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| Japanese arcade flyer of 64th Street: A Detective Story. | |
| Developer(s) | Jaleco |
| Publisher(s) | Jaleco |
| Designer | Tokuhiro Takemori and team |
| Engine | Engine Missing |
| status | Status Missing |
| Release date | 1991 (JP) 1991 (NA) [1] |
| Genre | Beat 'em up |
| Mode(s) | Single-player, 2 player co-op |
| Age rating(s) | |
| Platform(s) | Arcade game |
| Arcade system | Jaleco Mega System 1-C hardware |
| Media | |
| Input | 8-way Joystick, 2 Buttons for Attack and Jump |
| Requirements | |
| Credits | Soundtrack | Codes | Walkthrough | |
64th Street: A Detective Story (64番街 A DETECTIVE STORY) is a beat 'em up arcade game released by Jaleco in 1991.
Plot
The story starts out in a typical Double Dragon/Final Fight style setting at 64th Street with two protagonists: Rick (Anderson), a calm and intelligent, 35-year old professional private detective and manager of the detective agency; and Allen (Tombs), a 19-year old, reformed delinquent trained by Rick, who is "short-tempered and violent when angry". In the beginning of the plot, an evil corporation known as the Legacy organization, kidnapped the daughter of a mid-aged rich man and left him a letter explaining why they kidnapped her.
Late one night, before Rick and Allen was about to close their office, the mid-aged rich man, rushed inside the office while being exhausted. He asks for support on saving his daughter and gave the letter to Rick and Allen. The next day, Allen notices an advertisement in the classifieds with similar sentence structure to the letter left by the kidnappers. Rick couldn't understand it so easily, until Allen told him to look cautiously at both, the letter and the ad. They soon realize that the writing is actually a secret code, only understood by certain crime lords, so Rick and Allen struggled toward the main base of the Legacy organization to find the truth and save the kidnapped daughter. The setting later takes on a steampunk feel as it goes along, coming to a head in a battle inside a blimp.
Gameplay
Screenshot of 64th Street: A Detective Story.
Players One and Two start with the two selectable protagonists, Rick and Allen. Each private detective uses different fighting styles, attempt to solve cases by beating up each criminal they encounter. Lots of special items can be found by throwing enemies into the background and breaking things, typical of this popular genre in the 1990s arcades. Along the way they are harangued by all manner of thugs and toughs, whose costumes range from 1980s hip-hop wear to stereotypical pirates. The bosses are tough by way of strange special attacks.
Legacy
64th Street spawned a series of beat 'em ups for the Nintendo Super Famicom titled Rushing Beat.[citation needed] The game's two protagonists later made a cameo appearance in another Jaleco game, Chimera Beast. [2]
References
- ↑ Release information. Retrieved on 2010-05-27
- ↑ Arcade History: Chimera Beast. Retrieved on 2007-02-27
External links
- MAWS
- 64th Street: A Detective Story at Arcade History
- 64th Street: A Detective Story at Museum of the Game
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