Crack Down
Crack Down is a run and gun arcade game originally released by Sega in 1989, and ported to the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis in 1990. It was also ported and released to a number of home computer platforms by U.S. Gold.
The Mega Drive version of Crack Down was re-released on the Wii Virtual Console in Japan on August 7, 2007 and in PAL regions on September 7, 2007. It released also on Steam on June 1, 2010.Overview
Using a top-down perspective, the player controls either Ben or Andy, a pair of agents charged with stopping mad scientist Mr. X from taking over the world, as they make their way through several timed levels, planting bombs and destroying cyborg enemies using guns and smart bombs The goal of each stage is to plant all of the bombs and escape before their collective timer goes off.Reception
In Japan, Game Machine listed Crack Down on their May 15, 1989 issue as being the third most-successful table arcade unit of the year.
