Miami Chase

STORY / GAMEPLAY
In a vicious Miami shadowed by crime your task is quite tough since you are a law enforcer fighitng numerous masterminds of the underworld. You are the skillful Don Ferrari, an undercover cop, a specialist against crime. Elections will take place soon and the current mayor of the city hopes to regain his title and position but his hopes and efforts are compromised by the actions of 7 different criminal lords. So the mayor grants you with a very fast Lamborghini Countach Police car and a 48-hours protection from police arrest and requests from you to eliminate each and every of these crime "barons". The 48 hours limit is crucial, otherwise the police will pursuit you in case you break the law. You must drive through the crowded streets of Miami to seek and destroy a number of sports cars. So, hit the pedal to the floor, shoot every suspicious car and make sure you don't shoot or crash other civilians and drivers. The action gets more interesting by collecting power-ups that grant extra weaponry! Miami Chase is a gorgeously simple game with aesthetics that any fully-priced software house would be proud of back to the days and a gameplay that any arcade fan would love! All in all, Miami Chase is a very good (and unique) action game. It works only on the 1Mb Amiga systems.

GRAPHICS / SOUND
OK, Miami Chase does not take the Amiga's hardware to its limits, but still, it's a very colorful, bird's eye view, action game. The city details (roads, building blocks, cars) are very well done and the sprites (the cars) move amazingly fast and smooth. The game's sound consists of a nice intro music plus a fantastic, Italo-Disco style soundtrack on the main menu (among the best for the Amiga - check the video below!) Into the game, we have to choose between nicely sampled sound effects (explosions, gunfire etc) or music.