AUTHOR: SEGA RELEASE: 1991 TYP: Action SPIELER: 2 LEVEL: - SPRACHE: Englisch Partnumber: - EAN: 4974365610142 WERT: 45 Euro

Dick Tracy, der legendäre Held aus den US-Comic Strips, ist wieder da, und zwar härter als je zuvor! Gerade kam ein Anruf rein. „Tracy, es herrscht Aufruhr in den Straßen. Big Boy Caprice hat seine Gangster bis an die Zähne bewaffnet! Augenzeugen berichten, daß Lips Manlis; Flattop und The Brow die Stadt mit Armeen von Gangstern in Furcht und Schrecken halten.“ Jetzt hängt alles von Ihnen ab! Greifen Sie Ihre Pistole, Ihr Maschinengewehr, und nichts wie raus auf die Straße! Es gilt die Stadt zu retten.

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I just recently discovered this vintage shooter and I'm glad I did! Dick Tracy is a stylish side-scroller with some nifty innovations. Our hero is decked out in his trademark yellow trenchcoat and walks in a slow, deliberate manner. On the street he's accosted by gangsters in colorful suits that can be shot (or punched) using the A button. The action seems pretty straightforward until thugs begin to fire at you from the other side of the street. You can unload your machine gun on those goons by holding down C and directing your bullets with the directional pad. I love that! It's especially satisfying to mow down several well-dressed gangsters in a row, watching them all hit the pavement one by one. You can even damage scenery like windows and fire hydrants, and while though it doesn't earn you any points, destruction of property is a heck of a lot of fun! The city stages are nicely detailed, but my favorite are the restaurant and dock locations. The game takes place at night so that's when it's best to play. One annoyance is how locations are heavily reused. You mean I have to go trudge through that warehouse stage again?! The drawn-out boss encounters are a pain. These guys require about 20 shots to kill, and they can even fire at you when they are invincible (blinking). On top of it all, the boss stages are timed, and I've never been able to take out „Big Boy“ without the clock running out first. Dick Tracy has its flaws, but I'd still recommend it on the strength of its colorful graphics and unique dual-attack gameplay. - www.Videogamecritic.com

This is one of the games based on the Dick Tracy movie. You are Dick Tracy, a police detective who enjoys a peaceful life with his wife. But his wife's father is murdered by a local gangster named Big Boy Caprice, and Dick Tracy is now out for revenge. The game doesn't follow the exact plot of the movie, but simply lets Dick Tracy fight his way through several levels until he faces his archenemy. This is a platform shooter/„beat-'em-up“ game. Plenty of gunmen will attack our hero from all the sides. Dick can only move to the right or to the left. He can use his pistol gun to take out enemies who are in front or behind him. Since he can't approach enemies who attack from the depth of the screen, he can dispose of them using his machine gun. When the enemy is too close, Dick will punch him instead of shooting. - www.Mobygames.com