1988年リリースのアーケード・レーシングゲーム『Chase H.Q.』は、プレイヤーが警察官トニー・ギブソンとなり、時間制限内に逃走犯を追跡・逮捕するミッションベースの作品です。ゲームの核は、制限時間内に犯人の車に追いつき、体当たりを繰り返して停止させるという、時間との戦いです。道が分岐する箇所があり、正しいルート選択が重要となります。全5ステージ構成で、1クレジットあたりのプレイ時間は短く、一瞬の判断力が試される高難易度のドライビングアクションが特徴です。
","tokens":{"input":2581,"output":137,"total":2718}}ゲームの基本的なサイクルは、厳格なタイムリミットに基づいています。各ミッションの開始時、ターゲット車両は遠方にいると告げられ、プレイヤーは制限時間内に道路を走行して犯人に追いつかなければなりません。スピードを維持できなかったり、繰り返しクラッシュしたりすると、ターゲットは逃走し、追跡は早期に終了します。
\n\nゲームプレイの重要な要素として、動的に変化する道路レイアウトが挙げられます。追跡の途中で道路が分岐し、プレイヤーは正しい進路を選択する必要があります。誤った選択をすると、追跡に貴重な時間が加算され、失敗につながる可能性があります。
\nターゲット車両に到達すると、時間制限が一時的に延長され、逮捕フェーズに移行します。その後、ターゲット車両を規定回数体当たり(ラム)して停止させ、逮捕に至らせる必要があります。
\n\nゲームの雰囲気は、即座に始まる緊急の警察活動をテーマとしています。無線通信が使用され、特に144.X Mhz帯の周波数(アマチュア無線の2メートルバンドを参照)が特徴的です。当時の他のレースゲームと表面上は似ていますが、本作は視点表現や、前述の分岐点に加え、起伏のある地形(ヒル)の表現において、技術的な進歩を見せていました。
\n\nこのタイトルは、アーケード版を筆頭に、コモドール64/128/MAX、ZXスペクトラム、Amiga、Amstrad CPC、Atari ST/STE、Sharp X68000、FM TOWNSなど、多岐にわたるプラットフォームでリリースされました。メインゲームとして、現在公式にリストされているDLCや拡張コンテンツはありません。
\n\n初期の追跡時間も、その後の体当たりによる延長時間も、それぞれわずか60秒という極めて厳しい時間制限のため、全5ステージを1クレジットでクリアした場合の連続プレイ時間は最大で約10分程度と非常に短いです。この構造は、スキルベースのドライビングによる、短く集中的なプレイセッションを重視しています。
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As an undercover agent of Chase Headquarters, your job is to patrol the streets and track down five criminals. You are given a mission briefing before you start which gives information on the suspect and what car they drive. Then you drive across the city without crashing into other cars, and catch up with the criminal's car. To arrest the suspects, you must keep bumping into their car until it is no longer functional. And you have to do this under a strict time limit. You can't afford to crash into cars or buildings or you waste time getting on the road again.

As an undercover agent of Chase Headquarters, your job is to patrol the streets and track down five criminals. You are given a mission briefing before you start which gives information on the suspect and what car they drive. Then you drive across the city without crashing into other cars, and catch up with the criminal's car. To arrest the suspects, you must keep bumping into their car until it is no longer functional. And you have to do this under a strict time limit. You can't afford to crash into cars or buildings or you waste time getting on the road again.

As an undercover agent of Chase Headquarters, your job is to patrol the streets and track down five criminals. You are given a mission briefing before you start which gives information on the suspect and what car they drive. Then you drive across the city without crashing into other cars, and catch up with the criminal's car. To arrest the suspects, you must keep bumping into their car until it is no longer functional. And you have to do this under a strict time limit. You can't afford to crash into cars or buildings or you waste time getting on the road again.

The fastest, most thrilling, 3D driving game yet! Take the wheel of your turbo-charged Porsche as you and your partner go in pursuit of dangerous criminals all driving an evil array of souped-up roadsters. TURBO BOOST! Need to catch up in a hurry? Well, just one press of your Turbo Button will leave your eyes in the back of your head! Barrelling through the city streets, along the roughest of dirt tracks and through busy tunnels - if you can hold the line!

As an undercover agent of Chase Headquarters, your job is to patrol the streets and track down five criminals. You are given a mission briefing before you start which gives information on the suspect and what car they drive. Then you drive across the city without crashing into other cars, and catch up with the criminal's car. To arrest the suspects, you must keep bumping into their car until it is no longer functional. And you have to do this under a strict time limit. You can't afford to crash into cars or buildings or you waste time getting on the road again.

As an undercover agent of Chase Headquarters, your job is to patrol the streets and track down five criminals. You are given a mission briefing before you start which gives information on the suspect and what car they drive. Then you drive across the city without crashing into other cars, and catch up with the criminal's car. To arrest the suspects, you must keep bumping into their car until it is no longer functional. And you have to do this under a strict time limit. You can't afford to crash into cars or buildings or you waste time getting on the road again.