Police 911
Encyclopedia
Police 911 is a light gun
arcade game
that casts the player as either a "one man SWAT
team" working for the Tokyo police
, or an American
police officer of the LAPD
, working to take down members of the , an internationally based yakuza
group.
games; instead of merely standing in one place and shooting enemies before you are shot, the game uses infrared
sensors to determine a player's location; through this, the player is able to dodge around (with the knees, while standing on the pad), duck to avoid bullets (and reload), and lean out to maximise cover and get a better shot. This is not foolproof, however; enemies will continue to shoot while you're hiding, so it's possible to rise up and immediately get shot, if you're not careful. Also, like Time Crisis
, the timer is continually running down, so one can't hide for very long.
The activity of dodging, weaving, and crouching can be very stressful on the knees, so people with leg conditions should take note.
Shooting innocent people or fellow officers it will deduct the rank; if it is lowered below a "reward rank", the reward will not be re-earned.
around an enclosed area, as five gangsters shoot at the player from the cab. Once the boss is shot and "arrested", the scene switches to the streets of Ichibandai Kabuki-Cho where the player fights off waves of gangsters, before facing the second "boss", international weapon smuggler Richard Hansen, at the entrance to Shinjuku Station Square (a subway station). Entering the station, the player fights more gangsters and the third "boss", . Concluding this arrest, it is determined that the remaining heads of the Gokudo-kai have fled to America; specifically, the Little Tokyo area based in Los Angeles. The LAPD
and FBI are notified, and an undercover detective is immediately dispatched to continue the case.
Arriving in Little Tokyo, the first encounter is a standoff between the LAPD and the Gokudo-kai in the middle of a street filled with cars, with two "bosses" at the end; , and , both in a truck which drives erratically around the area (and which the player must dodge). It is only necessary to shoot the driver to "arrest" both of them, however. Following this is a "Highway Chase", in which the player is in a continually moving car and must take out several carfulls of gang members to proceed (again, only shooting the driver of the cars is necessary). Following this is an encounter in an underground garage (which is dangerous, both with the amount of innocents, as well as the threat of being hit by a moving car). Finally, the player emerges onto a side street, leading up to a crowded intersection and the boss of the Gokudo-Kai: .
At this point, it is determined that the remaining heads of the Gokudo-kai have returned to Japan; specifically, their base of operations in Kabuki-Cho Shinjuku. Tokyo's International Investigation Unit is contacted, and an undercover detective is immediately dispatched to continue the case. The detective fights through the Ichibandai streets before facing Shigenobu in his dump truck at Kabuki-Cho's entertainment strip. Matsuoka is faced at the Station Square, and Haraguchi, the final boss, is in the subway.
Finally, the way civilians are handled is changed. In The Keisatsukan: Shinjuku Cop 24 Hours, a newspaper headline flashes on the screen whenever an innocent is shot, because they can actually be killed. In Police 911/Police 24/7, the player simply loses a rank and is reminded not to shoot innocents or colleagues, but they are otherwise unharmed.
The game was released one year after the release of Police 911. The game takes place exclusively in Japan and players can choose 6 cities—Osaka
, Hakata
, Shinjuku, Kobe
, Nagoya, and Sapporo. The first stage takes place in the scene of the crime and the following stage takes place in a shortened version of the usual city stage. The rest of the game takes place in normal stages before the player has to return back to Osaka to arrest the remaining criminals.
Police 911 2 expands the original police officer role to four different characters. They can choose from a Tokyo police officer (male or female), a detective from the Metro Police, or an SAT trooper, each carrying different handguns (5-round revolver, 8-round Glock, 12-round HK MP5). In the overseas version, the police woman and the detective are male and female American Interpol Operatives holding 8-round glocks.
Players start the investigation inside an office building where a collaboration deal is taking place between the Gokudo-kai and the Dragonheads. After arresting the first wave of criminals, it has been deduced that criminals are scattered throughout 6 cities: Osaka, Hakata, Shinjuku, Kobe, Nagoya, and Sapporo.
Osaka: Criminals are hiding inside Dotonbori
throughout the downtown streets and the bridge area. A junior Ryuuto executive is holding Osaka hostage with a helicopter.
Hakata (Nakasu Fukuoka): Citizens are being held hostage by a high-ranking Gokudo-kai executive named .
Shinjuku (Kabuki-Cho): A junior Gokudo-kai executive named is causing a disturbance near the Shinjuku Station utilizing an excavator. Gangs are also causing disturbance inside the Ichibandai streets.
