Special Criminal Investigation

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Special Criminal Investigation

Developer(s)	Taito
Publisher(s)	Taito
Platform(s)	Arcade, Amiga, Amstrad CPC, Atari ST, Commodore 64, MS-DOS, Sega Master System, TurboGrafx 16, ZX Spectrum
Release date	1989
Genre(s)	Racing game, Action game
Mode(s)	Single player
Input methods	Force feedback wheel, pedal
Cabinet	Upright, sit-down
Display	Raster, standard resolution

Special Criminal Investigation (also known simply as SCI) is a 1989 arcade game published by Taito and is the sequel to the 1988 original Chase H.Q..

Instead of the black Porsche 928 of the first game, the player commands a red example of the just-introduced (at the time) Nissan 300ZX Z32 T-Top Turbo. Unlike the first game, the player was able to fire at offending vehicles, with some cabinets containing buttons on the steering wheel, and others having a fire button on the gearshift, along with a button to activate the nitrous boost.

The game brings back protagonists Det. Tony Gibson and Det. Raymond Broady of the first game, and their second game appearance. Gibson returns as the driver, and Broady, as the passenger, serves as the gunman.

Conversions for Amiga, Atari ST, PC and Spectrum were released in 1991 by Ocean Software, developed by Glasgow's ICE Software.