<s>
CrimeWave	B-Application
is	O
a	O
vehicular	O
combat	O
video	O
game	O
,	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Eidos	O
Interactive	O
,	O
released	O
as	O
a	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
exclusive	O
in	O
1996-1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
If	O
the	O
player	O
fails	O
to	O
kill	O
enough	O
criminals	O
within	O
the	O
time	O
limit	O
,	O
their	O
vehicle	O
self-destructs	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
a	O
game	B-Application
over	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
CrimeWave	B-Application
takes	O
place	O
in	O
the	O
fictional	O
futuristic	O
city	O
of	O
Mekeo	O
,	O
plagued	O
by	O
rampant	O
crime	O
and	O
chaos	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
combat	O
this	O
crimewave	B-Application
,	O
the	O
corrupt	O
mayor	O
has	O
privatized	O
the	O
city	O
's	O
police	O
force	O
and	O
offers	O
bounties	O
to	O
anyone	O
that	O
takes	O
out	O
a	O
wanted	O
criminal	O
,	O
effectively	O
turning	O
the	O
police	O
into	O
bounty	O
hunters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CrimeWave	B-Application
was	O
Eidos	O
Interactive	O
's	O
first	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
developed	O
specifically	O
with	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
in	O
mind	O
,	O
primarily	O
because	O
Saturn	B-Device
development	O
kits	O
were	O
less	O
expensive	O
than	O
the	O
ones	O
for	O
the	O
Sony	B-Device
PlayStation	I-Device
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Though	O
Eidos	O
originally	O
announced	O
the	O
game	O
as	O
a	O
multiplatform	B-Operating_System
title	O
,	O
only	O
the	O
Saturn	B-Device
version	O
was	O
ultimately	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
CrimeWave	B-Application
received	O
mediocre	O
reviews	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rob	O
Allsetter	O
wrote	O
in	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
,	O
"	O
Although	O
Crimewave	B-Application
has	O
its	O
moments	O
,	O
it	O
's	O
let	O
down	O
by	O
gameplay	O
that	O
's	O
too	O
repetitive	O
and	O
controls	O
that	O
are	O
often	O
frustrating.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Ryan	O
MacDonald	O
of	O
GameSpot	O
concluded	O
that	O
CrimeWave	B-Application
"	O
is	O
n't	O
bad	O
"	O
,	O
but	O
that	O
the	O
gameplay	O
is	O
limited	O
and	O
average	O
enough	O
that	O
it	O
becomes	O
dull	O
after	O
a	O
relatively	O
short	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