Kobe (Nanjing-Cho): Ryuuto members are hiding inside the Chinatown district. A senior Ryuuto executive is at large.
Nagoya: Shots are fired in front of the Nagoya Station. A flying bus has been hijacked by Koji Motomura (sometimes mistranslated as Hiroshi Motomura; 本村 弘司 Motomura Koji).
Sapporo: A Code 3 call informs Sapporo authorities to pursue Sadaharu Kitaya (sometimes mistranslated as Sadaharu Kitadani; 北谷 貞治 Kitaya Sadaharu) inside a bulldozer causing mass destruction at Odori Park
.
Return to Osaka: Depending on how well the player performed throughout the arrest, the player will be asked to chase the boss of the Ryuuto mafia Hung Ko Cheung (熊 谷章) inside the Namba
(Minami) Station Square at Osaka, or to pursue the collaborators inside an Umeda
shopping arcade (also in Osaka) to arrest both Hung Ko Cheung and the behind-the-scenes kingpin, Shigenobu Matsuyama.
of the individual boss has the eyes concealed with a black bar, despite their names still visible. The reason for this is to give an "authentic television feel" to the affair; Japanese television, when showing televised images of suspected criminals (such as on the news), will obscure the suspect's face for privacy purposes. The same goes for photographs of the person, hence the black bar.
Light gun
A light gun is a pointing device for computers and a control device for arcade and video games.Modern screen-based light guns work by building a sensor into the gun itself, and the on-screen target emit light rather than the gun...
arcade game
Arcade game
An arcade game is a coin-operated entertainment machine, usually installed in public businesses such as restaurants, bars, and amusement arcades. Most arcade games are video games, pinball machines, electro-mechanical games, redemption games, and merchandisers...
that casts the player as either a "one man SWAT
SWAT
A SWAT team is an elite tactical unit in various national law enforcement departments. They are trained to perform high-risk operations that fall outside of the abilities of regular officers...
team" working for the Tokyo police
Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department
The Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department serves as the police force for the entire Tokyo metropolis. Founded in 1874, it is headed by a superintendent general, who is appointed by the National Public Safety Commission and approved by the prime minister.The Metropolitan Police, with a staff of more...
, or an American
Police
The police is a personification of the state designated to put in practice the enforced law, protect property and reduce civil disorder in civilian matters. Their powers include the legitimized use of force...
police officer of the LAPD
Los Angeles Police Department
The Los Angeles Police Department is the police department of the city of Los Angeles, California. With just under 10,000 officers and more than 3,000 civilian staff, covering an area of with a population of more than 4.1 million people, it is the third largest local law enforcement agency in...
, working to take down members of the , an internationally based yakuza
Yakuza
, also known as , are members of traditional organized crime syndicates in Japan. The Japanese police, and media by request of the police, call them bōryokudan , literally "violence group", while the yakuza call themselves "ninkyō dantai" , "chivalrous organizations". The yakuza are notoriously...
group.
Gameplay
The gameplay in Police 911 can be considered more interactive than most light gunLight gun
A light gun is a pointing device for computers and a control device for arcade and video games.Modern screen-based light guns work by building a sensor into the gun itself, and the on-screen target emit light rather than the gun...
games; instead of merely standing in one place and shooting enemies before you are shot, the game uses infrared
Infrared
Infrared light is electromagnetic radiation with a wavelength longer than that of visible light, measured from the nominal edge of visible red light at 0.74 micrometres , and extending conventionally to 300 µm...
sensors to determine a player's location; through this, the player is able to dodge around (with the knees, while standing on the pad), duck to avoid bullets (and reload), and lean out to maximise cover and get a better shot. This is not foolproof, however; enemies will continue to shoot while you're hiding, so it's possible to rise up and immediately get shot, if you're not careful. Also, like Time Crisis
Time Crisis
Time Crisis is a light gun shooter arcade game produced by Namco in 1995 and released in early 1996. It was later ported for the PlayStation in 1997, bundled with the G-Con 45 controller.-Gameplay:...
, the timer is continually running down, so one can't hide for very long.
The activity of dodging, weaving, and crouching can be very stressful on the knees, so people with leg conditions should take note.
