Crime Crackers

Crime Crackers[lower-alpha 2] is a first-person shooter role-playing video game developed by Media.Vision and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It was among the first video games published by Sony Computer Entertainment. A sequel, Crime Crackers 2, was released in 1997.

Crime Crackers
Developer(s)Media.Vision[lower-alpha 1]
Publisher(s)Sony Computer Entertainment
Producer(s)Takashi Fukushima
Designer(s)Akira Satou
Toshiyuki Miyata
Yukio Nagasaki
Programmer(s)Michelle Ahiko
Yuji Takahashi
Artist(s)Akemi Isagawa
Keiko Matsushita
Yūichirō Suzuki
Composer(s)Noriyuki Asakura
Platform(s)PlayStation
Release
Genre(s)Role-playing, first-person shooter
Mode(s)Single-player

Gameplay
Gameplay screenshot.

Crime Crackers is a first-person shooter with role-playing elements.[2]

Development and release

The game was developed by Media.Vision, with development support from Japan Studio, and was published by Sony Computer Entertainment.[3] The music was composed by Noriyuki Asakura, who would gain notoriety through his work on the Rurouni Kenshin anime adaptation and the Tenchu series.[4][5]

It was re-released on PlayStation Network on October 24, 2007.

Reception

Crime Crackers garnered mixed response from critics since its release, most of which reviewed it as an import title.[10][11][12] Next Generation wrote that "Crime Crackers may, in the future, find an audience with younger gamers who're looking for their first taste of role-playing adventure, but the game is unlikely to make a significant mark elsewhere."[2]

Notes
  1. Japan Studio assisted on development.
  2. Japanese: クライムクラッカーズ, Hepburn: Kuraimu Kurakkāzu

References
  1. "PlayStation Soft > 1994-1995" (in Japanese). GAME Data Room. Retrieved 2019-04-08.
  2. "Finals - PlayStation - Crime Crackers". Next Generation. No. 7. Imagine Media. July 1995. p. 64.
  3. "JAPANスタジオ作品一覧 1998年～1994年" [List of Japan Studio works 1998–1994] (in Japanese). Sony Interactive Entertainment. 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-02-26. Retrieved 2022-12-22.
  4. "Interview: Inside The Music Of The Tenchu Series". Gamasutra. February 24, 2009. Archived from the original on 2012-05-09. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  5. "Interviews: Noriyuki Asakura". RocketBaby. Archived from the original on 2002-01-09. Retrieved November 27, 2021.
  6. Roure, Maxime (January 1995). "PlayStation Review (CD+): Crime Crackers". Consoles + (in French). No. 39. M.E.R.7. p. 134.
  7. "CVG Review (Tekno) - Crime Crackers (PlayStation)". Computer and Video Games. No. 159. EMAP. February 1995. p. 35.
  8. "NEW GAMES CROSS REVIEW: クライムクラッカーズ (PS)". Famitsu (in Japanese). No. 312. ASCII Corporation. December 9, 1994. (Transcription by Famitsu.com. Archived 2021-06-05 at the Wayback Machine).
  9. Olafson, Peter (August 1995). "CD Console Games: Saturn and PlayStation Head for the Home - Crime Crackers". Electronic Entertainment. No. 20. Infotainment World. p. 75.
  10. "Stop Info: Les Premiers Jeux PlayStation - Crime Crackers". Player One (in French). No. 49. Média Système Édition. January 1995. p. 15.
  11. Phoenix, E. (June 1995). "Import Impressions - Crime Crackers -- Media Vision". Game Zero Magazine. Game Zero. Retrieved 2021-11-01.
  12. Salmon, Mike (July 1995). "World View - Imports: PlayStation - Crime Crackers". Game Players. No. 73. Imagine Media. p. 86.
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