levels, planting bombs and destroying cyborg enemies using guns (the "machine gun" and the "cannon" can be swapped back and forth) and smart bombs (which wipe out all enemies on screen.) The goal of each stage is to plant all of the bombs and escape before their collective timer goes off.
Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Crack Down on their May 15, 1989 issue as being the third most popular table arcade unit during the previous two weeks.
References
- "Game Machine's Best Hit Games 25 - テーブル型TVゲーム機 (Table Videos)". Game Machine (in Japanese). No. 356. Amusement Press, Inc. 15 May 1989. p. 21.
External links
- Official Virtual Console website (in Japanese)
- Crack Down at the Killer List of Videogames
- Crack Down at MobyGames
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