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.
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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 |
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Genre(s) | Role-playing, first-person shooter |
Mode(s) | Single-player |
Crime Crackers is a first-person shooter with role-playing elements.[2]
The game was developed by Media.Vision, with development support from Japan Studio, and was published by Sony Computer Entertainment.The music was composed by Noriyuki Asakura, who would gain notoriety through his work on the Rurouni Kenshin anime adaptation and the Tenchu series.[3][4]
It was re-released on PlayStation Network on October 24, 2007.
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Consoles + | 68%[5] |
Computer and Video Games | 53%[6] |
Famitsu | 23/40[7] |
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Crime Crackers garnered mixed response from critics since its release, most of which reviewed it as an import title.[9][10][11] 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]
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