Promotions
As the player successfully completes each sub-part of a level, they gain a point towards a new rank. The higher a player's rank, the greater bonuses they can receive; growing time increments to start, followed by additional "lives", with the highest rank rewarding the player with 100 additional lives—however, considering that the timer continues to decrease whenever a player goes through their death animation, and that no additional time bonuses will be given after they reach that rank, this may be more of an oversight by the design team, or that the design team knows that there was no way for the player to use all those lives in one game because of the time. In addition, the player's rank reverts to the bottom whenever they get shot, so a potential strategy for a skilled player would be to ascend to the point where they gain a life, then immediately die so the time bonuses may be re-earned.Shooting innocent people or fellow officers it will deduct the rank; if it is lowered below a "reward rank", the reward will not be re-earned.
Police 911
In The Keisatsukan: Shinjuku Cop 24 Hours, the player begins on the streets of downtown Kabuki-Cho Shinjuku, taking part in a raid on a nightclub owned by the Gokudo-kai; the officer, led by shielded riot squad members, and surrounded by innocents (both whom the player must not shoot), can take different routes through the club as their shooting skill dictates. Exiting the club leads to the first "boss": , who is driving a dump truckDump truck
A dump truck is a truck used for transporting loose material for construction. A typical dump truck is equipped with a hydraulically operated open-box bed hinged at the rear, the front of which can be lifted up to allow the contents to be deposited on the ground behind the truck at the site of...
around an enclosed area, as five gangsters shoot at the player from the cab. Once the boss is shot and "arrested", the scene switches to the streets of Ichibandai Kabuki-Cho where the player fights off waves of gangsters, before facing the second "boss", international weapon smuggler Richard Hansen, at the entrance to Shinjuku Station Square (a subway station). Entering the station, the player fights more gangsters and the third "boss", . Concluding this arrest, it is determined that the remaining heads of the Gokudo-kai have fled to America; specifically, the Little Tokyo area based in Los Angeles. The LAPD
Los Angeles Police Department
The Los Angeles Police Department is the police department of the city of Los Angeles, California. With just under 10,000 officers and more than 3,000 civilian staff, covering an area of with a population of more than 4.1 million people, it is the third largest local law enforcement agency in...
and FBI are notified, and an undercover detective is immediately dispatched to continue the case.
Arriving in Little Tokyo, the first encounter is a standoff between the LAPD and the Gokudo-kai in the middle of a street filled with cars, with two "bosses" at the end; , and , both in a truck which drives erratically around the area (and which the player must dodge). It is only necessary to shoot the driver to "arrest" both of them, however. Following this is a "Highway Chase", in which the player is in a continually moving car and must take out several carfulls of gang members to proceed (again, only shooting the driver of the cars is necessary). Following this is an encounter in an underground garage (which is dangerous, both with the amount of innocents, as well as the threat of being hit by a moving car). Finally, the player emerges onto a side street, leading up to a crowded intersection and the boss of the Gokudo-Kai: .
Overseas changes
In Police 911/Police 24/7, the gameplay missions are reversed: the raid on the nightclub takes place in Little Tokyo, followed by a "boss" fight with Richard Hansen at the crowded intersection. The Highway Chase and the underground garage are next, followed by the encounter with Bai Ei Lee; this time, he is the only one in the truck. A new warehouse level follows this; the player must stop Noriko Nagata from completing the smuggling of weapons to Japan, while in the original version, Richard Hansen had already completed the operation.At this point, it is determined that the remaining heads of the Gokudo-kai have returned to Japan; specifically, their base of operations in Kabuki-Cho Shinjuku. Tokyo's International Investigation Unit is contacted, and an undercover detective is immediately dispatched to continue the case. The detective fights through the Ichibandai streets before facing Shigenobu in his dump truck at Kabuki-Cho's entertainment strip. Matsuoka is faced at the Station Square, and Haraguchi, the final boss, is in the subway.
Finally, the way civilians are handled is changed. In The Keisatsukan: Shinjuku Cop 24 Hours, a newspaper headline flashes on the screen whenever an innocent is shot, because they can actually be killed. In Police 911/Police 24/7, the player simply loses a rank and is reminded not to shoot innocents or colleagues, but they are otherwise unharmed.
Police 911 2
Note: This game is called "Police 24/7 2" in Europe, and "The Keisatsukan: Nationwide Investigation" in Asia.
The game was released one year after the release of Police 911. The game takes place exclusively in Japan and players can choose 6 cities—Osaka
Osaka
is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...
, Hakata
Hakata
Hakata may refer to:*Hakata-ku, Fukuoka, a ward in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.**Hakata ningyō , traditional Japanese clay dolls, originally from Hakata*Hakata Station, a large train station in Fukuoka...
, Shinjuku, Kobe
Kobe
, pronounced , is the fifth-largest city in Japan and is the capital city of Hyōgo Prefecture on the southern side of the main island of Honshū, approximately west of Osaka...
