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S.C.I. - Special Criminal Investigation

Description

A game where you take control of an unmarked police car, a Nissan 300ZX T-Top Turbo, that attempts to ram or shoot fleeing criminals, forcing them to pull over before the time limit runs out.

S.C.I. - Special Criminal Investigation was produced by Taito in 1989.

Taito released 486 machines in our database under this trade name, starting in 1967. Taito was based in Japan.

Other machines made by Taito during the time period S.C.I. - Special Criminal Investigation was produced include: Recordbreaker, Jigoku Meguri, Continental Circus, Kurikinton, Top Shooter, Asuka & Asuka, Battle Shark, Cadash, Cameltry, and Champion Wrestler

Specs

Name	S.C.I. - Special Criminal Investigation
Developer	Taito (Japan)
Year	1989
Type	Videogame
KLOV/MOG #	9700
Class	Wide Release
Genre	Racing
Monitor	Orientation: Horizontal Type: Raster: Standard Resolution Color: Color
Conversion Class	Not JAMMA
# Simultaneous Players	1
# Maximum Players	1
Game Play	Single
Control Panel Layout	Single Player
Controls	Steering: Wheel with Force Feedback - Fire buttons are mounted on both sides of the wheel Shifter: 2-position (low, high) with button - Turbo Boost Pedals: 1
Sound	Amplified Mono (one channel)
Cabinet Styles	Upright/Standard
Control Panel	S.C.I. - Special Criminal Investigation Control Panel Image
Side Art	S.C.I. - Special Criminal Investigation Side Art Image

S.C.I. - Special Criminal Investigation KLOV/IAM 5 Point User Score: 3.06 (3 votes)

Fun Factor: 3.80

Overall Like	4.00
Fun (Social)	3.00
Fun (Solo)	5.00
Collector Desire	3.00

Technical Rating: 3.25

Gameplay	3.33
Graphics	4.50
Originality	4.00
Sound/Music	4.50

Personal Impressions and Technical Impressions each account for half of the total score. Within the Personal Impressions category, Like carries a little more weight than the other factors.

Images

Cabinet Information

The steering wheel has force feedback action and the control panel overlay resembles the dashboard of the car.

VAPS Arcade/Coin-Op S.C.I. - Special Criminal Investigation Census

There are 15,264 members of the Video Arcade Preservation Society / Vintage Arcade Preservation Society, 9,669 whom participate in our arcade census project of games owned, wanted, or for sale. Census data currently includes 166,973 machines (7,000 unique titles).

Very Common - There are 74 known instances of this machine owned by S.C.I. - Special Criminal Investigation collectors who are active members. Of these, 61 of them are original dedicated machines. 13 of them are only circuit boards which a collector could put into a generic case if desired.

For Sale - There are 8 active VAPS members with a S.C.I. - Special Criminal Investigation machines for sale. There is one active VAPS member with an extra S.C.I. - Special Criminal Investigation circuit board for sale.

Wanted - There is one active VAPS member currently looking for S.C.I. - Special Criminal Investigation.

This game ranks a 16 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census ownership records.

This game ranks a 2 on a scale out of 100 (100 = most often seen, 1=least common) in popularity based on census want list records.

Rarity and Popularity independently are not necessarily indications of value. [More Information]

Flyers

S.C.I. - Special Criminal Investigation

1989 / 4 Pages

Legacy

Chase H.Q.
S.C.I. - Special Criminal Investigation
Super Chase: Criminal Termination

Manuals

Service Manual Upright Model - S.C.I. - Special Criminal Investigation Manual — **Service Manual Upright Model**
(21 pages, 3.4 MB File)

Additional References (logged in members often see more)

3D Model (External): Upright (155b63d559ecab262e9bece19252a0bb)

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