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Crime City (World)
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- Console
- Arcade
- Release
- 1989
- Players
- 2P sim
- Developer
- Taito Corporation Japan
About Crime City (World)
Tony Gibson and Raymond Broady combat criminal gangs across six stages featuring activities like bank robberies and smuggling. Players use pistols to engage enemies, collecting health drinks and upgraded weaponry to survive. Navigating through these multi-scrolling levels requires defeating specific boss characters at the end of each stage to progress through the city.
Player layout in our catalog: 2P sim.
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Crime City (World) — play guide
What Crime City wants from you
Crime City (World, Taito, 1989) follows Tony Gibson and Raymond Broady across six stages of bank jobs and smuggling: pistols, health drinks, weapon upgrades before continues empty. Shot honesty beats spray. Learn World dump stage tells cold—do not paste Operation Wolf charts blindly. Calm first stages until clean singles are narratable; crime chrome is packaging, not free infinite ammo.
First minutes in Crime City
First stages: take clean singles, grab health when calm, learn weapon upgrades before rush tourism. Power-cycle once so Taito chrome stops looking like Operation Wolf. Early stages teach Crime City grammar: planned shots before spray routes that die mid-stage when denser enemy packs arrive on later boards.
Core systems in Crime City
Move, pistol/shot, health drinks, weapon upgrades, six stages, lives/continues, and Crime City UI define the systems. Skill is shot discipline under stage pressure—not spraying into every silhouette. After continues, reconfirm weapon and health state before racing again. Keep a one-sentence priority rule before the second stage.
Score, continues, and resources in Crime City
Stage clears and survival score the run; hits and empty mags tax continues. Continues are coins. Fewer panic sprays and fewer ignored health drinks keep credits alive. Farming early stages forever without reading denser packs still leaves World unread. Progress is Taito chrome that no longer forces death loops mid-stage on later boards.
Mistakes that burn credits in Crime City
Spray-firing every silhouette, ignoring health drinks, never upgrading on plan, tunneling on scenery while a bullet finishes you, and emptying the mag into chrome mid-stage burn credits. Power-cycling mid-tilt without a plan burns another credit. Next credit: clean singles, health when calm—stop mash tourism for scenery and stage panic on later Taito boards.
Next steps after Crime City
When Crime City stages clear without constant spray deaths, compare other Taito crime shooters deliberately, then return with shot drills on World. Keep playing until panic-spray empties stop ending sessions mid-stage on later boards. Cousin run-and-gun cabinets help as contrast after Crime City feels automatic—not as escape from stages you still spray for chrome. Clear one full stage carefully before you chase vanity spray again.
Sources cited below under Further reading.
Cabinet dossier
Crime City (World) is filed in our catalog as a 1989 release.
Player layout on this cabinet: 2P sim.
Genre tags on Classic Arcade Games: Platform.
Credit line lists Taito Corporation Japan as developer.
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How to play Crime City (World) online
- Arcade stick feel: Arrow keys for the joystick, X/Z (and nearby keys) for buttons, Enter=Start.
- USB / Bluetooth pads map cleanly; six-button fighters use the face-button cluster.
- On phones, open the on-screen pad from the emulator bar; rotate sits next to fullscreen.
- Save states, load, volume, and fullscreen stay on the emulator bar between credits.
Studio notes — Taito Corporation Japan
Taito Corporation Japan appears on this cabinet’s credit line. Browse more titles from the same studio on the developer shelf, or stay on this page and try the next cabinets in the same hall.
Cadash (World) · Kuri Kinton (World) · Liquid Kids (World) · Nastar (World) · Rastan (World Rev 1) · Bubble Memories: The Story Of Bubble Bobble III (Ver 2.4O 1996/02/15) · Bubble Bobble II (Ver 2.6O 1994/12/16) · Elevator Action Returns (Ver 2.2O 1995/02/20)
Questions about Crime City (World)
Can I play Crime City (World) free in a browser?
Yes. Classic Arcade Games hosts Crime City (World) as a Arcade cabinet you can start on this page. The emulator loads in the browser; you do not need to install a separate app.
What controls does Crime City (World) support?
Arcade stick feel: Arrow keys for the joystick, X/Z (and nearby keys) for buttons, Enter=Start. USB / Bluetooth pads map cleanly; six-button fighters use the face-button cluster.
What genre is Crime City (World) on Classic Arcade Games?
Our catalog tags Crime City (World) under Platform. Open those genre rooms from the tags on this page to find more playable cabinets in the same feel.
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