, Nagoya, and Sapporo. The first stage takes place in the scene of the crime and the following stage takes place in a shortened version of the usual city stage. The rest of the game takes place in normal stages before the player has to return back to Osaka to arrest the remaining criminals.
Police 911 2 expands the original police officer role to four different characters. They can choose from a Tokyo police officer (male or female), a detective from the Metro Police, or an SAT trooper, each carrying different handguns (5-round revolver, 8-round Glock, 12-round HK MP5). In the overseas version, the police woman and the detective are male and female American Interpol Operatives holding 8-round glocks.
Story
Japanese mafia crimes are growing rapidly and rigidly as the Japanese government ordered a nationwide arrest plan throughout the whole nation to arrest all involved criminals. Criminal activity has increased by order of the infamous Japanese mafia Gokudo-kai. The growth of mafia crimes are rising at record levels due to a collaboration with a Hong Kong mafia group called . Finally, a mysterious kingpin is hiding behind-the-scenes to ensure that Japan falls down to the hands of the Gokudo-kai and the Ryuuto.Players start the investigation inside an office building where a collaboration deal is taking place between the Gokudo-kai and the Dragonheads. After arresting the first wave of criminals, it has been deduced that criminals are scattered throughout 6 cities: Osaka, Hakata, Shinjuku, Kobe, Nagoya, and Sapporo.
Osaka: Criminals are hiding inside Dotonbori
Dotonbori
is one of the principal tourist destinations in Osaka, Japan. It is a single street, running alongside the Dōtonbori canal between the Dōtonboribashi Bridge and the Nipponbashi Bridge in the Namba ward of Osaka...
throughout the downtown streets and the bridge area. A junior Ryuuto executive is holding Osaka hostage with a helicopter.
Hakata (Nakasu Fukuoka): Citizens are being held hostage by a high-ranking Gokudo-kai executive named .
Shinjuku (Kabuki-Cho): A junior Gokudo-kai executive named is causing a disturbance near the Shinjuku Station utilizing an excavator. Gangs are also causing disturbance inside the Ichibandai streets.
Kobe (Nanjing-Cho): Ryuuto members are hiding inside the Chinatown district. A senior Ryuuto executive is at large.
Nagoya: Shots are fired in front of the Nagoya Station. A flying bus has been hijacked by Koji Motomura (sometimes mistranslated as Hiroshi Motomura; 本村 弘司 Motomura Koji).
Sapporo: A Code 3 call informs Sapporo authorities to pursue Sadaharu Kitaya (sometimes mistranslated as Sadaharu Kitadani; 北谷 貞治 Kitaya Sadaharu) inside a bulldozer causing mass destruction at Odori Park
Odori Park
is a park located in the heart of Sapporo, Hokkaidō, Japan. Odori means "large street" in Japanese. It stretches east to west through Nishi 1 chōme, Ōdōri to Nishi 12 chōme, Ōdōri , and divides the city into north and south sections. Odori Park spans about 1.5 km and covers 78,901 m²...
.
Return to Osaka: Depending on how well the player performed throughout the arrest, the player will be asked to chase the boss of the Ryuuto mafia Hung Ko Cheung (熊 谷章) inside the Namba
Namba
is a district of Osaka, Japan. Namba is regarded as the center of so-called Minami area of Osaka. Its name is one of variations on the former name of Osaka, Naniwa...
(Minami) Station Square at Osaka, or to pursue the collaborators inside an Umeda
Umeda
Umeda is the main commercial and central business district in Kita-ku, Osaka, Japan, best known as the city's main northern railway terminus .Umeda is a large traffic hub, as well as the principal office and hotel district...
shopping arcade (also in Osaka) to arrest both Hung Ko Cheung and the behind-the-scenes kingpin, Shigenobu Matsuyama.
Additional note
A curious yet amusing visual technique in the game can be observed when facing the various bosses; when seen in close-up, their faces are blurred with mosaics, and a mug shotMug shot
A mug shot, mugshot or booking photograph, is a photographic portrait taken after one is arrested. The purpose of the mug shot is to allow law enforcement to have a photographic record of the arrested individual to allow for identification by victims and investigators. Most mug shots are two-part,...
of the individual boss has the eyes concealed with a black bar, despite their names still visible. The reason for this is to give an "authentic television feel" to the affair; Japanese television, when showing televised images of suspected criminals (such as on the news), will obscure the suspect's face for privacy purposes. The same goes for photographs of the person, hence the black bar.